About 19000 results for ‘16th century’
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16th century
As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century lasted from 1501 to 1600. It is regarded by historians as the century in which the rise of the West occurred. During the 16th century, Spain and Portugal explored the world's seas and opened world-wide oceanic trade routes. Large parts of the New World became Spanish and Portuguese colonies, and while the Portuguese became the masters of Asia's and Africa's Indian Ocean trade, the Spanish opened trade across the Pacific Ocean, linking the Americas with Asia. In Europe, the Protestant Reformation gave a major blow to the authority of the Papacy and the Roman Catholic Church. European politics became dominated by religious conflicts, with the groundwork for the epochal Thirty Years' War being laid towards the end of the century. In the Middle East, the Ottoman Empire continued to expand, with the Sultan taking the title of Caliph, while dealing with a resurgent Persia. Iran and Iraq were caught by major popularity of the once-obscure Shiite sect of Islam under the rule of the Safavid dynasty of warrior-mystics, providing grounds for a Persia independent of the majority-Sunni Muslim world. China evacuated the coastal areas, because of Japanese piracy. Japan was suffering under a severe civil war at the time. Mughal Emperor Akbar the Great extended the power of the Mughal Empire to cover most of the Indian sub continent. His rule significantly influenced arts, culture, and religious tolerance in the region. Copernicus proposed the heliocentric universe, which was met with strong resistance, and Tycho Brahe refuted the theory of celestial spheres through observational measurement of the 1572 appearance of a Milky Way Super Nova. These events directly challenged the long-held notion of an immutable universe supported by Ptolemy and Aristotle, and led to major revolutions in astronomy and science.
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- plat
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- Woman
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- 16th century
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- Archaeology
- Ceramic
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- Designation:
- coupelle
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- 16th century
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musicien à la vielle
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- Field(s):
- Architecture
- Ceramic
- Ethnology
- Music
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- Portrayed subject:
- Hat
- Hurdy gurdy
- Knife
- Man
- Music
- Serviceman
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- 16th century
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ENSEIGNE DE PELERINAGE : SAINT MICHEL
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- Ethnology
- Middle Ages
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- Portrayed subject:
- Dragon
- Michael (archangel)
- Shield
- Sword
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- 16th century
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croix de Jérusalem
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- Belief
- Ethnology
- Middle Ages
- Western Asia
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- Portrayed subject:
- Jesus, King of the Jews
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- 15th century
- 16th century
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Saint Louis (?)
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- Ethnology
- Middle Ages
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- Crown (headgear)
- Louis IX of France
- Saint
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- 15th century
- 16th century
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Vierge à l'Enfant
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- Ethnology
- Middle Ages
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- Sitting
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- 15th century
- 16th century
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saint Michel
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- Ethnology
- Middle Ages
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- Portrayed subject:
- Combat
- Dragon
- Michael (archangel)
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- 15th century
- 16th century
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ENSEIGNE DE PÉLERINAGE : SAINT SEBASTIEN
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- Ethnology
- Middle Ages
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- Arrow
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- 15th century
- 16th century
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croix de Jérusalem
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- Belief
- Ethnology
- Middle Ages
- Western Asia
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- Jesus, King of the Jews
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- 15th century
- 16th century
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Fragment d'enseigne de pèlerinage : tour ajourée
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- Ethnology
- Middle Ages
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- Tower
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- 15th century
- 16th century
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ENSEIGNE DE PELERINAGE : SAINTE FACE
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- Belief
- Ethnology
- Middle Ages
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- Portrayed subject:
- Holy Face of Jesus
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- Date:
- 15th century
- 16th century
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ENSEIGNE DE PELERINAGE : SAINT JACQUES LE MAJEUR (ATTRIBU...
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- Ethnology
- Middle Ages
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- Portrayed subject:
- Book
- Headgear
- Swagger stick
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- 15th century
- 16th century
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saint Hubert
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- Belief
- Ethnology
- Middle Ages
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- Portrayed subject:
- Red deer
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- 15th century
- 16th century
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FRAGMENT D'ENSEIGNE DE PELERINAGE : NOTRE DAME
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- Belief
- Ethnology
- Middle Ages
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- Portrayed subject:
- Mary (mother of Jesus)
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- Date:
- 15th century
- 16th century
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ENSEIGNE DE PELERINAGE : SAINT FIACRE
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- Ethnology
- Middle Ages
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- Portrayed subject:
- Spade
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- Date:
- 16th century
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