Today is New Years Eve.As 2011 Recedes Into History Let’s do a quick retrospective of it. That's it for 2011 at History Moments. Look for
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Charlemagne’s Many Years of Saxon Wars
"Saxony," he often repeated, "must be Christianized or wiped out."Continuing Charlemagne,our selection from A Popular History of France from the
Charlemagne Attacks the Germans
In 777, he resolved, says Eginhard, "to go and hold, at the place called Paderborn (close to Saxony) the general assembly of this people.Continuing
Charlemagne
This series has fourteen easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: The Striking Variety of His Ambition, His Faculties, and His
Socrates Drinks the Hemlock
Today's installment concludes The Last Days of Socrates,our selection from Phaedo by Plato published in his middle/transitional period. For works
Christmas in Sweden
Time: Christmas Eve, 1700Place: ScandinaviaWhat was it like to live in Sweden 300 years ago? During the summer the average temperature was in
Socrates on Being Buried
"We will endeavor then so to do," he said; "but how shall we bury you?"Continuing The Last Days of Socrates,our selection from Phaedo by Plato
Socrates on the Afterlife
"These things being thus constituted, when the dead arrive at the place to which their demon leads them severally, first of all they are
Socrates on the Earth
“This earth and the whole region here are decayed and corroded, as things in the sea by the saltness.”Continuing The Last Days of Socrates,our