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- King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...model for him, ever actually existed: in the earliest mentions and Welsh texts he is never given the t...
5: ...nd the extent and kind of power he wielded continues to rage.
7: ... and scholars are not certain whether the "Brettones" he led were [[Britain|Britons]] or [[Armorica|Br...
9: ... surrounding the historical career of Artorius makes this identification unlikely, as there seems to b...
11: ...ic deity devolved into a personage (citing sometimes a supposed change of the sea-god [[Lir]] into [[L... - Puritan (15882 bytes)
1: ...itans''' were members of a group of radical [[Protestants]] which developed in [[England]] after the [...
4: ...a particular church. The closest analogy in the present day to the meaning of "Puritan" in the 17th ce...
5: ...rs knew themselves as members of particular churches or movements, and not by the simple and nebulous ...
8: ... Geneva]] and [[Lutheranism|Lutheran Germany]]. These contacts shaped their position towards Elizabeth...
10: ...d, to one degree or another, a belief in the [[priesthood of all believers]]. However, in church poli... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
1: ...s.jpg|thumb|270px|H.I.M. Yelizaveta Petrovna, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias (1709-62)]]
3: ...[[St Petersburg]]. Generally, she was one of the best loved Russian monarchs, because she didn't allow...
5: ==Life before becoming Empress==
7: Elizabeth, the youngest daughter of [[Peter the Great]] and [[Catherine ...
9: ...es with more fluency than accuracy. From her earliest years she delighted every one by her extraordina... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...irgin Queen''', '''Gloriana''', or '''Good Queen Bess''', Elizabeth I was the fifth and final monarch ...
9: ...en saved her from political and marital misalliances. Like her father [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VI...
11: ...ies, one [[earl|earldom]] and seven [[baron|baronies]] in the [[Peerage of England]], and one barony i...
13: ...ica]] and afterwards a member of the [[United States]], was named after Elizabeth I, the "Virgin Queen...
16: ... under the [[English Act of Succession|Act of Succession 1544]]. - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
1: ...sh_Stamp_Countess_Markievicz.jpg|right|thumb|Countess Markiewicz]]
4: ...ved as a child at the [[Anglo-Irish]] family's ancestral home, Lissadell House in [[County Sligo]]. C...
8: ...e imprisonment, and she was released under the amnesty of [[1917]].
10: ...m prison in 1919. Instead she joined her colleagues assembled in Dublin as the [[First Dᩬ|first inc...
12: ...r]] from April 1919 to Jan 1922, in the [[Ministries of the First Dᩬ|Second Ministry]] and the [[Thi... - Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
3: ...conservative political office. She resigned the presidency four months ahead of the end of her term of...
7: <caption><font size="+1">'''MARY ROBINSON<br><i>President of Ireland</i>'''</font></caption>
12: <tr><td>'''Predecessor:'''</td><td>[[Patrick Hillery]]</td></tr>
13: <tr><td>'''Successor:'''</td><td>[[Mary McAleese]]</td></tr>
15: <tr><td>'''[[Profession]]:'''</td><td>[[Barrister]], former Senator</... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
9: |'''PM Predecessor:'''
10: |[[James Callaghan]]
12: |'''PM Succesor:'''
27: ... of [[privatisation]] of government-owned industries. Even before coming to power she was nicknamed th...
29: ... "[[special relationship]]" with the [[United States]], and formed a close bond with [[Ronald Reagan]]... - Marie de France (1845 bytes)
1: ...''Marie ai nun, si sui de France'', which translates as, "My name is Marie, I am from France."
3: ...eldest daughter Mary, Princess of France and Countess of Champagne, though this identification is far ...
7: ...xt and Context''. Athens: University of Georgia Press, c1987.
8: ... of Marie de France''. Durham, N. C.: Labyrinth Press, 1982.
9: ...Middle Ages'', Roger S. Loomis (ed.). Clarendon Press: Oxford University. 1959. ISBN 0198115881 - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: ...74]] - [[July 27]], [[1946]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[writer]], [[poet]], [[feminism|femin...
13: ...rted by a stipend from her brother Michael's business.
17: ...returned to France and volunteered to drive supplies to French hospitals; they were later honored by t...
