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The Legend Of Duke Wechtari’s Bold Bald Charge

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The Life Of Relentless King Hrœrek

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King Hrœrek was a powerful chieftain or petty king in Hedmark, Norway, who was at his political height in the early 11th century. He...

The Frankish Scholar, Einhard, Saved The Genre Of Secular Biographies

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  Even though biographies of secular figures, such as state leaders, had been a common genre of texts in the classical period, the practice had...

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  Einhard (c. 770-840) "I do not doubt that there are many people, devoted to contemplation and learning, who think that the circumstances of the present...

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The Legend Of Duke Wechtari’s Bold Bald Charge

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Wechtari was a nobleman from Vicenza who was a trusted figure in the entourage of King Grimoald of the Lombards (r. 662-671). Little is...
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The Life Of Relentless King Hrœrek

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King Hrœrek was a powerful chieftain or petty king in Hedmark, Norway, who was at his political height in the early 11th century. He...
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The Daring Life of The Ancient Chinese Vigilante, Guo Xie

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  Guo Xie was a contemporary of Grand Historian Sima Qian (c. 145-90 BCE), and they both lived during the reign of Emperor Wu (r....
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The Other Side Of The Roman Scholar, Suetonius

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  Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, better known simply as Suetonius, was born around the year 70 to a family of the equestrian order—a Roman equivalent of...
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The Frankish Scholar, Einhard, Saved The Genre Of Secular Biographies

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  Even though biographies of secular figures, such as state leaders, had been a common genre of texts in the classical period, the practice had...
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Einhard

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  Einhard (c. 770-840) "I do not doubt that there are many people, devoted to contemplation and learning, who think that the circumstances of the present...
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Chuang Tzu

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Biography of Chuang Tzu.
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Martin Luther (1483-1546)

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(Portrait of Martin Luther as an Augustinian Monk, from the Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553) , via Creative Commons) On Halloween day,...
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Adventures of Emperor Theophilus

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(Byzantine Emperor Theophilos (r. 829-842), surrounded by dignitaries of his court. Illustration from the Madrid Skylitzes (Fol. 42v), c. 12th century, via Creative...
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