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Civilization in Every Pot: Civilization in Every Pot

Michael Garval

By Michael Garval (Regular Contributor) It’s said that beloved French Renaissance king Henri IV p… Read More
Summer Reading from Emma B.: Summer Reading from Emma B.

Robin Maxwell

By Susan Hiner, Guest Contributor Bonjour! It’s me, Emma B.[1] Looking for a good book? …… Read More
A Jewish Writer Revived by Her Daughters: A Jewish Writer Revived by Her Daughters

Raquelle Bostow

By Susan Rubin Suleiman (Guest Contributor) Fall is the season for the big literary prizes in Fra… Read More
A Throne Fit for a Courtesan: A Throne Fit for a Courtesan

Cara Wilson

By Catherine Hewitt (Guest Contributor) Comtesse Valtesse de la Bigne was one of 19th-century Par… Read More
The Chameleon in the Classroom: The Chameleon in the Classroom

Helen King

By Helen King (Monthly Contributor) This is a story of illness and magic from the fourth century… Read More

Ibn Who?

November 18, 2012 By PamelaToler

Does my bottom look big …? Bizarre Roman Beauty

November 15, 2012 By Caroline Lawrence

Women & Humor in History

November 10, 2012 By Helen King

The Censorship of Titicut Follies

November 9, 2012 By Jack El-Hai

Ancient Amazons’ Massage Oil

November 6, 2012 By AdrienneMayor

Dinner at Oxford with the World’s Greatest Elizabethan Scholar

October 30, 2012 By Stephanie Cowell

A Botanist, a Butcher and a Body: Encountering an Eighteenth-Century Vrykolakas

October 30, 2012 By Lisa Smith

Uncommon Soldiers: Women in the Civil War

October 23, 2012 By Karen Abbott

A History of Diffusing Useful Knowledge

October 22, 2012 By Marc Merlin