The World in 1600World Population (in early 17th century)Luther by Lucas Cranach the ElderEurope in 1600 (population and religion)Europe in 1600 (political)Age of European exploration (15th and 16th centuries)France in the 16th century
Louis XIII (reign 14 May 1610 – 14 May 1643)Cardinal Richelieu (in office 12 August 1624 – 4 December 1642)Henri Motte's depiction of Cardinal Richelieu at the Siege of La Rochelle in 1627.
The Siege of La RochelleThe Siege of La Rochelle (close up)François Leclerc du Tremblay (4 November 1577 – 17 December 1638)L'Eminence Grise by Jean-Léon Gérôme. Gérôme’s art epitomized the officially sanctioned, academic style
against which the Impressionists rebelled. His paintings, with their imperceptible brushwork, meticulous
detail, and brilliant effects of color and light, commanded huge prices in both France and America.
L’Eminence Grise recreates the palace of Cardinal Richelieu, the “Red Cardinal,” virtual ruler of France
during the childhood of Louis XIII. Descending the staircase is Richelieu’s chief adviser, François Le
Clerc du Trembly, a Capuchin friar known as L’Eminence grise (the Gray Cardinal), a term that has come
to mean “the power behind the throne.”Aristotle (384–322 BC)Augustine of Hippo (13 November 354 – 28 August 430 AD)Thomas Aquinas (1225 – 1274) - painting by Diego VelázquezNicolaus Copernicus (19 February 1473 – 24 May 1543)Johannes Kepler (27 December 1571 – 15 November 1630)Galileo Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) - Cristiano Banti's 1857 painting Galileo facing the
Roman InquisitionIgnatius of Loyola (23 October 1491– 31 July 1556)
"Chapel in the Cave of Saint Ignatius at Manresa,
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" Abbey on Montserrat
Descartes (La Haye), birthplace of DescartesDescartes (1596-1650) in Christina's court in Sweden, by Pierre Louis Dumesnil the Younger (French
Painter, 1698-1781)