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At the Battle of Bosworth (aka Bosworth Field) in Leicestershire on 22 August 1485 CE, the Yorkist king Richard III of England (r. 1483-1485 CE) faced an invading army led by Henry Tudor, the figurehead of the Lancastrians. It was to be a...

Image of the Greek Pre-Socratic Philosopher Empedocles from The History of Philosophy by Sir Thomas Stanley, 1655.

Authority in ancient Rome was complex, and as one can expect from Rome, full of tradition, myth, and awareness of their own storied history. Perhaps the ultimate authority was imperium, the power to command the Roman army. Potestas was legal...

It has always been recognized that women in the ancient world were considered only a little higher in value than the man's cattle or plow and, sometimes, not even accorded that kind of respect. Examples of misogynistic attitudes toward women...

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-did-dracula-become-the-world-s-most-famous-vampire-stanley-stepanic Over a hundred years after his creator was laid to rest, Dracula lives on as the most famous vampire in history. But this...

Lieut. Lion Gardiner Attacked by "Pequot" Indians at Saybrook Fort 22 Feb 1637, watercolor on paper by Charles Stanley Reinhart, 1890. Previously at the Manor House in Gardiner Island. Photo taken in July 2007 at an exhibit by the East...

A scan of a 1936 Australian postage stamp commemorating the opening of the undersea cable from Tasmania (Stanley) to the mainland (Apollo Bay, Victoria) depicting Amphitrite.

Aristippus in Thomas Stanley's "History of Philosophy", 1655 CE.

A cannon used by the Sikh Empire during the First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-6) against the British East India Company. This example was captured after the Battle of Ferozeshah in December 1845. The photograph was taken by John Constantine Stanley...

A 17th century CE engraving of Xenophanes of Colophon, the Greek philosopher. (from Thomas Stanley's 'The History of Philosophy')