Joshua Norton
The story of Joshua Norton is a chronological account of a businessman’s dramatic identity shift following a massive financial collapse, and the subsequent official recognition…
Oguz Kagan
The Epic of Oguz Kagan is the fundamental text of Turkic mythology and the tradition of state-building. It is an epic narrative widely accepted to…
Peter the Great’s Head in a Jar
Peter the Great was a man who built cities and trained armies to turn Russia into a massive empire. However, this desire for absolute control…
The “Monkey Executions” of Istanbul
The case of the “Monkey Executions” in Istanbul is a dark narrative of how a society can lose its rationality within the grip of collective…
The Cadaver Synod
Born in Rome in 816 A.D., Formosus became the Bishop of Porto after a childhood spent in church education. Thanks to his diplomatic talents, he…
The Divine Comedy
The Divine Comedy (Divina Commedia) is one of the most significant epic works of world literature, penned by the Italian poet Dante Alighieri at the…
The Emperor Who Watched His Own Funeral
Charles V—or Karl V, as he is known in history—the man who ruled half of Europe, the gold of the Americas, and vast lands where…
