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The Trial of Anne Hutchinson - Silencing Dissent in Colonial America
Anne Hutchinson (1591-1643) was a religious dissident who was brought to trial by John Winthrop (1588-1649) and the other magistrates of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1637 for spreading "erroneous opinions" regarding religious belief and...
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Thomas Cranmer
Thomas Cranmer served as the first Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury from 1533 to 1555 and was one of the prime architects of the English Reformation during the reigns of Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547) and Edward VI of England (r...
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Jeanne d'Albret
Jeanne d’Albret (Joan III of Navarre, l. 1528-1572) was Queen of Navarre, daughter of Marguerite de Navarre (l. 1492-1549) and niece of King Francois I (Francis I of France, r. 1515-1547). She is best known for leading the Huguenots (French...
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Louis XIV of France - The Sun King
Louis XIV (1638-1715) reigned as King of France from 1643 to 1715. Known as Le Roi Soleil ('the Sun King'), he fervently believed in the concept of the 'divine right' of kings and is remembered for ruling as an absolute monarch. His 72-year...
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George I of Great Britain
George I of Great Britain (r. 1714-1727) succeeded the last of the Stuart monarchs, Queen Anne of Great Britain (r. 1702-1714) because he was Anne's nearest Protestant relative. The House of Hanover secured its position as the new ruling...
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Catherine of Aragon
Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536 CE) was a Spanish princess who famously became the Queen of England and the first wife of Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547 CE). When the marriage did not produce a male heir, Henry VIII became desperate to...
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Louis XIV and Anne of Austria
Louis XIV and Anne of Austria, oil on canvas by unknown artist, France, c. 1639. Portrait of the Dauphin of France, Louis XIV, and his mother, Anne of Austria. Serving as regent of France during her son's minority, Anne was a key political...
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Portrait of Anne of Austria, Queen of France
Anne of Austria, Queen of France (1601-1666), oil on canvas portrait by Peter Paul Rubens, depicting Anne in ornate dressing and a lace collar, c. 1625.
Palace of Versailles.
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Anne Boleyn
A portrait of Anne Boleyn by an unknown artist but copied from an original by Hans Holbein the Younger. Anne Boleyn (c. 1501-1536 CE) was the second wife of Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547 CE). (Hever Castle, Kent, England)
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Anne Hutchinson on Trial
Anne Hutchinson on Trial, an illustration depicting the trial of religious dissenter Anne Hutchinson (l. 1591-1643 CE), by Edwin Austin Abbey, 1901 CE.