On the next day, Gibbons took his guest to Roxbury, to see the Governor, the harsh and narrow Dudley, grown gray in repellent virtue and grim
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Hammurabi on Family Law
154. If a man be guilty of incest with his daughter, he shall be driven from the place [exiled].Continuing The Code of Hammurabi.The Code was
Hammurabi on Marriage
129. If a man's wife be surprised with another man, both shall be tied and thrown into the water, but the husband may pardon his wife and the king his
Settlement of Georgia
This series has four easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Parliament Committee Organizes Trustees.IntroductionIt was not only the
Siege of Metz
Today's installment concludes Collapse Of The Power Of Charles V,our selection from The Court of France in the Sixteenth Century: 1514-1559 by Lady
Hammurabi on Debt and Fraud
114. If a man have no claim on another for corn and money, and try to demand it by force, he shall pay one-third of a mina of silver in every
Charles V Flees
The night was stormy; rain was falling in torrents when the modern Charlemagne, unable to move, was borne in a litter by the light of torches across
My Big History Course, Session 6
From World War II to the PresentTopicsWorld War IIThe Cold WarThe Space AgeDonald TrumpIn Lieu of TextbookCrash Course Big History
France Acquires Metz
The declaration of the German princes and that of their ally, the King of France, fell like a thunderbolt on the Emperor.Continuing Collapse Of The