13:2913:29, 21 August 2022diffhist+34
Carlo Carafa
Noted the use of "peacock prose" in lede; hopefully will prompt future refinements (i.e. conversion to something more encyclopedic and less grandiose).Tag: Visual edit
17:3517:35, 16 August 2022diffhist−17
High, middle and low justice
I removed the mismatched redirected wikilink applied to "petty authorities" then changed the phrasing to "lesser authorities" so as to avoid future such confusion; "petty authorities" in context implied a relatively neutral diminutive sense of "petty" akin to "petty official" itself similar to usage in "petit jury" all referencing the older usage of "petit/petty" meaning "of lesser rank" (as opposed to more modern strictly derogatory connotations).
13:3413:34, 27 September 2021diffhist+220
Judith Beheading Holofernes (Caravaggio)
There's nothing in the biblical account about an "assault" and in fact the uncited characterization as such, which this edit overwrites, conflicted with the main body of this very article's own characterizations further down.
20:1320:13, 9 March 2021diffhist−461
Morrill Tariff
Removed the long verbatim Stampp quote elaborating on the "Tariff of 1857" as likely giving undue weight and distracting to readers when placed as it was in the lead section of a "Morrill Tariff" article -- perhaps such might be better suited to a section in the body of the article elaborating on the background circumstances leading up to the Morrill Tariff.
19:5219:52, 9 March 2021diffhist+66
Morrill Tariff
rephrased and reformatted to make it clear that the verbatim quote was referring to the earlier 1857 act, and not the Morrill Tariff itself, after reading the cited passage in context via: https://www.google.com/books/edition/America_in_1857/Q5WF8NCK9YYC?hl=en&gbpv=1
19:2419:24, 9 March 2021diffhist+129
Morrill Tariff
read the linked "Coy F. Cross II, Justin Smith Morrill: Father of the Land-Grant Colleges" chapter and adapted text accordingly