Chapter 1: The Historian and his factsSir George Clark….contrasted the ‘hard core of facts’ in history with the ‘surrounding pulp of disputable interpretation’ –forgetting perhaps that the pulpy part of the fruit is more rewarding than the hard core. 草!太毒舌了!!What are "historical ...
history,writteninthemostChristianspiritofcandor.-M.] Ourcuriosityisnaturallypromptedtoinquirebywhatmeans theChristianfaithobtainedsoremarkableavictoryoverthe establishedreligionsoftheearth.Tothisinquiry,anobvious butsatisfactoryanswermaybereturned;thatitwasowingtothe convincingevidenceofthedoctrineitself,andtotheruling...
security, and growth. Sofor sixteen centuries the Jewish enclaves in Christendom maintained their continuityand internal peace by a strict and detailed moral code, almost without helpfrom the state and its laws.
“The squadron is hand-selected by the president and his military advisers,” Rankin says. “The son of one of Mexico's revolutionary heroes is one of the members of the squadron. This is the best, the brightest, the most brave that Mexico has to offer.” The Aztec Eagles (including ...
Sappho is still thought to be one of the greatest lyric poets of ancient times, and while some call her "the female Homer," we prefer Plato's name for her: "the tenth muse." 2. Jane Austen You can't discuss influential female writers without mentioning Jane Austen. Her sh...
Dongjiaomin Lane was originally a very ordinary street of Beijing not far from the Forbidden City. It was originally called Dongjiangmi Lane. Running from east to west, it is crossed by several small south-north lanes. After the Opium War, it changed its name to Dongjiaomin Lane as foreign...
Hitler continued his artwork after moving to Munich in May 1913, selling scenes of the city’s landmarks in shops and beer gardens. This watercolor by Hitler depicts a courtyard of an old residency in Munich. This watercolor is entitled, "Ruins of a Cloister in Messines," and is dated ...
The first classical reference to the Allobroges is made by the Greek historian Polybius, writing sometime between 150 BC and 130 BC, and describing the crossing of the Alps by Hanibal in 218BC. Did you know... Gaius Flaminius was a politician and consul in the 3rd century BC. He was...
Now, it is one of the Legends of History as well... Herodotus and Thucydides, like ancient pagan writers generally, accepted the Trojan War as historical, but criticized what they politely called "epic statements" in detail. Traditional genealogies, collated by Hecataeus of Miletus and others...