The social lives of medieval Londoners reveal how far they were drawn into the centralizing forces of...
History
Travel exposed them to different lifestyles and offered them novel ways of constructing gender and class identity....
Alexander was imbued with a belief in his own special nature. Alexander the Great was religiously both...
The Roman Empire is a model for understanding the changing functions of rituals in changing environments. Ritual...
Courson’s life intersected with some of the major religious movements and contemporary concerns of his day. Introduction...
This was an area in which early anatomically modern humans survived, evolved, and thrived. Introduction Just over...
During the country’s founding, a young America admired venerable old sages. Introduction In 1783, at age 51,...
Captain Noah Grant’s brief military career has been forgotten. During the summer of 1756, Lieutenant Quintin Kennedy...
The telescope quickly opened up a whole new area of scientific inquiry. Introduction The invention of the...
The first optical microscopes appeared in the early 17th century. Introduction The microscope was one of the...
In antiquity and through the Middle Ages, the concept of temperature was quite different from today. Introduction...
The birth of agriculture was a pivotal moment in human history. Introduction The ancient Near East, and the...
There were a number of festivals and temples dedicated to Ceres in both Greece and Italy. Introduction...
Early-20th century small landowners pushed back against crony capitalism. In a nation that envisions innovation as the...
They shaped powerful ideas about justice and reform that aren’t so different from today’s. Introduction Prisons are...
The English already had developed a model of policing Ireland and their other colonies. Police accountability is...
A famed reporter and crusading U.S. senator brought it to light after it was hidden. A major...
Regardless of their accomplishments as tyrants – good or bad – many usurped power by force or...
The images were meant to communicate messages about their persona and the general outlines of their reign....
In Axis countries the people’s war was fought in darkness behind the doors of the torture chamber....
Slavery in Renaissance Europe was very much an urban phenomenon. Introduction The first questions are: Who were...
Insights into the lives of African Americans at Arlington and other plantations in the Upper South. The...
What we know about slavery in ‘biblical’ or ‘ancient’ societies is that it was horrific. Introduction As...
The earthquake was followed by a paleotsunami which devastated the southern and eastern coasts of the Mediterranean....
How frequently these disasters occurred and what conditions influenced their severity. Disastrous Times Before we embark on...
Both weather and natural catastrophes have always been highly impactful on human history and culture. Introduction Originally...
How today’s ‘psychedelic renaissance’ reflects a millennia-long history of using intoxicants for insight and connection. Introduction Psychedelics...
How physicians could divine sexual history, disease, and impending death by studying the body’s liquid excretions. This...
Settlers in New France enjoyed a good medical infrastructure. Introduction All kinds of ailments were part of...
They both met the same horrible fate. Introduction Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus (c. 163-133 BCE) and his younger brother...