Humanities

Badger Clark's "The Christmas Trail" has become a classic in cowboy poetry, dramatizing the cow poke's exploits through each season, while enjoying his journey home for Christmas.

"Christmas Week in Sagebrush" dramatizes the activities offered in the little town of Sagebrush as the cow pokes, their families, and friends do some shopping and spending.

A "hard-bitten ol' cowpoke" experiences a mystical experience that changes his heart in the Christmas ballad. He will carry his new change of heart into his daily cow poking life as he honors "the Great Trail Boss in the Sky."

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Pastor Marcelo Carcach explores the relationship between Christianity's claim that Jesus is G-d and Jewish concepts.

Simply put it this way, both are successful.

The citizens of Kansas would live in a constant state of readiness as Confederate guerillas roamed the countryside burning free staters farms and taking anything of value. William Quantrill would lead many Confederate guerillas on raids throughout Missouri and Kansas.

Sound philosophy related to 'eudaimonia' (wellbeing) has been the focus of theorizing and practical applications since Antiquity – and it is reflected in modern Psychology through Client-Centered, Transpersonal and Positive Psychology theory, research, therapy and practice.

The assassination of Philip of Macedon in 336 B.C.E. was one of the boldest and most dramatic in ancient history. It also stands as one of the earliest of all famous political murders, as it opened the throne to Alexander the Great.

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'They shut me up in Prose' is another of Emily Dickinson's 'protest' poems, where in three short stanzas she outlines why it is futile to put her in a closet, as if she were a little girl. Her lively brain, like a bird, will continue creating poetry. No prose, no subservience for this genius.

This article discusses facial scars from dueling in Germany. An underground fighting gang from the 1800s and early 1900s that is still active today in some European university fraternities left brutal facial scars that represented manliness.

The speaker in Emily Dickinson’s "A Day! Help! Help! Another Day!" dramatizes the intensity with which an individual may view the simple act of the opening of a day. She concludes by revealing the superior power of the soul in overcoming all adversity.

You may not realise it, but we use Anglo-Saxon words every day when we speak and write English. The English language developed under the influence of German and Danish invaders and contains a dash of Celtic and a cornucopia of Latin words.

In the words of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, "Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy."

The scandalous queen met a gruesome end at the guillotine but not before she had a colorful and indulging life. Marie Antoinette experienced her share of spectacles, intrigues and secrets. However, the biggest scandal that could have brought down the entire monarchy laid hidden until recently.

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Metaphorically, the entities of creation may be compared to bubbles, mysteriously coming into being, moving about for a time, and then leaving. The speaker in "Vanishing Bubbles" dramatizes the coming/going phenomenon which causes the human heart/mind grief. He then offers the remedy for the grief.

L'affaire des poisons: King Louis XIV's court was awash with rumours of poisonings, love potions, witchcraft and magic during the late 1670s and early 1680s. Louis' chief-mistress Madame de Montespan was not spared from spectacular accusations and they delivered her downfall.

Tales and Legends of Black Dogs abound throughout the British Isles and beyond. Here are six such stories concerning these mysterious creatures.

After the fall of the last king of the Roman Republic, the Roman people were adrift in a sea of warfare and a changing political landscape.

For several hundred years, a prison in London held all manner of miscreants, but in its later years it became the place where debtors were incarcerated.

La Llorona is a mythical figure in Mexican culture. The legend of La Llorona is interesting because it reveals the problematic aspects of the colonial and patriarchal systems set in place in Mexico. Thus, it is no surprise that its figure has been reclaimed and vindicated in other cultural spaces.

This article explores five important women scientists that everyone should know, explaining their significant contributions to their fields.

Margaret "Maggi" Britton Vaughn has served as Tennessee's poet laureate since 1995; in 1999, the position became a lifetime appointment.

This article discusses the Slender Man phenomenon and then delves into some little-known mythical creatures similar to Slender Man.

Roman England was a place of shifting boundaries, warring tribes, incursions, sieges, and complicated politics from 35-400 AD. A series of battles and key events shaped the history of this fascinating time.

Why not test your knowledge or find out about Queen Victoria and the Victorians in this 25 question quick quiz. There are no prizes, but you can feel suitably smug when you get the answers right.

Halych and Volhynia (in Latin Galicia and Lodomeria) was a Rurik dynasty duchy that became a kingdom in Eastern Europe before it was annexed by the Austrian Empire. After World War One it ceased to exist. Find out why and learn about its people.

A freshly minted British eccentric embarked on reckless adventures in Canada's frozen North.

This article discusses the major parts and characters of the Aztec creation story, and also presents a specific version for kids.

This article traces the inspiration behind Bram Stoker’s character and plot creation for his Gothic story of Dracula, taking the reader on a visit to Whitby and Cruden Bay, two of Stoker's favoured holiday locations, on the North-East coast of the UK.

Full analysis and summary of i carry your heart with me (i carry it in, a love sonnet from e.e.cummings. The theme is traditional, love and affection, but the syntax, grammar and form is typical cummings: unorthodox, playful and off the beaten track. Experimental layout carries spontaneous feelings

Theodoric the Ostrogoth is also known as Theodoric the Great. He grew up under the protection of Roman Emperors, conquered Italy and was saved in battle by his own mother. Theodoric ruled successfully from 475 to 526 AD.

Edith Nesbit wrote some enjoyable books. The Psammead that she created is a strange character that grants the wishes of children, often with unexpected results.

They wore strange clothes, spoke an unusual language and most remarkably, had bright green skin. Who were they ? Experts have done their best to explain but of no avail.

Claude McKay’s reputation in the art of poetry is bolstered by his many classic poems that demonstrate his skill in creating universally thematic pieces that remain timeless.

After the fall of the last king of the Roman Republic, the Roman people had to contend with the Etruscans and Latins as a fledgling state in a battle for supremacy in Latium.

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John Forbes Nash, Jr., was a brilliant mathematician who rose to the top of his field and was struck down in the prime of his life by the debilitating mental illness of paranoid schizophrenia. After decades of treatment for his illness, he emerged to become a great mathematician once again.

The bizarre Battle of the Soup Kettle was fought on the 8th October 1784 between the mighty, Holy-Roman-Empire-backed Austrian Netherlands and the independent and far smaller Dutch Republic. The Dutch won after firing one shot.

William Butler Yeats’ widely anthologized "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" remains one of the poet’s most famous poems. Its emphasis on yearning to live a quiet, peaceful life renders it a pleasurable reading experience—the kind of poem that anyone taking a poetry break would appreciate.

In "I robbed the Woods," Emily Dickinson creates a speaker who confesses to a crime: she has robbed the "trusting" woods and "unsuspecting" trees, and she later wonders what those natural beings will say about her brazen act.

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Li-Young Lee's The Gift is an atmospheric poem that focuses on the relationship a child has with his father by contrasting two similar scenarios from his life. The poet remembers the threat of a metal sliver in his finger, removed by his father; now he must pull out a splinter from his wife's thumb.

This article details the story of the Dahomey Amazons, Benin’s fearless female warriors who struck terror in the ranks of 19th-century European colonists.

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Stories about King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table have existed for centuries. But are they based in fact, or is Arthurian legend the result of several creative minds throughout history?

Discover fascinating facts and back stories about some of the most renowned and famous paintings of all time.