This Southeast Asian spice not only sparked fierce international competition, but also featured within the literature of the Global Renaissance

The manuscript reveals the overlooked role played by colonial intermediaries, such as surgeons, in moving Persianate objects into European collections.

In genocidal circumstances, life, survival and continuity are themselves acts of resistance.

Tunis-born and London-migrated, she was something the period had no ready category for.

These British women actively shaped the mercantile and diplomatic activities that linked the Maghreb to Britain and the wider Mediterranean world.

Upon Louis’s death in 1270, his bones, entrails, and heart were dissected and boiled to ensure that they could be moved back to France and buried locally.