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Combating malaria through travel, diet, natural remedies, and architecture in early modern England. From standing PoolesFrom boggs;...
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The foundation was laid for Modernity by the philosophies and theories of the Enlightenment. Antecedents to Modernity...
Without doubt, gladiator spectacles were one of the most watched forms of popular entertainment in the Roman...
“The people are only anxious for two things: bread and circuses.” Introduction Two men ready their weapons....
Pest control was a political act in late-nineteenth-century Hawaiʻi, helping sugarcane planters pursue annexation to the United...
The crisis affected all kind of people: whites, mestizos, and indigenous people; herders, large cattle owners, and...
Medieval commerce had little space for a specialized law, and merchants had little need for it. Abstract...
Strategies in translating the first national law-code of Norway, the Landslov from 1274, into English. Abstract This...
“She killed her sister, butchered her elder brothers, murdered the ruler, poisoned her mother,” the chronicles say....
His name was synonymous with terror among his enemies and the general populace of the territories that...
Exploring the distinction between a found community and a community of choice. By Dr. John RiserFormer Professor...
The dialectic of Plato’s civic architecture is centered on an account of justice as geometrical equality. Abstract...
The idea of the “people” as a united force suffused the imagery of the New Deal era....
Eighty years ago, the publication of John Steinbeck’s novel The Grapes of Wrath shocked the world with...
Constructing a “national” identity of the Athenian inhabitants during the tyrannical governance of Peisistratos and his sons....
What is it to understand a language, hence others? By Dr. Paul TomassiFormer Professor of PhilosophyUniversity of...
Whenever a folk tradition becomes popular, you can be sure that a large company will try to...
Debunking some long-held false notions of the holiday. #1 Myth Retailers Have Ruined Christmas By Commercializing It...
What does the Bible say about how we are to treat refugees, immigrants and foreigners? It’s pretty...
Several of Santa’s modern features, such as his generosity, miracle-working, and focus on morality (being ‘naughty or nice’), were part of his image from the very...
Behind today’s mythical Santa Claus from the North Pole, is a real saint – St. Nicholas. How he came to be today’s gift-giving...
Alena Kuzmina/Shutterstock.com Christmas tends to assume a strong sense of its own significance in times of protracted conflict....
How did a religious celebration turn into a holiday that is all about home, family, and Christmas...
In the Netherlands, the tradition goes that Sinterklaas lives in Madrid, wears a red clerical robe and...
Around 1 in 8 Americans was poor in 2017. That doesn’t compare well to other developed nations. On Sept. 12, the...
Virgin birth was not a new story in the ancient world. At the centre of the annual...