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...history books and music education. As a result, many people have never heard a single piece by a woman composer, let alone know their names. In this article, and also in the accompanying video, we’ll be sharing the stories of a range of nineteenth-century women composers: who they were, what they composed, and what they achieved in their lifetimes. [Laura Hamer ]...

...history of the Met and how they were formed by the then Home Secretary Sir Robert Peel. Books about criminal justice, in general, can also offer insights into why the Met was formed. Historians have also written about detailed aspects of the Met’s development, such as the history of their uniform and how it’s changed over the years. We can also find entries in...

...History at The Open University, explains the meaning of a fresco in the church of Kitiros in Crete...Long before Dan Brown's "Inferno" fresco painters on the island of Crete attempted to create their vision of Hell. New research sheds light on how these images helped to maintain social order. The frescoes pictured damnation and torture, but employed a touch of modern...