November 2014 – Page 3 – Manchester Historian

  In one of the most horrific acts of atrocity committed by military personnel, on the 16th March 1968, soldiers of Charlie Company of the Americal Division’s 11th Infantry Brigade brutally murdered almost the entire population of the small hamlet of My Lai in South Vietnam. The My Lai hamlet was believed to be a Continue Reading

The events leading up to the battle of Gettysburg on the 1st July 1863 were certainly in favour of the Confederate cause. After Charles Lee, the commander of the Confederate forces, was victorious at Chancellorsville he launched a new offensive on the North through Pennsylvania. There were three crucial events in the preliminary stages of Continue Reading

“Whether the Belief that there are such Beings as Witches is so Essential a Part of the Catholic Faith that Obstinacy to maintain the Opposite Opinion manifestly savors of Heresy.”- Malleus Maleficarum   With a decrease in loyal Christian followers across Europe, church leaders sought out way in which to re-establish church hegemony. Across early Continue Reading

Bram Stoker’s Dracula has become a staple of Gothic horror literature since its publication in 1897, and you would be hard pressed to find someone who has not heard of it. The novel and its eponymous character are arguably responsible for many of the modern depictions of vampires seen today, thanks to the staggering 217 Continue Reading

The BBC has long been famed for the quality of its dramas but the star-studded Peaky Blinders, which has recently returned for its second series, is one of its best. 1920s Birmingham is beautifully stylised with effortless cool continuously exuded by the characters. The drug, alcohol and violence fuelled hedonism of their business all makes Continue Reading