Death rituals help us to cope with loss and perhaps even feelings of guilt associated with disposing...
Year: 2019
Lincoln deserves far more credit than he has received as an architect of American constitutional law. Introduction...
The founders were an essential political and cultural touchstone in the election of 1864. “Four score and...
Martin van Buren was a man for the people, and especially for the downtrodden. Martin van Buren...
He claimed that he embodied the people in the same way that Louis XIV believed that he...
Jeffersonian scholarship is not a fool’s errand, but it is extremely arduous. Merrill Peterson, the preeminent Jeffersonian scholar,...
Sentiment began to change in earnest in the wake of the decision to publicize the XYZ dispatches...
The impact of political and social expectations on women in the Western world. By Dr. Max Barnish,...
Analyzing classical religious influences on the work of Ehab Mamdouh. Abstract This paper focuses on the work...
Given that this issue was among the first to divide religious liberals and conservatives, it is unsurprising...
Quaker worship services have always consisted of long periods of silent reflection. “The voices of the past...
Grillot de Givry’s discovery of this 18th-century manuscript from an alleged witch was serendipitous – twice over....
A collective of activist women in Afghanistan shows the importance of women’s voices to combat extremism and...
Founded during the conquests of Alexander the Great, the city developed and grew after his death. Ai...
The expansion of the Greco-Bactrians into present-day eastern Afghanistan and Pakistan from 180 BC established the Indo-Greek...
Historians have often neglected tattoos as a source, as artifacts that shed light upon society. In Christopher...
Wellcome Library, Creative Commons A tattoo is defined as an indelible mark fixed upon the body by...
The Muisca, Quimbaya, Calima, Tairona, Tolima and Zenú chiefdoms in ancient Colombia used gold to fashion dramatic...
Over time, El Dorado extended its meaning beyond its kings to refer to a lost golden city...
Latin America historically has been plagued by political violence. Latin America historically has been plagued by political...
The All-T’oqapu Tunic is an example of the height of Andean textile fabrication and its centrality to...
Despite the textile’s small size, it contains a vast amount of information about the people who lived...
After many decades of neglect, the story of slavery in the North is reentering collective memories in...
Underground Railroad activists and fugitive slaves had to improvise in response to ever-shifting circumstances. When I’ve used...
Preserving foodstuffs by mechanical refrigeration became an industrial possibility only in the 1870s and 1880s. The refrigerator...
Guilds filled many niches in medieval economy and society. Typical taxonomies divide urban occupational guilds into two...
The first of a century of many inept emperors following the death of Marcus Aurelius. Introduction Commodus...
Marcus’ goal was to become the best – most virtuous – person that he was able to...
Consumption of one or other form of intoxicating substances has been present throughout the history of the...
In our republic, elected officials ought to be representative of, and responsive to, the voters. California has...