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- Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
2: ...a time when aristocratic ladies were routinely educated. She is viewed by many feminists as the origin...
4: ...Pizan became a court writer employed by various ducal and Royal households, in order to support her th...
5: ...]]'' and argued against restrictions on female education and inheritance of land. Her most notable wor...
9: ...ifteen Christine married ɴienne du Castel, who became Charles's notary and secretary. After the king'...
11: ...x'' and ''jeux a vendre''--though she took the precaution to assure her readers (''Cent balades'', No.... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
2: ...erable interest in the [[Republic of Ireland]], [[Canada]], [[United Kingdom]] and [[United States]]. ...
4: Joan of Arc's campaigns were responsible for a revitalization of [...
7: ...d [[Henry V of England|Henry V]]'s conquests in [[1415]] and the following years. In [[1420]], the [[Tre...
10: ... are behind her. Oil on canvas in two joined vertical panels. [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], [[New Y...
12: ... Archangel]], [[Saint Catherine of Alexandria|St. Catherine]], and [[Saint Margaret the Virgin|St. Mar... - Renaissance (14795 bytes)
5: ...ul ways: A rebirth of [[classical education|classical learning and knowledge]] through the rediscovery...
10: ...', etc. This terminology is particularly useful because it eliminates the need for fitting "The Renais...
17: ...urch of [[Florence]], [[Italy]]. Florence was the capital of the Renaissance]]
21: ...ethod of learning. These new ideas from the past (called the "new learning" at the time) triggered the...
23: ...oint in warfare as [[cannon]] and [[gunpowder]] became a central element. In addition, Byzantine-Greek... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ...lic of Portugal'') is a [[democratic republic]] located on the west and southwest parts of the [[Iberi...
5: ...centuries]], Portugal was a major economic, political, and cultural power. The [[Portuguese Empire]] s...
7: ... social and economic progress in the subsequent decades, with a clear slow-down in the last few years.
15: ...Douro]] and [[Tagus]] rivers, and the [[Gallaecia|Callaeci]] who lived north of the Douro river among ...
17: ...s of [[Culture of Ancient Rome|Romanization]] was carried out, leading [[Lusitania]] to gain [[Latin R... - Michigan (29427 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Lansing, Michigan|Lansing]] |
40: ...ation grew slowly until the opening of the [[Erie Canal]] in 1825, which brought large numbers of sett...
57: *[[1701]] [[Antoine de Lamothe Cadillac]], with his lieutenant [[Alphonse de Tonty]...
58: *[[1760]] Detroit was captured by the [[Great Britain|British]].
60: ...is (1783)|Treaty of Paris]] that ended the [[American Revolutionary War]]. The U.S. did not take contr... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
1: ...lti.jpg|thumb|Popes buried in [[St. Peter's Basilica|St. Peter's]]]]
2: This is a '''list of Popes of the Roman Catholic Church'''.
4: ...has been used officially by the head of the Roman Catholic Church since the tenure of [[Pope Siricius]...
6: ...Apostles]], [[Supreme Pontiff]] of the [[One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church|Universal Church]], [...
7: ... has been [[Sovereign]] in the State of the [[Vatican City]] (the [[Holy See]]). - Donatello (10376 bytes)
7: ...ung Donatello. While pursuing their studies and excavations on classic soil, which gained them the rep...
10: ...ts of the classical ideal. All these figures were carved in marble and are admirably conceived in rela...
14: ...orked on a ''Joshua'' commenced by Ciuffagni in [[1415]]. All these statues, and the ''Saint John'' at t...
16: ...tonio]] in [[Padua]] and of the pulpit of [[Basilica di San Lorenzo di Firenze|San Lorenzo]] in Floren...
18: ...egun about [[1425]]) and the tomb of Cardinal Brancacci at San Angelo a Nib in [[Naples]] ([[1427]]). ... - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
5: ...ies. It is often viewed as one of the most significant conflicts in [[medieval warfare]].
8: ...ct can be found 400 years earlier when Frankish [[Carolingian]] ruler [[Charles the Simple]] allowed t...
13: ...p III of Navarre|Philip, count of Evreux]], who became [[List of Navarrese monarchs|king consort Phili...
17: ...ng the English lords of Aquitaine, many of whom became sympathizers of [[Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of M...
19: ...nfant daughter yet to be born. The senior line of Capetian dynasty had ended in [[tail male]], creatin... - Henry the Navigator (6878 bytes)
3: ...h tapping into that wealth, as well as with [[Africa]] in general, and with the legend of [[Prester Jo...
5: ...he remainder of his life, and as time passed he became more and more devoted to Christianity. For the ...
7: ... the sole right to authorize expeditions beyond [[Cape Bojador]] (in present-day [[Western Sahara]]). ...
9: ... the [[lateen sail]] of the Arabs, made the complicated return voyages, headed upwind, possible; witho...
13: ...o, in 1430. Portuguese vessels encountered the [[Cape Verde]] islands in 1455. - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ... the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
65: *[[Ammonius Saccas]], (3rd century){{fn|C}}
80: *[[Anselm of Canterbury|Anselm]], (1034-1109){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn...
81: *[[Antiochus of Ascalon]], (c. 130-68 BC){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
165: *[[Cesare, Marquis of Beccaria]], (1738-1794){{fn|C}} - Britain in the Middle Ages (12239 bytes)
3: ...ormation]]s in Scotland and England. Major historical events in Medi�val British history include the...
5: ...ain in two distinct phases of cultural and political history.
10: ... that had fought the Romans to a standstill for decades and been conquered only with great effort were...
12: ...rding to the [[Venerable Bede]], the British king called upon two Germanic tribal leaders from Europe ...
14: ... involved in the conquest are very difficult to locate. In general, however, Bede's evidence is accept...
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