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Interview: The Real Valkyrie: The Hidden History of Viking Warrior Women by Nancy Marie Brown
In this interview, World History Encyclopedia is joined by American author Nancy Marie Brown, who is talking to us about her new book The Real Valkyrie: The Hidden History of Viking Warrior Women. You can find the entire interview on our...
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Antonin Dvorak - Symphony No.9 in E minor - Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic, 1966 [BD1080p]
Antonín Dvořák Symphony No.9 in E minor, Op.95, B.178, "From the New World" Berliner Philharmoniker Herbert von Karajan, conductor Directed by Henri-Georges Cloutzot Recorded and originally released in 1966 Re-issued and remastered...
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Beethoven 9th Symphony - Herbert Von Karajan (1080p)
Conductor: Herbert Von Karajan
Berliner Philharmoniker
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Nancy Marie Brown
Nancy Marie Brown, author of The Real Valkyrie: The Hidden History of Viking Warrior Women.
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Brown Bess Musket
A Short Land Pattern Musket, nicknamed 'Brown Bess', the standard weapon of an infantrymen in the British army during the 18th and early 19th centuries, c. 1773.
Missouri History Museum, St. Louis.
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Women and Valkyrie in the Viking Age, Interview with Nancy Marie Brown
Nancy Marie Brown, author of The Real Valkrie: The Hidden History of Viking Warrior Women joins us to talk all about female Vikings, warrior women and women in the Viking Age. Nancy uses two very different kinds of sources in The Real Valkyrie...
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Gaspee Affair
The Gaspee Affair was an incident that occurred on 10 June 1772, when a group of American colonists from Rhode Island seized and burned the Royal Navy schooner HMS Gaspee after it had run aground. The affair contributed to the worsening of...
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Weapons in the American Revolution
The American Revolutionary War (1775-1783) was a long and bitter conflict fought between Great Britain and its thirteen North American colonies over the Americans' liberties and, eventually, for the independence of the United States. The...
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Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria of Great Britain (r. 1837-1901) was one of the most loved of all Britain's monarchs. Her longevity, devotion to her role as figurehead of an empire, and recovery from the death of her beloved husband Prince Albert won her a...
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The Five Gifts of Hathor: Gratitude in Ancient Egypt
The central cultural value of ancient Egypt was ma'at – harmony and balance – which maintained the order of the universe and the lives of the people. Keeping balance in one's life encouraged the same in one's family and, by extension outward...