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Christine de Pizan, 15th-Century Feminist And Social Commentator — 11 Apr 2022

Christine de Pizan, 15th-Century Feminist And Social Commentator

By Dr Marion Dolan

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“The female sex has been left defenseless for a long time now, like an orchard without a wall and bereft of a champion to take up arms in order to protect it…” The Book of the City of Ladies by Christine de Pizan, 1405.Feminism in the 15th...
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Christine de Pizan, 15th-Century Feminist And Social Commentator — 11 Apr 2022

Christine de Pizan, 15th-Century Feminist And Social Commentator

By Dr Marion Dolan

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“The female sex has been left defenseless for a long time now, like an orchard without a wall and bereft of a champion to take up arms in order to protect it…” The Book of the City of Ladies by Christine de Pizan, 1405.Feminism in the 15th...
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Mosaic of Theodora - Basilica of San Vitale, RAVENNA (built A.D. 547), Italy. UNESCO World heritage site. (Petar Milošević/ CC BY-SA 4.0) — 06 Apr 2022

Formidable Byzantine Roman Empress Theodora - Saint Or Sinner?

By Mary Naples

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The hooded gaze of an inscrutable Theodora (c.497- 548 AD) greets hundreds of thousands of visitors each year as they pay their respects to her mosaic at the Basilica of Saint Vitale in Ravenna, Italy. Encircled in glittering gold and bedecked in...
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Mosaic of Theodora - Basilica of San Vitale, RAVENNA (built A.D. 547), Italy. UNESCO World heritage site. (Petar Milošević/ CC BY-SA 4.0) — 06 Apr 2022

Formidable Byzantine Roman Empress Theodora - Saint Or Sinner?

By Mary Naples

History & Tradition

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The hooded gaze of an inscrutable Theodora (c.497- 548 AD) greets hundreds of thousands of visitors each year as they pay their respects to her mosaic at the Basilica of Saint Vitale in Ravenna, Italy. Encircled in glittering gold and bedecked in...
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Richard the Lionheart on his way to Jerusalem, James William Glass (1850) (Public Domain) — 23 Mar 2022

Medieval Mediciners, Administering Miraculous Cures During The Crusades

By Jon Hughes

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History fails to record the names of any of the mediciners who accompanied the chivalric orders on their Crusade, but when each of the noblemen of western Europe pledged their oath to take up the cross and follow their king to the Holy Land, they...
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Richard the Lionheart on his way to Jerusalem, James William Glass (1850) (Public Domain) — 23 Mar 2022

Medieval Mediciners, Administering Miraculous Cures During The Crusades

By Jon Hughes

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History fails to record the names of any of the mediciners who accompanied the chivalric orders on their Crusade, but when each of the noblemen of western Europe pledged their oath to take up the cross and follow their king to the Holy Land, they...
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Arabic astronomical chart (Sergey Kamshylin /Adobe Stock) — 18 Mar 2022

Ancient Transmissions Of The History Of The Constellations

By Dr Marion Dolan

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How old are the constellations? How were they transmitted through human history? Quite early during humanity’s long journey on earth, many of the brighter stars were named and then arranged into small groupings, asterisms or constellations....
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Arabic astronomical chart (Sergey Kamshylin /Adobe Stock) — 18 Mar 2022

Ancient Transmissions Of The History Of The Constellations

By Dr Marion Dolan

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How old are the constellations? How were they transmitted through human history? Quite early during humanity’s long journey on earth, many of the brighter stars were named and then arranged into small groupings, asterisms or constellations....
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A canoti tree dweller (Image: © Courtesy of Walther G. von Krenner) — 16 Mar 2022

Canoti: The Sioux’s Malevolent Little Tree Dwellers

By Ken Jeremiah

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The canoti (or canotila) are small creatures found in Sioux culture, canoti meaning “tree-dweller” and canotila signifying “small tree-dweller.” Considered tiny messengers of beings who exist in the spirit world, they allegedly appear in...
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A canoti tree dweller (Image: © Courtesy of Walther G. von Krenner) — 16 Mar 2022

Canoti: The Sioux’s Malevolent Little Tree Dwellers

By Ken Jeremiah

History & Tradition

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The canoti (or canotila) are small creatures found in Sioux culture, canoti meaning “tree-dweller” and canotila signifying “small tree-dweller.” Considered tiny messengers of beings who exist in the spirit world, they allegedly appear in...
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