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The artist would develop a distinctly Protestant imagery that replaced sacredness with utility, functioning essentially as ...

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In 1399, 13-year-old Henry of Monmouth was knighted twice. The first ceremony was a muddy affair at the fringe of an Irish ...

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The opera’s three-and-a-half-hour running time has been cut to an Ozempic-thin ninety minutes, and the exquisite Italian ...