1. They weren't all nobles, peasants or priests
Many medieval writers describe their society divided into three orders or three classes. There were the priests...
Slavery is to be condemned in the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson was the great fighter against slavery in the emerging republic. He tried to...
Problems with the liberum veto
Two events at the outset of this period deeply influenced Polish history. In 1652, for the first time, a single member...
Typography was invented twice: once in China and Korea and in medieval Europe. In China, printing was invented, according to some data (Julien, "Documents...
