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ADVERTISEMENT Among the most popular supernatural beings, witches rank right up there with vampires and werewolves. Witches appear in everything from The Wizard of Oz to Harry Potter to True Blood. The sheer number of books, television shows, and films that feature witches in main roles would be difficult to list. Yet, while there are [...]
Posted by Matthew Zarzeczny on Friday, February 15, 2013 at 12:01 am
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The progression of becoming a Saint is almost as long and complicated as filling out a tax form with multiple attachments. There is a process called canonization, in which the church (usually Catholic, but not always) considers the life and death, of a person who has given themselves up to God. Canonization usually takes decades, sometimes centuries, [...]
Posted by Fred Hunt on Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under Religion · Tagged beheading, brazen bull, Burned at the stake, Crucifixion, Demonic Possession, famous martyrs, Fred Hunt, Impalement, James The Just, Joan of Arc, Mother Teresa, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Saint Eustace, Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Saint Peter, Saint Thomas, Saint Timothy, sainthood, Stoning to death, TopTenz
In the spirit of gender equality, I am following up my list of Top 10 (plus 1) Knights of the Middle Ages with the other side of the shilling. Although you wouldn’t know it from all the goofy movies and TV shows out there, European women in the Middle Ages (500-1500) made wide-ranging contributions to [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Saturday, April 7, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under History, People · Tagged Beatrice, Beatrice di Folco Portinari, Catherine, catholic church, Christine de Pizan, Countess of Kent, Dante Alighieri, Eleanor of Aquitaine, European Middle Ages, Evan Ostryzniuk, Guinevere, Héloïse d’Argenteuil, Joan, Joan of Arc, Julian of Norwich, king of England, Margery Kempe, Matilda of Canossa, Middle Ages, Of Faith and Fidelity: Geoffrey Hotspur and the War for St. Peter’s Throne, Of Fathers and Sons: Geoffrey Hotspur and the Este Inheritance, Saint Catherine of Siena, Simone de Beauvoir, www.evanostryzniuk.com
Dressing as a member of the opposite sex has a long and varied history. In the past, men and women cross-dressed to assume new roles, to enable them to do things they otherwise couldn’t, or because they just plain wanted to. Here are some individuals who for whatever reason decided to adopt the clothing of [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Monday, July 18, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Bizarre, Fashion, History, People · Tagged ambassador, Anne Bonny, author, Bernard Boursicot, bishop, British military, catholic church, chariot driver, Charles D’Eon, Charles VII, Charlotte Coville, Christina, Communist party, Cross-dressing, Deborah Samson, diplomat, Elagabus, emperor, Empress, Europe, France, Francois De Choisy, French Embassy, French Embassy in Beijing, Gender, Greater London, Indies, Isabelle Eberhardt, Joan, Joan of Arc, King, Lebanon, London, London Stock Exchange, M. Butterfly, Mahmoud Essadi, maid, Male opera singer, Marina the Ascetic, Mary Read, queen, Queen Christina of Sweden, Russia, Shi Pei-Pu, spy, spy and diplomat, St Peter’s Church in Rome, Surgery, United Kingdom, West Indies, Women in piracy
While most famous historical figures have traditionally been men, there are a few women who managed to reach the rarified air of either notoriety or power usually reserved for their testosterone-prone contemporaries; which, considering the patriarchal nature of society for the last ten thousand years, is no small feat. It was difficult to determine who [...]
Posted by Jeff Danelek on Thursday, November 18, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under History, People · Tagged Alexandrina Victoria Hanover, Antony and Cleopatra, Cleopatra VII, Eleanor Roosevelt, Elizabeth II, famous women, Gabriel Lippman, Golda Meir, Harriet Tubman, historical women, Indira Gandhi, Joan of Arc, Margaret Thatcher, Maria Skladowska, marie antoinette, Marie Curie, Mary Magdalene, Nobel laureates in Physics, nobel prize, president, Prime Minister, queen
Throughout our history there have been women whom without their contributions the world we live in would be a completely different place. Each of these women will be continue to remembered well into the future for the way they changed popular opinion. This being said there are many deserving women who did not make this [...]
Posted by Loni Perry on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 11:29 am
Filed under History, People · Tagged amelia earhart, Christian, Elizabeth, Florence Nightingale, Jane Goodall, jesus, Joan of Arc, Lady, Margaret Thatcher, Marie Curie, Martin Luther King, Mother Teresa, nobel prize, People, queen elizabeth I, Rosa Parks, scientists, Top 10 Most Influential Women, Virgin Mary, Women
Ever since human life has existed, it’s safe to say that innocent people have been executed. Whether due to a faulty justice system, human error, discrimination, or some other reason, it’s a fact that innocent people do die. Throughout the history of the world, there have been many people who have been killed that were [...]
Posted by Ash Grant on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 1:36 am
Filed under History, People, Religion · Tagged cameron willingham, capital punishment, Christian, Controversial, crucifiction, death, death penalty, hemlock, jan hus, jesse tafero, jesus, Jesus Christ, Joan of Arc, john southworth, People, saint cosmas, saint damian, salem witches, socrates, william marion, witches
When it comes to our hair, we have had a myriad of styles. Some have become fond memories and some were “cut” from the fashion scene even before they had a chance to grow into a ‘do that could withstand the test of time. The hairstyles below reflect the creativity of the human race in [...]
Posted by Elizabeth Downing on Thursday, August 7, 2008 at 12:01 am
Filed under Fashion · Tagged Afro, Amy Winehouse, audrey hepburn, beehive, Beyonce, Bo Derek, bob cut, Cameron Diaz, Cleopatra, Cornrows, Crystal Gayle, Dorothy Hamill, eve, fashion, fashion scene, fashion statement, foxy cleopatra, Godiva, hair, hairdo, hairstyle, hairstylist, Jennifer Aniston, Joan of Arc, Lady, Marge Simpson, marie antoinette, pageboy, pony tail, Prince Valiant, Rapunzel, Willy Wonka
In our modernized, mechanized age of warfare, where decisions are made by civilians, officers far from any line of combat, congressional committees, and unknown military strategists in committee, an army is a faceless thing. For the last six decades, the idea of massed armies doing battle has been considered a curiosity of the past, and [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 12:02 am
Filed under History · Tagged America, Armies, battle, Benedict Arnold, Charles II, conquerors, Controversial, Erwin Rommel, field commanders, frederick the great, Generals, genghis khan, George Washington, Hannibal Barca, Independence, Joan of Arc, Julius Caesar, Marc Antony, military strategists, Pancho Villa, Saladin, top 10 list, War, Washington