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In Search of the Promised Land: Saint Brendan’s Voyage
Between the 9th and the 10th century CE, in an unknown European abbey, an anonymous author told the story of an Irish monk and his 14 companions who embarked on a dangerous journey in the 5th century CE. The monk's name was Brendan, and his...

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English Reformation
The English Reformation began with Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547 CE) and continued in stages over the rest of the 16th century CE. The process witnessed the break away from the Catholic Church headed by the Pope in Rome. The Protestant...

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Bourges Cathedral
Bourges Cathedral, dedicated to Saint Stephen, is a Gothic cathedral located in Bourges, Le Cher, central France. Built from 1195 to 1245, the cathedral is one of the largest in Europe and contains many magnificent stained glass windows which...

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Thomas Hobbes by Faithone
A 1668 engraving of the English philosopher Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679). Engraving by William Faithorne.

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Gospel of Thomas
Ending of the Apocryphon of John and the beginning of the Gospel of Thomas, Nag Hammadi Codex II, folio 32, 4th century CE.

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The Garden of Eden by Thomas Cole
The Garden of Eden by Thomas Cole. 19th century CE. (Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, USA)

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Thomas Jefferson, 1801
Portrait of Thomas Jefferson as the third President of the United States, oil on canvas by Rembrandt Peale, c. 1801.
White House, Washington D.C.

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Sir Thomas Wyatt the Younger
A portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger of Sir Thomas Wyatt the Younger (d. 1554 CE) who infamously led a failed rebellion against Mary I of England (r. 1553-1558 CE) in 1554 CE. (The Weiss Gallery, London)

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Thomas Jefferson, 1786
Thomas Jefferson as US minister to France, oil on canvas by Mather Brown, 1786.
National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.

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Thomas Roderick Dew, 13th President of William & Mary College
Thomas Roderick Dew (l. 1802-1846), 13th President of William & Mary College and pro-slavery advocate, oil on canvas by William Garl Browne Jr.
Muscarelle Museum of Art.