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Argula von Grumbach's To the University of Ingolstadt
To the University of Ingolstadt (1523) is an open letter by the German reformer Argula von Grumbach (l. 1490 to c. 1564) protesting the dismissal, arrest, and imprisonment of the young scholar Arsacius Seehofer (l. c. 1504 to c. 1539) for...
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State of Nature
The state of nature is an idea which became especially popular with certain philosophers during the Enlightenment, notably Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), John Locke (1632-1704), and Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778). It refers to a state of existence...
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Mound B, Poverty Point, Louisiana
Aerial view of Mound B at Poverty Point, a Late Archaic Period archaeological site in Louisiana, USA.
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Artist's Conception of Watson Brake Mounds, Louisiana
Artist's conception of the prehistoric Native American site of Watson Brake, Louisiana, dated to c. 3500 BCE.
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Ridges at Poverty Point, Louisiana
Ridges One through Six at the Poverty Point archaeological site, Louisiana, USA.
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The Historical Audacity of the Louisiana Purchase - Judy Walton
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-audacity-behind-the-louisiana-purchase-judy-walton When the French offered up the Louisiana Territory, Thomas Jefferson knew this real estate deal was too good to pass up. How did the President...
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France’s 1905 Law of Separation of Church and State
The 1905 Law of Separation of Church and State was enacted as the climax of decades of conflict between monarchists and anticlerical Republicans who viewed Christianity as a permanent obstacle to the social development of the Republic. The...
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Artist's Conception of Poverty Point, Louisiana
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.
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Jean Lafitte
Jean Lafitte (also spelt Laffite, c. 1780 to c. 1820 CE) was a Franco-American leader of pirates and privateers who captured merchant vessels of various states in the Gulf of Mexico from 1810 to 1820. Lafitte proved an invaluable ally for...
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The Dreyfus Affair & the Separation of Church and State in France
The Dreyfus Affair, or L'Affaire as it has become known, demonstrated the competing forces at work to either reestablish the monarchy and the Church in power or to solidify and advance the unfulfilled ideals of the 1789 French Revolution...