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- Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
2: ...er]] [[1755]] ? executed [[16 October]] [[1793]]) Daughter of [[Maria Theresa of Austria]], wife of [[...
4: ...-Antoinette was the fifteenth child (the youngest daughter; she had a brother one year younger) of the...
9: ... he would like the hand of the Empress's youngest daughter in marriage - Marie-Antoinette (much to the...
15: ...ria-Antonia should be sent to France to marry the dauphin.
17: ...rteen. The Empress's parting words to her sobbing daughter was, "Farewell, my dearest child. Do so muc... - Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
2: ...[July 22]]. Her name probably means "Mary of [[Magdala]]", a town on the western shore of the [[Lake o...
4: ==Mary Magdalene in the New Testament==
6: ...As the first witness to the Resurrection, Mary Magdalene hastened to tell Peter and another -- unknown...
8: ... the canonical New Testament regarding Mary of Magdala, who now returned to Jerusalem.
11: [[Image:Marymagdalene.JPG|thumb|Mary Magdalene, in a dramatic 19th-century popular image of ... - Lavender (3889 bytes)
7: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Magnoliopsida]]}}
17: ... are ''L. stoechas'', ''L. dentata'', ''L. multifida''.
22: Lavender flowers yield abundant [[nectar]] which yields a high quality [[honey]...
27: ...n by the ancient Greeks as Nardus, taken from Naarda a city of Syria; it was also commonly called Nard...
34: [[image:LavendarFlower.jpg|thumb|right|Flower of cultivated laven... - Rose (15436 bytes)
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Magnoliopsida]]}}
10: ...box authority | author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]| date = [[1753]] }}
27: ...d, but a few (e.g. ''Rosa pimpinellifolia'') have dark purple to black hips. Each hip comprises an out...
29: ...reduce browsing by animals, but also possibly an adaptation to trap wind-blown [[sand]] and so reduce ...
33: ...originates from [[Persian language|Persian]] *''vrda''- via Greek ''rhodon'' "rose" (Aeolic ''wrodon''... - Medieval music (31843 bytes)
17: ...e treatise which defined and most completely elucidated the [[rhythmic modes]], a notational system fo...
21: ...Johannes Gallicus), [[Anonymous IV]], [[Marchetto da Padova]] (Marchettus of Padua), [[Jacques of Li&e...
27: ...ian chant]], named after St. Ambrose, was the standard. Celtic chant was used in Ireland.
29: ...ope, and Paris was the political center. The standardization effort consisted mainly of combining the...
32: ...ificate of Gregory the Great himself (c. [[590]]–[[604]]). Many of them were probably written i... - Sundial (16148 bytes)
7: ...ow on a flat surface marked with the hours of the day.
12: Minor design variations can measure standard and daylight saving time, as well.
16: == Installation of standard sundials ==
18: Tilting the style or [[gnomon]] of a standard sundial is the only practical way to install a ...
22: ...es to the east or west to adjust to the local standard time zone (time zones are 360 degrees/24 hours ... - Pope Benedict IV (942 bytes)
1: ...Stephen VII]] and put on trial in the infamous "Cadaver Synod" of [[897]]. In [[901]], when the [[Caro...
7: Successor=[[Pope Leo V|Leo V]]|Dates=900–903}} - Causes of the French Revolution (11170 bytes)
5: ...the [[First Estate|clergy]], the remnants of [[feudalism]]. Similarly, the peasants covetously eyed th...
7: ...d some of the nobility and of the working class — had absorbed the ideology of equality and free...
9: ...th the enemies of the bourgeoisie: absolutism, feudalism and [[philistinism]]." [http://www.marxists.o...
30: ...he nobility (the so-called ''noblesse de robe'' – "gown nobility", as opposed to the nobility of...
34: ... de Brienne]], archbishop of [[Sens]], but the fundamental situation was unchanged: the government had... - List of people associated with the French Revolution (16148 bytes)
25: ...ical journalist, [[Jacobin]], friend of [[Georges Danton]]. Went directly from civilian life to being ...
