The Renaissance period (c. 1300-1600 CE) in European countries is renowned for path-breaking and rapid developments and...
Month: April 2019
Versailles was the location of two seismic shifts in political culture. Ten million tourists flock to Versailles...
By sanctifying the royal body, the act of anointing has often been believed to confer healing powers....
By Dr. Christopher DugganHistorian The announcement on the radio later that evening that the ‘Duce’ had fallen...
Power has forever been entwined with a symbolic apparatus in charge of representing it. Power has forever...
The Ottonian dynasty (German: Ottonen) was a Saxon dynasty of German monarchs (919–1024), named after three of its kings and Holy...
West Francia prospered under succeeding kings up through the rise of the Capetian Dynasty. Introduction The Kingdom...
Pillars of the Great Hypostyle Hall from the Precinct of Amun-Re / Photo by Kurohito, Wikimedia Commons The New Kingdom...
The Temple of Isis at Philae, with pylonsand an enclosed court on the left and the inner building at right /...
Once again we face dilemmas that require as much of us as any time in the nation’s...
Imagining what might have happened is natural. In reflecting on the legacy of the American Civil War,...
Many questions linger regarding the process and motivations of Lincoln’s burial in Springfield. By Dr. Jeremy PrichardHistorian,...
Adams had become widely revered in his last years. The morning of February 21, 1848, was bright...
The Federalists won, but when the dust settled, Anti-Federalists could claim to have made their point. To...
It’s worth considering the astonishing contrast between 21st-century presidential elections and those contemplated by the 18th-century authors...
The Romans knew that a powerful naval fleet could supply troops and equipment where they were most...
A combined force of Germans annihilated a Roman army consisting of three legions. Introduction At the Battle of Teutoburg...
“Every scenario predicts that a country under attack will launch all its weapons at once to avoid...
Stories passed down from the ancient world tell of self-powered machines able to move on their own....
Over the course of several centuries, the inhabitants gradually settled down and took up agriculture. Introduction The...
The Wielbark culture was named after a village where a burial place with over 3,000 tombs. Introduction...
Scandinavia was populated by two main migrations, making its first inhabitants more genetically diverse and adapted to...
Measles cases have spiked as a growing number of anti-vaxxers, opting out of immunizations for their kids,...
Even before the 1952 and 1953 outbreaks, labs had been worked diligently to find a cure for...
For nearly 50 years academic and popular writers ignored the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic. A hundred years...
Jewish life did not solely consist of worrying about one’s day-to-day survival. Summary Jewish culture reflects the...
The urban region of Hamburg represents a special case in the modern religious history of German Jewry...
The story of King Solomon begins with his father, King David, and his mother, Bathsheba. Introduction According...
Allegedly around 1000 BCE, David was the eighth son (and youngest) of Jesse, from the tribe of...
Hard-line supporters of Israel are in panic mode. Hard-line supporters of Israel are in panic mode. It...