colonial

Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz

Early Modern, Fabulous Females / October 6, 2023 / colonial, history of education

This is a painting of Sor Juana Inéz de la Cruz, one of the most celebrated Latin American authors of the Colonial period (1651-1695). An essayist, playwright, and poet, Juana Inéz de la Cruz decided to join a convent at an early age because she thought it was the best way “to have no fixed […]

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Jamestown Skull

Early Modern, Fabulous Females / September 13, 2023 / archaeology, colonial, U.S. history

Jamestown was the first permanent settlement by the English in the Americas, but its earliest years were hardly successful — in fact, the community almost died out at first, during the “starving time” winter of 1609-10. As settlers faced disease and drought, they also were surrounded by the hostile Powhatan peoples, which meant that leaving

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