Feeds
Every new article on Writesides of History appears in the feeds below the moment it is published. Paste a feed url into any feed reader, or fetch it from your own software. There is no key and no sign-up.
The whole archive
| Feed | Format | What it holds |
|---|---|---|
/feed.xml |
RSS 2.0 | The twenty newest articles, RSS, full text |
/feed.json |
JSON Feed 1.1 | The 50 newest articles, JSON Feed 1.1, full text |
Per era
| Era | Feed | Articles in the era |
|---|---|---|
| Prehistoric (before 3000 BC) | /prehistoric/feed.xml |
13 |
| Ancient History (3000 BC – 500 AD) | /ancient/feed.xml |
41 |
| Medieval World (500 – 1500) | /medieval/feed.xml |
76 |
| Early Modern History (1500 – 1800) | /early-modern/feed.xml |
60 |
| Modern History (1800 – now) | /modern/feed.xml |
53 |
For software and AI agents
Beyond the feeds, the complete archive is published as open, machine-readable files. Start at the machine-readable archive or its manifest /agents/index.json.
/llms.txt— a guide to the site for language models./llms-full.txt— all 243 articles, complete, in one markdown file./agents/articles.json— every article as a record, with links to its own markdown and json versions./agents/questions.json— 949 questions the archive answers, each with the article to cite./agents/articles/{slug}.md— one article as markdown: a header with its url, era, date, topics, sources and licence, then the complete text./agents/articles/{slug}.json— one article as json: the record from articles.json plus the complete markdown and its questions and answers./agents/changes.json— what was published in the last 90 days.
Using the feeds
Text. Quote freely, with attribution to Writesides of History and a link to the article url. The articles are written and published by Writesides of History, which is both author and publisher. Keep the article links intact: the article page is the copy to cite.
Images. Images are not covered by the line above. Every media record carries its own creator, licence and source url; most are Wikimedia Commons files under their own terms. Honour the record, not this file.
Be reasonable. These are static files. One request per second is plenty, and the feeds change only when an article is published.
Something missing? info@writesidesofhistory.com.