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Marie Dentière's A Very Useful Epistle
A Very Useful Epistle (Epistre tres utile, 1539) is an open letter by the female reformer Marie Dentière (l. c. 1495-1561) to Marguerite of Navarre (l. 1492-1549) advocating for a greater role for women in the work of the Protestant Reformation...

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Jeanne de Jussie's Short Chronicle
Jeanne de Jussie's Short Chronicle (1535) is an eyewitness account by the nun Jeanne de Jussie (l. 1503-1561) relating how the Protestant Reformation in Geneva, Switzerland, impacted the lives of the sisters of her convent of Poor Clares...

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A Short History of the Buddhist Schools
The different Buddhist schools of thought, still operating in the present day, developed after the death of the Buddha (l. c. 563 - c. 483 BCE) in an effort to perpetuate his teachings and honor his example. Each of the schools claimed to...

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A Very Useful Epistle
A Very Useful Epistle by Marie Dentière, published in Amberes, 1539.

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The Tudors: Mary I - The Wyatt's Rebellion - Episode 38
After Mary's marriage to Philip of Spain, a rebellion started to brew within the country. This was led by Sir Thomas Wyatt. He raised a Protestant army and marched towards London. This video looks at the events of the Wyatt's Rebellion and...

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What Was Life Like | Episode 7: Tudors - Meet A Tudor Cook
Experience what it was like to cook in a Tudor kitchen, through the eyes of young English Heritage Members’ Adham and Olivia. They go inside the grounds of Gainsborough Old Hall to meet Tudor cook, Thomas Griffin, cook to Lord William of...

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The Roman Empire: Rise and Fall, A Short Introduction
Learn all about the Roman Empire! This short introduction with Kelly Macquire discusses how the Roman Empire started, some of the key events and emperors, and how it eventually fell. The Roman Empire was the largest empire the ancient world...

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Shinto: An Introduction
Discover Shinto through its beliefs, values and rituals with 25 pages of lesson plan, activities, homework and assignments, keys and marking grids. All you need to teach on that subject: included and ready to print in this resource! Objectives...

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Coronation of Pepin the Short
Coronation of Pepin the Short in 754 CE by Pope Stephen II.
Grandes Chroniques de France, illumination by Jean Fouquet, Tours, c. 1455-1460 CE.
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, French Manuscript 6465, fol. 76.

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Jeanne de Jussie's Short Chronicle
The first page of the manuscript of Jeanne de Jussie's Short Chronicle.
Library of Geneva