The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) was adopted in 1979 by the United ...

The divine right of kings squares off against pragmatic politicking in this labyrinthine dual biography. Historian Castor (Joan of Arc) recaps the fraught relationship between Richard II ...

The historian who correctly predicted 9 of last 10 presidential elections said he feels particularly nervous this year.

This was opposed to the earlier concept of the “divine right of kings.” That theory was advocated by the rulers of the ...

Using a rapid-fire slide presentation, Gotfryd traced the timeline from the Divine Right of Kings to the “binary” scientific approach of the Enlightenment to a more holistic contemporary view of ...

Now is the time for radical optimism!” she shouted down the phone. I had been drinking heavily and assumed she had too so I ...

"Peoples were governed by the divine right of kings, by right of birth, or by the sword and blood. Democracy is a very recent development." In addition to his democracy comments, Lichtman said, "I've ...