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The Law of Associations was adopted by the French Parliament on 3 July 1901 to limit the influence of Catholic teaching orders as the first step toward the formal separation of church and state that would...

Aristophanes wrote in the 5th century BCE about coin hoards in Athens. He joked about the common saying, "No one knows but the birds where I hid my money," which led buffoons in his play to follow birds around...

Dr. Jeanne Reames' Dancing with the Lion: Becoming and Dancing with the Lion: Rise follow an epic tale of Alexander before he was “The Great.” In this interview, Dylan Campbell inquires about her passion...

In this interview, World History Encyclopedia sits down with author Richard Hingly to chat about his new book Conquering the Ocean: The Roman Invasion of Britain published by Oxford University Press...

An 1879 gouache and pastels on linen, Portrait of Edmond Duranty, by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), the French impressionist painter. A good friend of the artist and the impressionists in general, Duranty was an art...

A modern statue of Ihara Saikaku (1642-1693), the Japanese poet and novelist who played a leading role in creating the so-called ‘floating world’ (ukiyo-zoshi) genre of popular literature in the 17th century.

An 1838 portrait by Auguste Charpentier of the novelist George Sand (the pen name of Aurore Dudevant (1804-76). (Musée de la Vie romantique, Paris)

Scottish folklorist, poet, novelist, and scholar Andrew Lang (1844-1912). Photo by Elliott and Fry, published in Memoirs by Edward Clodd, 1916. Lang is among the many contributors to the Legend of...

Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brede et de Montesquieu—better known simply as Montesquieu—was a French nobleman, judge, novelist, and also a decisive figure in the early years of the Enlightenment, whose...