It was the single largest extension of voting rights in our nation’s history. The woman suffrage movement...
As the presidential election of 1828 approached, the nation’s emotions were running high. As the presidential election...
The outcome of the very close election surprised political leaders. The 1824 presidential election marked the final...
The Electoral College may not have been expressly designed only to protect African slavery, but based on...
In the 1820s, political leaders and parties rose to popularity by championing the will of the people....
The 1787 debate over how slaves would be counted when determining a state’s total population for legislative...
Analyzing the role that Progressive Era writers played in restoring the image of the small business owner....
Serfs increased their political power by acting collectively in village communities which began to hold their own...
Saint Matthew, folio 15 recto of the Coronation Gospels (Gospel Book of Charlemagne), from Aachen, Germany, c. 800-810, ink...
Gentile da Fabriano, Adoration of the Magi, 1423, tempera on panel, 283 x 300 cm (Galleria degli Uffizi,...
The Lyceum had been used for philosophical debate long before Aristotle and stood long after. Introduction The Lyceum (Ancient...
Plato conceived education as an art of perfecting human beings. By Br. Francis Maluf What Is Education?...
Vance Packard’s ‘Hidden Persuaders’ was an exposé of the new techniques of mass manipulation developed by 1950s...
In the 1920s, doctors who believed labour-saving devices in the home were creating a ‘vacuum’ in housewives’...
The full range of consumer goods of the period was set out to tempt the shopper and...
The Mediterranean Sea was the economic focal point of the Roman Empire. By Michael GoodyearJ.D. CandidateUniversity of Michigan...
Behind today’s populist upheavals is a widespread recognition that the economy no longer serves the public good,...
The wealth of Egypt was owed in large part to the unrivaled fertility of the Nile. By...
A small number of sites, especially from the Middle and New Kingdoms, provide us with extraordinary amounts...
It’s no coincidence that the political system in America got so top-heavy with fundamentalist Christians. By Janet...
The history of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (1888-1901), the most influential hermetic society of...
There began a cult of Khayyám that lasted at least until the First World War. By Roman...
The historical lessons of 1844 are abundantly clear. Recently in St. Louis, the United Methodist General Conference...
In early modern Sweden bathing was a part of everyday life. There were public and private hot-steam...
The word aphrodisiac only began to be used to describe such foods in the late seventeenth century....
The types of Christianity they professed had important differences that led to a lack of recognition and...
Something very important to note about Augustus and his political, societal and religious views is the significant...
Courts in the federal system work differently in many ways than state courts. Introduction Overview The federal...
The Supreme Court had barely gotten used to its new chamber when the War of 1812 commenced...
Here are seven key findings about Americans’ experiences with and attitudes toward guns. Guns are deeply ingrained...