The careers of prominent people as diverse as Prince Metternich and Lola Montez were dramatically ended. As Alexander Herzen remembered, in 1848 ‘all Europe took up its bed and walked ... I do not ...

Over 150 years ago, rich women from all over the world came to 7 Rue de La Paix in Paris to be dressed by couturier Charles Frederick Worth, whose eponymous fashion house, founded in 1858 ...

The emperor’s personal envoy need not be a Metternich or Hardenberg. The imperial family needs hotels in Dubai, golf clubs in Qatar and cryptocurrency deals in Abu Dhabi (the latter organised by ...

While a number of central and northern German states eventually adopted constitutions, Prussia and Austria rejected the introduction of constitutions for their sovereign territories until 1848. Only ...

The P/B ratio shows how a stock's market price compares to its book value. It helps gauge whether a stock is undervalued or overvalued relative to its net assets.

Hegre, Håvard; Paola Vesco; Michael Colaresi; Jonas Vestby; Alexa Timlick; Noorain Syed Kazmi; Angelica Lindqvist-McGowan; Friederike Becker; Marco Binetti; Tobias ...

This measure was reported to cost £180 a day, equivalent to about £10,000 in today’s money. The Metropolitan Sewers Act of 1848 took sewage from London properties and dumped it in the Thames. Before ...