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  1. Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
    8: ...to return [[England]] from [[Protestantism]] to [[Roman Catholicism]]. To this end, she had almost three ...
    13: ...w Castle]] and many of the prerogatives normally only given to a [[Prince of Wales]], sometimes leadin...
    15: ...ation was undoubtedly due to her mother, who not only consulted the Spanish scholar [[Juan Lu�Vives]...
    17: ...sin, the [[Holy Roman Emperor]] [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] by the [[Treaty of Windsor 15...
    19: ...denied him the annullment, Henry broke with the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. All appeals from the decision...
  2. Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
    11: ...[British honours system|honours and dignities]]. Only eight peerage dignities, one [[earl|earldom]] an...
    16: Elizabeth was the only surviving child of King [[Henry VIII of England]...
    27: ...tempted to convert Elizabeth, who pretended to be Roman Catholic but actually retained her Protestant bel...
    33: ...in, [[Matthew Parker]], to become Archbishop. He only accepted out of loyalty to [[Anne Boleyn]]'s mem...
    37: ... an entirely new [[Privy Council]], removing many Roman Catholic Counsellors in the process. Under Elizab...
  3. Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
    10: ...for, in the absence of a [[Protestant]] heir, the Roman Catholic James II could attempt to return to the ...
    15: ...r was the future Mary II. Anne and Mary were the only children of the Duke and Duchess of York to surv...
    17: ...nded the Throne as James II. James, desirous of a Roman Catholic successor, suggested to Princess Anne th...
    19: ...Stuart|James Francis Edward]]) in [[1688]], for a Roman Catholic dynasty became apparent. Princess Anne's...
    26: ...d King James to reclaim the Throne. To preclude a Roman Catholic from obtaining the Crown, Parliament ena...
  4. Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
    58: ...ish language, Ireland". However the state is commonly referred to as the "Republic of Ireland" in orde...
    69: ...public]]. This Declaration of Independence was mainly a restatement of the 1916 Proclamation with the ...
    83: ...ically terminated membership of the association. Only in 1950 were the rules changed to allow [[India]...
    90: ...cted for a seven-year term and can be re-elected only once. The president is largely a [[figurehead]] ...
    154: ...ild. Summers are rarely very hot, but it freezes only occasionally in winter. [[precipitation (meteoro...
  5. Guatemala (8475 bytes)
    108: The predominant religion is [[Roman Catholicism]], into which many indigenous Guatema...
    123: {{commons|Guatemala}}
  6. United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
    64: ...ch includes the mainland of Great Britain, the mainland of [[Ireland]], and the smaller islands associ...
    91: ...use of Commons|House of Commons]], the lower and only directly elected house in Britain's [[bicameral]...
    93: ... his or her ability to command the support of the Commons. The current Prime Minister is [[Tony Blair]] of ...
    97: ...e modern United Kingdom, the monarch's role is mainly, though not exclusively, ceremonial. Her Majesty...
    105: ... The monarch is forbidden to become or to marry a Roman [[Catholic]] by the [[Act of Settlement 1701|Act ...
  7. New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
    42: ...d international attention for having the first openly [[gay]] bishop, [[Gene Robinson]], within the [[...
    60: Unlike most states, New Hampshire does not have a [[L...
    62: ...House of Representatives and the British House of Commons. Based on 2000 Census data, this averages out to ...
    66: ...lready have unusual cross-border links, with the only two interstate school districts in the United St...
    84: ...r]] and its several tributaries form the state's only significant ocean port where they flow into the ...
  8. Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
    3: |+<big><big>'''''Romania'''''</big></big>
    35: | The Emperor Romanus IV is defeated by the [[Seljuk Turks]] at the [...
    46: ...], it is also often referred to as the '''Eastern Roman Empire'''. There is no consensus on the starting ...
    51: ...y the usual "Imperator Romanorum" (Emperor of the Romans) which was now reserved for the Frankish monarch...
    53: ...o was motivated, at least partly, to re-interpret Roman history in different terms. Nevertheless, this wa...
  9. Castle (27805 bytes)
    8: Castles were built not only as a defensive measure, and offensive weapon, bu...
    46: ...ayeux Tapestry]], and was then familiar on the mainland of western [[Europe]].
    52: ... which preserved more strictly the meaning of the Roman castellum.
    55: ...of which defied the [[battering ram]], and could only be undermined at the cost of much time and labou...
    59: ...ame merely the last refuge of the garrison, used only when all else had been captured. Indeed the keep...
  10. Mars (27704 bytes)
    4: ...ed after [[Mars (god)|Mars]], the god of war in [[Roman mythology]] (the counterpart to [[Ares]], the god...
    8: ... a quarter the surface area of the [[Earth]] and only one-tenth the [[mass]] (though its surface area ...
    11: ... is thin: the [[air pressure]] on the surface is only 750 [[pascal]]s, about 0.75 percent of the avera...
    22: ... mineral [[goethite]], which (unlike hematite) ''only'' forms in the presence of water, along with oth...
    31: ...[[Mount Everest]] and the [[Mariana Trench]]) is only 19.7 km. Combined with the planets' different ra...
  11. Christianity (47078 bytes)
    9: #[[Roman Catholicism]] (the largest single denomination, w...
