From 16th-century playwrights to ‘The Good Place,’ wordplay has found clever ways to get around uttering profane...
Year: 2020
The aesthetic qualities of a geometric design are what most concern the twentieth-century work on Hagia Sophia....
The increased study of plants for artistic purposes during the Renaissance led to the development of the...
Magic in ancient Egypt was not considered a parlor trick or illusion. It was to them the...
The transition to use of diphtheria antitoxin to treat ill humans happened quickly. It’s hard to identify...
Between 1816 and 1923, the first six cholera pandemics occurred consecutively and continuously over time. Introduction Seven...
20,000 people, including Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and much of the federal government fled the city to...
When Massachusetts was hit by Diptheria and Scarlett Fever at the same time. In 1736, scarlet fever...
The travel literature, which did not have Brazil as final destination, could have disproportionate and unsuspected repercussions....
Transporting plants and their by-products by long transoceanic voyages was a complex operation during the 18th century....
Introduction Once a medical practice bills a patient for the provided services, the amount delivered by the...
A new terrorism case shows how the two extremist movements attract the same people. From a military...
Vigilance committees formed throughout the Missouri Ozarks, and spread to several areas within the state. Introduction During...
The Bald Knobbers, who mostly sided with the Union in the Civil War, were opposed by the...
After serving one year on the staff of a Syrian legion, he began the long, imperial road...
Augustus framed his autocratic takeover and control of the Roman state as a sort of democratic act....
30,000 slaves were captured and returned to their masters, with another 6,000 being impaled upon wooden stakes...
After the murder of Caesar, Brutus and Cassius (also known as the Liberatores) had left Italy and...
For 45 years, David Hanks has photographed feed mills in every season and mood. By David HanksPhotographer...
The Grange was an agricultural brotherhood that sought to foster mutual self-reliance free from monopolies. Perhaps you’ve...
The repression of political dissent in Czarist Russia led many future revolutionaries to literature as a gateway...
The events that unfolded in Russia from the autumn of 1916 through the autumn of 1917 bent...
The hysteria quickly spread and local authorities used it as an excuse to attack both Jewish and...
Exploring the medieval roots of the now-obsolete meaning of the word ‘Twitter’. Does Twitter have its origins...
Gambling and playing casino games on a site like Goldenslot have been a favourite pastime for many people across...
Before Facebook, we mailed idealized images of each other to those we love. My great-grandmother, who was...
It can be as meaningful to the voters today as the brass buttons were to supporters watching...
Many radical Republicans pressured Jefferson and the Republican-dominated Congress to make war on the Federalist judiciary. In...
The Whiskey Rebellion was the first test of federal authority in the United States. It all started...
This is a time for anyone with a conscience and a pulse to join this extraordinary movement....