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Berlin synagoge. Credit: Maraike Hofer / Alamy Stock Photo
Depiction of a conflict between two Native American tribes in 1562. Drawing by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues (1533-1588).
An illustration of the 'adventuress' Elizabeth Chudleigh, 1760. Credit: Hulton Archive / Getty Images.
The Council of Chalcedon of 451 is presented as a successful attempt to homogenise the Christian faith. The reality is far more complicated.

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