The practice of translating travelogues in the late 18th century became an important vehicle in the formation of imperial knowledge and the German national community. Translation allowed the German ...

The late-eighteenth-century heyday of aristocratic libraries was a brief but important chapter in Hungarian library history. In building their libraries, cosmopolitan Hungarian aristocrats tapped the ...

Illustration of the developing function of tooth-drawers/dentists independently of other medical disciplines in the eighteenth century. Description of the transition of tooth-drawers to dentists ...

Since the remains of a wooden ship were unearthed at the World Trade Center construction site in mid-July, a horde of researchers has been putting the vessel under the microscope — sometimes literally ...

In “The School for Scandal,” gossip is not merely a pastime for tony Londoners. It is a credo and a calling. Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s 1777 satirical comedy of manners constructs an ornate ...

Casey Samson first stepped into the 18th century before he could walk. Now, with his wife, Abbie, he makes it his life’s work to help others travel to the Revolutionary War era. The Samsons own and ...