This Western-style organizational form gradually spread from the medieval Latin west across the globe. Introduction A medieval...
History
The library-era, as we may call it, began with the publication of the Rule of S. Benedict...
The Roman Catholic Church regarded the sect as heretical, and the Vatican launched the Albigensian Crusade to...
Hildegard of Bingen was called the “Sibyl of the Rhine” because of her apocalyptic visions. Introduction Hildegard...
The consequences of the revolt were limited. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction The Peasants’ Revolt, also known as...
We have more neurons in our cortices than any other species, courtesy of an early technology –...
Researchers say it’s time to finally discard a decades-old theory about the origins of human language. Introduction...
By 2000 BCE, many agrarian village communities had been settled throughout the Andes and the surrounding regions....
There was new development toward life-likeness and a form of idealized realism. Kamakura Period (1185-1333): New Aesthetic...
The arts of Japan are profoundly intertwined with the country’s long and complex history. Introduction Japan’s arts...
India has often been overlooked, especially in the West, about the contributions of its rich history and...
Art is a wonderfully tangible pathway to past cultures. By Dr. Arathi Menon Introduction Art is a...
It was a matter of the right eclipse, the right place, and the right time. By Charles...
Humboldt almost invented the electric battery– in fact, he came very close. Alexander von Humboldt was born...
During one attack in 1393, Charles could not remember his name, did not know he was king,...
He is traditionally viewed as the second of the so-called “Mad Emperors,” the first being Caligula. Introduction...
He was the author of the Shāhnāmeh (Epic of Kings), the national epic of the Persian-speaking world....
Cyrus was far different from other kings of his time in the ways he chose to rule....
Aristotle argued that there were six general ways in which societies could be organized under political rule....
Ancient accounts of Aristotle credit him with 170 Constitutions of various states. Introduction The Constitution of the...
A long heritage of black preachers who played an important role for enslaved people shaped Martin Luther...
A dynasty was considered just and worthy to rule only as long as it upheld divine will,...
Censors were elected every four or five years by the comitia centuriata, the assembly of Rome with...
Grady wanted to promote northern investment in the South, and he was willing to ignore lynchings and...
The Wasp meted out ridicule to a myriad of caricatured subjects, from senators and presidents to Chinese...
Each generation, each epoch, has seen themselves apocalyptically, albeit with great differences as to what the actual...
Created between 1377 and 1382, it is the oldest surviving French tapestry. Introduction The Apocalypse Tapestry is...
Examining 18th-century satirist Richard Brinsley Sheridan and his most famous play, The School for Scandal. Introduction Perhaps...
Examining Mexico’s international strategy of economic development in these turbulent years. Introduction: Latin America’s Development Strategies versus...
In the time of Kievan Rus’, goldwork embroidery flourished in the lives of the feudal elite and...