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History by Periods, War and Peace, Revolutions.



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Crusades

CRUSADES

French Revolution 1789

FRENCH REVOLUTION 1789

Napoleon Bonaparte

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

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Tomb of Archduchess Margarete von Oesterreich, daughter of Emperor Maximilian I, Governess of the Netherlands. Two-tiered organization of French Royal tombs: below the perishable body swathed in shrouds, above the Arch- duchess still clad in the garments of worldly power.
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Tomb of Archduchess Margarete von Oesterreich, daughter of Emperor Maximilian I...

Procession of the Catholic League on the Place de Greve in Paris. The League founded against the Huguenots by French Catholics under the leadership of the three brothers Guise, later also turned against French Kings Henri III and Henri IV.
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Procession of the Catholic League on the Place de Greve in Paris. The League fo...

House in Domremy where Joan of Arc was born in 1412.
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House in Domremy where Joan of Arc was born in 1412.

Charles VII,King of France.Jeanne d'Arc's battles against the English won him the throne. Oil on wood 85.7 x 70.6 cm
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Charles VII,King of France.Jeanne d'Arc's battles against the English won...

Mazarin, Jules, Cardinal(1602-1661) From the "Panegyrique illustre des Hommes celebres de notre Siecle" Miniature on Parchment MS 2213
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Mazarin, Jules, Cardinal(1602-1661) From the "Panegyrique il...

Chancellor Pierre Seguier on horseback, the young Dauphin,later Louis XIV,on foot next to him,1657-1661 Oil on canvas,295 x 357 cm
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Chancellor Pierre Seguier on horseback, the young Dauphin,later Louis XIV,on foo...

Louis XIV, King of France (1638-1715) Portrait in royal costume (the head was painted on a separate canvas and later added) Oil on canvas 277 x 194 cm - Inv. 7492
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Louis XIV, King of France (1638-1715) Portrait in royal costum...

Versailles, the "Grande Galerie des Glaces". Louis XIV had his father's much smaller Palace enlarged so that he could move his entire court from Paris to Versailles. Built 1646-1708 by Le Vau and Hardouin- Mansard. Gardens by Le Notre, 1661 and 1668.
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Versailles, the "Grande Galerie des Glaces". Louis XIV had his father's much sm...

Maintenon Palace, Mme de Maintenon's bedroom.
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Maintenon Palace, Mme de Maintenon's bedroom.

Castle of Bussy-Rabotin, where Count Roger de Rabutin spent 16 years of exile from the court of Louis XIV. Before his banishment he spent one year in the Bastille prison, mainly for his book "Histoire Amoureuse des Gaules," describing life at the court of Versailles.
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Castle of Bussy-Rabotin, where Count Roger de Rabutin spent 16 years of exile...

Bussy-Rabutin Castle, the Rotunda with the portraits of those ladies at the Court of Louis XIV, which the banished Count Roger de Rabutin despised most.
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Bussy-Rabutin Castle, the Rotunda with the portraits of those ladies at the C...

Colbert, Jean-Baptiste (1619-1683) Most influential Minister of Louis XIV, successor to disgraced Minister of Finance Nicolas Fouquet. His reform of the Royal administration paved the way for French absolutism.
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Colbert, Jean-Baptiste (1619-1683) Most influential Ministe...