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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 ...
    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...
    30: .... The Lady Mary, desirous of maintaining the old Roman Catholic form, asked to be allowed to worship in ...
    44: ...diner and the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] petitioned her to consider marrying an Englishm...
  2. Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
    20: ..., glamorous, flirtatious, charismatic and religiously tolerant. Elizabeth also inherited her mother's ...
    27: ...tempted to convert Elizabeth, who pretended to be Roman Catholic but actually retained her Protestant bel...
    33: ...en's personal chaplain, to avoid the usage of the Roman Catholic rites. Elizabeth I's coronation was the ...
    37: ... an entirely new [[Privy Council]], removing many Roman Catholic Counsellors in the process. Under Elizab...
    49: ...[[1566]]. The [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] threatened to withhold funds until the Queen ag...
  3. Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
    10: ...United Kingdom|Parliament of England]] passed legislation allowing the Crown to pass to the House of [...
    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...
    47: ...|Bourbon]] on the Spanish Throne. In the House of Commons, the Tory majority was unassailable, but the same...
  4. Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
    1: ...re than four million. The remaining sixth of the island of Ireland is known as [[Northern Ireland]] an...
    58: ... of Ireland" in order to distinguish it from the island of Ireland as a whole. The name ''Republic of ...
    67: ...mon in contrast to the more agrarian rest of the island. (Any tariff barriers would, it was feared, mo...
    69: ...sed to take their seats in the [[British House of Commons]]. Instead they set up an extra-legal Irish parli...
    71: ...one's surprise. The remaining 26 counties of the island became the [[Irish Free State]], a [[constitut...
  5. Guatemala (8475 bytes)
    108: The predominant religion is [[Roman Catholicism]], into which many indigenous Guatema...
    112: ...s signed in December [[1996]] provide for the translation of some official documents and voting materi...
    123: {{commons|Guatemala}}
  6. United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
    54: ...is [[Northern Ireland]], which is located on the island of [[Ireland|Ireland]].
    58: ...Six counties in the north-eastern portion of the island, meanwhile, remained a part of the United King...
    62: ...] (often also including its smaller neighbouring islands, though never Ireland). Politically, the term...
    64: ...the Irish case since 1922. An alternative, the ''Islands of the North Atlantic'' (IONA) has been propo...
    74: ...f of the 20th century saw the UK's strength seriously depleted in two World Wars. The second half witn...
  7. New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
    62: ...House of Representatives and the British House of Commons. Based on 2000 Census data, this averages out to ...
    66: ...n would require the agreement of both states' legislatures and the [[U.S. Congress]]. Supporters note ...
    88: ...offshore are the [[Isles of Shoals]], nine small islands best known as the site of a 19th-century art ...
    90: ...nion over several islands (now known as [[Seavey Island]]) that include the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard ...
    119: *Roman Catholic – 41%
  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)
    52: ... which preserved more strictly the meaning of the Roman castellum.
    59: ...ers (which were of a type very different from the slight projections of the shell-keep and rectangular...
    73: ...al castles and increase their number, while jealously keeping in check those of the barons. But in the...
    97: ...ilitary Architecture of the Middle Ages'' was translated by M Macdermott in 1860.
    114: {{commons|Castle}}
  10. Mars (27704 bytes)
    4: ...ed after [[Mars (god)|Mars]], the god of war in [[Roman mythology]] (the counterpart to [[Ares]], the god...
    49: ... hand, is far enough away that its orbit is being slowly boosted instead.
    89: ...e ice at the planet's south pole. NASA had previously confirmed their presence at the north pole of Ma...
    147: ...s with the characters &#28779;&#26143;, which translate as "Fire Star." This is based on [[Five Elemen...
    170: ...scope?'', since the planet is associated with the Roman god of war, Mars in Western [[astrology]] is asso...
  11. Christianity (47078 bytes)
    6: ... is derived from the [[Greek language|Greek]] translation for "Messiah". The word ''[[Christian]]'' me...
    9: #[[Roman Catholicism]] (the largest single denomination, w...
    23: ... [[blasphemy]] and executed by the [[Roman Empire|Romans]] around the year [[30]]. The formal charge cite...
    27: ...nclude the book of [[Isaiah]] that alludes to the slapping (Matt. 26:67&ndash;68; Isa. 50:6, 52:14&nda...
    29: ...s are not considered to have been written eponymously by their respective namesakes.
  12. Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
    45: ...a morally conservative but socially progressive [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[bourgeois]] family. ...
