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Colditz Castle
Colditz Castle, Saxony, Germany. The castle was first built in the 11th century and was famously used as an Allied prisoner-of-war camp by Nazi Germany during the Second World War (1939-45)
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Charles VI and Pierre Salmon
Charles VI and Pierre Salmon in discussion, illumination on parchment by Mazarine Master, included in Dialogues de Pierre Salmon, c. 1412-1415. A contemporary depiction of King Charles VI of France talking with his...
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Charles VI in Le Mans Forest
Charles VI's fit of madness in the forest of Le Mans, illumination on parchment by an unknown artist included in Jean Froissart's treatise Froissart's Chronicles, c. 1475. King Charles VI of France experiences his first...
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Ball of the Burning Men
Ball of the Burning Men, illumination on parchment by Phillipe de Mazerolle, included in Jean Froissart's treatise Froissart's Chronicles, Book 4, c. 1470. Depiction of the deadly Ball of the Burning Men (French: Bal des...
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Africatown Sign in Mobile, Alabama
"Welcome to Africatown" sign, photograph by Graveyardwalker (Amy Walker), 2017. Located at the intersection of Bay Bridge Road and Bay Bridge Cutoff Road in Mobile, Alabama, this sign marks the historic Africatown...
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African Slave Trade, c. 1500-1900
African Slave Trade, map by KuroNekoNiyah, 2021. This map provides an overview of the slave trade out of Africa, c. 1500-1900, showing both transatlantic and ancillary global flows. It is based on Map I from Atlas...
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The Madness of Charles VI
The Exorcism of Charles VI's Madness, oil on canvas painting by François-Auguste Biard, 1839. King Charles VI of France is shown in the foreground, overcome with mental illness, and leans on his mistress, Odette de Champdivers...
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Charles VI of France, the Mad King
Charles VI (1368-1422), King of France, oil on canvas painting by Gillot Saint-Evre, 1837. Commissioned by King Louis Philippe I in 1837, the painting is part of the Portraits of the Kings of France series in the...
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Coronation of Charles VI
The coronation of Charles VI of France, illumination on parchment by Jean Fouquet, in Grandes Chroniques de France, c. 1455-1460. Charles VI was crowned King of France in 1380, at the age of 11, by the Archbishop Richard...
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Casualties at Shiloh
Casualties at Shiloh, watercolour by Adolph Metzner, 1862. Adolph Metzner (1834-1918) was a German-born immigrant to the United States who enlisted in the Union army soon after the American Civil War broke out, where he would...
