A number of issues were involved in the Civil War, all inextricably bound to the institution of...
History
Medicine had become highly professionalized by the late Middle Ages and was patriarchal, but women like Trotula...
More Americans are learning about the 1921 massacre in Tulsa. It is part of this author’s family...
It has been called “the single worst incident of racial violence in American history.” Introduction The Tulsa...
The plague’s social and cultural impact has been compared to that of the Black Death that devastated...
The Roman Empire repeatedly faced an uncertain future. Introduction Two thousand years ago, at the dawn of...
In 44 BC, at the celebration of the Lupercalia, Julius Caesar, seated in a gilded chair at...
In the early days of the parcel post, some parents took advantage of the mail in unexpected...
School systems realized that they couldn’t deal with the pandemic on their own. Introduction Much like what...
How a symbolic climb changed two men. This is the story of one of the tallest volcanoes...
How ancient emperors used oratory, ceremony, and triumphal architecture to memorialize their fallen enemies. Introduction Damnatio memoriae,...
Many emperors were raised to gods after death, but just as many received the opposite – officially...
The issue that started the 1877 affair was not police brutality and institutional racism but economic inequality....
The use of federal troops in a law enforcement role has a twisted and often anti-working class...
They had sophisticated medical treatments at their fingertips – from preventative hygiene to prosthetics. Introduction The conventional...
How he chronicled, commemorated, and mourned his many loved ones who succumbed. This article, Petrarch’s Plague: Love,...
Tutor and advisor to Nero, he was ordered to commit suicide – by Nero. Introduction Lucius Annaeus...
The theater covered such diverse themes as history, romance, revenge, murder, comedy, and tragedy. Introduction Elizabethan theatre,...
In renaissance Italy, displays of grief were expected to be moderated. Why Mourning Matters A life-size, terracotta...
Internal virtues, including gender characteristics, were believed to be communicated through outward appearance. Ideal Representative of Masculinity...
They were founded in 1113 CE with the full name of ‘Knights of the Order of the...
Byzantine texts interpreted the domed church as a microcosm – a three-dimensional image of the cosmos. Ecstatic...
Claudette was arrested at the age of 15, nine months before Rosa Parks refused to yield her...
The “40 acres and a mule” promised to formerly enslaved Africans never came to pass. Introduction Underlying...
If King Arthur existed at all, we will probably never know the truth about what he was...
He is known for his participation in the Olympic Games and his attempt to expand his kingdom...
The German Resistance movement consisted of several disparate strands that were ultimately unable to bring Hitler down....
Typically the key “privilege” was that only guild members were allowed to sell their goods or practice...
Guilds secured the monopoly and the commerce of the cities, controlling the various activities and selling all...
The ancient Egyptians believed that, if one adhered to ma’at, one would live a harmonious existence. Introduction...