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Farnham Herald1d
Peeps into the Past: How Farnham came to honour Joan of Arc
It may seem an oddity that in Farnham, a town as quintessentially English as they come, a church is named after a French ...
Yahoo16d
The Werewolf Hunting Craze in 17th-Century France
The wolf transformation was triggered by an item of clothing the werewolf put on ... In many ways, the people of 16th and 17th-century Europe imagined the werewolf as the ultimate violator ...
The truth behind the Normans and Ireland: ‘They abolished slavery’
Historians give their view on plans to mark the 1,000th anniversary of William the Conquerer and what was more an English ...
The Associated Press on MSN18d
‘A huge loss.’ In remote Nagasaki islands, a rare version of Christianity heads toward extinction
(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Christianity spread rapidly in 16th century Japan when Jesuit priests had spectacular success converting warlords and peasants alike ... and their remarkable perseverance, to ...
The Independent18d
The rare version of Christianity heading toward extinction
Christianity spread rapidly in 16th century Japan when Jesuit priests had spectacular success converting warlords and peasants alike ... perseverance to a French Catholic priest in March 1865 ...
Marie Claire on MSN10d
Fashion's Embroidery Renaissance Is Stitching Fresh Life Into a Centuries-Old Art Form
Today, however, we see embroidery on more than bespoke runway creations. You’ll find slogan tees stitched with cursive and ...
Castanet19d
A rare version of Christianity heads toward extinction
Hidden Christians cling to a unique version of the religion Christianity spread rapidly in 16th century Japan when Jesuit priests had spectacular success converting warlords and peasants alike ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN4d
Rare 16th-Century Shipwreck Discovered at Record Depth in French Waters
The 98-foot-long vessel was transporting ceramic jugs, ceramic plates and metal bars when it sank off southeastern France ...
Military Officers Were Doing a Routine Seafloor Scan—and Found a 16th-Century Shipwreck
Routine sonar investigations of the French seafloor led to the accidental discovery of a 16 th- century shipwreck roughly 1.5 ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN9d
French Navy’s sea drone uncovers 16th-century shipwreck at record 8,200 feet depth.
A French Navy drone operating off the southern coast near Saint-Tropez has located the deepest shipwreck ever discovered in ...