Studenten komen al eeuwenlang uit alle windstreken van de Lage Landen naar de Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (gesticht in 1425). Van Artesië in het zuiden tot Friesland in het noorden. Filips Willem, zoon van Willem van Oranje, Marnix van Sint-Aldegonde, Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Erasmus, Dodoens, Vesalius, Mercator, zelfs paus Adrianus van Utrecht, zaten er op de studiebanken. Leuven was hét trefpunt van het intellectuele leven in de Nederlanden. Edward De Maesschalck geeft een verrassend ...

Vitéz Andris Kursietis has been a researcher of military history for over fifty years, using resources that span the globe. His latest book, “The Last Hurrah”, contains the military biographies of the seventy-two German generals and admirals who held high-level command positions during the last six weeks of World War II. Also included are brief overviews of those commands – their histories during the war and fates at the end of the conflict.

For his previous work on the Hungarian milit...

Eind 1948 werd de driejarige Elisabeth, door haar biologische ouders weggehaald bij haar geliefde Duitse grootouders. Net in Nederland, werd haar door buurvrouwen toegeschreeuwd: ‘Geen enkel Duits kind heeft recht op leven’. Als God haar niet wil laten ruilen met vermoorde Joodse kinderen, denkt ze dat ze van hem de oorzaken van de Holocaust moet gaan onderzoeken.

Als moeder van drie studeerde Elisabeth aan het Humanistisch Opleidingsinstituut, kwam bij Herkenning terecht en kreeg voor...

'A beautiful, beautiful book . . . archaeology is changing so much about the way we view the so-called Dark Ages … [Williams] is just brilliant at bringing them to light' Rory Stewart on The Rest is Politics From the bestselling author of Viking Britain, a new epic history of our forgotten past.

The definitive history of the druids in Britain, from their ancient origins to the present day

A concise history of the goddess-like figures who evade both Christian and pagan traditions, from the medieval period to the present day

A sweeping and overdue retelling of U.S. history that recognizes that Native Americans are essential to understanding the evolution of modern America

"Smart, delightful . . . a splendidly entertaining education in ethics, activism, and science." -The New York Times Book Review (Editor's Choice)

An impassioned defense of intellectual freedom and a clarion call to intellectual responsibility, Galileo's Middle Finger is one American's eye-opening story of life in the trenches of scientific controversy. For two decades, historian Alice Dreger has led a life of extraordinary engagement, combining activist service to victims of unethical medica...

The First World War killed around eight million men and bled Europe dry. Was the sacrifice worth it? Was it all really an inevitable cataclysm and were the Germans a genuine threat? Was the war, as is often asserted, greeted with popular enthusiasm? Why did men keep on fighting when conditions were so wretched? This title deals with questions.

The battle for Stalingrad became the focus of Hitler and Stalin's determination to win the war on the eastern front. But the eventual victory of the Red Army, and the failure of Hitler's Operation Barbarossa, was the first defeat of Hitler's territorial ambitions in Europe, and the start of his decline. This book deals with this battle.