In one of his sermons, the medieval preacher Bernardino of Siena listed seven a€?fathersa€? to whom one owed obedience: God, onea€?s natural father, godfather, confessor, benefactor, a government offi
In the mid-nineteenth century, Jacob Grimm published a collection of late medieval records of local law—called Weistumer—that was scarcely less comprehensive than his famous collection of fairy tales.
Although millions of westerners practice yoga simply for its health benefits, this multifaceted discipline has far more to offer. In The Jewel of Abundance, author Ellen Grace O’Brian reveals an
With its rich evolutionary record of natural systems and long history of human activity, the Chesapeake Bay provides an excellent example of how a great estuary has responded to the powerful forces of
