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Jewish culture is the culture of the Jewish people, from its formation in ancient times until the current age. Judaism itself is not simply a faith-based...

Abu Abdullah Muhammad al-Idrisi al-Qurtubi al-Hasani as-Sabti, or simply al-Idrisi /ælɪˈdriːsiː/ (Arabic: أبو عبد الله محمد الإدريسي القرطبي الحسني السبتي;...

Friedrich Münzer (22 April 1868 – 20 October 1942) was a German classical scholar noted for the development of prosopography, particularly for his demonstrations...

The Legend of the Rood (Latin: De ligno sancte crucis) is a complex of medieval tales loosely derived from the Old Testament. In its fullest form, the...

Siege of Bartenstein was a medieval siege laid upon the castle of Bartenstein (now Bartoszyce in Poland) by the Prussians during the Great Prussian Uprising...

Aileen Joy Plant (died 27 March 2007) was a leading Australian infectious diseases epidemiologist. She was professor of international health at Curtin...

María de Ximildegui (1588 - d. after 1 November 1610) was a Spanish alleged witch. She was one of the people charged with sorcery in the Basque witch trials...

The Master of the 1540s was a South Netherlandish painter active between 1541 and 1551. About thirty portraits dating to that decade have been ascribed...

Count Sergey Pavlovich Yaguzhinsky (Yagushinsky) (Russian: Сергей Павлович Ягужинский; 22 April 1731 – 22 February 1806) was a Chamberlain, lieutenant...

The Free Judges were a class of land owners in the County of Kladsko (German: Glatz, Polish: Kłodzko) who belonged to the Third Estate. The history of...

Neuamt was a bailiwick (Obervogtei) of the Zürichgau, a subject territory of Zürich within the Old Swiss Confederacy, from 1442 to 1798. The bailiwick...

Each "article" in this category is a collection of entries about several stamp issuers, presented in alphabetical order. The entries are formulated on...