The Bible was everywhere in Shakespeare's England. Through sermons, catechisms, treatises, artwork, literature and, of course, biblical reading itself, the stories and language of the Bible pervaded popular and elite culture. In recent years, scholars have demonstrated how thoro…
Depuis l'Antiquité, les hommes ont interprété la numération des années de leur vie, tel l'empereur Auguste, autre manière de retenir le temps qui fuit. Des théories médicales ont ainsi avancé que la matière se renouvelait toutes les sept ou neuf années. Le produit de ces deux ch…
In the past three decades, education systems throughout the world have experienced major transformations in relation to the overall quest of more relevance and effectiveness (Mundy, 2005; Lessard, 2000; Farrell, 1997). These developments took, among other forms, a trend towards …
"Why do American political reform efforts so often fail to solve the problems they intend to fix? In this book, Bruce E. Cain argues that the reasons are an unrealistic civic ideal of a fully informed and engaged citizenry and a neglect of basic pluralist principles about politi…