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Curated Video
Italy, Venice - Basilica Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari
There are more than 250 churches in Venice, both consecrated and desecrated. Obviously, the sacred ones are first of all places of worship, but all together they make up a cultural, artistic and human heritage of inestimable value.
Step Back History
The Dark Secret Canada Hid from the World
Today, we’re not going to hide from the history of Canada's Residential Schools. It’s time the sins of this country finally surface, and Canada gets the exposure it was painfully overdue for.
Curated Video
Italy, Florence - Basilica di San Lorenzo (Basilica of Saint Lawrence)
San Lorenzo basilica was the parish church of the Medici family. In 1419, Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici offered to finance a new church to replace the 11th-century Romanesque rebuilding. Filippo Brunelleschi, the leading Renaissance...
60 Second Histories
The Magna Carta - part 1
Part one of the Magna Carta explains how William Marshal, first Earl of Pembroke, rode to Runnymede in 1215 to witness King John sign the Magna Carta and explains why the Magna Carta was needed
Cerebellum
Early Scientific Revolution - The Beginning Of Modern Science
Europe experienced one of the most remarkable periods in history roughly between 1550 and 1700, when three of history's most important events were occurring simultaneously: the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Scientific Revolution....
TED-Ed
The Rise and Fall of the Byzantine Empire
Empires come and empires go, and some aren't even known as empires until after they fall. Such is the case with what is today called the Byzantine Empire. Learn more about the history of the empire, founded by Emperor Constantine, that...
Smart History
Smarthistory: Saint Peter's Basilica
Features a discussion of the architecture and rebuilding of Saint Peter's Basilica in the early sixteenth century. [4:27]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Early Churches: Lesson 1
This lesson will discuss a few examples of early Christian churches. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Early Churches."