Remarkable for the detailed information it contains on the medieval connections between astrology and the human body....
History
History connects people and societies across time, revealing how past choices continue to shape the present. Read accounts and interpretations drawn from cultures around the world.
Doctors and nurses became sex symbols and romantic heroes and heroines as Mills & Boon novels grew...
The earliest examples of surviving mail were found at a burial in Slovakia dated to the 3rd...
Partial plate armour, which protected the chest and the lower limbs, was used as early as the...
The conquistadors of the 15th and 16th centuries were the vanguards of the Portuguese and Spanish empires....
The discipline of historiography was first established in the 5th century BCE with the Histories of Herodotus....
The majority bloc of Supreme Court justices are lousy historians. Thanks to the Supreme Court’s historic end-of-session...
It was shaped within the paradigm of religious orders that was ultimately the product of “history from...
The desire to gather the papers and records of the Revolution informed a series of publishing projects....
Blacksmiths had a general knowledge of how to make and repair many different things. Mythology In Hindu...
Marshals worked mostly with horses and mules but did treat other animals as well. The Origins and...
With rising urban population and industrialization, more houses with chimneys meant sweeps were much sought-after. Introduction A chimney...
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, propaganda techniques became more refined and effective. Pre-Modern Precedents...
The First World War was the first war in which the mass media played a significant part....
Exploring how what we think can be manipulated. Introduction In September 1950, during the first year of...
Much Babylonian legal precedent remained in force through various cultures and survived to influence Romans. Introduction Babylonian law is...
The canon law of the Catholic Church has all the ordinary elements of a mature legal system:...
By the late 1850s, the first military prisoners were being housed on the island. Alcatraz Origins The...
They believed that an ongoing cycle of decay, death, and rebirth was what provided for the eternal...
We see how one 14th-century man understood the political and ethnic realities of his world. Introduction What...
A voyager named Tupaia guided Captain James Cook through the South Seas and drew a puzzling island-filled...
The bull of Phalaris would appear to be a sick parody of Pasiphae’s bestial desires. In both...
The earliest examples are punishments for prisoners of war. Introduction Crucifixion as a punishment was practiced by several...
How incidents of non-suicidal self-injury were filtered through plays, poems, and songs. Introduction In 1718 the writer...
How loan forgiveness was handled thousands of years ago in the Near East and royal decrees. Introduction...
Spain’s encomienda system imposed labor and tribute on Indigenous communities. Promises of protection and Christian instruction collided...
In melting down this glittering metal, the conquistadors left behind a trail of death, torture, and destruction....
The story of Atreus and his heirs made excellent dramatic material for ancient Greek and Roman literature....
In honor of Memnon, the gods collected all the drops of blood that fell from him and...
Fisher King legends imply that the King has become unable to support a new generation which can...