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![Augustine of Hippo](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/5334.jpg?v=1708625643)
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Augustine of Hippo
Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis (354-430), better known as Augustine of Hippo, is extolled as the greatest of the Christian Church Fathers. More than any other writer, he developed what would become known as systematic theology, or an explanation...
![Manticore](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/11599.jpg?v=1706060163)
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Manticore
The manticore, derived from the Early Middle Persian merthykhuwar or martiora, meaning "man-eater" (also known as a mantichora or a martichore), is a fearsome hybrid creature found in classical and medieval literature. It has the body of...
![Tsar](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/18194.jpg?v=1706594583)
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Tsar
Tsar (also czar) is a Slavic term derived from the Latin caesar. Ivan III (Ivan the Great) (r. 1462-1505) was the first Russian ruler to begin using the title of tsar during his reign instead of the title Grand Prince of Moscow. His grandson...
![Hussite Wars](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/14883.jpg?v=1637633703)
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Hussite Wars
The Hussite Wars (1419 to c. 1434) were a series of conflicts fought in Bohemia (modern-day Czech Republic) between followers of the reformer Jan Hus and Catholic loyalists toward the end of the Bohemian Reformation (c. 1380 to c. 1436...
![Civil Constitution of the Clergy](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/16216.png?v=1700229364)
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Civil Constitution of the Clergy
The Civil Constitution of the Clergy was a law passed in July 1790 during the French Revolution (1789-1799), which caused the immediate subordination of the Catholic Church in France to the French government. An attempt to modernize the Church...
![John Robinson](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/13082.jpg?v=1629402303)
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John Robinson
John Robinson (l. 1576-1625 CE) was the pastor of the Leiden congregation of separatists, some of whom made up the party (later known as pilgrims) who sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 CE to establish the Plymouth Colony in North America. Robinson...
![Krak Des Chevaliers](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/8894.jpg?v=1680341703)
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Krak Des Chevaliers
Krak des Chevaliers (also spelt Cracs des Chevaliers, and known in Arabic as Hisn al-Akrad) is a castle in Syria originally built for the Emir of Aleppo in 1031 CE but acquired and extensively rebuilt by the Knights Hospitaller in 1144 CE...
![Renaissance Humanism](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/12693.jpg?v=1715123223)
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Renaissance Humanism
Renaissance Humanism was an intellectual movement typified by a revived interest in the classical world and studies which focussed not on religion but on what it is to be human. Its origins went back to 14th-century Italy and such authors...
![Ancient Lovers](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/14287.png?v=1716936364)
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Ancient Lovers
Artist's impression of secret lovers in ancient Greece or Rome. Affairs of both heterosexual and homosexual nature were not uncommon in the ancient world.
![Battle Between Love & Chastity by Perugino](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/12762.jpg?v=1600380920)
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Battle Between Love & Chastity by Perugino
Battle between Love and Chastity, a painting for Isabella d’Este (1474-1539 CE) by the Italian Renaissance artist Pietro Perugino (c. 1450-1523 CE). Created 1503-5 CE. (Louvre, Paris)