CNN
Cnn: Mother Teresa Declared a Saint Before Huge Crowds in the Vatican
On September 4, 2016, Blessed Mother Teresa of the Sisters of Charity was canonized Saint Teresa of Calcutta. Understand the criteria and process involved in being canonized by the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. [2:11]
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Witchcraft Documents (15Th Century)
Fordham University offers three documents about witchcraft in the 15th Century. Included is a Papal bull where the Pope provides a blessing and encouragement to witch hunting.
Other
The Vatican: Pentecost Vigil: Homily of His Holiness John Paul Ii
Homily on the Vigil of Pentecost from Pope John Paul II. (10 June 2000)
Curated OER
Time: The Time 100 John Paul Ii
This site provides an article by William F. Buckley Jr. on Pope John Paul II. It discusses the meeting Gorbachev had with the pope and the struggle the pope went through to end communism in Eastern Europe.
Curated OER
Nat'l Catholic Reporter: Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict Xvi)
Biographical notes, theological record, key insights, and viewpoints of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who was elevated to the papacy on April 19, 2005, becoming Pope Benedict XVI.
Olga, Helen, Yuri and Sergey Mataev
Olga's Gallery: Raphael
Enlarged image from Olga's Gallery of Portrait of Pope Leo X with Cardinals Giulio de Medici and Luigi de Rossi
Digital History
Digital History: Coexistence and Conflict in the Spanish Southwest
Read the testimony of a Pueblo Indian, captured by the Spanish after the Revolt of 1680, giving his ideas of why the Indians attacked the Spanish and destroyed the images of Christianity they found.
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: The Ring and the Book (Full Text)
This site contains the full text of Robert Browning's collection of poems, The Ring and the Book. An introduction is included that explores Browning's experiences and mindset at the time of its writing.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: The Rhetorical Organization of Neoclassical Couplet [Pdf]
This a two-page PDF of the article "The Rhetorical Organization of the Neoclassical Couplet."
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: World History: The Renaissance and Protestant Reformation
Comprehensive learning module on Renaissance and Reformation explores its evolution, culture, contirbutions and conflict. Complete set of multi-media course resources.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Henry Iv Letter to Gregory Vii
Contains the full text of Henry IV's response to Gregory VII after being called a "usurper," in which Henry refers to Gregory IV as a "false monk."
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Ban on Lay Investitures
Contains the full text of Gregory VII's decrees which banned lay investiture.
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Minneapolis Institute of Arts: Get the Picture
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts presents photo galleries for seven photographers. Each artist's gallery includes biographical information, quotations, information about artistic style and technique, and other relevant strands of the...
PBS
Pbs: New Perspectives on the West
This in-depth resource presents a history of the American West from pre-Columbian times until World War I with profiles, documents, and images. It encourages visitors to link these into patterns of historical meaning for themselves....
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Restoration and Eighteenth Century: Historical Contexts
This is an historical context for the Restoration and Eighteenth Century period in England. It provides a list of dates and titles for sections of the period and discusses the authors and characteristics of each. It provides links to "A...
CNN
Cnn: Student News: Week of 4 28 14: April 24, 2014
News program reports on the current events of the day. Includes a video, transcript and critical analysis questions. Video.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Peace Prize 1979
At this site read about Mother Teresa (1910-1997 CE), the 1979 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, and the charitable works through which she helped the poor of Calcutta. This website includes texts of original documents and speeches, a...
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Peace Prize 1930
At this site from The Nobel Foundation you can learn about Lars Olof Nathan (Jonathan) Soderblom (1866-1931 CE), the 1930 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. This website is organized into the following sections: "Presentation Speech,"...
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Lay Investitures Forbidden
Contains the full text of Gregory VII's decree banning investitures.
Other
Reformation: Documents of the Reformation
Includes links to primary documents of the Protestant reformation. Links to essays and a photo gallery. Some links to sites in German.
Other
American Journeys: Revolt of the Pueblo Inidans
Read the background of the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 before accessing the document which is a translation of an excerpt of a book titled Revolt of the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico and Otermin's Attempted Reconquest, 1680-1682. This document...
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: The Pueblo Revolt
[Free Registration/Login Required] Read an essay about the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 and find out why the Southwest Native Americans rebelled against the Spanish, and were successful in keeping the Spanish out of their pueblos for only...
University of Missouri
Famous Trials: Famous Medieval Trials (897 1386)
The year is 897, and Pope Stephen VI has ordered the eight-month-old corpse of his predecessor removed from its vault at St. Peter's. The former, and very dead, pope is clad in his old pontifical vestments, placed on a throne in a Roman...
Patrick McSherry
Spanish American War Centennial: Conditions on the u.s. Army Transports
Excerpt from the report of Lt. Col. B. F. Pope, Chief Surgeon of the Fifth Corps, U.S. Army, describing the conditions aboard several U.S. Army transports, which were to be used to carry troops for the invasion of Cuba.