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Viking Hygiene, Clothing, & Jewelry
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Viking Hygiene, Clothing, & Jewelry

Although the Vikings are routinely depicted as rough, grimy, and violent, they were actually quite refined, took personal hygiene seriously, and wore fine clothes ornamented by jewelry. Some Christian chroniclers...
Martin Luther Burning the Papal Bull
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Martin Luther Burning the Papal Bull

A c. 1885 painting by Karl Aspelin showing Martin Luther (l. 1483-1546) burning the papal bull Exsurge Domine in December 1520.
The Return of the Crusader
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The Return of the Crusader

The Return of the Crusader by Karl Friedrich Lessing, 1808–1880 CE. (Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn, Germany)
Marburg Colloquy
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Marburg Colloquy

Marburg Colloquy, a meeting between Huldrych Zwingli and Martin Luther, leading figures of the Protestant Reformation in 1529, oil painting by Christian Karl August Noack, 1867. Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt.
Last Moments of the Girondins
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Last Moments of the Girondins

Last Moments of the Girondins, painting by Karl von Piloty, 1880. Following their arrest on 2 June and their kangaroo court trial, 22 Girondin leaders are borne in a tumbril to the guillotine on 31 October 1793, during...
Alexander Kerensky
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Alexander Kerensky

A 1917 photograph of Alexander Kerensky (1881-1970) taken by Karl Bulla. Kerensky served as prime minister of Russia's Provincial Government of 1917 from July to November.
Ludwig van Beethoven by Stieler
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Ludwig van Beethoven by Stieler

An 1820 oil-on-canvas portrait by Joseph Karl Stieler of the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827). (Beethoven House, Bonn)
Bison-Dance of the Mandan Natives
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Bison-Dance of the Mandan Natives

Bison-Dance of the Mandan Indians in front of their Medecine Lodge. In Mih-Tutta-Hankush, illustration by Karl Bodmer from the book Maximilian, Prince of Wied's Travels in the Interior of North America, during the...
Funeral Scaffold of a Sioux Chief near Fort Pierre
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Funeral Scaffold of a Sioux Chief near Fort Pierre

Funeral Scaffold of a Sioux Chief near Fort Pierre, aquatint on paper by Karl Bodmer, plate 11 from Volume 2 of Maximilian, Prince of Wied's Travels in the Interior of North America, 1844.
The Murder of Zwingli
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The Murder of Zwingli

The Murder of Zwingli by Karl Jauslin (l. 1842-1904) depicting the death of the Swiss reformer Huldrych Zwingli (l. 1484-1531) at the Battle of Kappel in October 1531.
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