Ascending to the throne in 1413, King Henry V of the Lancaster dynasty was the man behind the Battle of Agincourt. Being particularly bellicose, he found a pretext to land in France: he demanded ...

What was the role and life of women in the Middle Ages within medieval society? Their existence varied according to age and social status, their place within the family, their role in the couple, ...

On the eve of what historiography has termed the “Age of Discovery,” the Christian West held a geographical worldview that blended Greek, religious, and empirical influences, tinged with a sense of ...

In Hans Baldung Grien’s engraving, we see familiar figures: the infant Jesus, the Virgin Mary, her mother St. Anne, and St. Joseph, Mary’s husband. Yet, something strange is happening. Mary is holding ...

The lesser evil, or the lesser of two evils, is an ethical principle that justifies choosing one evil in order to avoid a greater evil. The condition of the principle is that of a strictly binary ...

Hippias’s philosophical ideas laid the foundation for the emergence and further development of egalitarianism and cosmopolitanism. Hippias is classified among the “older sophists,” whose names are ...

The “Khepresh” is an ancient Egyptian exclusively royal head covering, one of the important regal insignia by which a king’s person was distinguished from others in depictions. Due to its color and ...

The Nemes is the most iconic headdress of the pharaohs, worn from the Old Kingdom to the Ptolemaic period. It is well-known to the public through numerous representations, notably the golden funerary ...

The Ennead (known in Egyptian as pesedjet, Greek Εννεάδα – Ennead) is a concept in ancient Egyptian mythology and theology developed in the significant religious center of Heliopolis in Lower Egypt.

The term “Man in the Moon” is a common reference to a pareidolic figure resembling a human face, which is easily visible on the surface of the Moon from Earth, especially during the full moon, ...

“All the Elves who fell into the hands of Melkor were imprisoned in Utumno before it was destroyed, and through slow and cruel arts, they were corrupted and made slaves; and thus Melkor generated the ...

The Alseids (Ancient Greek: Άλσηΐδες) are nymphs in Greek mythology associated with valleys and groves. According to ancient Greek beliefs, Alseids guarded and protected groves. Their name comes from ...