A model reconstruction of the Temple Mayor at the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. In use from the 14th to early 16th century...
History
In the second half of the fourteenth century, petitioners hoping to secure royal grace began addressing the...
The peristyle (courtyard) of Diocletian’s palace The reforms of Diocletian and Constantine “preserved” the empire, but changed...
The March on Rome: From left to right – unknown, Benito Mussolini, Cesare Maria de Vecchi and...
The Stadio dei Marmi, part of the Foro Mussolini, a sports complex in Rome built between 1928...
Tea Party protest at the National Mall on September 12, 2009 / Photo by NYyankees51, Wikimedia Commons...
As the United States became a major industrial power, conflict between workers and factory owners intensified. Read...
In response to drastic unjust debt and legal principles the Plebeians deserted their positions in society and...
The historical importance of Roman law is reflected by the continued use of Latin legal terminology in...
jonandsamfreecycle, Flickr, Creative Commons The Atelier Populaire produced many of the iconic images of the student and...
Portrait of Edgar Quinet by Sebastien-Melchior Cornu / National Portrait Gallery Examining the connections Quinet made between...
St George’s Day procession, with King James under a canopy attended by Knights of the Garter, chaplains,...
Nuit du 4 août 1789 dans l’ Assemblée nationale française / Musée de la Révolution française, Wikimedia...
Threshing and pig feeding from a book of hours from the Workshop of the Master of James...
The Age of Augustus, the Birth of Christ, by Jean-Léon Gérôme, c.1852 / Getty Images, Creative Commons...
Vincenzo Camuccini’s depiction of the death of Julius Caesar / Getty Images, Creative Commons Caesar made politics...
Detail of A carole: shawms and bagpipes played from the gallery to accompany dancers, including Courtesy and...
Examining the close interdependence of medieval science, technology and religion: the Cathedral. By Dr. Hans Peter Broedel...
Kleroterion. This device was used for the jury selection system in Athens. Bronze identification tickets were inserted...
![Parthenon [facade], page 2 (recto)](https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/092918-60-Ancient-Athens-History-Greek-Greece-Law-300x209.jpg "Social Norms in the Courts of Ancient Athens 183")
Ancient Athens was a remarkably peaceful and well-ordered society by both ancient and contemporary standards. By Adriaan...
The Gracchi, by Jean-Baptiste Claude Eugène Guillaume / Wikimedia Commons A law gave the Senate the power...
Socrates teaching Alcibiades, by François-André Vincent, 1776 / Musée Fabre, Wikimedia Commons Would a more powerful Socrates...
Hitler signing the Munich Agreement, 30 Sep 1938 / Public Domain The Munich Agreement is commonly called...
Peter the Hermit Preaching the First Crusade – From the Painting by James Archer / Wikimedia Commons...
Same-sex unions are an integral part of the long, complex and hotly contested history of marriage. ...
Exploring the ways in which the law was used to control sex in late medieval and Tudor...
Roman Triumphal arch (Arch of Titus) panel copy from Beth Hatefutsoth, showing spoils of Jerusalem temple /...
A 16th century chart of Europe and North Africa. Luis Texieira, Portolan Chart, Lisbon, ca. 1600 via...
In his famous work Republic, Plato discusses the concept of the `True Lie’ or the `Lie in...
Barcelona’s harbor in the 18th Century / Wikimedia Commons In the early-18th century, absolute monarchies set about...