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The Despotate of Epirus was one of the successor states of the Byzantine Empire when it disintegrated following the Fourth Crusade's capture of Constantinople in 1204 CE. It was originally the most successful of those successor states, coming...

Venetia, part of a larger map drawing probably by Georg Braun and Franz Hogenberg, included in Civitates Orbis Terrarum, Vol. 1, p. 44, Cologne, 1593-1618. This is an aerial view of what the Arsenal looked like in late 16th- or early 17th-century...

View of the entrance to the Arsenal, oil on canvas painting by Canaletto, c. 1732. This waterfront view shows the southern entrance to the Arsenal. The famous Piraeus Lions are featured in this land entrance to the left and showcased Venice's...

The arrival in Europe of the printing press with moveable metal type in the 1450s CE was an event which had enormous and long-lasting consequences. The German printer Johannes Gutenberg (c. 1398-1468 CE) is widely credited with the innovation...

The Marble Lion of Piraeus, book illustration by an unknown artist, included in Antiquités de l'Orient by Carl Christian Rafn, p. 54, Copenhagen, 1856. This lion is one of several that were brought to Venice from Greece and set outside the...

Galeazze, book illustration by Vincenzo Maria Coronelli, included in Atlante Veneto (1690-1701), Vol. 1, 1693. Two Venetian galleasses are seen here in close proximity with their oars out. Looking closely at the front of the ship reveals...

View of the Arsenal gate populated by Venetian men and women, etching and engraving on paper by Giacomo Franco, 1610. Workers, both men and women, leaving the gates of the Arsenale with their work tools in 1610. The southern land entrance...

Christine de Pizan (also given as Christine de Pisan, l. 1364 - c. 1430) was the first female professional writer of the Middle Ages and the first woman of letters in France. Her best-known works advocated for greater equality and respect...

The War of the Third Coalition (1805-1806) was a major European conflict during the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). It was fought by an alliance of nations that included the United Kingdom, Russia, Austria, Sweden, Naples, and Sicily, against...

Ignatius of Loyola (l. 1491-1556) was a Basque soldier who became a Catholic priest and theologian after a mystical experience convinced him he was called to the service of Christ. He founded the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) to defend the Church...