“In 531, Tribonian authored a regulation that required that before any trial or hearing could begin, everyone, including litigants and officials, was obliged to swear an oath of Christian faith while placing a hand on a copy of the Gospels…a… — William Rosen Copy Share Image
“The Greek word for kernel is karys, so the word used to describe creatures without a nucleus is prokaryotic—the name, originally procariotique, was coined… — William Rosen Copy Share Image
“The European rabbit flea is so synchronized with its host that a female flea only gestates when living on a pregnant doe; when the… — William Rosen Copy Share Image
“Conservative estimates place the Persian casualties at some two thousand in less than twenty minutes, victims of the unforgiving geometry of the battlefield. Because… — William Rosen Copy Share Image
“Almost all modern legal practice is derived from one of two distinct traditions. The first, the so-called civil law tradition, is a direct successor… — William Rosen Copy Share Image
“The proximate causes of the Flemish “peasant” revolt were local and immediate; its roots, the reason it could occur in the first place, were… — William Rosen Copy Share Image
“And not merely slogan-shouting, but debate. The Chronicle of the courtier Theophanes faithfully records a debate—perhaps disputation is the better word—between Justinian (through his… — William Rosen Copy Share Image
“The Chronicle of Guillaume de Nangis, written by a monk at the Abbey of Saint-Denis, records their start in the middle of April. Other… — William Rosen Copy Share Image
“A bishop in Gaul could anoint a novitiate with oil from the olive orchards of Greece, bless the event with wine from the vineyards… — William Rosen Copy Share Image
“Aztec peasants, Babylonian shepherds, Athenian stonemasons, and Carolingian merchants spoke different languages,2 wore different clothing, and prayed to different deities, but they all ate… — William Rosen Copy Share Image
“In 531, Tribonian authored a regulation that required that before any trial or hearing could begin, everyone, including litigants and officials, was obliged to… — William Rosen Copy Share Image
