Jean Le Bel

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What’s the Difference Between Great Britain and the United Kingdom?

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

9 Obscure Literary Terms

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Periods of American Literature

Queen Elizabeth II on her Coronation Day (June 2, 1953) holding the Sovereign's Sceptre with Cross in her right hand the Orb in her left, in an embroidered and beaded dress by Norman Hartnell, a crimson velvet mantle edged with ermine fur, with the Coronation ring, the Coronation necklace, and the Imperial State Crown. The backdrop depicts the interior of Westminster Abbey; photograph by Cecil Beaton. (British royals)

5 Fascinating British Coronation Objects

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Statue of Liberty in front of the skyline of Manhattan, New York City, New York.

Who Was the Woman Behind the Statue of Liberty?

Franklin D. Roosevelt, who formulated the Four Freedoms.

7 Alphabet Soup Agencies that Stuck Around

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6 Lost Civilizations

The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)

New Seven Wonders of the World

African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

Is Australia an Island?

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U.S. Death Toll During Major Events

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Born	c.1290 • Flanders • Belgium
Died	February 15, 1370 • Liège • Belgium
Notable Works	“Vrayes Chroniques”
Subjects Of Study	Edward III • England • history of United Kingdom

Peter Langtoft

English historian

Thomas Babington Macaulay, detail of an oil painting by J. Partridge, 1840; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay

English politician and author

William Camden

British historian

Hugh Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton

British historian

Roger Of Hoveden

English historian

Robert De Torigni

French historian

Wace

Anglo-Norman author

William Of Newburgh

English historian

Henry Knighton

British historian

John Stow

English author

Robert Of Gloucester

English historian

Thomas Hearne

British historian

Thomas Walsingham

English monk

Ralph Of Coggeshall

English historian

Edward Hall

English historian

David Hume

Scottish philosopher

John Rushworth

English historian

Battle of Sluis during the Hundred Years' War

Jean Froissart

French poet and historian

Florence Of Worcester

British historian

Polydore Vergil

British humanist

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