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- Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
1: ... between [[1450]] and [[1500]] (Centre Historique des Archives Nationales, [[Paris]], AE II 2490).]]
2: ...[[20th century]]; currently being a focus of considerable interest in the [[Republic of Ireland]], [[C...
7: ...e River|Meuse]] to [[Jacques D'Arc]] and Isabelle de Vouthon, a [[peasant]] family later granted [[nob...
11: ...mb|''Jeanne d' Arc'' by Eugene Thirion ([[1876]]) depicts Joan's awe upon receiving a vision from the ...
12: ...lies to the city of [[Orl顮s]], which had been under siege by the English since the previous October.... - Middle Ages (21063 bytes)
1: ...eginning of the [[Early Modern]] period that preceded the [[Industrial Revolution]].
5: ...] flourished in the early '''Middle Ages''': [[Hildesheim]].]]
6: ...cial senses were unevolved and its technologies undeveloped, compared to the preceding culture.
8: ...ished, leading to the rise of illiteracy among leadership.
10: ===A new order=== - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
4: .... However, due to the proximity of the Papal residence, most Papal ceremonies take place at St. Peter...
7: ...f Saint Peter. The high canopy or baldocchino was designed by Bernini.]]
10: In the mid-[[15th century]] it was decided that the old basilica should be rebuilt. [[Pope ...
12: ...aderno]] became the chief architect later on, and designed the entrance.
16: ==Details== - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impression...
36: *[[Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz]] ([[1852]]-[[1916]])
49: *[[Lawrence Alma-Tadema]] ([[1836]]-[[1912]])
117: *[[Romare Bearden]] ([[1914]]-[[1988]])
137: *[[Alexander Benois]] ([[1870]]-[[1960]]) - List of popes (77758 bytes)
4: ...s]], and there have been either 265 or 266 popes, depending on whether a source counts [[#Notes on num...
6: ...] of the Roman Province'' and ''[[Servus Servorum Dei|Servant of the Servants of God]].''
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29: | <small>Executed by crucifixion upside-down; feast day ([[SS Peter & Paul]]) [[29 June]]...
36: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day [[23 September]]</small> - Banknote (6576 bytes)
3: ...oin]]s, banknotes make up the cash forms of all modern [[money]]. With the exception of non-circulatin...
5: ...intrinsic value]] of the material the money was made of, such as [[silver]] or [[gold]]. However, car...
7: ...emand" from the Treasury. If a note is payable in demand for a fixed unit, it is said to be fully conv...
11: ...he monetary system, banknotes are now simply considered as money.
18: ...tandardized form, usually in precious metals. The development of money then comes from the role of agr... - Fra Angelico (13116 bytes)
1: ...e town where he first took the vows. His life was described in [[Giorgio Vasari]]'s ''Vite''.
7: ...hich we find in use within thirty years after his death, but was not properly [[beatification|beatifie...
9: ...n became famous. He had the patronage of [[Cosimo de' Medici]]. According to Vasari, the first paintin...
13: ...the Virgin'' in the convent of Fiesole, and the ''Deposition of Christ'' executed for the Church of th...
15: ...s city; as a fresco-painter, he may have worked under, or as a follower of, [[Gherardo Starnina]]. Fro... - Lorenzo Ghiberti (754 bytes)
1: ...Lorenzo Ghiberti''' ([[1378]] - [[December 1]], [[1455]]) was an important [[Renaissance]] artist, speci...
3: ...ne years working on a second door with ten panels depicting scenes from the [[Old Testament]]. These ... - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
1: ...uther]] and his [[95 Theses]]. The reformation ended in division and the establishment of new institu...
4: ... Anti-hierarchical movements: [[Cathar]]ism, [[Waldensian]]ism, and others
18: === Underlying Demographic and Economic Factors ===
20: ...rring in conjunction with economic, political and demographic forces that contributed to a growing dis...
22: ...[[Louis XI of France]] (1461-1483), the “spider king,” sought to remove all constitutional... - History of the world (21975 bytes)
5: ...repertoire that included systematic burial of the dead and adornment of the living. During this perio...
7: Modern humans spread rapidly over the globe from [[Afr...
12: ...s of grains in the Ohalo II paleolithic site in modern Israel seem to suggest that cereals had been in...
14: ...velopments such as [[writing]] and extensive [[trade]] were introduced.
16: ...nnium BC|2500 BCE]], but the first dynasty to be identified by archaeology is that of the [[Shang Dyna... - Johann Gutenberg (6119 bytes)
4: '''Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg''' (circa [[1398]] – [[Febru...
6: ... son of a merchant named Friele Gensfleisch zur Laden, who adopted the surname "zum Gutenberg" after t...
9: ...s individual sheets of paper were pressed into wooden blocks with the text and illustrations carved in...
11: ...these existing techniques or invented them independently. Some also claim Dutchman [[Laurens Janszoon ...
14: ...because it had to be hand-carved, Gutenberg concluded that metal type could be reproduced much more qu... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
37: *[[Antoine Bourdelle]] (1861 - 1929)
48: *[[Alexander Calder]] (1898 - 1976)
49: *[[Alexander Milne Calder]] (1845 - 1923)
50: *[[Alexander Stirling Calder]] (1870 - 1945)
57: *[[Machado de Castro]] (1731 - 1822) - Henry the Navigator (6878 bytes)
2: [[Image:Heinrich der Seefahrer.jpg|right|200px|Henry the Navigator]]
3: ...Ceuta served as a terminus for that trade. The trade dried up after [[Battle of Ceuta|Ceuta fell into ...
5: ... life, and as time passed he became more and more devoted to Christianity. For the purposes of his int...
7: ...er resources. When John I died in 1433, Henry's eldest brother [[Edward of Portugal|Duarte]] became ki...
9: ...he Arabs, made the complicated return voyages, headed upwind, possible; without it, the brothers Ugoli... - Cheyenne, Wyoming (8059 bytes)
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35: ...'' were burned down when the paper, which was founded as a public relations vehicle for the moneyed ca...
37: ...some of the largest steam locomotives ever built, designed for hauling freight over the [[Rocky Mounta... - Medieval History (23198 bytes)
2: ...eginning of the [[Early Modern]] period that preceded the [[Industrial Revolution]].
7: ...] flourished in the early '''Middle Ages''': [[Hildesheim]].]]
8: ...cial senses were unevolved and its technologies undeveloped, compared to the preceding culture.
10: ...ished, leading to the rise of illiteracy among leadership.
12: ===A new order=== - Britain in the Middle Ages (12239 bytes)
3: ...torical events in Medi�val British history include the [[Christianisation]] of [[England]] and [[Sco...
5: ...t of view, the [[Norman Conquest]] of England divides Medi�val Britain in two distinct phases of cu...
7: ...After the [[Norman Conquest]], English power intruded into Wales with increasing vigour, but the proce...
10: ...e Roman troops left, the Britons had no effective defence.
12: ...him. With the entire leadership of Celtic Britain dead, the Anglo-Saxons were able to take over the co...
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