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90Ringlet hairstyles, some history and their continuing popularity
The ringlet...more than Shirley Temple or Cindy Brady...a hairstyle popular since ancient Roman times that keeps coming back century after century...and still popular today! Take a look at ringlets in all their variety!
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59Nice Things to do in Amsterdam
Amsterdam is well known for its three rings of canals, along which thousands of merchants richly decorated residences and ware houses where built in the 17th century, the Dutch "Golden Age" Amsterdam is a...
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73Mary Kings Close Haunted Edinburgh
Beneath the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Hides a three hundred years old secret, a place of legends and Ghost stories, of hauntings and it has recently been re-opened for the general public to explore, Mary Kings...
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59The Color of Money - Racism a History
To what extent racism is a product of 17th century economic globalization. With the huge profits of racism fueling the slave trade, justification for racism was emphasized by generalizations of the...
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66John Locke: Two Treatises of Government
John Locke was a well known English Philosopher during his lifetime (the 17th Century). He was highly respected, in spite of his liberal views such as peoples' inherit rights to "life, liberty and the pursuit...
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83Mystery People of History – Amy Robsart
The mystery of the death of Amy Robsart has fascinated us for generations. Was she murdered to further her husband Robert Dudley's ambitions to marry Queen Elizabeth I? Did she commit suicide of was her death simply a tragic accident?
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67Leviathan: Or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil
In 1651 Thomas Hobbes wrote and had published the Leviathan: Or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil. This piece astounded 17th Century England, mostly for its content on...
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60Captain Alatriste
"He was not the most honest or pious of men, but he was courageous...It was one of Diego Alatriste's virtues that he could make friends in Hell." Set in Spain during the 17th century, The Adventures of...
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70Baroque Dance Styles
MUSICAL FORMS OF DANCE MOVEMENTSCourante, court dance popular about 1600 to 1800; its music, in a stylized form, usually was the second movement of the baroque suite. The courante was danced by couples using...
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55Review of History on the Web - May, 2008
Reviews of history sites and blogs across the web for the month of May.
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