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Conquistadors
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Illustrated with period maps, drawings, and letters, this site follows the paths of sixteenth century conquistadors Hernán Cortés, Francisco Pizarro, Cabeza de Vaca, and Francisco de Orellana.
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Fabritio Caroso's Il Ballarino (1581)
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Project aims to scan, translate, and reconstruct this dance manual published in 1581.
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The Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA)
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Organisation dedicated to researching and recreating pre-17th century European history.
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Early Modern Resources
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Extensive links assigned by category.
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Internetography on Renaissance Intellectual History
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The main focus is on history of philosophy from c. 1348 to c. 1648.
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The Forest of Rhetoric
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Provides a guide to the terms of classical and renaissance rhetoric.
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Cambridge English Renaissance Electronic Service
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A guide to help get more from the internet, and a regular email newsletter, CERES Harvest, detailing and reviewing new developments in electronic resources for research in the Renaissance, as well as relaying calls for papers and conference programmes.
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Renaissance Forum
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Electronic journal of early-modern literary and historical studies.
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Early Modern Literary Studies - Electronic Texts
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Electronic versions of fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth century texts.
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Early Modern Literary Studies
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Extensive list of links.
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The Defeat of the Spanish Armada
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Articles by Wes Ulm.
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The History of Costume - #8
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Index of images by Braun and Schneider.
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Le Poulet Gauche
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A guide to the history, culture, and daily life of 16th century France.
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16th-Century Renaissance Art
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Resources for the study of art history.
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16th Century
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Provides a chronology of events, significant people, inventions, discoveries, and introductions.
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History - The 16th Century
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Innovations, inventions, discoveries and personalities of the 16th Century within a comprehensive chronology.
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Sixteenth Century Maps
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Maps of political boundaries as they stood in the sixteenth century.
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The School of the Sixteenth Century
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Held yearly to train re-enactors in the various aspects of portraying Spanish explorers and colonists during the Age of Discovery.
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Sixteenth Century Society and Conference
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A society with an interest in the early modern era (c. 1450 - c. 1660).
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A Collection of Notes on the Historical Aspects of Quilting
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History in the sixteenth century.
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History of Dogma in the Period of the Mendicant Orders, till the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century
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Part of the complete text written by Dr. Adolph Harnak.
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Sixteenth Century English Literature
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A guide to 16th century English literature.
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Late Sixteenth-Century Chronology
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Historical music dates.
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Early Sixteenth-Century Chronology
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Historical music dates.
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The History of Costume - #6
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Index of images by Braun and Schneider.
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The History of Costume - #7
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Index of images by Braun and Schneider.
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North Carolina Museum of History - History Highlights
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A chronology of events.
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Was There a Reformation in the Sixteenth Century?
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An article from the Servetus International Society.
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Northern Mannerism in the Early Sixteenth Century
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Historical article on art.
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Where the Waters Meet
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Photographs taken during a living history program at Fort Caroline.
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Tales Tobacco Told in Sixteenth-Century Europe
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An environmental historical article by Peter C. Mancall.
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Project Gutenberg
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Official site includes an index of texts available, newsletters, articles, and information on volunteering.
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Hans Mayr: The Voyage and Acts of Dom Francisco, 1505-
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An essay on African activities.
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Ferdinand Magellan's Voyage Round the World
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Verbose account made in 1524 of the voyage that proved the earth was round.
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Sir Francis Drake's Famous Voyage Round The World, 1580
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As written by Francis Pretty, one of Drake's gentlemen at arms.
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William Marshall - Draft of a Poor Law (1536)
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Due to inflation and population pressures, England passed a law to solve some of their most pressing problems.
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Letters of Philip II - King of Spain
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Correspondence mainly to Don Diego de Orellana de Chaves, Royal Governor of Spain's northern coast, from the time of naval war against England and France, 1592 - 1597.
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Elizabeth I - The Spanish Armada 1588
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The queen's words when she visited her troops in the field.
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William Harrison (1534-1593): Description Of Elizabethan England
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The complete text of Holinshed's Chronicles issued in 1577.
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The Dutch Declaration of Independence
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The first declaration of modern times in 1581.
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Sir Humphrey Gilbert's Voyage To Newfoundland
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An account of the last voyage, told by Edward Haies, commander of The Golden Hind, 1583.
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Charter to Sir Walter Raleigh - 1584
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The complete text of the document.
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Hernan Cortes - From Second Letter to the Emperor Charles V
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A description of his conquest and its riches, 1520.
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Wives and Daughters - The Women of Sixteenth Century England
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The achievements of personal success and personal wealth by Kathy Lynn Emerson, 1984 by subscription.
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The Protestant Reformation in Sixteenth-Century Italy
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The complete book by Salvatore Caponetto, 1999 by subscription.
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Divulging Utopia - Radical Humanism in Sixteenth-Century England
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Work that examines the humanist movement in England and traces the reception of a single work, Sir Thomas More's Utopia (1516), in relation to that movement by David Weil Baker, 1999 by subscription.
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The Colloquy of Montbeliard - Religion and Politics in the Sixteenth Century
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Jill P. Raitt explores the complex array of shifting political alliances and religious tensions which characterized the Holy Roman Empire after the Peace of Augsburg, 1993 by subscription.
