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- 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... - Horn (instrument) (19243 bytes)
2: ... developed in France in about 1650 from the ''cor de chasse'' or hunting horn, and has been known as t...
6: ...sic)|harmonic series]], facilitated by its small, deep [[mouthpiece]], giving it its characteristic "m...
12: ... needed to play and the other could be free to guide his steed. The only way to change the pitch was ...
14: ...ype of horn, called the [[natural horn]] in the modern literature.
16: ...rmonic series, and there were then three valves added to it. Using these three valves, the player cou... - Dolphin (13554 bytes)
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = '''Delphinidae'''}}
13: ... Greek]] δελφίς ''delphis'' meaning "with a womb", viz. "a 'fish' with...
17: #any member of the family [[Delphinidae]] (oceanic dolphins),
18: #any member of the families [[Delphinidae]] and [[Platanistoidae]] (oceanic and ri...
19: ...border [[Odontoceti]] (toothed whales; these include the above families and some others), - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
1: ... American colonies]]. The war, which eventually widened far beyond [[British North America]], resulted...
3: ...fers solely to the military campaign; for the broader perspective, including the origins and aftermath...
10: ..." army). Each colony instead provided for its own defenses through the use of local [[militia]]. Milit...
12: ...st number of men that Washington personally commanded in the field at any one time was fewer than 17,0...
15: ...g the war years. However, according to reliable modern estimates, total British strength in the coloni... - 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) - Attila the Hun (23655 bytes)
2: ...he [[Huns]], led by Attila (right, foreground), ride into [[Italy]].]]
3: ... of the Eastern and Western Roman Empires: he invaded the Balkans twice and encircled [[Constantinople...
11: ...n that at a young age he was already a capable leader and a capable warrior is reasonable but unknowab...
14: ...stretched from the steppes of Central Asia into modern Germany, and from the Danube river to the Balti...
15: ...'s first [[sea wall]], and to build up his border defenses along the Danube. - Troy (22846 bytes)
1: ...9th century BC|9th]] century BC, but containing older material (''Iliad'' means "about Ilion").
2: ...0px|"Trojan Horse" at the site of Troy|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
3: ...st [[Turkey]], southwest of the [[Dardanelles]] under [[Mount Ida, Phrygia|Mount Ida]].
5: ...til the establishment of [[Constantinople]], and declined gradually during [[Byzantine Empire|Byzanti...
7: ...tity is disputed, the site has been successfully identified with the city called '''''Wilusa''''' in [... - Timpani (31735 bytes)
3: ...ani mallet''. Unlike most drums, they produce a [[definite pitch]] when struck. Timpani evolved from [...
5: ...]] word ''tympanum'', from which the Italian word descends. A [[musician]] who plays the timpani is kn...
9: ...|Ninth Symphony]] highlights timpani as an independent voice.
18: ... typically made of copper or, in less expensive models, [[fiberglass]]. The drumhead is connected to a...
20: ...machined surface or rough surface with many small dents hammered into it. - Bulldog (4215 bytes)
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44: ...49.htm FCI], [http://www.akc.org/breeds/bulldog/index.cfm AKC], [http://www.ankc.aust.com/british.html...
52: ...ng the days of [[bullbaiting]], the aggressive tendencies were bred out of them by the time of the [[S...
55: ...clude [[cherry eye]], [[allergies]], and (among older bulldogs) [[hip]] problems and [[cataracts]].
56: ...roportion to body size, baby bulldogs are usually delivered by [[c-section]]. - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
4: ...Enlightenment|Enlightenment]] [[writer]], [[deism|deist]] and [[philosophy|philosopher]].
8: ...d in Paris, the grandfather being a prosperous tradesman. Nonetheless, throughout his life, Voltaire ...
10: ...unger brother was very fond, married early; the elder brother, Armand, was a strong [[Jansenism|Jansen...
12: ... [[knowledge]], and probably kindled his lifelong devotion to the stage.
14: ...ther stopped the affair by procuring a ''[[lettre de cachet]]'', though he never used it. - Opera (25153 bytes)
7: ... the visual spectacle on the stage, which is considered an important part of the performance. Finally,...
9: ...arely reaching vocal maturity until the third decade, and sometimes not until middle age. Male singer...
11: Traditional opera consists of two modes of singing: [[recitative]], the dialogue and plo...
13: ...s such film scores can in some sense even be considered both the heirs and the competitors of [[grand ...
20: ...ical [[Greek tragedy|Greek drama]], part of the wider revival of antiquity characteristic of the [[Ren... - Christmas carol (3459 bytes)
4: ...unal songs sung during celebrations like harvesttide as well as Christmas. It was only later that caro...
6: ...positions still regularly sung. Carols suffered a decline in popularity after the [[Reformation]] in t...
10: ...od before Christmas, and should therefore be considered to be [[Christmas song]]s.
12: ...rols" (for choir and harp), or excerpts from [[Handel]]'s "[[the Messiah|Messiah]]."
14: ...as in the period around Christmas, including [[Handel]]'s "[[the Messiah|Messiah]]," the "[[Christmas ...
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