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Saint Bridget of Sweden
Image by Hermann Rode

Saint Bridget of Sweden

Saint Bridget of Sweden (1303-1373), Saint Bridget on an Altar Piece, Hermann Rode, late 15th century. Taken from "The Swedish people through the ages. Our country's cultural history in descriptions and images. The second volume. The medieval...
Boniface cuts down holy oak of 'Jupiter' or Donar
Image by Reinier Vinkeles, Christian Bernhard Rode

Boniface cuts down holy oak of 'Jupiter' or Donar

Boniface cuts down holy oak of 'Jupiter' or Donar.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Definition by Mark Cartwright

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) was a French impressionist painter. Capable of painting in many different styles, even in the same painting, Renoir was certainly prolific, creating over 6,000 paintings in a long career. He had a preference...
Jacques-Pierre Brissot
Definition by Harrison W. Mark

Jacques-Pierre Brissot

Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville (1754-1793) was a French journalist, abolitionist, and politician who played a prominent role in the French Revolution (1789-1799). A leader of the Girondins, a moderate political faction, Brissot was instrumental...
Pierre Vergniaud
Image by Adélaïde Labille-Guiard

Pierre Vergniaud

Portrait of Pierre Vergniaud (1753-1793), supporter of Jacques-Pierre Brissot and one of the leaders of the Girondins during the French Revolution (1789-99). Painting by Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, 1792.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir: A Gallery of 30 Paintings
Image Gallery by Mark Cartwright

Pierre-Auguste Renoir: A Gallery of 30 Paintings

In this gallery, we showcase 30 paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), the French impressionist painter. The selection here is presented in chronological sequence to show the artist's career progression. Renoir was instrumental in...
Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville
Image by Jean-Baptiste Fouquet

Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville

Portrait of French revolutionary leader Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville (1754-1793), painting by Jean-Baptiste Fouquet, c. 1792. Palace of Versailles.
Marie Durand
Definition by Stephen M Davis

Marie Durand

Marie Durand (c. 1715-1776) stands apart in French Protestant history for her courage in the struggle for freedom of conscience. She was imprisoned for 38 years in the Tower of Constance at Aigues-Mortes in the south of France, liberated...
Jean Lafitte
Definition by Mark Cartwright

Jean Lafitte

Jean Lafitte (also spelt Laffite, c. 1780 to c. 1820 CE) was a Franco-American leader of pirates and privateers who captured merchant vessels of various states in the Gulf of Mexico from 1810 to 1820. Lafitte proved an invaluable ally for...
Joan of Arc
Definition by Joshua J. Mark

Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc (Jeanne D'Arc, l. c. 1412-1431 CE) was a medieval peasant who, claiming to receive visions from God, turned the tide of the Hundred Years' War in favor of a French victory. She was famously martyrd for standing by her claim of...
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