Plato’s Apology is a drama based on the trial and execution of Socrates, a philosopher of the time. Although this scenario was likely...

During the Renaissance, humanism was a new philosophy that was heard of by nearly everyone, and practiced throughout culture. One of the...

Plato discusses a lot of his personal views in his work The Republic but the one I find most valuable is his explanation of the...

Joan of Arc is a popular figure in today’s culture. Born as Jean on January 6th, 1412, a farm girl in France during the beginning of the...

During the fourteenth century, plays were revived after the concept was distinguished with the fall of Greece. This came about through...

Thomas Aquinas was an Italian priest, philosopher, and theologian during the early to mid thirteenth century. Aquinas is up there with...

During the early thirteenth century, the Albigensians raised religious questions in the Western world. These questions are still relevant...

The Crusades were created by a need for salvation. When Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos first called to the West for help in AD...

The Tower of Babel is a Bible story, from the Book of Genesis describing a time when everyone spoke the same language, and was one, until...

The story of Job is a fable. Job is a tool to teach people faith is how to go through life as a good Christian, but aren’t you at all...

Throughout history, religion has affected culture, and what all of western civilization has become. This includes the divide between...

Art is one of the five humanities: music, philosophy, literature, history, and art. There is a clear correlation between art and the rest...

God had recently been asked by the Israelites for a king. The Lord advised against this, but he will provide for the wants of his people,...

After the fall of Rome, there was an odd period between the time of the Roman Empire, and the Holy Roman Empire. Time was occupied by...

Through the years of the Roman Empire (from Octavian's assumption of sole rule to the fall of the Western Roman Empire, 31 BC-AD 476),...

Christianity blossomed in Rome. After being put down by people like Nero, Christianity was accepted following Emperor Constantine.. This...

Christianity had a great influence on history. There are several reasons why. It eventually became popular, it was dealt with when the...

The book The Odyssey is a classic from ancient Greece, that has been translated many times over by many different people (Homer, 1997)....

In book 20 of The Odyssey, there are all kinds of things to be learned about dreams and the subconscious. Penelope tells Odysseus, who is...

In books 17 and 18 of The Odyssey, Odysseus is discussed as a beggar. Many characters, namely the suitors, describe beggars as greedy. In...