How did the Middle Ages define childhood and distinguish it from either infancy or adulthood? Introduction “Childhood,...
Literature
Richard Owen was the Victorian scientist who first named the “dinosaurs” in the 19th century. This article,...
Medieval writers and clerics condemned queer romance and gender-bending stories, but they survived. Introduction Americans have been...
Twenty-six-year old Pepys, a clerk in the office of the Exchequer, had begun the diary in 1660....
Various performances that took place in and around churches served the basic tenet of Christianity. Introduction In...
It was all about the importance of hosting, because you never knew who was the stranger coming...
4,349 book bans across 52 school districts in 23 states. U.S. school districts banned more books during...
Why are so many scholars and scientists obsessed with deciphering a bizarre, illustrated 600-year-old manuscript? By Dr....
What was considered dangerous and in need of censoring changed over time. Censorship in Imperial Rome Overview...
The self-policing of publication was already in place well before the advent of printing. Introduction The perceived...
Moral prudishness pushed Thomas Hardy and George Eliot to develop more creative and thoughtful writing practices. Introduction...
Fans have always created new stories based on familiar characters, weaving their own experiences into the tale....
Republics need to “stop turning our libraries into political battlefields.” The Alabama Library Association and other critics...
Examining evidence wherein manuscripts self-document their own utility. Introduction Liturgical manuscripts—such as Gospels and missals—both betokened and...
They’ve faced criminalization and harassment and in some cases have been fired. Americans last year challenged more book...
Milton saw how the reading public might digest books — good and bad alike — into nourishing...
Following several precious scientific books through the Middle Ages. By Katie HafnerHealth Journalist While covering technology for The...
Books have the power to transport us to different worlds, broaden our horizons, and deepen our understanding...
The work is considered a fundamental source for the earliest history of the East Slavs. Introduction The Russian...
We are experiencing a continuation of evolution. It is occurring at the fastest pace it has ever...
Writing developed independently in three different regions of the world: the Middle East, China, and Mesoamerica. A...
Books were so much more than material items accommodating devotion, liturgy, knowledge, and entertainment. Introduction I have...
Russian literature shaped the development of Korean culture after being translated into Japanese. The basic give and...
As she made plans to kill herself, Cleopatra appropriated the language of the ‘noble Roman’. Introduction In...
Whitman secured and maintained employment as a low-level government clerk, helping his hospital efforts. Introduction Walt Whitman’s...
The story of the divine love of Radha and Krishna and the lessons in it for our...
The spatial sign in the middle ages is the product of the mythology of static, determinate structure....
Examining anti-immigrant rhetoric, legislation, violence, and hostility at the time. London has always been a city of...
The Prince is definitely one of the most notorious books of all time; however, the bulk of...
Although few of his works have survived, he is referenced extensively by later writers. Introduction Callimachus of Cyrene (l....