Women in the byzantine empire: Did you mean...?

Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-byzantine-empire-leonora-neville Most history books will tell you that the Roman Empire fell in the fifth...

Painting by Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825), oil on canvas, 1799. On display at the Louvre Museum, Paris, France. The Abduction (or Rape) of the Sabine Women is an episode in the legendary history of Rome, traditionally said to have taken...

Throughout history, women in science have made groundbreaking discoveries, often pushing the boundaries of knowledge despite being overlooked and underrecognized. Many of their contributions have reshaped entire fields, from mathematics and...

Medievalists retain misconceptions and myths about Oriental Christians. Indeed, the fact that the Middle East is the birthplace of Christianity is an afterthought for many. During the Middle Ages, Christians from different creeds and confessions...

A meeting of a club of patriotic women in a church during the French Revolution (1789-1799). Alongside the more famous political clubs of the era (i.e. the Jacobins, Cordeliers), some clubs were created to advocate for women's rights, most...

An 1888 oil on canvas painting, Langlois Bridge at Arles with Women Washing, by Vincent van Gogh (1853-90), the Dutch post-impressionist artist. Painted in March near Arles in southern France, one of several studies of this bridge. The artist...

The Rape of the Sabine Women, painting by Nicolas Poussin, 1637-1638 CE. Louvre, Paris Photo credit: Francisco Anzola

Illustration of what life may have looked like in ancient Pompeii. "Women at the Well" by Luigi Bazzani (1836-1927), oil on woodpanel.

Huguenot Women Prisoners at the Tower of Constance, painting by Michel Leenhardt, 1892.

Cover of The Real Valkyrie: The Hidden History of Viking Warrior Women by Nancy Marie Brown.