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- Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ...he best known of the Scottish monarchs, in part because of the tragedy of her life.
14: ...ons, who were listed in that parliamentary act, because the legitimacy of Robert's children of first m...
15: ...emi-Salic]] situation, Mary ascended the throne because all other male lines of the royal house had go...
17: ...e birth and prophesied, "The devil go with it! It came with a lass, it will gang with a lass!" The Ste...
19: ...riage proposition, went into hiding in [[Stirling Castle]], where preparations were made for Mary's co... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
9: ...ce by her counsellors, often saved her from political and marital misalliances. Like her father [[Henr...
13: ...]], an English [[13 colonies|colony in North America]] and afterwards a member of the [[United States]...
16: ..., along with her half-sister, Mary, daughter of [[Catherine of Aragon]], was reinstated in the line of...
18: ...st Archbishop of [[Canterbury]] after Elizabeth became queen in [[1558]].
20: ...lerant. Elizabeth also inherited her mother's delicate bone structure, physique and facial features. L... - 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... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
8: *[[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
13: *[[Pablo Picasso]], ([[1881]]-[[1973]]), Spanish [[Cubism|cubis...
26: *[[Bernard Accama]] ([[1697]]-[[1756]])
57: *[[Carl Andre]] ([[1935]]-)
73: *[[Hendrick Avercamp]] ([[1585]]-[[1634]]) - 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]]). - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ... "[[research institute]]". For purposes of [[publication]], he owned a [[printing press]] and [[paper ...
8: ...ng's court. [[Beate Bille]], Tycho's mother, also came from an important family which had produced lea...
10: ...hich they moved, and where Tycho began a Latin education until he was 12 years old.
12: ...ut also studied a variety of other subjects and became interested in [[astronomy]]. It was, however, t...
14: ...over a period of several years.'' -Tycho Brahe, [[1563]] (age 17). - Pieter Brueghel the Elder (6133 bytes)
3: ...da]] or the [[Belgium|Belgian]] town of [[Bree]], called Breda in Latin, is meant. From 1559 he droppe...
7: ...unger]] and [[Jan Brueghel the Elder]] who both became painters, but as they were still infants when t...
9: Bruegel specialised in landscapes populated by [[peasant]]s, painted in a simple...
11: ...drop to a religious [[allegory]]. His winter landscapes of 1565 are corroborative evidence of the seve...
15: ...of-babel.jpg|thumb|250px|''The Tower of Babel'' [[1563]], oil on board]] - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
2: ...s main work, the ''Essays'', unprecedented in its candidness and personal flavor, he takes mankind and...
6: ... exclusively in [[Latin]], the language of the educated class.
8: ...acute;tienne de la Boétie]] whose death in 1563 deeply influenced Montaigne.
16: ...cted as a moderating force, respected both by the Catholic [[Henry III of France|King Henry III]] and ...
20: ...d and served until 1585, again moderating between Catholics and Protestants. The [[plague]] broke out ... - Francis Drake (14963 bytes)
7: ...fe, [[Protestant]] farmers. (Edmund Drake later became a [[preacher]]). His maternal grandfather was [...
9: ...rth Sea]], and eventually, after the death of the captain for whom he was sailing, becoming the master...
12: ... due to his mistrust of non-Spaniards and their [[Catholicism]]. His hostility is said to have been in...
13: ...e Drake's accomplishment. Such intrigues were typical during Drake's era.
16: ...d to be abandoned on the east coast of South America. During the course of the voyage, Drake discovere... - Sikhism (31029 bytes)
2: ...ture of [[Hinduism]] and [[Islam]] (such as the [[caste system]] and [[purdah]], respectively). Sikhis...
4: ...[Sri Lanka]], east to [[Bengal]] and west to [[Mecca]] and [[Baghdad]]) Guru Nanak preached to Hindus,...
6: [[Guru Nanak]] was opposed to the caste system. His followers referred to him as the g...
10: ... Creator. Guru Nanak called God the "True Name" because he wanted to avoid any limiting terms for God....
12: ...il, so that only spiritual minds, free of desire, can penetrate it by the grace of the Guru (Gurprasad... - Sebastiano Serlio (4494 bytes)
1: ...Fontainebleau. Serlio helped canonize the [[classical order]]s of architecture in his influential trea...
4: ...lioChurchFacade.jpg|thumb|right|Serlio's church facade of 1537 crystallized a format that lasted into ...
6: ...lberti]]'s [[Santa Maria Novella]] in Florence (''ca.'' 1458). The idea was in the air in the 1530s: s...
8: ...t attracted the attention of Francois I. Serlio's career took off when he was invited to France by [[F...
10: ...s major contribution, however, remained his practical treatise on architecture. Serlio pioneered the u...
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