Tag: world history

woman suffrage Women were excluded from voting in ancient Greece and Republican Rome, as well as in the few democracies that had emerged in Europe by the end of the 18th century. When the franchise was widened, as it was in the United Kingdom in 1832, women continued to be denied all voting rights. ...

Founding Of The JesuitsAuthor: Taylor, IsaacFounding Of The Jesuits1540Toward the middle of the sixteenth century definite utterance began to begiven to a widespread feeling in the Church that the old monastic orders wereno longer fulfilling their purpose. Suggestions of new orders wereentertained b...

Ancient Rome Rome Established As A Republic Gary Edward Forsythe: Assistant Professor of Classical Languages and Literatures, University of Chicago. Author of The Historian L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi and the Roman Annalistic Tradition. Robert A. Guisepi: Author of Ancient Voices "Remember, Roman, tha...