EI Weekly

A series of audio essays featuring our writers.

A miniature of the Treaty of Verdun, 843. Emperor Louis I (right) blessing the division of the Frankish Empire in 843 into West Francia, Middle Francia, and East Francia.
The Ratification of the Treaty of Münster, 1648. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London.
Students graduating from Birmingham University, England. Credit: Malcolm McDougall Photography / Alamy Stock Photo.
High-rise buildings replace old residences in Zhejiang, China. Credit: Charles O. Cecil / Alamy Stock Photo
Estonia digital democracy
Carving Up The World A satrirical cartoon by James Gillray, showing British Prime Minister William Pitt and the French leader Napoleon Bonaparte, carving up the world between them. Entitled 'The Plumb Pudding in Danger' - pub. 26th February 1805
A painting of the Dutch envoy Adriaan Pauw entering Münster around 1646 for the peace negotiations, painted by Gerard ter Borch. Credit: Wikipedia Commons/Stadtmuseum Münster
Jesus Christ on the Cross with St. Mary and St John, painted by Albrecht Altdorfer, circa 1512.
An American map of the West Coast of Africa from Sierra Leone to Cape Palmas, 'including the colony of Liberia'.