Violence Gallery

The Easter Rising - Dublin, Ireland

The Easter Rising also known as the Easter (or Irish') Rebellion and referred to erroneously in some contemporary British reports as the Sinn Fein Rebellion - an armed insurrection staged in Ireland during Easter Week, 1916, mounted by Irish republicans who aimed to end British rule in Ireland and establish an independent Irish Republic (whilst the United Kingdom was heavily engaged in World War I). Evidence of the fighting on Sackville Street, Dublin. Date: 1916

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Dantes Inferno, suicides and the Harpies

Dante's Inferno. Canto XIII, line 11: Here [suicide tree] the brute Harpies make their nest (at right: Dante and Virgil). Italian poet Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) wrote his epic poem Divina Commedia (The Divine Comedy) between 1308 and his death in 1321. Totalling 14, 233 lines, and divided into three parts (Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso), it is considered the greatest literary work in the Italian language and a world masterpiece. It is a comprehensive survey of medieval theology, literature and thought. Artwork by French artist Gustave Dore (1832-1883); engraving from The Vision of Hell (1868), Henry Francis Cary's English translation of the Inferno

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Battle of Legnano

Fighting at the Battle of Legnano, near Milan, 1176, in which the forces of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa, were finally defeated in their attempts to control the Italian city states of Lombardia. 19th century painting by Amos Cassioli (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

© 2005 Getty Images

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