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Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122 – 1 April 1204) (French: Aliénor d'Aquitaine) was queen consort of France (1137–1152) and England (1154–1189) and duchess of Aquitaine in her own right (1137–1204). As the heir of the House of Poitiers, rulers in southwestern France, she was one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in western Europe during the High Middle Ages. She was patron of literary figures such as Wace, Benoît de Sainte-Maure, and Bernart de Ventadorn. She led armies several times in her lif
From Crazy Rich Asians to Beach Read, here are all the best beach reads to take along with you to the beach this season.
"When you pay high for the priceless, you're getting it cheap"- Joseph Duveen, art dealer
There's a little bit of geekiness in all of us. Whether it’s gardening or the Harry Potter universe, it’s not such a bad thing to channel our inner Sheldon Cooper sometimes.
Turns out, there’s a word for that feeling when everyone lingers over the table talking after a meal.
'Art students' was set at the Melbourne Art School in Bourke Street, which E Phillips Fox co-founded with Tudor St George Tucker when Fox returned from Europe in 1892. It was considered a groundbreaking work for its unconventional vertical, cropped ...
Masterful musicians can learn the origins of the piano with this music history worksheet.
I have never written a post about geography. Why? I have always struggled with putting together a geography block that is satisfying to me. I have trouble making these blocks feel cohesive, organiz…
In this interview, author Crystal Hana Kim discusses the little-known South Korean history that led to her new novel, The Stone Home.
This stretched-canvas art adds a bit of artistic impact to your living room or hallway. A reproduction of John William Waterhouse's "Boreas," the painting represents preRaphaelite style with colors that will enhance your furnishings.
See what history hides with these amazing snaps from our past.
From History Hustle
1. The idea that people used to think that the world was flat is actually a modern misconception and with extraordinary few exceptions, no educated person in the history of Western Civilization from the 3rd century B.C. onwards believed that the Earth was flat.
1. Many World War 1 battlefields are still so contaminated with unexploded ordnance and chemicals that human development is not allowed and won't be for at least another 300 - 500 years.
1. Representation matters, just ask Mae Jemison. 2. Clyde Foster brought color to NASA. 3.…
From Crazy Rich Asians to Beach Read, here are all the best beach reads to take along with you to the beach this season.
Over 1100 random history facts with sources and images! Click to read all the weird history from around the globe that you never knew existed!
In this A Short History Of Nearly Everything summary, you'll learn how fast the universe was built & why it's almost a miracle we're here.
History books often overlook many historical moments. Some of them are forgetful, some are boring, some are great, but we have lost most of them to history. There are many more great moments that history has preserved that we aren’t going to cover in this articles, but I bet there are million more stories that […]
"When you pay high for the priceless, you're getting it cheap"- Joseph Duveen, art dealer
The Occult Sciences in Atlantis; $27.00 The Image of the Beast : A Secret Empire; $26.00 Design for War; A Study of Secret Power Politics, 1937-1941; $37.00
Today’s post is a bit of an ode to a field of study dear to my heart. As a history and politics lecturer I enjoy bringing stories alive for my students. Here is why I believe so strongly in what I do. History is important. The study of History is important. The knowledge of History, especially one’s own is important. There is a statement... Read More
Time crumbles things; everything grows old under the power of Time and is forgotten through the lapse of Time. | Aristotle Quote
