In response to drastic unjust debt and legal principles the Plebeians deserted their positions in society and...
Month: October 2018
The historical importance of Roman law is reflected by the continued use of Latin legal terminology in...
jonandsamfreecycle, Flickr, Creative Commons The Atelier Populaire produced many of the iconic images of the student and...
Portrait of Edgar Quinet by Sebastien-Melchior Cornu / National Portrait Gallery Examining the connections Quinet made between...
St George’s Day procession, with King James under a canopy attended by Knights of the Garter, chaplains,...
Nuit du 4 août 1789 dans l’ Assemblée nationale française / Musée de la Révolution française, Wikimedia...
Threshing and pig feeding from a book of hours from the Workshop of the Master of James...
The Age of Augustus, the Birth of Christ, by Jean-Léon Gérôme, c.1852 / Getty Images, Creative Commons...
Vincenzo Camuccini’s depiction of the death of Julius Caesar / Getty Images, Creative Commons Caesar made politics...
Detail of A carole: shawms and bagpipes played from the gallery to accompany dancers, including Courtesy and...
Examining the close interdependence of medieval science, technology and religion: the Cathedral. By Dr. Hans Peter Broedel...
Kleroterion. This device was used for the jury selection system in Athens. Bronze identification tickets were inserted...
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Ancient Athens was a remarkably peaceful and well-ordered society by both ancient and contemporary standards. By Adriaan...
The Gracchi, by Jean-Baptiste Claude Eugène Guillaume / Wikimedia Commons A law gave the Senate the power...
Socrates teaching Alcibiades, by François-André Vincent, 1776 / Musée Fabre, Wikimedia Commons Would a more powerful Socrates...
Hitler signing the Munich Agreement, 30 Sep 1938 / Public Domain The Munich Agreement is commonly called...
Peter the Hermit Preaching the First Crusade – From the Painting by James Archer / Wikimedia Commons...
Same-sex unions are an integral part of the long, complex and hotly contested history of marriage. ...
Exploring the ways in which the law was used to control sex in late medieval and Tudor...
The border between San Diego, CA and Tijuana, Mexico / Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Gordon Hyde,...
Roman Triumphal arch (Arch of Titus) panel copy from Beth Hatefutsoth, showing spoils of Jerusalem temple /...
A 16th century chart of Europe and North Africa. Luis Texieira, Portolan Chart, Lisbon, ca. 1600 via...
Kant accepted the basic proposition that a theory of duties—a set of rules telling us what we’re...
In his famous work Republic, Plato discusses the concept of the `True Lie’ or the `Lie in...
Barcelona’s harbor in the 18th Century / Wikimedia Commons In the early-18th century, absolute monarchies set about...
Monetary, fiscal, military, political, and economic issues are all very much intertwined. Lecture by Dr. Joseph R....
AboutWorldLanguages.com The Shan of northern Myanmar speak a language of the Tai-Kadai family found from southern China,...
Ancient temples of Bagan / Photo by Nicholas Kenrick, Wikimedia Commons Humans lived in the region that...
Although the original purpose of the convention was to amend the Articles of Confederation, some—though not all—delegates...
Radical pamphleteer Thomas Paine advocated a republic: a state without a king. By Dr. P. Scott Corbett,...