Medieval robber barons most often imposed high or unauthorized tolls on rivers or roads passing through their...
History
Throughout the history of the book, scribes and artists have incorporated nature into their creations. Flowers are...
Studies of painting materials from the ancient world have revealed a very sophisticated use of natural dyes...
The stories of four groups of Indigenous artists using technology and art to tell their communities’ stories....
Freedom on the Move is a database collecting these ads, which help form a more complete picture...
The images serve as a testament to how clinical photography practice has changed as a result of...
Alchemy was an art, a scientific and technological project that foreshadowed modern chemistry. Alchemy, with its cryptic...
While the Vesuvian eruption was devastating, and many lives were lost, it preserved a moment in Roman...
The ideas of white racial superiority used to explain and justify modern imperialism were common currency during...
Robes, fiery crosses, and even the American flag were all material objects employed by the 1920s Klan...
Sumner added fire to an already explosive debate with his amendment to do away with the “whites...
After enduring decades of exploitation at the hands of the French, Haiti was forced to pay a...
Spain’s huge empire in the Americas was a tempting source of wealth for rival European powers. Introduction...
Family arms and honor were put on the line, ladies were wooed, and even national pride was...
Marches, demonstrations, civic unrest, attacks by law enforcement and the military on protesting civilians – in 1932....
Doomed to failure, this early colonial project lacked adequate planning and logistical support. Introduction The Roanoke Colony...
Heavenly bodies and human fate have long been perceived as intertwined. ‘The stars (…) disclose for men...
Elements of racist ideology have long been present in and justified by white Christianity in the United...
Nationalism (or “100% Americanism”), Protestant Christianity, and white supremacy became inextricably linked. Randall J. Stephens responds to...
The idea of organized satanic witchcraft was invented in Europe by church authorities, who at first were...
Some bestiary descriptions explained a creature’s Christian significance while others focused on physical characteristics. Introduction The bestiary...
Their mission was not only to convert people but especially kings and rulers, thereby making the people...
Women were key to the Democratic Party’s transformation in the 1920s and 1930s away from its socially...
The Republican Party had established itself as the party of reform in the 19th century, not the...
The meaning of the Emancipation Proclamation, for those at the time and for us today. As he...
By the end of the century, Congress had authorized a national archive of maps. Introduction In the...
This was the first map of the newly independent United States compiled, printed, and published in America...
Women spies of the American Revolution. Introduction Throughout the Revolutionary War, there are stories of heroism; those...
Two wives of the American Revolution – one a patriot, one a spy. By Victoria Cooney Lucy...
Examining some myths about women during the Revolutionary War and trying to find the truth. We all...