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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...plorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[History of Science and Technology]] ...
14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
22: *[[Pêro de Barcelos]] ([[15th century]]/[[16th century]] [[Portugue...
25: *[[Samuel Baker]], Africa
30: ...er]] Muslim, visited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central Asia]], [[East Africa]], [[China]... - Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
2: '''Elizabeth Woodville''' or '''Wydville''' (''c''. [[1...
6: ...ward IV was the Yorkist claimant to the throne.) Elizabeth had two sons from the marriage, [[Thomas G...
10: ... rancour on Warwick's part, and when Elizabeth's relatives, especially her brother, [[Anthony Woodvill...
12: ...tmorland]] by [[Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmoreland|Joan Beaufort]], [[widow]] of [[John Mowbray, ...
16: ...to be [[Robert Stillington]], Bishop of Bath and Wells), testified that he had carried out the ceremon... - Printing (4400 bytes)
6: ...nique of [[offset printing]], and occasionally [[relief print]], (which is principally used for [[news...
11: Printing was first discovered and developed in [[China]]. Primitive ''[[Woodblock printin...
13: ...sign of his machine on a wine press, Gutenberg developed the use of raised and movable type and from t...
15: ... North America at Massachusetts Bay in 1628, and helped establish the Cambridge Press.
18: ...der]] discovered [[lithography]]. [[Blake]] made relief etchings. Early in the [[nineteenth century]] ... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[scu...
15: *[[Raffaello Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Italy|Italian]] [[paint...
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian painter
38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]])
43: *[[Else Alfelt]] ([[1910]]-[[1974]]) - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
1: [[Image:Machiavelli.jpg|thumb|150px|Machiavelli, ca [[1500]], in the robes of a Florentine publ...
3: ...et]], and romantic comedic [[playwright]]. Machiavelli was also a key figure in [[realist]] [[politica...
6: [[Image:Macchiavelli01.jpg|thumb|Statue at the [[Uffizi]]]]
7: ...ecchio.Machiavelli.JPG|thumb|200px|Bust of Machiavelli]]
8: ...elli. His father was a lawyer of some repute and belonged to an impoverished branch of an influential ... - Florence (11538 bytes)
9: ...dges of Florence at sunset from Piazzale Michelangelo]]
19: ...actional strife was later recorded by the White Guelph [[Dino Compagni]] in his [[Chronicles of Floren...
21: ...anti-aristocratic movement, led by [[Giano della Bella]], that resulted in a set of laws called the [[...
23: ...Michelangelo]], [[Leonardo da Vinci]] and [[Botticelli]].
25: ...worldly pleasures foreshadowed many of the wider religious controversies of the following centuries. - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
9: *[[Jacob Friedrich von Abel]], (1751-1829)
10: *[[Pierre Ab鬡rd]] (or ''Peter Abelard''), (1079-1142){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
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|R}}
17: *[[Uriel Acosta]], (1585-1640) - Sikhism (31029 bytes)
2: ...metaphysics, [[guru]] ideal, and [[bhajan]]s) as well as [[Sufi|Sufi Islam]].
4: ...s being practised by either religion and hence a well-known saying of [[Guru Nanak]] is, "There is no ...
6: ... five baptised Sikhs were named Panj Pyare (Five Beloved Ones), who in turn baptised the Guru at his r...
8: ... gurus are also known to have documented their revelations.) This is one of the few scriptures in the ...
14: ...dash; that is, by moderating egoism and sensuous delights, to live in a balanced worldly manner, and b... - Lorenzo de' Medici (6381 bytes)
4: ...nated by technology. However, he was also a very religious man, one who deeply loved his country.
8: ...simo de' Medici|Piero 'the Gouty' de' Medici]] in 1469, when Lorenzo was just twenty.
14: ...nly deft diplomacy by Lorenzo, who personally travelled to [[Naples]], saved the day. This further inc...
20: ... gathered at his court the leading artists and intellectuals of his day.
22: ... other patrons. He was an artist of some note himself, writing poetry in his native [[Tuscan]].
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