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Charlotte Corday (1768-1793) played a prominent role in the French Revolution (1789-1799) when she assassinated radical activist Jean-Paul Marat in his bathtub on 13 July 1793. Despite her aristocratic background, Corday was an avowed republican...

The federalist revolts were a series of rebellions that erupted in several parts of France in the summer of 1793, in response to the concentration of power in Paris during the French Revolution (1789-99). Most of the revolts were crushed...

Charlotte Corday, the future assassin of Jean-Paul Marat, in her hometown of Caen, Normandy. Oil on canvas by Tony Robert-Fleury, c. 20th century. Musée Bonnat-Helleu, Bayonne.

The assassination of revolutionary activist and Jacobin leader Jean-Paul Marat on 13 July 1793 was one of the most iconic moments of the French Revolution (1789-1799), immortalized in Jacques-Louis David's painting Death of Marat. Marat's...

The keep, located within a courtyard and surrounded by a curtain wall, was the heart of a medieval castle. The hall keep was a low building while the tower keep or donjon could have three or more floors and be topped by turrets and battlements...

Map showing the route of Hernando de Soto's expedition. Based on the 1997 Charles Hudson map.

Artist's conception of the prehistoric Native American site Poverty Point in Louisiana, dated to c. 1700-c.1100 BCE. Poverty Point was considered the oldest mound site in North America until the discovery of Watson Brake in the 1980's.

Artist's conception of the prehistoric Native American site of Watson Brake, Louisiana, dated to c. 3500 BCE.

Ground discoidal stones used in the Native American game of chunkey (Tchung-kee), found at the Winterville Site, Mississippi, USA.

Discoidal stones used by Native Americans to play the game of chunkey, found at the Fort Ancient Site in Ohio. Southern Ohio Museum and Cultural Center in Portsmouth, Ohio, USA.