A new realization of the value of their labor and an unwillingness to be exploited lay behind...
Month: December 2018
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...
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...
Examining scale of emigration, the reasons behind emigrants’ departure, the various origins and destinations, and the attitudes in...
Examining the inter-relationship of religion and culture in the time period of medieval Spain known as the...
Because of its geography, Russia is a relatively easy country to invade from both east and west....
Russia spans not only two continents, butalso eleven time zones. Introduction Meet the Giant Imagine a giant...