Rulers used law codes either to justify their rule or to demonstrate examples of justice and due...
History
Literary being is beyond our control: maybe in this, and only in this, does it coincide with...
Since ancient times animals have been the source of medicinal substances used in various cultures. Abstract Animals...
It can be dated to 12,000-10,000 BCE though most accounts – especially concerning the dog – date...
People have lived with infectious disease throughout the millennia, with culture and biology influencing each other. Introduction...
How lesbian authors have reinvented the imagined spaces of the U.S. South through print culture, activism, and...
Women’s historic struggles to vote continue to resonate as the country debates who should vote and how....
The allure of novel goods was so strong that it triggered 1,000 years of trade and interactions...
The Etymologiae was copied so often by scribes and transmitted so widely that it was second only...
Insights into the lives of African Americans at Arlington and other plantations in the Upper South before...
They created self-contained enclaves characterized by a southern Protestantism in sharp contrast to Mexican Catholicism. The defeat...
Community care is at the heart of Indigenous response. In Indian Country, there is a collective experience...
Religious orthodoxy was critical during this period of the Counter Reformation and was enforced by the Inquisition...
The earliest written works in China are ghost stories and myths. By Emily MarkHistorian Introduction Chinese literature...
Little Richard honed his craft as a teenage drag queen. We see the influence of gay contemporaries...
World War Two saw a massive increase in weapon types and technology. Some didn’t work out quite...
From Zeppelin airships to propaganda leaflet drops, aerial combat was used on a large scale for the...
Publius Cornelius Tacitus (l. c. 56 – c. 118 CE) was a Roman historian, active throughout the reign of...
It was founded c.814 BCE by the legendary Phoenician queen Dido and increased in size after an...
Examining ‘suspicious reading’ – allied reading – or reading in solidarity. By Stephen SquibbDoctoral Candidate in EnglishHarvard...
Even toward the end of her life, the writer revealed a youthful zest for life and art....
The brilliant, eclectic thinker who wrote the classic dystopian novel Brave New World.. At six feet four and...
The family one was born into in Byzantium greatly determined one’s social status and profession in adult...
Honor Ceres, the goddess of wheat, with this ancient recipe. Introduction Although Ceres (Greek Demeter) was in...
After winning the Civil War and living in the White House, he decided to see the world....
Deaths were justified by prevailing ideologies both in Westminster and among the British public. Chief Mato-tope of...
Van Helmont was an heir of Paracelsus’s thought and movement who went to lengths in later years...
Achilles was too proud and bad-tempered for his own good, and his reckless rage would cost both...
Exploring how manuscripts reveal the evolution of the tale of Troy in ancient Greek and Latin traditions....
The Pope and the president both opted to look away from the greatest humanitarian crisis of our...