There were many who advocated for the reading and interpretation of the Bible by average laypeople in their own languages. The Church’s prohibition against translation, however, was a major flashpoint in debates among the clerics. […]
Ecclesiastical authorities tended to condemn the untutored reading of the scriptures by lay people. However, the vernacular translation of biblical texts had been normal for most of the Middle Ages. […]
The central ideas of Roman Christianity were translated into languages and concepts that made sense to the new converts. An example is the different versions of the story of Adam and Eve. […]
Interestingly, we can trace the legacy of several medieval authors in the many anonymous and collaborative forms of writing that are familiar to us from social media, blog posts, and podcasts. […]
The writing careers of three early medieval contemporaries—Cassiodorus Senator, Venantius Fortunatus, and Isidore of Seville—help us understand the rise in the popularity of books. […]
In the ancient Greco-Roman world, writing was considered a pastime of independently wealthy men. They might receive patronage, but authorship was not a means to earn a livelihood. […]
The world’s largest nation is facing a decline in its numbers. Last year, deaths in China outpaced births for the first time since the 1960s. What’s happening to the Chinese population and why? […]
From Herodias to Joan of Arc, strong women fill pre-15th-century history. A Wondrium series tells the stories of 36 such warriors, queens, and intellectuals. Vietnam’s Trung sisters rebelled against China 2,000 years ago. […]
Since they are is no single global enforcer of rules, when it comes to international decisions, taking and making other countries stick to those decisions can be challenging. It is further complicated by conflicting self interests and complex domestic affairs. […]
Not fearing elections actually enables dictators to implement unpopular policies that may benefit the state in the long run. At the same time, it can also backfire as no accountability also equals to no trust. […]
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