This site contains articles on literature, focussing on historical context and significance. The term literature is interpreted broadly and includes novels, poetry, letters, and historical and religious writings.

The Romantic Age
Lord Byron, Percy Shelley, Mary Shelley, Claire Clairmont, Madame de Stäel, etc.
 
The Classical Age
Latin literature and Roman history. Articles on Horace and his relationship to Maecenas and Octavian.
 
The New Testament Age
Religious writings and Syro-Palestinian politics during the first century CE.
 


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 Romantic Age
 Byron 1 - Byron and Shelley
 Byron 2 - Diodati 1816
 Byron 3 - Venice 1818
 Byron 4 - Ravenna 1821
 Byron 5 - death of Shelley
 Bibliography
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 Classical Age Horace - the traditional view
 Horace scriba quaestorius
 Maecenas
 Horace and Maecenas
 Octavian's letters
 Death of Horace
 Biographical sources
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 New Testament Age
 Herod the tetrarch (Antipas II)
 Philip the tetrarch
 Herodias I
 Herod III
 Pontius Pilate
 The name Jesus
 Execution of John the Baptist
 Simon / Peter
 Cephas / Peter
 Paul 1 Corinthians 15
 
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