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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...ached the [[Americas]] on October 12th [[1492]] under the flag of [[Castile|Castilian]] [[Spain]]. He ...
2: ...Christopher_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
3: ... time accepted that the earth was round. The main debate was over whether it would be possible to get ...
5: ...first voyage from all of these: less than two decades later, the existence of America was known to the...
7: Columbus landed in the [[Bahamas]] and later explored much of th... - Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
1: ...g eBook 12254.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|Christine de Pizan, showing the interior of an apartment at th...
2: ...d female roles; although Pisan in fact was merely describing a standard feudal practice whereby the wi...
4: ...loyed by various ducal and Royal households, in order to support her three children.
5: ...the ''[[Romance of the Rose]]'' written by [[Jean de Meung]].
9: ...r, and with three children depending on her. This determined her to have recourse to [[literature | le... - 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]]) - Albania (24647 bytes)
1: ...]] in the southwest. The country is an emerging [[democracy]] and is formally named the '''Republic of...
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12: ...gn="center" width="140" | ([[Emblem of Albania|In detail]]) - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
2: ... for designing many inventions that anticipated modern technology but were rarely constructed in his l...
7: .... It has also been suggested, albeit on scanty evidence, that she was a [[Middle East|Middle Eastern]]...
9: As he was born before modern naming conventions developed in [[Europe]], his full name was "Leonardo...
11: ...s father soon showed them to the painter [[Andrea del Verrocchio]], who subsequently took on the fourt...
12: ...ntellect that whatever he turned his mind to he made himself master of with ease" ([[Giorgio Vasari|Va... - Sandro Botticelli (8995 bytes)
1: ...as characterized by [[Giorgio Vasari]] as a "[[golden age]]", a thought, suitably enough, he expressed...
5: ...y" (Vasari) In [[1470]] he opened his own independent ''studio''.
7: ...'[[tondo]]'' form and did many beautiful female nudes, according to Vasari. The ''Birth of Venus'' ('...
11: ...him political protection and creating conditions ideal for his production of several masterpieces.
13: ...ted it, were guilty of unidentified [[heresy]], a delicate requirement in such a subject. The heretica... - Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
1: ...iglione, count of Novellata''' ([[December 6]], [[1478]] – [[February 2]], [[1529]]), one of the m...
10: ...f a noble family, soon his duties would have included representative offices for the court; for instan...
13: ...edici]], [[Cardinal Bibbiena]], Ottaviano and [[Federico Fregoso]], [[Cesare Gonzaga]] (a cousin of bo...
15: ...ond the figures of three shepherds, he originally depicts the court of Urbino. The work contains echoe...
19: ...s expedition against [[Venice]] and this made him deserve the title of Novellata, a county near Pesaro... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ... of the [[Church of England]], a decision which ended his political career and led to his [[capital pu...
5: ...mas would become a "marvellous man". Thomas attended the [[University of Oxford]] for two years, wher...
7: ...mself incapable of [[celibacy]], More finally decided to marry in [[1505]], but for the rest of his li...
9: ...her daughter by her previous husband. More provided his daughters with an excellent classical educat...
12: ...Emperor|Charles V]], More was knighted and made undertreasurer in [[1521]]. As secretary and personal... - Spanish Inquisition (11421 bytes)
3: ...za de sangre]]'' ("cleanliness of blood") against descendants of converted Jews or Muslims. It was al...
6: ...a]], respectively. In the Crown of Aragon, a confederation of the Kingdom of [[Aragon]], [[Baleares]],...
8: ...e [[Jew]]ish populations centered in ''[[ghetto|Juder�]]''.
10: ...nent posts, both religious and political. [[Pedro de la Caballeria]], a ''[[Marrano]]'', played a majo...
14: ...se debts would be wiped if the noteholder were condemned in court. The Inquisitor whom Ferdinand insta... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
23: *[[Adelard of Bath]], (12th century){{fn|C}}
26: *[[Aedesius]], (d. 355)
27: *[[Aenesidemus]], (1st century BC){{fn|R}}
37: *[[Alain de Lille]], (c. 1128-1202)
44: *[[Alcibiades]], (c. 450-404 BC) - Lorenzo de' Medici (6381 bytes)
2: '''Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici''' ([[January 1]], [[1449]] – [[8 A...
4: ...owever, he was also a very religious man, one who deeply loved his country.
8: ...er [[Piero di Cosimo de' Medici|Piero 'the Gouty' de' Medici]] in 1469, when Lorenzo was just twenty.
10: ... and his brother and co-ruler [[Giuliano di Piero de' Medici|Giuliano]] in the cathedral of Florence, ...
12: ... Naples|Alfonso, Duke of Calabria]], promptly invaded. - Medieval medicine (14745 bytes)
1: ...|spiritual]] world view, in which factors such as destiny, sin, and astral influences played as great ...
7: ...medical texts, such as those by [[Galen]], were widely used on the basis of authority rather than expe...
9: ...the dependence upon the power of herbs or gems needed to be explained through Christianity and only Ch...
15: ...rmined the purpose of the [[urinary bladder | bladder]] and [[kidney]]s.
17: ...itations from a variety of classical works alongside local folk remedies. - Judge (10187 bytes)
3: ... powers, functions, and training of judges vary widely from [[jurisdiction]] to jurisdiction.
5: ...ome-made [[jam]], while a judge at a [[dog show]] determines which of several [[dog]]s best meets the ...
10: [[Image:Noirepremierpresident_big.gif|thumb|right|In France, during ordinary ...
11: ...arings, wear a red gown with a [[hermine]] fur bordering.]]
13: ...separation of powers]]); especially, political leaders and the executive should not be able to influen...
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