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The Council of Trent: Catholic Response to the Reformation
It is said that the Counter-Reformation began with the Council of Trent in 1545. The meetings had lasting consequences for Western Christianity.
Jul 13, 2011
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Kevin Hughes
Istanbul's Magical Concert Venue: An Underground Cistern
Underground music takes on another meaning at Istanbul's Yerebatan Sarayi, where sound and light play among ancient pillars.
Jul 11, 2011
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Roger Williams
The Price Revolution in Europe: The Birth of Inflation
Inflation is an economic phenomenon that has entered the lexicon of everyday speech. The Price Revolution of the sixteenth century is where it all began.
Jul 7, 2011
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Kevin Hughes
Unearthing Rennes le Chateau
Rennes le Chateau emerged with the spotlight from The Da Vinci Code. Mystery still shrouds the area with talk of treasure.
Jul 4, 2011
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Jenny Kile
Philosophy of Education in Nazi Germany
National Socialism's ideology demanded an academic environment in which principles of race, nation, and obedience dominated.
Jul 2, 2011
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Bennett Murray
Machiavelli and The Prince: How to Rule in Renaissance Europe
In a short work dedicated to his patron Lorenzo Medici, Machiavelli laid out a bold new political philosophy focused on power rather than virtue.
Jul 1, 2011
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Tim Milosch
Pietism: a Seventeenth Century's Religious Movement
Pietism was a seventeenth century's religious movement derived from German Lutheranism. Its focus was private faith and religion's secularization.
Jun 28, 2011
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Yolimari Garcia
Slave Labor in Leopold II's Congo Free State
Belgium's King Leopold turned the Congo into a personal colony, secretly enriching himself while at the same time portraying himself as a philanthropist.
Jun 27, 2011
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Michael Streich
Mysterious Prehistoric Sites of Brittany
There are many hundreds of neolithic and megalithic sites throughout Brittany in western France, especially near Carnac in the south-central section.
Jun 22, 2011
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Richard Fleck
The Dutchman Who Invaded England - Michiel De Ruyter
Michiel De Ruyter rests in an imposing burial vault with a marble monument in Amsterdam's Nieuwe Kerk. You may wonder how he gained such an honour.
Jun 20, 2011
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Valerie Wilson
How Pocahontas Came To Be Buried on English Soil
Famous in her time, Pocahontas is barely remembered for her last year in London.
Jun 10, 2011
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Roger Williams
World's First Communist Government
For about three months in 1871 Paris was governed by its workers until their brief experiment in socialism was crushed.
Jun 8, 2011
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Rupert Taylor
Bacon and Galileo on Science and Religion's Relationship
This article offers a historical analysis of Sir Francis Bacon and Galieo Galilei's Understandings of the Relationship Between Religion and Science.
Jun 4, 2011
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Stetson Thacker
Rousseau and Wollstonecraft on the State of Nature and Society
This article offers a comparative analysis of Mary Wollestonecraft's and Jean-Jacques Rousseau's philosophical views in their respective works.
Jun 2, 2011
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Stetson Thacker
Welsh/Cymry Culture is Rich in Symbolism, History, and Romance
The people of Wales have earned a reputation for fierce independence and gracious hospitality and both are still delightfully evident to today's visitors.
Jun 2, 2011
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Denise Larson
Why Spices Were Expensive for Europeans
This article explains several reasons why spices were so expensive for Europeans between the 2nd century BC and the 2nd century AD.
May 30, 2011
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Jonathan Jordan
Hitler's Search For The Spear Of Destiny
According to the Gospel of John, a Roman centurion named Longinus pierced Christ's side with a spear as he was dying on the cross.
May 25, 2011
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Diane Evans
The International Brigades During the Spanish Civil War, 1936-39
The International Brigades were comprised of thousands of foreign volunteers who fought for the Republic during the Spanish Civil War.
May 24, 2011
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Fiona Allison
Ludolf Haase, The Little Known Nazi
This article is about Ludolf Haase, an early Nazi party member, and his piece "National Socialism and Democracy".
May 22, 2011
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Patrick Skinner
Emperor Joseph I of the Holy Roman Empire and His Female Heirs
Emperor Joseph I of the Holy Roman Empire had only daughters, causing a dispute in the next generation over female Austrian Habsburg succession.
May 17, 2011
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Emily Chauviere
