How ancient emperors used oratory, ceremony, and triumphal architecture to memorialize their fallen enemies. Introduction Damnatio memoriae,...
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How he chronicled, commemorated, and mourned his many loved ones who succumbed. This article, Petrarch’s Plague: Love,...
Roman artists copied, imitated, and innovated to produce art on a grand scale. Introduction The Romans controlled...
The theater covered such diverse themes as history, romance, revenge, murder, comedy, and tragedy. Introduction Elizabethan theatre,...
Internal virtues, including gender characteristics, were believed to be communicated through outward appearance. Ideal Representative of Masculinity...
Byzantine texts interpreted the domed church as a microcosm – a three-dimensional image of the cosmos. Ecstatic...
If King Arthur existed at all, we will probably never know the truth about what he was...
Typically the key “privilege” was that only guild members were allowed to sell their goods or practice...
Misinformation and lies are regularly used to undermine the science of climate change. Here’s how to see...
It can be dated to 12,000-10,000 BCE though most accounts – especially concerning the dog – date...
People have lived with infectious disease throughout the millennia, with culture and biology influencing each other. Introduction...
The allure of novel goods was so strong that it triggered 1,000 years of trade and interactions...
Van Helmont was an heir of Paracelsus’s thought and movement who went to lengths in later years...
Exploring how manuscripts reveal the evolution of the tale of Troy in ancient Greek and Latin traditions....
The pulverizing defeat at Hattin had left most of the Crusader strongholds without enough soldiers to defend...
The rebellious Arabian tribes declared that their pact with Muhammad was personal and that they felt no...
We often forget that for most of history artists did not simply create art for art’s sake....
With the plague decimating the ranks of laborers, surviving workers rebelled against the crown’s higher taxes and...
Codes of law existed in almost every ancient civilization in different forms and under different types of...
From the Black Death to COVID-19, there have always been those who think good Christian practice will...
Recent efforts to restore voting rights to the formerly incarcerated could have important implications for the 2020...
Rock art is the primary source to study the culture, rituals, traditions, and lives of prehistoric societies....
The first appearance of these drawings can be dated back to the age of Epipaleolithic (20000-1000 BP)....
The difference between prehistoric and ancient warfare is more organization oriented than technology oriented. Introduction Ancient warfare...
Almost all peoples have been both slaves and slaveholders at some point in their histories. Introduction Various...
Elizabeth I engage in a memorable invention of herself as a legend in her own lifetime. Introduction...
In Cicero’s Rome, the government eventually came under the control of a well-trained ruling class. Introduction As...
The affair is sometimes referred to as the Great Schism, but this term is typically reserved for...
The transformation of windmill forms had been occuring depending on social needs, the development of science and...
Examining what drugs were available in Russia and the great diversity of drugs traded in early modern...