The early colonists of America considered the militia an important social institution, necessary to provide defense and...
Year: 2020
It is estimated that close to 300 billion liters of tea are drunk each year. This makes...
To begin, a disclaimer for this article: This is not an attempt to sanitise the legacy of...
Geologist and cartographer Tharp changed scientific thinking about what lay at the bottom of the ocean. Introduction...
Franklin was born a century ago, and her X-ray crystallography work crucially contributed to determining the structure...
Exploring the literary context in which American Renaissance writers wrote and published. Originally published by Newberry Digital...
Gothic literature has a long, complex, and multi-layered history. Originally published by Newberry Digital Collections for the...
Many people who participate in disinformation campaigns are unwitting accomplices. The COVID-19 pandemic has spawned an infodemic,...
The plague remained endemic for 300 years, returning every so often to cull the population. Introduction In...
Medieval people firmly believed in God and occult powers. By Véronique SoreauPhD Student in English and Anglo-Saxon...
History is a thing that comprises a variety of events from different aspects of life as well...
One goal Hayes didn’t accomplish as president – invigorating black education – he worked for as an...
Grant was accused with packing the court, the same charge later leveled against FDR in 1937. Introduction...
For many centuries explanations for disease were based not on science, but on religion, superstition, and myth....
Diseases have often influenced historical events, but they are neglected in the documentation of these events. Human...
We all need to be worried. 2020 is continuing to bring deeply worrying climate news from both...
The masonry techniques discussed here cover a broad chronological range from the second millennium B.C.E. to Late...
Throughout the history of the ancient Mediterranean artists were always keen to express their appreciation of the...
Congress passed the Posse Comitatus Act to prevent exactly this type of action. It doesn’t take a...
Soldiers were typically yeoman farmers with a sense of honor and status and an ideological commitment to...
The term has also been applied to various later civilian paramilitary forces trying to recall the success...
Tribal militia formed the basis of the army in Kievan Rus’ before the Mongol invasion. Introduction The...
From Kievan Rus to the adoption of Christianity and Ivan the Great after the Mongol invasion. Introduction...
During this period, China’s huge cities dwarfed the cities of medieval Europe. Introduction The Song period was...
Exploring how the Chinese both welcomed and rejected foreign contacts. Introduction At times, the Chinese welcomed foreign...
Brewminate’s running weekly forecast for the 2020 election. By Matthew A. McIntoshJournalist and HistorianBrewminate Editor-in-Chief Brewminate will be...
By using religion rather than the Constitution to pass laws, we risk religious tyranny. By Suzanne Debey...
In the architectural void of a new nation, he borrowed from ancient Athens to express America’s democratic...
Rivalries over its political symbolism, and damage from the War of 1812, nearly destroyed the city. As...
The worlds fastest growing “religion” is not Islam or Christianity, but no religion at all. By Lachlan...