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Although both the Byzantines and the Armenians were Christian, the types of Christianity they professed had important differences that led to a lack of recognition and tensions between the two...

The French exploration of New Zealand has been overshadowed by the achievements of British navigator Captain James Cook (1728-1779), but French navigators who visited Aotearoa's (New Zealand) shores named over...

Ellen and William Craft's Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom (1860) tells the story of the couple's escape from slavery, with Ellen disguised as a young, White gentleman of means and William...

An 1891 painting of a Christmas scene, 'Silent Night' by Viggo Johansen. (Hirschsprung Collection, Copenhagen)

A 19th-century Christmas card showing the perils of stagecoach travel in winter. From an original painting by Gilbert Wright. See original source note on usage: The images on TuckDB Ephemera and TuckDB Postcards are...

A detail of a 19th/early-20th century Christmas card showing a lady gathering mistletoe in the snow. (Welcome Collection Gallery)

#kingscollegechoir Merry Christmas Everyone! 2020's Socially distanced Carols from Kings will be broadcast on UK's BBC2 at 17:30 GMT (Dec 24) from inside an empty chapel. We...

Andrew Johnson (1808-1875) was the 17th President of the United States, who was suddenly thrust into the office in 1865 after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. A gruff Southern Democrat, Johnson...

Charlemagne (Charles the Great, also known as Charles I, l. 742-814) was King of the Franks (r. 768-814), King of the Franks and Lombards (r. 774-814), and Holy Roman Emperor (r. 800-814). He is among the best-known and most influential...

Christianity is the world's largest religion, with 2.8 billion adherents. It is categorized as one of the three Abrahamic or monotheistic religions of the Western tradition along with Judaism and Islam. 'Christian' is derived from...