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Meet Caritas Pirckheimer: Scholar, Abbess, and Renaissance Writer - Medievalists.net

Caritas Pirckheimer used scholarship, rhetoric, and political patronage to defend her Franciscan convent’s survival in Protestant Nuremberg.

fromArtnet News

2 weeks ago

Tiny Cranach Painting That Vanished During WWII Returns to Dresden

A miniature painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder not seen publicly since the end of World War II has been returned to the State Art Collections of Dresden, Germany. The painting depicts Friedrich III, also known as Frederich the Wise, a seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation. The Elector of Saxony is cast on a turquoise background and wears a reserved expression along with his characteristic thicket of beard and fur-trimmed robe.

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fromWorld History Encyclopedia

5 months ago

12 Events That Changed History: How the World as We Know it Came to Be

Twelve historical events are identified as undeniably among the most consequential in shaping world history.

fromwww.mercurynews.com

10 months ago

Today in History: July 10, the Battle of Britain begins in World War II

On July 10, 1940, during World War II, the Battle of Britain began as the German Luftwaffe launched attacks on southern England, with the Royal Air Force ultimately victorious.