Decoding the Past
The Book of Margery Kempe is considered to be the first autobiography ever written in the English language. It is perhaps one of the few accurate insights historians have into the life of a woman living in the Middle Ages. The Book of Margery Kempe lay forgotten for centuries until a copy was discovered.
Human Remains in Pompeii: The Body Casts : How were archaeologists able to retrieve such life-like…
Florence Nightingale in the Crimea: Improving Medical Care by the Numbers : The Crimean War is known as the conflict that earned Fl…
How Did the People of Pompeii Die? Suffocation Versus Thermal Shock : Accepted scholarship has always maintained that Pompeii…
The Filioque Problem – A Thousand Years of Schism : In 1054 papal legate Cardinal Humbert marched into the …
Empiricist Philosopher John Locke: On Thinking About Thinking : Empiricist philosopher John Locke introduces concepts o…
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