The framers of the United States Constitution intended to wrest the newly formed nation from the yoke of the British Empire wherein immutable authority was vested in a monarch.

Pasteur changed beer forever—turning it from a farmhouse brew into a global industry. What followed was empire, monopoly, and a battle with Prohibition.

Feudalism dominated medieval Europe for centuries - but by the end of the Middle Ages, it had begun to unravel. In this ...