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Guests from Overseas, oil on canvas painting from the series Beginnings of the Rus by Nicholas Roerich, 1901. Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.

An 1864 oil on canvas still life, Spring Flowers, by Claude Monet (1840-1926), the French impressionist painter. Painted while Monet was studying at Gleyre's Academy in Paris, the work shows his mastery of traditional painting techniques...

An 1867 oil on canvas painting, Garden at Sainte-Adresse, by Claude Monet (1840-1926), the French impressionist painter. This was a fashionable resort on the northern coast of France near Le Havre. The three bands of terrace, sea, and sky...

An 1869 oil on canvas painting, The Magpie, by Claude Monet (1840-1926), the French impressionist painter. The work shows the artist's mastery of capturing the effects of light on nature. (Musée d'Orsay, Paris)

Conquering the Ocean: The Roman Invasion of Britain by Richard Hingley

Statue of Scottish theologian and reformer John Knox (l. c. 1514-1572) in Haddington, East Lothian.

John Knox House, High Street, Edinburgh, Scotland. Allegedly, the house in which Scottish reformer John Knox spent his last years and died.

Portrait of John Knox (l .c. 1514-1572) by William Holl the Younger (l. 1807-1871). National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth.

Portrait of William Tyndale (l.c. 1494-1536), English linguist, scholar, priest and Protestant Reformer, the first to translate the New Testament and portions of the Old Testament into English from the original languages.

Woodcut image of the execution of William Tyndale (c. 1494-1536) from Foxe's Book of Martyrs (1563). Tyndale was first strangled, in recognition of his standing as a scholar, and then his corpse was burned at the stake. His last words were...