In the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church developed the concept of a holy way in which the participants would receive pardons for…
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In the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church developed the concept of a holy way in which the participants would receive pardons for…
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For a war that affected nearly every country in the world, only a few nations seem to get mentioned when we talk…
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While nowhere near as famous as the Salem witchcraft trials that took place in 1692, the great Connecticut witchcraft panic, which lasted…
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Men have ruled since the earliest societies. In every stage of human history, women have been in margins, struggling through a second-class…
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The demography of ancient Greece has always been a hard subject to study. Although ancient sources provide no reliable statistical data on…
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The samurai of Japan have an almost mythic reputation. The idea of a class of katana-wielding warriors held to a noble code…
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With all of the seemingly endless options for amusement we have today, it’s easy to forget that this hasn’t been the case…
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Colonialism gets a bad rep these days, often with good reason. You’d have to be a madman to look at King Leopold’s…
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Roman civilization grew by destroying hundreds of others. In this process, many brave men and women challenged the almighty Roman army in…