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Ten Protestant Reformation Facts You Need to Know
The Protestant Reformation (1517-1648) was one of the most significant cultural, political, and religious events in the history of Europe and helped shape the modern world. It was a complex event spanning over 100 years, which radically changed...
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Pizan's The Status of Women & the Reformation
The Book of the City of the Ladies (1405) by Christine de Pizan (l. 1364 - c. 1430) is considered by many scholars to be the first work of feminist literature, predating A Vindication of the Rights of Women (1792) by Mary Wollstonecraft by...
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Women of the Protestant Reformation
The contributions of women to the Protestant Reformation (1517-1648) were frequently marginalized in the past but have gained wider recognition in the present era. Many women played important roles in spreading the new vision of Christianity...
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Portrait of Jeanne de la Motte
Engraving of Jeanne de la Motte, mastermind behind the affair of the diamond necklace. Made by John Goldar, c. 1790.
Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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Jeanne de Jussie's Short Chronicle
The first page of the manuscript of Jeanne de Jussie's Short Chronicle.
Library of Geneva
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Joan of Arc by John Everett Millais
Painting depicting Joan of Arc, or Jeanne d'Arc. Painted by John Everett Millais in 1865, oil on canvas.
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The Route of Joan of Arc & The Hundred Years' War c. 1429
A map depicting the state of the Hundred Years' War around 1429 and illustrating the impact of Joan of Arc (Jeanne d’Arc) on the course of events from her journey to meet the future French king, Charles VII, through her participation at the...
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Joan of Arc in Orleans
A 19th century CE painting by Jean-Jacques Scherrer showing Joan of Arc (1412-1431 CE), victorious after lifting the siege of Orleans during the Hundred Years' War (1337-1453 CE). (Museum of Fine Arts, Orleans, France)
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Hephaestion Votive
Votive statue to the "Hero Hephaestion" dated to the last quarter of the 4th century CE, found in Pella.
Picture taken from Thessaloniki Museum
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Pytheas
Statue of Greek traveller, Pytheas.
Marseille, Palais de la Bourse