    126: ...ns, or multilateral agreements. De Gaulle is famously quoted for nicknaming the [[United Nations]] ''l...
    139: ... 68 poster 2.png|thumb|200px|May 1968 poster. Translation: "The Mess is ''him''." The Mess (or more li...
    161: ... return to economic prosperity after an initially sluggish postwar performance, while maintaining much...
    194: === English Translations ===
  13. Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
    43: ...nstruction of two observatories for Tycho on the island of [[Hven]] in [[Copenhagen]] Sound. These wer...
    45: ...dolf II|Rudolf II]], the [[Holy Roman Empire|Holy Roman Emperor]], he built a new observatory (in a castl...
    63: ...s study of [[astrology and astronomy]] simultaneously, and [[Uraniborg]] was constructed as both [[obs...
    80: * John Robert Christianson: ''On Tycho's Island: Tycho Brahe, science, and culture in the sixt...
    82: ...ho Brahe : Astronomer'' (Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, 2002) (ISBN 0766017575) (128 p. : i...
  14. Thomas More (15893 bytes)
    2: ...s [[canonization|canonized]] in [[1935]] by the [[Roman Catholic Church]], in which he became the [[patro...
    7: To his father's great displeasure, More seriously contemplated abandoning his legal career in orde...
    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...
    17: ...er left-hand corner describing to a listener the island of Utopia, whose layout is schematically shown...
  15. French Revolution (36529 bytes)
    2: ...]]s overthrew the [[absolute monarchy]] and the [[Roman Catholic Church]] was forced to undergo radical r...
    8: ...ed and as power devolved from the monarchy to legislative bodies, the conflicting interests of these i...
    15: ...th caused by and exacerbating the burden of a grossly inequitable system of [[tax]]ation.
    42: ...state, now meeting as the ''Communes'' (English: "Commons"), proceed with verification of its own powers an...
    70: ...t a thirty-years' purchase") specified in the legislation of [[August 4]], the course now remained set...
  16. United States Senate (35505 bytes)
    4: ...f both houses is necessary for the passage of legislation. The exclusive powers enumerated to the Sena...
    6: ...f the United States was named after the ancient [[Roman Senate]]. The chamber of the United States Senate...
    10: ...vention]] in [[1787]]; all states except [[Rhode Island]] agreed to send delegates. Many delegates cal...
    12: ...a question by Thomas Jefferson, said "we pour legislation into the senatorial saucer to cool it (from ...
    14: ...ted in the South's defeat and in the abolition of slavery. The ensuing years of [[Reconstruction]] wit...
  17. Parthenon (12682 bytes)
    11: ...ly for optical reasons. ''Entasis'' refers to the slight swelling of the columns as they rise, to coun...
    13: ... and are 10.4 metres high. The corner columns are slightly larger in diameter. The stylobate has an up...
    27: ...thens was no more than a provincial city of the [[Roman Empire]], albeit one with a glorious past. Someti...
    39: ...orce the Museum to do so (which would require legislation).
    45: ...thenon are environmental. Athens has grown enormously since [[World War II]] and has major problems wi...
  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...
    17: ...hen worn in public, even in the presence of the [[Roman Senate]], people were forced to stand and applaud...
    19: ... died, Caesar began his political career in the [[Roman forum|Forum]] at Rome as an [[advocate]], known f...
  19. Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
    33: ...strians at the time and deeply ingrained in the [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] culture that Hitler grew up i...
    45: ...l as "incompetent to command people" and "dangerously [[psychotic]]." His commander at the time said, ...
    47: ...anation for the capitulation was the ''[[Dolchstosslegende]]'' ("dagger-stab legend") which purported ...
    86: ...]] the Nazi [[cabinet]] had the power to pass legislation just as the [[Reichstag]] did. The Act furth...
    115: ...y seemed to solve unemployment problems but seriously distorted the economy.
  20. Salt Lake City, Utah (41550 bytes)
    22: ... [[Holy Trinity Cathedral]] in [[1905]] and the [[Roman Catholic]] [[Cathedral of the Madeleine]] in [[19...
    26: [[Image:Olympiclandscapeslc.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Salt Lake City skyline dur...
    52: <td>[[Image:Platslc.jpg|thumb|150px|right|[[Plat]] of Salt Lake City...
    67: [[Image:Iceskatersdowntownslc.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Ice skaters in downtown Sa...
    73: [[Image:SLCfloodphoto.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Flood of [[City ...

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