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Contributor(s): Author: James Chappel In 1900 the Catholic Church stood staunchly against human rights, religious freedom, and the secular s…
Hegel’s philosophy of history—which most critics view as a theory of inevitable progress toward modern European civilization—is widely regar…
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, born at Corduba (Cordova) ca. 4 BCE, of a prominent and wealthy family, spent an ailing childhood and youth at Rome …
Appian (ca. AD 95-161) is a principal source for the history of the Roman Republic. His theme is the process by which Rome achieved her cont…
Aristotle, great Greek philosopher, researcher, reasoner, and writer, born at Stagirus in 384 BCE, was the son of Nicomachus, a physician, a…
Andrea Navagero (1483–1529), among the principal poets of Venice, pioneered the Renaissance pastoral epigram genre. Marcantonio Flaminio (14…
Throughout US history, black people have been configured as sociolegal nonpersons. Joshua Bennett explores the place of animality in works b…
On the centennial of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party, Tony Saich offers the definitive history of the CCP's rise and rule. The p…
Bite and wit characterize two seminal and stellar authors in the history of satirical writing, Persius (34-62 CE) and Juvenal (writing about…
Description Tormented girls writhing in agony, stern judges meting out harsh verdicts, nineteen bodies swinging on Gallows Hill. The stark i…