42: *[[Charlotte Corday]] - assassin of [[Marat]]
47: *[[Georges Danton]] - writer, [[Jacobin]] but neither a [[Giron...
48: *[[Pierre Claude François Daunou]] - historian, loosely associated with the [[...
49: *[[Jacques Louis David]] - painter, [[The Mountain|''Montagnard'']] (... - Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
9: ...of imperial majesty were common from the earliest days of the Empire.
42: Secondary sources on the Augustan Age include [[Tacitus]]...
46: ...lia, either through [[Julia Caesaris]], Augustus' daughter from his first marriage ([[Caligula]] and [...
52: ...utions with relish. Sejanus also began to consolidate his own power; in AD [[31]] he was named co-con...
66: ...tain|Britain]], [[Armenia]], [[Parthia]], and [[Judaea]]. Nero's inability to manage the rebellions an... - Sicily (18450 bytes)
52: ... Italian poetry and created the first Italian standard. The most famous, however, are [[Luigi Pirandel...
64: ...]], [[Himera]], and [[Zancle]] or Messene (modern-day [[Messina]], not to be confused with the ancient...
74: In AD [[440]] Sicily fell to the [[Vandal]] king [[Geiseric]]. A few decades later it came...
80: ...ious outbreak of plague ([[1656]]), followed by a damaging earthquake in the east of the island ([[169...
103: ...ies from Provence in the middle ages, and to this day, the San Fratellans speak a unique Proven硬-Sic... - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
3: == Foundation and early history ==
25: ...], which they had to give annually on [[All Souls Day]] to the Viceroy of Sicily, who acted as the Kin...
29: ...d, outmanuvered and outrun, and by the end of the day almost the entirety of their fleet was destroyed...
50: ...Spital zu Jerusalem]] the order continues until today, gaining increasing independence from its Roman ...
57: ...er, also known as the Knights of [[Malta]], and today operates as a largely charitable and ceremonial ... - First Crusade (34670 bytes)
2: ...e – in contrast to the many that followed – to achieve its stated goal.
12: ...ates were on the whole more concerned with consolidating their own territories and gaining control of ...
14: ...tolia and northern Syria was a state founded by [[Danishmend]], a Seljuk mercenary; the crusaders did ...
16: ...ll actual power was held by the [[vizier]] [[al-Afdal Shahanshah]]), had lost Jerusalem to the Seljuks...
26: ... and apocalyptic yearnings found release from the daily oppression of their lives, in an outpouring of... - List of herbs and spices (4611 bytes)
9: *[[Asafoetida]]
12: *[[Black cardamom]]
20: *[[Cardamom]]
72: *[[Monarda didyma|Bergamot]] (''Monarda didyma'')
81: *[[Damiana]] (''Turnera aphrodisiaca'', ''T. diffusa'') - Vincent van Gogh (11980 bytes)
2: ...ncent Willem van Gogh''' ([[March 30]], [[1853]]–[[July 29]], [[1890]]) was a Dutch [[painter]],...
4: ...entury]] art. The [[Van Gogh Museum]] in [[Amsterdam]] is dedicated to Van Gogh's work and that of hi...
13: ...n [[Kent]], [[England]], then returned to [[Amsterdam]] to study theology in [[1877]].
18: ...trokes. However, his usage of [[color]], favoring dark tones, set him apart from his teacher.
22: ...appeleters'', now in The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam). - Bullfighting (25773 bytes)
2: ...e language|Portuguese]] '''''tourada''''', ''corrida de touros'' or ''tauromaquia'') is a [[blood spor...
4: ...though there is a significant degree of skill and danger involved, the bulls are often physically comp...
12: ... through the streets, has overshadowed the ''corrida'' itself; the event is dedicated to the patron sa...
17: ...ur]]. Modern archaeologists tend to emphasize the danger involved in this athletic skill and may under...
21: ...thin a few inches of the bull. Although extremely dangerous (Belmonte himself was gored on many occasi...
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