Athens wanted to put an end to the economic competition of Aegina. Kosmos Society / 11.2018 Aegina...
Month: December 2018
The expression “secret societies” evokes a Wittgensteinian family resemblance of a great variety of organisations with all...
The order was formed c.1119 CE when seven knights, led by French nobleman Hugh of Payns, swore...
A new realization of the value of their labor and an unwillingness to be exploited lay behind...
The idea of people of different social levels living together on a single estate for mutual benefit...
Alexander the Great’s cause of death has been contentious since antiquity. By Nathan Gamble (left) and...
PTSD is a relatively modern term, but the symptoms are as old as civilization itself. In the BBC’s Bodyguard, Richard Madden plays...
Bissu, or transgender priests, are one of five genders recognized by the Bugis. Reuters The Bugis of South...
Purging the identity from federal websites makes transgender people more vulnerable to discrimination. Here’s how you can...
Intriguing photographs from sexologists’ archives suggest they could have helped people explore their gender identity and sexuality....
From activist and academic roots, a field takes shape. By Dr. Kritika AgarwalManaging EditorPerspectives On HistoryAmerican Historical...
Examining comparisons and connections between British and Dutch migration circuits with Asia. Introduction The emergence of colonial migration...
By Dr. Pieter C. Emmer (left) and Dr. Leo Lucassen (right)Emmer: Professor Emeritus of HistoryLucassen: Professor...
It can easilybe argued that the United States exists today becausemedieval Europeans liked spicy food. Introduction The...
A verger’s dream; Saints Cosmas and Damian, 1495 / Wellcome Library Revealing the realities of the Middle...
Oheka Castle on Long Island served as one of the inspirations for Jay Gatsby’s estate in F....
For centuries, readers have written in the margins of their books to indicate admiration, disagreement or inspiration. Plath was...
The Scottish queen spent 14 years imprisoned at the medieval stronghold. By Meilan Solly / 08.17.2018 By...
How a widow battled back against the Vikings and became one of the most powerful figures in Britain. By (left-to-right)...
Plutarch’s attribution of the Spartan constitution to Plato is not strictly correct;the question of whether its assertion...
To assume that we cannot learn from the ancients is, ironically, to fulfill a type of hubris...
A growing share of Americans are religiously unaffiliated. A growing share of Americans are religiously unaffiliated. We recently asked...
The possible futures predicted by fortune-telling happen just often enough to tantalize, preying on our deepest aspirations...
Meister Eckhart was a 14th-century Dominican friar, who gave sermons on the direct experience of God. His words are finding...
Recovering a more capacious social topology from the Thomist theology that modern Western philosophy supplanted. Titled Declarations of Dependence:...
By Dr. Sabeen AhmedPhD Candidate, Department of PhilosophyVanderbilt University Poi ch’innalzai un poco piu’le ciglia,vidi ‘l maestro...
The Domus Aurea (Golden House), located between the Esquiline and Palatine Hills, was one of Nero’s most...
Illustration of the ancient palace of Malkata The grandeur that early European explorers had come to expect in...
Whether drawing for official purposes or for pleasure, soldier-artists contributed a rich source to the visual imagery...
Some exciting recipes from the first cookbooks printed in Indian languages. The cuisines detailed within these books...