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Reforming Mary - Changing Images of the Virgin Mary in Lutheran Sermons of the Sixteenth Century
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Beth Kreitzer examines the development of Lutheran views on the subject as expressed in 16th-century Lutheran published sermons, starting with the earliest of Luther's own Reformation sermons, 2004 by subscription.
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Events That Changed the World through the Sixteenth Century
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Expulsion of the Muslims, flowering of the Renaissance, religious strife, and expansion into the New World, political, religious, and social changes that took place on every continent are examined by John E. Findling, 2001 by subscription.
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Beneath the Cross - Catholics and Huguenots in Sixteenth-Century Paris
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A study that focuses on the popular religious fanaticism and hatred caused by the religious conflicts of France, particularly the St Bartholomew's Day massacres of 1572 by Barbara B. Diefendorf, 1991 by subscription.
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Literature and Nation in the Sixteenth Century - Inventing Renaissance France
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Timothy Hampton explores the role of literary form in shaping national identity, 2001 by subscription.
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The Bible in the Sixteenth Century
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Essays that illuminate a broad spectrum of themes in the history of biblical interpretation by David C. Steinmetz, 1990 by subscription.
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Humanist Poetics - Thought, Rhetoric, and Fiction in Sixteenth-Century England
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The complete text by Arthur F. Kinney, 1986 by subscription.
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The Gospel of John in the Sixteenth Century - The Johannine Exegesis of Wolfgang Musculus
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This study of Johannine exegesis covers nearly every important commentator on John from the first half of the century, and examines the medieval and patristic traditions on which they drew by Craig S. Farmer, 1997 by subscription.
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Theatre and Humanism - English Drama in the Sixteenth Century
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Why English drama at the beginning of the century was allegorical, didactic and moralistic, and by the end of the century theater was censured as emotional and even immoral by Kent Cartwright, 1999 by subscription.
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The Audiencia of New Galicia in the Sixteenth Century - A Study in Spanish Colonial Government
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A complete text by J. H. Parry, 1948 by subscription.
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Proponents of Limited Monarchy in Sixteenth Century France - Francis Hotman and Jean Bodin
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A complete readable book by Beatrice Reynolds, 1931 by subscription.
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Luther's Legacy - Salvation and English Reformers, 1525-1556
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Carl R. Trueman distinguishes Luther's influence from that of the Catholic Humanists before him on these five reformers, 1994 by subscription.
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John Calvin - A Sixteenth-Century Portrait
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William J. Bouwsma focuses on his thought rather than his life, 1989 by subscription.
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A History of Political Thought in the Sixteenth Century
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Work that focuses on political theory by J. W. Allen, 1951 by subscription.
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Sixteenth-Century Europe
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The complete text by Leonard W. Cowie, 1977 by subscription.
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Europe and England in the Sixteenth Century
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Covers political, social, religious, and economic history by T. A. Morris, 1998 by subscription.
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Great Englishmen of the Sixteenth Century
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The complete text of book by Sidney Lee, 1904 by subscription.
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The Sixteenth Century
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Describes society during this time period.
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Patron Saints Index
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Timeline of 16th Century religious leaders listed by year.
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Timeline 16th Century
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Major books of the century separated by decades.
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Maps - 16th Century
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Fine examples of Cairo.
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Evidence of 16th-Century Spanish Fort in Appalachia
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Archaeologists may have unearthed evidence that Spanish soldiers roamed Appalachia with photographs.
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Cabeza de Vaca in North America
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The story of Cabeza de Vaca, the first European explorer of America's gulf coast states.
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English Currency - 16th Century
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Monetary system through use of charts.
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16th Century Settlements
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Information on the groups along with a map depicting sites at the time of European discovery.
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An Early 16th Century Armour Adaptation for the SCA
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Armour style and changes as needed.
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Women as Warriors in the16th Century
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Names and facts of those that participated in war or battle.
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Conquistadors
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Illustrated with period maps, drawings, and letters, this site follows the paths of sixteenth century conquistadors Hernán Cortés, Francisco Pizarro, Cabeza de Vaca, and Francisco de Orellana.
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Modern History Sourcebook: Francis Pretty
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One of the men who sailed with Drake, writes of their voyage around the world.
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Magellan's Voyage Round the World
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Verbose account made in 1524 of Magellan's voyage.
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Conquistadors
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Share the adventures of Hernan Cortes, Francisco Pizarro, Fracisco de Orellana and Cabeza de Vaca as series host Michael Wood retraces their journeys in modern-day South America and the southern United States.
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Modern History Sourcebook: Sir Francis Drake's Famous Voyage Round The World, 1580
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Francis Pretty, one of the men who sailed with Drake, writes of their voyage around the world.
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Magellan's Voyage Round the World
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An account of Magellan's voyage written in 1524. From the Modern History Sourcebook.
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Conquistadors
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Share the adventures of Hernan Cortes, Francisco Pizarro, Francisco de Orellana and Cabeza de Vaca as series host Michael Wood retraces their journeys in modern-day South America and the southern United States.
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Silva Rhetoricae: The Forest of Rhetoric
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Reference to over 1000 rhetorical terms and a primer for classical and renaissance rhetoric. Each term is accompanied by pronunciation, etymology, definition, examples from literature, cross references, and sources.
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