This history behind alchemy studies the progression of this arcane art, looks at famous alchemists, and observes the effects it has had on modern scienceAlchemy has traditionally been viewed as &q
Explore the history behind the bubonic plague that left Europe reeling from one of the greatest losses in historyThe Black Death is the name most commonly given to the pandemic of bubonic plague that
A concise and accessible history of infectious and non-infectious diseases, complete with the most up-to-date research on 2014’s Ebola outbreakUsing an interdisciplinary approach, this survey chronicl
The term 'New Wave' conjures up images of Paris in the early 1960s: Jean Seberg and Jean Paul Belmondo, the young Jean-Pierre Leaud, the three protagonists of Jules and Jim capering across a bridge, a
A concise study of the work of the most celebrated Russian filmmaker since Eisenstein, and one of the most important directors to have emerged during the 1960s and 1970sConsidering the whole of Tarkov
Gnosticism is the name given to various religious schools that proliferated in the first centuries after Christ, nearly becoming the dominant form of Christianity, but was eventually branded as hereti
This book explores the history of the so-called Royal Art, from its mysterious beginnings in Egypt and China, through the Hellenistic world and the early years of Islam and into medieval Europe.
Without lifting a sword, the Cathars posed a threat to Catholicism greater than the Muslims or Jews—or so the Church believed. The Cathars believed that matter was essentially evil—especially the huma
From humble beginnings, the Knights Templar rose to become the most powerful military religious order of the Middle Ages. Formed to protect pilgrims in the Holy Land, the crusaders rapidly gained wea
Catharism was the most successful heresy of the Middle Ages. Flourishing principally in the Languedoc and Italy, the Cathars taught that the world is evil and must be transcended through a simple life
