In Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, the wife of Bath had married five times and she described each marriage before telling a tale of a knight...

The seventeenth century was an interesting time for England because the government started trying new things. At this point, Henry VIII...

The Prose Edda  has many sections, and within each section there are sometimes a dozen stories. Mentionable sections for now include...

Richard Kotch authored The 80/20 Principle, and many books surrounding this helpful philosophy. His main point throughout his books is...

About half way through the "Gylfaginning" in the Prose Edda , there is a section between the setup, introduction to new characters, and...

The utopians of the 17th century were various groups of people that historian Jacques Barzun referred to collectively as "Eutopians"...

It is typical to think of the seasons as an earthly thing that happens in nature, and space to be a separate category from nature all...

The Edda  was a story created a few centuries after Christianity had become widespread in Norse cultures. The author, Snori Sturluson,...

Phillip II      During the 1550s, Philip II became king in Spain and gained control of some surrounding territories. Philip II was...

The Proslogian was an idea that Saint Anselm wrote in Middle English about the concept of God and the most logical answer for why there...

Martin Luther brought about the Protestant Reformation in the early 16th century, but that does not mean he would agree with the modern...

Martin Luther. Martin Luther was a German theologian who disagreed with many views of the pope and the Catholic Church. Today we credit...

Beowulf is a classic poem, sometimes categorized as an epic poem. It’s a fiction, although it may have elements of history in its side...

Beowulf , an old English poem set hundreds of years before it was written, during the times the Vikings were beginning the conversion to...

Many have experienced being pestered and pressured by sales people. But you’re trying to build a business, so how in the world do you...

Astronomy, the study of celestial objects, and the physical universe. Science is not everyone’s strong suit, however, astronomy can be...

The Western world has changed a lot over the centuries, and that largely has little to do with technological advancements. (Although...

How you guarantee yourself success and employment in a decade. The economy these days is constantly shapeshifting, and not always ideal,...

The Dream of the Rood  is one of the oldest Old English poems, Rood  being an Anglo-Saxon word for cross. It is a short poem describing...

During the Gothic period (12th - 16th c) cathedrals were becoming popular, and more and more were being built. The invention of the...