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Astronomy in the Scientific Revolution
The astronomers of the Scientific Revolution rejected long-held theories of ancient thinkers like Claudius Ptolemy and Aristotle and instead set out to systematically observe the heavens in order to create a model of the universe that fit...
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The Ideology of the Holy Roman Empire
"The Holy Roman Empire was in no way holy, nor Roman, nor an empire," wrote Voltaire, and this interpretation still dominates the popular imagination, so the Holy Roman Empire is treated as a bad joke, a pale parody of the glory of Rome...
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Battle of Eylau
The Battle of Eylau (7-8 February 1807) was a bloody but inconclusive military engagement during the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). Fought on the snowy fields of Poland, the two-day battle resulted in a draw. Eylau marked the first serious...
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The First Coal Gas Street Lighting
An 1809 engraving by Thomas Rowlandson from an original drawing by Woodward showing the public's reaction to the first coal gas street lighting in Pall Mall, London in 1807. The new lights were invented by Frederick Albert Winsor (1763-1830...
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Temple at Tulum by Catherwood
In the early 1840's Frederick Catherwood and John Lloyd Stephens extensively explored many of the ruined cities of the ancient Maya. Catherwood's drawings complemented Stephens' text in his best-selling books Incidents of Travel in Central...
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Fredrick I Barbarossa Flanked by His Sons
This image, a miniature from the "Welfenchronik" (History of the Guelphs), which dates to the late twelfth century CE, shows Frederick I Barbarossa (r. 1152-1190 CE), flanked by his sons.
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Demeter and Persephone
The Return of Persephone by Frederick Leighton, 1891
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The Plague at Athens
The Plague at Athens' by Nicolas Poussin depicting the infamous plague which struck ancient Athens in 430-427 BCE. (Gallery of Sir Frederick Cook, Richmond, UK)
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Sir Thomas More & Daughter
A 19th century CE painting by William Frederick Yeames showing Sir Thomas More (1478-1535 CE) meeting his daughter following his death sentence for treason against Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547 CE).
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The Garden of the Hesperides
The Garden of the Hesperides, oil on canvas by Lord Frederick Leighton. 1892. The Hesperides were guardians of the tree that produced golden apples, a gift to earth from Hera.
Lady Lever Art Gallery, Wirral