19: ...eight, she had a large circle of friends and tirelessly promoted herself. Her judgments in literature ...
21: ...o "wives" to chat. Alice was four foot eleven inches tall, and Gertrude was five foot one inch (Grahn ... - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
2: ...e fine structures of [[coal]], [[DNA]] and [[viruses]].
5: ...helped settle Jewish refugees from Europe who had escaped the ''Nazis''.
8: ...helped spark the idea of high-strength carbon fibres and was the basis of her doctoral degree in physi...
9: ...hanging her mind and staying. Unfortunately, Jacques Mering, her mentor, had been unhappy about her de...
12: ... a good start to the relationship which went progressively downhill. - Grace O'Malley (3478 bytes)
6: ...nces and lords were left mostly to their own devices.
7: ...f what is now the barony of [[Murrisk]] in South-West [[County Mayo]] and recognised as their nominal ...
11: ...b. Grace afterwards returned to Mayo and took up residence at the family castle or tower-house in [[Cl...
14: ...chard and kept the castle. It remained for centuries in the O' Malley family and is today open to the ...
19: ...race, however, put them to flight and they barely escaped. Later Grace was captured but released some ... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
1: ... [[1500]] (Centre Historique des Archives Nationales, [[Paris]], AE II 2490).]]
2: ..., [[Canada]], [[United Kingdom]] and [[United States]]. Many people therefore regard Joan of Arc as a ...
4: ... a revitalization of [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]]'s faction during the [[Hundred Years' War]]...
7: ...the throne to Henry V's heirs, disinheriting Charles, the [[Dauphin]] ([[crown prince]]), and making t...
10: ...[Image:JoanOfArcLarge.jpeg|350px|right|thumb|[[Jules Bastien-Lepage]]'s [[1879]] portrayal of Joan of ... - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
3: ...success have been credited with influencing the [[espionage]]-and-[[subversion]] organization's policy...
7: ...atrimony. A first marriage, at eighteen, to businessman Karol Getlich soon ended without rancor. On ...
9: ...lympics|Olympic]] [[skier]], [[Jan Marusarz]], to escort her across the snow-covered [[Tatra Mountains...
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13: ...to why the Musketeers were viewed by the exile Poles and the British with disfavor. - Middle Ages (21063 bytes)
1: ...formation]] starting in 1517. These various changes all mark the beginning of the [[Early Modern]] pe...
4: ==The Early Middle Ages==
5: ... flourished in the early '''Middle Ages''': [[Hildesheim]].]]
6: ...nd social senses were unevolved and its technologies undeveloped, compared to the preceding culture.
8: ...gel]] in [[Cornwall]] had managed to obtain supplies of Mediterranean luxury goods well into the 6th c... - Medieval art (6359 bytes)
1: ...px|Byzantine art was the high art of the Middle Ages and monumental Church mosaics were the crowing gl...
3: ...vals, the artists crafts, and the artists themselves.
5: ...and [[sculpture]]; and there were many unique genres of art, such as [[Crusade art]] or [[animal style...
9: ...acy of the early [[Christian church]]. These sources were mixed with the vigorous "Barbarian" artistic...
13: Art in the Middle Ages is a broad subject and art historians traditional... - Glass (26176 bytes)
1: ...umping the liquid sugar onto a cold surface. The resulting solid is amorphous, not crystaline like the...
3: ...rded by [[Roman Empire|Roman]] historians as ''glaesum.'' Anglo-Saxons used the word ''glaer'' for amb...
5: ...fic type of glass—the [[silica]]-based glasses in common use as a building, container or decorat...
9: ...e and will break into sharp shards. These properties can be modified, or even changed entirely, with t...
16: ==Properties and Uses== - Music (16462 bytes)
1: ...age:Music_animation.gif|thumb|200px|Clip Art courtesy of
7: ==Types of Musical Instruments==
16: ...ial location or the movement in space of sounds, gesture, and dance. [[Silence]] is also often conside...
18: ...ects included as music vary, their importance varies. For instance, melody and harmony are often consi...
20: ...c is heard, understood, even learned." <sup>[[#Notes|6]]</sup> - Concertina (3686 bytes)
2: .... It was first invented in [[1829]] by [[Sir Charles Wheatstone]]. Concertinas typically have buttons ...
5: == