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April 26, 2017

The Cost of Desegregation

We have been hailing the Civil Rights Era as a grand and universal success for decades. Desegregation is an unquestionable good in the eyes of all good Americans. So, let’s take a

June 4, 2019

History in Ancient Greece (Part 2): Herodotus

Editor’s note: The following is extracted from History, by Bernadotte Perrin (published 1912). (Go back to previous chapter) But the Ancient History of the Greeks never emancipated itself wholly from the influence of the epic poems. The revolt against it

June 6, 2019

History in Ancient Greece (Part 3): Thucydides

December 16, 2019

Decline And Fall Of The United States

History·Religion

The Church and the Gods

January 1, 2025

We talk familiarly, in an off-hand way, of the Church and the world. Oftentimes we attach to the world the notion of a society which is pursuing secular objects and neglecting religion;

History·Legal

The Trial of Verres

December 1, 2024

In the early days of the year 70 B.C., a deputation from the cities of Sicily arrived at Rome and sought an interview with a young Senator, who was already famed for

History

The Northumbrian Border

November 15, 2024

I must own to a desire for a fuller recognition of the fact that English history is at the bottom a provincial history. This truth is chiefly left to be exhibited by

Culture·History

Livy, A Narrator of History

November 1, 2024

"Even in his own time he was known as the greatest of Roman historians."

Culture·History

A Memory of Robert E. Lee

October 1, 2024

"Everyone obeyed him, not because they feared but because they loved him."

History

King Philip’s War

September 15, 2024

In 1675, the number of Indians in New England was roughly computed at fifty thousand souls. They had been supplied with arms by unprincipled traders, which they had learned to use with

Culture·History·Religion

The Venerable Bede

September 2, 2024

"Arising from the gloom of a dark age, he is still considered one of the most illustrious of the learned men of England."

Culture·History·Religion

Gildas

September 1, 2024

The underrated chronicler who paints "fully and vividly the thought and feeling of Britain in the fifty years of peace which preceded her final overthrow."

Culture·History

A Day With a Roman Gentleman

August 20, 2024

It is a little surprising, considering how accurate is our knowledge of the poetry, philosophy, and art, the wars, religion, and political institutions of the ancients, that we have so vague a

Culture·History·Religion

Schools and Universities in the Middle Ages

August 15, 2024

During the early middle ages teaching was done wholly by the clergy. In some of the towns and villages there were elementary schools taught by the parish priests. In the monasteries and

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History

The Cost of Desegregation

History in Ancient Greece (Part 2): Herodotus

History in Ancient Greece (Part 3): Thucydides

Decline And Fall Of The United States

The Church and the Gods

The Trial of Verres

The Northumbrian Border

Livy, A Narrator of History

A Memory of Robert E. Lee

King Philip’s War

The Venerable Bede

Gildas

A Day With a Roman Gentleman

Schools and Universities in the Middle Ages

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