A. Dallin Grimm University of Utah Member ΦΑΘ-AP Read at the Utah Regional ΦΑΘ Conference at Utah State University Published in Utah Historical Review, Vol III. In the midst of struggles between the Church and noble lords over the political and spiritual wellbeing of Western Europe, Pope Urban II preached the First Crusade to install an essential foundation that allowed papal authority to gradually...

Adrian Bushman University of Utah Member ΦΑΘ-AP Published in Utah Historical Review, Vol III. In modern literature and media, authors often draw convenient examples from historical episodes and hold them side by side with current events in an attempt to explain or inspire contemporary phenomena. These comparisons serve many parties and purposes, yet rarely are the serious historian or the quest for historical accuracy...

Chad Scott Brown University of Utah Member ΦΑΘ-AP Published in Utah Historical Review, Vol III. Having defeated Sextus Pompey as well as relieving Lepidus of his Triumvir status in 36 BCE, Octavian had control of the Western Roman territories. But with the future Augustus taking Lepidus’ former troops and territories of Africa under his control, Octavian was forcing the hand of his other partner...

Raquel Gibson Utah Valley University Published in Utah Historical Review, Vol III. The San Francisco Minstrels were a blackface minstrel troupe that became exceedingly popular in the decade and half following the Civil War, led by three of the greatest talents of the day Billy Birch, Charlie Backus and David Wambold.  The troupe’s mix of physical comedy, intelligent wit and spontaneity appealed to a...

Daniel McKenna Joesten University of Utah Member ΦΑΘ-AP Read at the 2nd Annual University of Utah History Conference Published in Utah Historical Review, Vol III. During the first four years of World War I the British sustained heavy losses at the front. The desperate need for more troops led them to conscript men not only from Britain, but from their dominions as well. One...