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![Henry VI of England](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/11833.jpg?v=1712053684)
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Henry VI of England
Henry VI of England ruled as king from 1422 to 1461 CE and again from 1470 to 1471 CE. Succeeding his father Henry V of England (r. 1413-1422 CE), Henry VI was crowned the king of France in 1431 CE but he could not prevent a French revival...
![Medieval Heraldry](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/8662.jpg?v=1718105774)
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Medieval Heraldry
Heraldry, which is the use of inherited coats of arms and other symbols to show personal identity and family lineage, began on the mid-12th century CE battlefield as an easy means to identify medieval royalty and princes who were otherwise...
![Order of the Garter](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/8776.jpg?v=1717699083)
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Order of the Garter
The Most Noble Order of the Garter is the highest order of knighthood in Britain and the most exclusive with traditionally only 24 knights as full members at any one time, along with the reigning monarch and the Prince of Wales. Created by...
![Lafayette Wounded at the Battle of Brandywine](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/18486.jpg?v=1708071369)
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Lafayette Wounded at the Battle of Brandywine
The Marquis de Lafayette is wounded at the Battle of Brandywine (11 September 1777), his first major battle of the American Revolutionary War. Line engaving by Charles Henry Jeens, c. 19th century. Special Collections & College Archives...
![Chaucer Reading His Poetry to the English Court](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/10446.jpg?v=1717544471)
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Chaucer Reading His Poetry to the English Court
This full-page illustration depicts Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343 - 1400 CE) reading his poem Troilus and Criseyde to the court of Richard II of England (1367 - 1400 CE). This copy of Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde was made c. 1415 - 1425 CE...
![Aethelstan](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/8251.jpg?v=1599507841)
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Aethelstan
Aethelstan (also given as Athelstan) - the figure on the left - reigned as King of the Anglo-Saxons from 924–927 CE and as King of the English from 927-939 CE. He is here depicted in the frontispiece of Bede's Life of St Cuthbert as presenting...
![An Introduction to Greek Tragedy](/uploads/kraked/6/6-2027_ci_preview.jpg)
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An Introduction to Greek Tragedy
For background detail on Greek theatre productions at the National Theatre, see our online exhibit http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/exhibit/greek-drama-at-the-national-theatre/gQY_KfFn This film explores the defining aspects of...
![The Bronze Age Collapse (In Our Time) - BBC](/uploads/kraked/6/6-1751_ci_preview.jpg)
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The Bronze Age Collapse (In Our Time) - BBC
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss The Bronze Age Collapse, the name given by many historians to what appears to have been a sudden, uncontrolled destruction of dominant civilizations around 1200 BC in the Aegean, Eastern Mediterranean and Anatolia...
![The Poor Man of Nippur - World's first film in Babylonian](/uploads/kraked/6/6-2891_ci_preview.jpg)
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The Poor Man of Nippur - World's first film in Babylonian
"The Poor Man of Nippur" is a c. 3,000-year-old comic folk tale in Babylonian language. The main manuscript is a clay tablet from 701 BC found at the site of Sultantepe, in South-East Turkey. Recounted by a third-party narrator, it tells...
![Haremhab, Pharaoh and Conqueror: New Investigations in His Royal Tomb in the Valley of the Kings](/uploads/kraked/6/6-706_ci_preview.jpg)
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Haremhab, Pharaoh and Conqueror: New Investigations in His Royal Tomb in the Valley of the Kings
Related exhibition: Haremhab, The General Who Became King November 16, 2010—July 4, 2011 Geoffrey Thorndike Martin, Edwards Professor of Egyptology and Philology Emeritus, University College London, and Fellow Commoner, Christ's...