An image of "Scenes from the Life of Saint Francis: 5. Confirmation of the Rule", created by Giotto Di Bondone in 1325 (Fresco, 280 x 450 cm).

An image of "Legend of St Francis: 7. Confirmation of the Rule", created by Giotto Di Bondone from 1297-99 (Fresco, 270 x 230 cm).

An image of "Predella panel: St Albert Presents the Rule to the Carmelites", created by Pietro Lorenzetti from 1328-29 (Tempera on wood).

An image of "St Bridget of Sweden Receiving the Rule of Her Order", created by Agostino Di Duccio from 1459-60 (Marble, 43 x 64 cm).

An image of "Rules of the Order of St Michael", created by Jean Fouquet during the 1470's (Manuscript).

An image of "Confirmation of the Rule", created by Domenico Ghirlandaio from 1483-85 (Fresco).

An image of "Confirmation of the Rule", created by Domenico Ghirlandaio from 1483-85 (Fresco).

An image of "Benedict Presents the Olivetan Monks with His Rule", created by Il Sodoma from 1505-08 (Fresco).

An image of "Confirmation of the Carmelite Rule", created by Fra Filippo Lippi, c. 1432 (Fresco).

An image of "Honorius III Approving the Rule of St Dominic in 1216", created by Leandro Bassanoz (Oil on canvas).

A detailed and insightful article which examines the colonial rule of the British in India. The author explores the origins, the Indian independence movement, how the British gave up India and more.

A BBC timeline history in which the history of Venezuela is surveyed from 1498 to the present.

The BBC provides a general overview of the country of North Korea. Content includes a focus on North Korea's recent history, leaders and media. There is also a timeline of key events in North Korean history.

Front cover of The Secret Knowledge of Grown-ups by David Wisniewski.

"Egypt is another of those countries whose prehistoric ages are wrapped in mystery as impenetrable as the sources of her Nile, whose exact location ling baffled the most enterprising of explorers. Great interest attaches to the country's...

This tutorial contains 13 lessons on logarithms and exponential functions including exponential shortcuts and rules, graphs and rules of logarithms, and many more.

This tutorial contains 13 lessons on logarithms and exponential functions including exponential shortcuts and rules, graphs and rules of logarithms, and many more.

During the First Intermediate Period, the unification of Egypt was broken for the first time and the rule of the country was divided between two main ruling houses until Montuhotep the Second succeeded in reuniting the country. Thebes...

George III (1760-1815). The first two Hanoverian kings were ignorant of English politics and obliged to rely on their ministers. Moreover, they cared more for Hanover than for England. But George II had English ideas. He was born and...

Henry II of England (5 March 1133 - 6 July 1189) ruled as King of England (1154-1189). Henry was the first of the House of Plantagenet to rule England and was the great-grandson of William the Conqueror. Like his grandfather, Henry I of...

He ruled in Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567, when he was only one year old, succeeding his mother Mary, Queen of Scots. Regents governed during his minority, which ended officially in 1578, though he did not gain full control of...

Lady Jane Grey (1536~1537 - 12 February 1554), also referred to as Queen Jane, a great-niece of Henry VIII of England, was a claimant to the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Ireland. Her claimed rule of nine days in July 1553 is the...

Known as Peter the Great, he was at first a joint ruler with his weak and sickly half-brother, Ivan V, who died in 1696. Peter then ruled alone until 1724, whenceforth he ruled jointly with his wife, Catherine I.

Peter the Great. This prince is one of the most extraordinary figures in history. As a boy he showed a great eagerness for knowledge in departments which were not generally attractive to the members of royal families. He cared nothing...