Curated category
Love
- HatredA man glowers in a photograph, his face twisted into an expression of hatred or jealousy. This visual captures the intensity that defines the emotion.
- HomosexualityThe word homosexual is a Greek and Latin hybrid, with the first element derived from Greek homo meaning same. The second part comes from Latin sexualis…
- AdulteryIn 1536, Anne Boleyn stood before a court in England and was found guilty of adultery and treason. The jury declared her guilty, and the King ordered her…
- RomanceIn 1992, a cross-cultural study by William Jankowiak and Edward Fischer examined 166 cultures to determine if romantic love existed universally.
- HeterosexualityThe word heterosexual emerged from a specific moment in 1869 when Karl Maria Kertbeny coined the term alongside its counterpart homosexual.
- Courtly loveThe ducal courts of Aquitaine and Provence began to cultivate a new kind of love around the year 1099. Eleanor of Aquitaine moved from her home in southern…