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- Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
2: ... Woodville''' or '''Wydville''' (''c''. [[1437]]–[[7 June|7]]/[[8 June]] [[1492]]) was the [[Que...
6: ...] at [[Grafton Regis]], [[Northamptonshire]], the daughter of [[Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers|Sir...
12: ...ohn Woodville married [[Lady Katherine Neville]], daughter of [[Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland...
18: ...lost the title of Queen Mother and was called The Dame Elizabeth Grey. She and her other children wer...
20: ... with Lancastrians, promising to marry her eldest daughter, [[Elizabeth of York]], to the Lancastrian ... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
7: ...1974]] and the subsequent entry in the [[EEC]] (today's [[European Union]]) in [[1986]]. Portugal made...
20: ... Consolidation of the Monarchy in Portugal|Consolidation of the kingdom]]'''''
23: ...set up kingdoms, and became assimilated. The [[Vandals]] ([[Silingi]] and [[Hasdingi]]) and the sarmat...
31: ...ing with no male heirs. His only child, a single daughter, married King [[John I of Castile]] who wou...
40: ...s had their own objective, searching for the legendary Christian Kingdom of [[Prester John]]. - List of painters (54090 bytes)
8: *[[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
11: *[[Leonardo da Vinci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sc...
29: *[[Franklin Adams]]
45: *[[David Allan]] ([[1744]]-[[1796]])
66: *[[Giussepe Arcimboldo]] ([[1527]]-[[1593]]) - List of popes (77758 bytes)
24: | rowspan="2" | <small>Betsaida, [[Galilee|Galilea]]</small>
29: ...<small>Executed by crucifixion upside-down; feast day ([[SS Peter & Paul]]) [[29 June]], ([[Chair of P...
36: ...small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day [[23 September]]</small>
43: | <small>Martyred; feast day [[26 April]]</small>
50: | <small>Martyred; feast day [[23 November]]</small> - Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
1: ...count of Novellata''' ([[December 6]], [[1478]] – [[February 2]], [[1529]]), one of the most imp...
5: <tr><td>'''Baldassare Castiglione'''</td></tr>
10: ... of his missions to [[Rome]], he met [[Guidubaldo da Montefeltro]], duke of [[Urbino]], and in [[1504]...
17: ..., though in a literary form, like with [[Ludovico da Canossa]].
21: ... Mantua, where he married Ippolita Torelli, descendant of another ancient noble family. He wrote two p... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: '''Sir Thomas More''' ([[7 February]], [[1478]]–[[6 July]], [[1535]]), posthumously known also ...
9: ...hter by her previous husband. More provided his daughters with an excellent classical education at a...
17: ...dition of ''Utopia.'' The traveler Raphael Hythloday is depicted in the lower left-hand corner descri...
19: ...inental Europe, and his friend [[Erasmus of Rotterdam]] dedicated his masterpiece, ''[[In Praise of Fo...
27: ...book in which a fictional traveler, Raphael Hythloday, describes the political arrangements of an imag... - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
3: ...Machiavelli ([[May 3]], [[1469]] - [[June 21]], [[1527]]) was a [[Florence|Florentine]] [[political phil...
12: ...d himself to literature. He died in Florence in [[1527]] and his resting place is unknown, however a sym...
15: ...e the Catholic church put the work in its Index – a list of books against the faith.
25: Coming back to "Along with [[Leonardo da Vinci]], Niccolo Machiavelli is considered the id...
33: ...ts publication, ''Il Principe'' has become a legendary handbook on how to become and remain a ruler. - Francesco Guicciardini (1068 bytes)
11: * ''Consolatoria'' (1527)
12: * ''Oratio accusatoria'' (1527)
13: * ''Oratio defensoria'' (1527)
14: * ''Del reggimento di Firenze'' (1527) - Florence (11538 bytes)
1: ...nce was long ruled ([[1434]]-[[1494]], [[1512]]-[[1527]] and [[1530]]-[[1737]]) by the [[Medici]] family...
19: ...the exile of the White Guelphs, one of whom was [[Dante Alighieri]]. This factional strife was later r...
23: ...mmissioning works by [[Michelangelo]], [[Leonardo da Vinci]] and [[Botticelli]].
27: ...nd re-established a [[republic]] on [[May 16]], [[1527]].
34: ...vember 1966 the Arno flooded parts of the centre, damaging many art treasures. There was no warning fr... - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
2: ...otterdam''') ([[October 27]], probably [[1466]] – [[July 12]], [[1536]]) was a [[Netherlands|Dut...
6: ...ven the best education open to a young man of his day in a series of monastic or semi-monastic schools...
8: ...th the leaders of English thought in the stirring days of King [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]]: [...
16: ...s published three other editions - in [[1522]], [[1527]] and [[1535]].
21: ...m, it seemed to the straightforward Luther an avoidance of responsibility due either to [[cowardice]] ... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
15: *[[Judah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn...
19: *[[Adam Parvipontanus]], (d. 1181)
20: *[[Marilyn McCord Adams]], (born 1943){{fn|O}}
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}} - Inca Empire (25571 bytes)
11: ...the word '''Inca''', which means "[[Emperor]]." Today the word <i>Inca</i> still refers to the emperor...
17: ...[[Pacaritambo]] sent forth his four sons and four daughters to establish a village. Along the way, [[S...
24: ...sion.png|thumb|350px|right|Inca expansion (1438 - 1527 CE)]]
28: ... Picchu]], either as a family home or as a [[Camp David]]-like retreat.
30: ...to the Inca nobility, and, with luck, marry their daughters into families at various corners of the em... - Sebastiano Serlio (4494 bytes)
1: '''Sebastiano Serlio''' ([[Bologna]] 1475 – [[Fontainebleau]] ''ca'' 1554), the Italian [[...
3: ...i, he began as a painter. He lived in Venice from 1527 to 1540 but left little mark on the city. - List of geographers (2342 bytes)
4: * [[Abulfeda]] (Syria, [[1273]] - [[1331]])
11: *[[Ibn Batuda]] (Moroco, [[1304]] - [[1369]])
17: * [[William Morris Davis]] (USA, [[1850]] - [[1934]])
18: * [[John Dee]] (England, [[1527]] - [[1608]])
33: * [[David Harvey (geographer)|David Harvey]] (United States, Great Britain, b. [[1... - Estevanico the moor (3698 bytes)
8: ...e region of [[Sinaloa]] in [[New Spain]] (present-day [[Mexico]]), where they were reunited with their...
10: ...t the [[Zuni]] village of [[Hawikuh]] (in present-day [[New Mexico]]); the tribe regarded him with mis... - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
4: ...ter to [[Cuba]], where he received an ''[[encomienda]]'' and, for a short time, became alcalde (magist...
6: ...ions of Cortés tend to be simplistic, and either damning or idealizing.
10: ..., and is the name which many people know him by today.
14: ...who later conquered the [[Inca]] empire of modern-day [[Peru]] (not to be confused with another Franci...
36: ...ony. Cortés continued to build a reputation as a daring and bold leader. He became secretary for Gove... - Madrid (20882 bytes)
14: ...this palace there was built a small citadel (al-Mudaina). Near that palace was the River [[Manzanares]...
18: ...it was his son, [[Philip II of Spain|Felipe II]] (1527-1598) who moved the Court to Madrid in 1561. Alth...
24: ...hing related to [[ETA]], this incident is still today a matter of controversy; while some think that i...
28: ...n the 1980s, the capital city of Spain has consolidated its position as the leading economic, cultural...
34: ...ed in Madrid and a history of centralism that pre-dated Franco by centuries has resulted in the succes...
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