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“‘But Tacitus—I Hate Tacitus”: Melville against Classical Education?
On an Ovidian allusion in Melville's last novel.
Kingship and Parliaments in French Reformed Protestant Political Theology
In the 19th century Anglo-American historians—almost inevitably devotees of what Herbert Butterfield called the Whig or Protestant theory of history—inevitably viewed Anglo-American political developments…
Protestants, the Tsar, and the Holy Alliance: Religious Revival and Politics in Europe, 1800-1830
In the aftermath of Napoleon’s deposition in 1814 a significant political and religious renaissance among French and Swiss Protestants gained disciples across Western Europe,…
Piety, Politics, and Protestantism in the Era of Trump
Donald Trump won reelection this week. A major facet of his electoral coalition was a shift towards the Republican presidential ticket among young men…
Luther’s Lucretius (1)
On a citation of Lucretius by Martin Luther.
