- January 28, 2025
Thanksgiving Evolved From Fasting and Prayer to Feasting and Mourning
Thanksgiving observances predate the feast of the year 1621 shared by the Wampanoag Indians and the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony
Who to Blame for Early Modern Climate Change?
The sky in the northern hemisphere had been darkened, the winters unusually harsh, and the summers barely arriving for decades
Otto the Great’s Tribute to His Late English Queen Finally Makes Sense
A historical document composed by King Otto I, better known as Otto the Great, to his English queen has been
How the Thanksgiving Food Favorites Won Their Place at the Table
Thanksgiving, celebrated annually in the United States, is a time-honored tradition marked by a feast that brings together family and
What Counts as a Planet?
When, in 1816, John Keats began reading an Elizabethan translation of Homer, he became so enthralled that he stayed up
The Rebecca Riots: Why Did Wales Rise Up?
A sustained campaign of attacks blazed across the Welsh counties of Carmarthenshire, Cardiganshire, and Pembrokeshire from 1839. Tenant-farmers and labourers,
Hopes, Fears, and Early Modern Astrology
Appearing in 1482, the Libro de la ventura – or Book of Fortune – became a staple of Renaissance parties.
Graffiti Was a Powerful Form of Protest in Ancient Rome – as Gladiator II Shows
Claire Holleran/The Conversation Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II features a scene in which a senator, seated at a pavement cafe in
Fossils Found in China Come from a Huge Human Ancestor, Scientists Say
A pair of scientists who study hominin fossils and human evolution in China and East Asia claim to have discovered
Educating Claudius: Transforming the Family Outcast into the Emperor of Rome
When the mad Roman Emperor Caligula was assassinated in 41 AD, his uncle Claudius ran to one of the palace’s