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Subversive Historian – 12/22/09
The Execution of Jose Maria Morelos Back in the day on December 22nd, 1815, Jose Maria Morelos was executed by the Spanish colonial authorities in Mexico. The Roman Catholic Priest had been put before the firing squad for his involvement in the independence movement. As a colonel in Father Hidalgo’s revolutionary army, Morelos was able to [...]
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Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Four Churchwomen Murdered in El Salvador Back in the day on December 2nd, 1980, four U.S. Catholic churchwomen were brutally raped murdered by National Guardsmen in El Salvador. Maryknoll sisters Maura Clark and Ita Ford, Ursuline nun Dorothy Kazel and lay worker Jean Donovan were buried in a shallow grave the following day after their bodies [...]
Continue reading...Subversive Historian – 11/24/09
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
The Publication of the Origin of Species Back in the day on November 24th, 1859, the first edition of “The Origin of Species” by Charles Darwin was published. Only 1,250 copies went into circulation one-hundred and fifty years ago, but the work quickly became supremely influential for its major contribution to evolutionary theory. Darwin, considered the [...]
Continue reading...Subversive Historian – 07/15/09
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
John Ball and the Peasants’ Revolt Back in the day on July 15th, 1381, John Ball, a radical priest and prominent leader of the Peasants’ Revolt in England, was executed in the presence of King Richard II. The uprising from below, one of the most significant events in medieval history, commenced following the imposition of a [...]
Continue reading...Subversive Historian – 05/27/09
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
The Execution of Thomas Muntzer Back in the day on May 27th, 1525 German religious reformer and theologian Thomas Muntzer was beheaded. Originally attracted to the Protestant Reformation as articulated by Martin Luther, Muntzer, however, came to reject it as insufficiently radical. In contrast to Lutheran principles, Munzter believed that prophetic inspiration came not from scripture [...]
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
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