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The Medieval Inquisition is a term historians use to describe the various inquisitions that started around 1184, including the Episcopal Inquisition (1184-1230s) and later the Papal Inquisition (1230s).

Think Progress » The United States is “losing the online war against terrorists.” 2006

You might think of the period between September 2008 and March 2009, then, as a kind of economic phony war, the term historians use to describe the months that elapsed between Hitler's invasion of Poland in September 1939 to the broader outbreak of hostilities in late April and early May of 1940.

The Editor’s Desk 2009

It is the term historians use, and it is the word I shall continue to use. "

Chicago Reader 2010

One of the biggest changes in historians 'understanding since the 1960s is their knowledge of the overwhelming role played by epidemic disease.

A Conversation with Charles C. Mann 2010

Mr. Berkowitz's unfair representation of academic historians is matched in error by his invidious characterization of the principles of today's tea party movement as "American," as if advocates of expanded state power were voicing "un-American" ideas.

No Tea Party Monopoly on Values 2010

It wasn't to retain slavery, contrary to the revisionist historians from the north.

DNC: Barbour 'defended the indefensible' 2010

Again, the latest rankings by 65 respected historians is Clinton at number 15 and GW Bush at number 36.

Think Progress » Perry: Anyone Who’s Not A ‘Rank Political Hack’ Realizes That Bush Was A ‘Very, Very Good President’ 2010

Her desire to put the authority back in the hands of "professional historians" is disheartening and seems at odds with the evidence presented in her book.

Dangerous Games: Summary and book reviews of Dangerous Games by Margaret MacMillan. 2009

Family Routes, a travel agency catering to family historians, is offering deep discounts on some vacation packages this summer.

Vacations for Genealogists Getting Cheaper 2006

I thought I heard that he is now being called that by certain historians …

Think Progress » ‘Mission Accomplished’ By The Numbers 2006