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Charlotte Corday
Charlotte Corday (1768-1793) played a prominent role in the French Revolution (1789-1799) when she assassinated radical activist Jean-Paul Marat in his bathtub on 13 July 1793. Despite her aristocratic background, Corday was an avowed republican...

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Assassination of Marat
The assassination of revolutionary activist and Jacobin leader Jean-Paul Marat on 13 July 1793 was one of the most iconic moments of the French Revolution (1789-1799), immortalized in Jacques-Louis David's painting Death of Marat. Marat's...

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Portrait of Charlotte Corday
Charlotte Corday, dubbed the "Angel of Assassination" for her murder of Jean-Paul Marat during the French Revolution. Portrait by François-Séraphin Delpech, c. 19th century.

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Hauer's Portrait of Charlotte Corday
The famous final portrait of Charlotte Corday, painted in her prison cell hours before her execution by Jean-Jacques Hauer, an officer of the National Guard, in 1793.
Current location unknown, but a copy is in Versailles.

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Charlotte Corday in Caen
Charlotte Corday, the future assassin of Jean-Paul Marat, in her hometown of Caen, Normandy. Oil on canvas by Tony Robert-Fleury, c. 20th century.
Musée Bonnat-Helleu, Bayonne.

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Charlotte Corday Being Conducted to Her Execution
Depiction of Charlotte Corday, the assassin of Jean-Paul Marat, being led out of her cell to the guillotine on 17 July 1793. Standing at the far left is the painter Jean-Jacques Hauer who has just finished his portrait of her. Painting by...

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Yazidism
Yazidism is a syncretic, monotheistic religion practiced by the Yazidis, an ethnoreligious group which resides primarily in northern Iraq, northern Syria, and southeastern Turkey. Yazidism is considered by its adherents to be the oldest religion...

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Angels in Ancient Judaism
The concept and function of angels in ancient Judaism were some of the many elements incorporated from contemporary cultures and religious views. The Hebrew malakh was translated into the Greek angelos, both of which indicated not their nature...

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Peacock Angel
The Peacock Angel (Tawusi Melek in Kurdish) is the chief member of the Yazidi Holy Trinity.
Cropped image, taken in Lalesh.

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The Assassination of Julius Caesar
Veni, vidi, vici! This was the simple message the Roman commander Julius Caesar sent to the Senate in Rome after a resounding victory in the east against King Pharnaces of Pontus - a message that demonstrated both arrogance as well as great...