Kneeling emperor taking oath before bishop (Scene, Liturgical: Coronation, Oath). (Italy, early 14c.). Princeton University Library, Princeton 7, fol. 28r The governing offices of medieval church and state were often filled by election. By Jessica Savage / 11.08.2016 Art History Specialist Princeton University The governing offices of medieval church and state – such as emperor,[…]
Alnwick Castle / Photo by James*C, Creative Commons The notion that modern democracy has medieval roots was forcefully formulated by the Prussian historian Otto Hintze. By Dr. Jørgen Møller / 08.17.2015 Professor of Political Science Aarhus University Madame de Staël famously observed that in France liberty is ancient and despotism is modern. The sentiment behind[…]
Socialists in Union Square, New York City, May 1, 1912 / Library of Congress, Wikimedia Commons Socialism has a very long history. The earliest recorded socialist society is described in the Book of Acts in the Bible. Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh / 08.10.2018 Historian Brewminate Editor-in-Chief Introduction Socialism has a very long history. The[…]
Toronto in lovely black and white / Photo by Steve Harris, via Flickr creative commons Just what is “capitalism” and its history? By Dr. Tom Cutterham / 11.12.2014 Lecturer in United States History University of Birmingham One of the central characteristics of the new history of capitalism has been its tendency to defer the question[…]
Upper part of a gypsum statue of a Sumerian woman. The hands are folds in worship. The eyes would have been inlaid. A sheepskin garment is wrapped on the left shoulder. Early Dynastic Period, c. 2400 BCE. / Photo by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin, British Museum, Wikimedia Commons Do we have any evidence of actual[…]
The Roses of Heliogabalus (1888), Lawrence Alma-Tadema. (Wikimedia Commons) Ancient Rome featured a myriad of, what could be understood, both then and now, as experiences that transcended sex and gender norms. By GVGK Tang / 11.14.2017 The ancient Roman satirist Lucian describes an exchange between two courtesans, wherein one of the women repeatedly characterizes her[…]