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Anthropodermic Books Were Made from Human Skin Early Modern, Long 19th- 20th centuries / September 25, 2023 / literature If you can read Latin, you might want to stop right here and scroll away. If you don’t know Latin, here’s the sentence to stop…
Satanic Panic Long 19th- 20th centuries / November 7, 2023 / Christian history, religion, U.S. history This scene of a man-in-the-moon with thirteen stars might strike a vague familiarity with you. And perhaps if you were alive in the United States…
France and Her Deadly Foe Long 19th- 20th centuries / November 29, 2023 / warfare The association of a snake and a woman in peril bring to mind many images in today’s world — the story of the serpent tempting…
Nature of Time in Musical Culture Long 19th- 20th centuries / September 9, 2024 / art Time is relative: Einstein taught us that. What scientists measure with careful instruments and observation we know intuitively — our brains carefully examine novel experiences…