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Edward 'Ned' Low was an English pirate active in the Caribbean and eastern Atlantic from 1721 to 1724 during the Golden Age of Piracy (1690-1730). Probably the most sadistic and cruelest of all pirate captains, Low was said to have frequently...

Argula von Grumbach (née von Stauff, l. 1490 to c. 1564) was a Bavarian theologian, writer, and reformer, who became a controversial figure after her 1523 letter To the University of Ingolstadt protesting the arrest of a young scholar for...

Katharina von Bora (l. 1499-1552, also known as Katherine Luther) was a former nun who married Martin Luther (l. 1483-1546) in 1525. She, along with some fellow nuns, escaped their convent with Luther's help in 1523 in response to his reform...

Tadhg Murphy as the English pirate Edward 'Ned' Low (d. 1724) in the TV series Black Sails. Low was one of the cruelest of all pirate captains during the Golden Age of Piracy (1690-1730), notorious for torturing and mutilating his captives...

The Jolly Roger pirate flag of the English pirate Edward 'Ned' Low (d. 1724). Low was one of the cruelest of all pirate captains during the Golden Age of Piracy (1690-1730), notorious for torturing and mutilating his captives.

An illustration showing the notorious English pirate Captain Edward Low, marooned by his crew in 1724. Low was active in the Caribbean and eastern Atlantic from 1721 to 1724 during the Golden Age of Piracy (1690-1730). (National Maritime...

To the University of Ingolstadt (1523) is an open letter by the German reformer Argula von Grumbach (l. 1490 to c. 1564) protesting the dismissal, arrest, and imprisonment of the young scholar Arsacius Seehofer (l. c. 1504 to c. 1539) for...

A late-19th century cigarette card showing the notorious English pirate Edward Low who was active in the Caribbean and eastern Atlantic from 1721 to 1724 during the Golden Age of Piracy (1690-1730). Low was known for his acts of cruelty on...

Statue of Ulrich von Hutten (l. 1488-1523) and Franz von Sickingen (l. 1481-1523), leaders of the Knights' Revolt of 1522-1523 in the Germanic territories of the Holy Roman Empire.

Women played a vital role in the Protestant Reformation (1517-1648) not only by supporting the major reformers as wives but also through their own literary and political influence. Their contributions were largely marginalized in the past...