A few hundred years ago, a plague swept west across Europe with little warning and killed tens of thousands of people. So devastating were the effects that it quickly became known …

Follow the effects feast and famine had on one of the biggest mortality crises ever – and how hygiene and medicines eventually improved food production and life spans. Hilarious i …

Who could ever have imagined what travels young James Cook would undertake. Life, at first, had seemed to offer him few opportunities. Find out how circumstances led him to a life …

In this issue, we set the clock back some 1,200 years to meet Charlemagne - one of Europe's greatest kings. We'll see him first as an 11-year-old prince on assignment to welcome th …

Features include: How Many Had to Die?, Flotsam Science, Garden of Surprise, Message in a Bottle

Enter the fascinating world of the Crusades in 1096 when thousands of Europeans were preparing to recapture the Christian Holy Land. Excerpts from an account written by the daughte …

Travel several centuries back in time to Italy and the city of Venice during the 1700s when it dominated the east-west trade routes. This issue profiles several individual doges an …

The issue begins with an article focusing on Henry VIII's disappointment when he learns that his wife has given birth to a girl, not a boy. Elizabeth, however, learns quickly the s …

Defenders of France focuses on four early French patriots -- Vercingetorix, Clovis King of the Franks, Charles I and his courageous knight, and Joan of Arc - and their struggles to …

What do a telescope, microscope, and pendulum have in common? The person behind their use! Yes, that's right - Galileo Galilei! A fascinating man whose mind was always bursting wit …

Just who was Gutenberg and of the many tales told about him, just which ones are true, and which legend? Who really invented printing, and why did moveable type revolutionize the w …

Huns, Hunas and Hepthalites, their lives, actions, and the far-reaching consequences they had on history are presented in this exciting issue. Whether bands of hungry horsemen gall …

Just what is a potato famine? How could it become a major event in world history? Why not just eat something else, if there are no potatoes? The answers may seem easy, especially i …

The Muslims were the dominant power in Spain for a seven hundred and fifty year period. Articles on key Islamic centers of Cordoba, Seville, and Granada, and the tale of El Cid ro …

Who was Joan of Arc? Whose voices did she claim to hear? What did they say? Why did a king listen to this young maiden? Why did those who praised and followed her turn against her? …

Meet Louis at age four when he was crowned king of France. Read about palace intrigue and the "deals" of officials seeking their own power and advancement. Find out when and why Lo …

The 1500s was an exciting, yet difficult, time for many Europeans. Reports of newly discovered lands to the west stirred the imagination of almost everyone -- from kings to peasant …

Travel with us to England to learn more about the historic agreement between King John I and his barons. Little did both sides know that the document to which King John put his sea …

Castles, dungeons, daring escapes - Mary, Queen of Scots, experienced them all! Join us to learn just how and why danger seemed to track her every step! Had it always been this way …

Find out why the "prince" was so important in Renaissance Italy. Find out, too, how Florence became the "Wall Street" of Italy and which "princes" were in control. Meet Cosimo de'M …

Ready for a trip back about 2,000 years to a period in time that still holds many secrets fast? CALLIOPE knows your answer is "yes," and is eager to have you as an "armchair" compa …

Ever wonder about the life of a child prodigy? Well, join CALLIOPE and travel with Mozart and his family as the young pianist plays for kings and queens and even jumps into the lap …

Here's your chance to meet one of the world's most-driven personalities! His programs changed forever one of world's strongest countries. His love for a woman known as Josephine be …

William of Normandy considered himself the rightful heir to Edward the Confessor, King of England. There was a problem, however, Harold Godwinson of England considered himself the …

Travel with CALLIOPE back to 1494 when Portugal and Spain officially divided the world between themselves. Read how Prince Henry the Navigator and his school of navigation sparked …

Assassination attempts are not a recent phenomenon! Queen Victoria survived several and lived to reign for more than 60 years! But the attempts on her life cost her far less than t …

Events in Northern Italy during the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. Includes a special section on art restoration and an on-site interview with an expert at Boston's …

Drama on the high seas - that's the topic for CALLIOPE's May 2000 issue. Spain's King Philip earnestly believed the time was right for his troops and ships to take England. He had …

From its beginning in the early fourteenth century to its Golden Age under Suleyman the Magnificent and beyond, the Ottoman Empire lasted until 1924 when the country was declared a …

The year is 1789. The American Revolution is not a subject for historians, but there's another revolution that is just beginning - in France. The halls of the royal palace are abuz …

Join us in when we travel to the Austria of the Hapsburgs. But, it was not just Austria that they ruled, but a vaster empire that led Charles V to say "the sun never sets on my emp …