Henry VIII was brought up a devout Catholic. Before he became king, he had in his possession a prayer scroll containing illuminations of the Trinity, the crucified Christ, the Instruments of the Passion and several martyred saints. Henry VIII was brought up a devout Catholic. Before he became king, he…
Over his 10-year career, Puckett earned the Gold Glove award for best center fielder in baseball six times, including four consecutive from 1986-1989. While Carew wasn’t a butcher in the field, he certainly wasn’t dominant and played a position in second base that just doesn’t bring the importance of center…
Jane Seymour (c. 1508 – 24 October 1537) was Queen of England as the third wife of King Henry VIII of England from their marriage on 30 May 1536 until her death the next year. She became queen following the execution of Henry’s second wife, Anne Boleyn. Is Lady Jane…
Latin, then, was a ubiquitous and commonplace language in the Renaissance, widely spoken, read, and written across Europe and beyond. What language did Renaissance writers use? They wrote for the most part in Latin prose. Their poetic production, inspired by classical models and written mostly in Latin and later Greek,…
Hughes became firmly established as a successful writer in nineteen twenty-six with the publication of a collection of jazz poems called “The Weary Blues.” Hughes wrote the poems in a place in Harlem where blues music was played. Hughes, like others active in the Harlem Renaissance, had a strong sense…
Cowboy Curtis is a supporting character in Pee-Wee’s Playhouse. He is portrayed by Laurence Fishburne. Who was the black cowboy on Pee Wee’s Playhouse? Laurence Fishburne’s Pee-wee’s Playhouse character Cowboy Curtis featured in 17 episodes over the show’s five-season run between 1986 and 1990. When was Laurence Fishburne in Pee…
Filming. Legends of the Fall was primarily filmed on location in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. The Ghost River Wilderness Area in Alberta served as the filming location for the Ludlow ranch; additional outdoor scenes, as well as the funeral and cemetery scenes, were shot at the Bow River near…
Born to an upper middle-class family in Simbirsk, Lenin embraced revolutionary socialist politics following his brother’s 1887 execution. Expelled from Kazan Imperial University for participating in protests against the Russian Empire’s Tsarist government, he devoted the following years to a law degree. Did Lenin overthrow the tsar? In January 1917,…
In 1821, the American Colonization SocietyAmerican Colonization SocietyThe American Colonization Society was founded in response to what was seen as a growing social problem: what to do with free Blacks. The number of free people of color grew steadily following the American Revolutionary War, from 60,000 in 1790 to 300,000…
Leonardo da Vinci was an artist and engineer who is best known for his paintings, notably the Mona Lisa (c. 1503–19) and the Last Supper (1495–98). His drawing of the Vitruvian Man (c. 1490) has also become a cultural icon. Qual é a teoria de Leonardo da Vinci? Leonardo da…