It was a sunny day in Florence on that April 26th of 1478. A blooming of the arts was in full swing in the city
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“May it please your Honours, and you Gentlemen of the Jury, I yesterday afternoon produced from the best authorities, those rules of law which must
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n the summer of 1914, the European continent entered a new and significant era of its history: the Great War. Scholars have discussed the factors
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