    14: ...generally believe that faith in [[Jesus]] is the only way to achieve salvation and to enter into [[hea...
    23: ... [[blasphemy]] and executed by the [[Roman Empire|Romans]] around the year [[30]]. The formal charge cite...
    27: ...hough some scholars argue that it was an ordinary Roman trial of a rebel. According to Christians, the [[...
    34: ...e relative internal peace and good roads of the [[Roman Empire]]:
  12. Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
    40:
    45: ...a morally conservative but socially progressive [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[bourgeois]] family. ...
    59: At the outbreak of World War II, de Gaulle was only a [[colonel]], having encountered hostility from...
    61: ...n armour to retreat at [[Caumont]]. This was the only significant tactical success the French gained a...
    69: ...ure the spirit of de Gaulle's position. Although only few people actually heard the speech that night ...
  13. Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
    16: ... accuracy obtainable. He was able to improve and enlarge the existing instruments, and construct entir...
    27: ...a nobleman and a commoner woman lived together openly as husband and wife, and she wore the keys to th...
    45: ...dolf II|Rudolf II]], the [[Holy Roman Empire|Holy Roman Emperor]], he built a new observatory (in a castl...
    53: ...philosophy and Scripture, and could be discussed only as a computational convenience that had no conne...
    60: ...ications on the principle that the [[planets|heavenly bodies]] undoubtedly influenced (yet did not det...
  14. Thomas More (15893 bytes)
    2: ...s [[canonization|canonized]] in [[1935]] by the [[Roman Catholic Church]], in which he became the [[patro...
    12: ...ssion to [[Holy Roman Emperor]] [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]], More was knighted and made u...
    14: ... British House of Commons|Speaker of the House of Commons]]. He later served as high steward for the unive...
    27: ...g controversial political matters freely. It is unlikely that More, a devout and conservative Christi...
    36: ...mbrace the Protestant teaching that the Pope was only the [[Bishop of Rome]] and therefore had no auth...
  15. French Revolution (36529 bytes)
    2: ...]]s overthrew the [[absolute monarchy]] and the [[Roman Catholic Church]] was forced to undergo radical r...
    8: ...d come under the influence of the ideas of [[the Enlightenment]]. As the revolution proceeded and as p...
    10: Certainly, causes of the revolution must include all of th...
    14: * The rise of [[the Enlightenment|enlightenment]] ideals.
    25: ... refused to endorse his measures, insisting that only a truly representative body &mdash; preferably t...
  16. United States Senate (35505 bytes)
    6: ...f the United States was named after the ancient [[Roman Senate]]. The chamber of the United States Senate...
    25: ...olutions censuring members; [[censure]] requires only a simple majority and does not remove a senator ...
    30: ...ittees, and have more staffers. The prestige commonly associated with the Senate is reflected by the b...
    42: ...presides over very few Senate debates, attending only on important ceremonial occasions (such as the s...
    52: Senate procedure depends not only on the rules, but also on a variety of customs a...
  17. Parthenon (12682 bytes)
    17: [[image:ac.parthenon4.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Only a few sculptures remain on the Parthenon.]]
    19: ...es both internally and externally. These survive only in part, but there are good descriptions of most...
    27: ...thens was no more than a provincial city of the [[Roman Empire]], albeit one with a glorious past. Someti...
    50: ...some scholars have argued that the Parthenon was only ''used'' as a treasury. While this opinion was f...
    66: {{commons|Parthenon}}
  18. Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
    2: ...ll the way to the [[Atlantic Ocean]], introducing Roman influence into what has become modern [[France]],...
    4: ...the [[Roman Republic]] and the beginning of the [[Roman Empire]] under Caesar's grand-nephew and adopted ...
    11: ... Marius]], a talented general and reformer of the Roman army. Marius became one of the richest men in Rom...
    13: ...he Marius party through family connections. Not only was he Marius' nephew, he was also married to Co...
    17: ...hen worn in public, even in the presence of the [[Roman Senate]], people were forced to stand and applaud...
  19. Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
    20: ...is' niece and third wife. Of these six children, only Adolf and his younger sister [[Paula Hitler|Paul...
    33: ...strians at the time and deeply ingrained in the [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] culture that Hitler grew up i...
    37: ...World War I]] in August [[1914]], he immediately enlisted in the [[Bavaria]]n army.
    45: ...efers to Hitler's experience at the front as his only education and suggests he did have at least some...
    52: ...he war, Hitler remained in the army, which was mainly engaged in suppressing [[socialist]] uprisings b...
  20. Salt Lake City, Utah (41550 bytes)
    14: ...h the same information. This section is meant to only be a summary of the main article. Thanks.-->
    22: ... [[Holy Trinity Cathedral]] in [[1905]] and the [[Roman Catholic]] [[Cathedral of the Madeleine]] in [[19...
    29: ...ish speaking]]. Jackie Biskupski, an [[lesbian|openly gay woman]], was elected in [[1998]] as a Utah S...
    42: ...;lake stink&#8221;'', which serves as one of the only reminders to Salt Lakers that they live near a m...
    45: ...similarities as a fresh water lake source and an inland [[salt]] sea destination.

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