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The Golden Age of Canals: Europe Embraced Canal Usage and Development

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By: Jim Rada

Pope Gregory VII: Makes Christianity Important in the Middle Ages

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

The General Will: The Key to Forming a Nation

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By: Jonathan Moroschan

Protestant Refomation Leaders: Protestant Reformers Who Shaped Religion in Western Europe

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

The Reformation and Secularization: Reformation Eroded Absolute Political Power of the Catholic Church

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By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

Moral Authority and Imperialism: Justification in the age of empire

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By: Michael LeFlem

The Hanseatic League: Controlling European Trade in The Middle Ages

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

Renaissance Movers & Shakers: Five People Who Made a Difference in Renaissance Europe

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

Dynamics of Mary & Elizabeth: Mary of Scots is a tragic figure-was Elizabeth of England the same?

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By: Anastacia Prisbrey

Life During The Renaissance: Social Change in Renaissance Europe

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

Court Jesters in Western Europe: The Surprising Accuracy of the Modern Perception of these Comedians

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Worst Penal Colonies Worldwide: Labor Camps Where Nations Sent their of their Criminals

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

Religion in European History: Religious Changes Sweep Across Europe During the 16th Century

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

Donald Oig "Liberator of London": England's King Calls On A Scotsman To Free London

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By: Anastacia Prisbrey

European Intellectual Movements: Shaping of Thought in Western European History

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

Francis Bacon and The New Organon: How Bacon’s Scientific Method Transformed the Way Nature is Studied

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By: James Hogan

The Jesuits: Rise and Fall of the Jesuit Order

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

Romantic Literature: Writers and Poets of the Romantic Movement

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

Romantic Art: Artists of the Romantic Movement of the 19th Century

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

The Romantic Movement: Romanticism Defines the Early 19th Century in Western Europe

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

The Enlightenment: The Age of Reason

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

The Epiphany: Also Celebrated as Twelfth Night

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

Holiday Saints: Christmas and New Year Figures of Western Europe

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

Nicolaus Copernicus: Forerunner of the Scientific Revolution

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

The Early Scientific Revolution: Scientific Thought in The Middle Ages and Renaissance

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

The Many Figures of Christmas: Holiday Gift Bearers of Western Europe

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

Alchemist Builds Submarine: Saltpeter makes oxygen, life-giving aerial nitre of Renaissance

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By: Laura Harrison McBride

Saint Francis of Assisi: Maker of the Christmas Nativity Scene

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

Venice: Longest Lasting Republic: Venice Was an Independent State for 1100 Years

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By: Thomas Quinn

Harvest Festivals: Harvest Celebrations of Western Europe

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

Francois I Renaissance King: One of the Most Important Figures of the Renaissance

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

Early Sixteenth Century Rulers: Kings from France, Spain, England, and Scotland

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

Vesalius - Father of Anatomy: known for his compendium on anatomy, the Humani Corporis Fabrica

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By: Jerome Jayanth

Histories' Mysteries: How DNA Solved Some of Histories' Greatest Mysteries

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

Overview of Absolutism: Following the European Renaissance a New Type of Government Emerged

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

Renaissance Fashion Accessories: Headgear, jewelry and fashionable must-haves of the Renaissance

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

Renaissance Fashion: Historical Costumes and Clothing of Renaissance Women

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

Renaissance Table Manners: Changes in dining etiquette from the Middle Ages through the 1500s.

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

Popular Renaissance Foods: New Foods From the Americas Were Introduced During the Renaissance

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

Family Life During the Renaissance: Roles of men, women, and children in the European Renaissance

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

Renaissance Courtship and Marriage: How people dated, got engaged and married during the Renaissance

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

Renaissance Women Who Ruled: Notable female rulers of the European Renaissance

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

Catherine de Medici: One of the most powerful female rulers of the Renaissance

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

The Counter Reformation: A Christian Reform Movement, also Known as the Catholic Reformation

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

The Wars of Religion in France: French Catholics and Huguenots Fought for Over 30 Years.

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

John Calvin and John Knox: Leading Protestant Reformers

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

Martin Luther and the Reformation: The Protestant Reformation began with Luther and his 95 Theses

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

The Printing Press: Johannes Gutenberg invented movable type

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

The Northern Renaissance: The spread of renaissance literature, art and humanism.

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

Niccolo Machiavelli: Inventor of Political Science

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

Humanism: A key component of the Renaissance

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

Beginning of the Renaissance: A time of great social and cultural change in Europe

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

The Battle of the Bulge: Officially known as the Battle of the Ardennes

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

Grand Duchess Charlotte: Ruler of Luxembourg from 1919 until 1964

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

Luxembourg- A Brief History: Located at the crossroads of France, Germany, and Belgium, Luxembourg is the only remaining Grand Duchy in the world today.

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

Ludwig I, King of Bavaria: Ludwig I was king of Bavaria from 1825 until 1848.

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

The European Union: A Brief History of the European Union

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By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

Otto von Bismarck: Mastermind of German Unification

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By: Susan Harrison

July 20, 1944: Assassination attempt on Hitler

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By: Susan Harrison

July 14, 1789: The Fall of the Bastille

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By: Susan Harrison

Charles DeGaulle: French President 1958-1969

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By: Susan Harrison

June 28, 1914

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By: Susan Harrison

1870: Italian States Unify

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By: Susan Harrison

William Tell

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By: Susan Harrison

Louis XIV and Versailles

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By: Susan Harrison

The Reign of Terror

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By: Susan Harrison

The Columbian Exchange: Food, Livestock and Disease All Crossed the Atlantic

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By: Susan Harrison

Outline of Norway's History

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By: Susan Harrison

Renaissance Beginnings

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By: Susan Harrison

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