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Wikimedia CommonsA depiction of the death of a shieldmaiden. The word Viking usually conjures up images of burly, bearded, blond men wielding double-handed axes. In a culture so closely associated with violence and bloodshed (the Viking version of heaven is an endless battle where the slaughtered are pieced back together to feast before doing it

Charles I of Spain is elected Holy Roman Emperor. The grandson of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, Charles was selected in lieu of other heads of state, including Henry VIII of England and Francis I of France. He then ruled as Emperor Charles V until 1556 when he abdicated the throne and retired to

It contained instructions for crafting a candle dildo and suggested that women were safe from getting pregnant during the 15 days directly following their periods. [This image has been cropped to omit explicit content.]

Wikimedia CommonsThe Triumph of Death by Pieter Bruegel from 1562 depicts the horrific consequences wrought by the Black Plague. By the end of its first decade, the Black Plague had decimated over 60 percent of Europes population. It would return in waves every 10 to 20 years before it finally subsided in the mid-18th century.

Wikimedia CommonsThe Pilgrims celebrate the first Thanksgiving. While American schoolchildren are taught that the Pilgrims were pious, hardworking settlers who persevered in an unforgiving new land, the truth is much more complicated. Though the mythology of the Mayflower and the first Thanksgiving remain popular to this day, we must ask who were the Pilgrims and