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Ridley Scott’s Napoleon: From Uniformed Soldier to Costumed Emperor
Read more: Ridley Scott’s Napoleon: From Uniformed Soldier to Costumed Emperorby Brontë Hebdon Early in Ridley Scott’s Napoleon (2023), Bonaparte and Josephine de Beauharnais see each other for the first […]

The Jesuits and the Globalisation of the Renaissance
By Peter Burke The idea that the unintended consequences of human action are often more important – for better and even more often, for worse – than the intended ones is a well-known theme among historians, whether they study politics,…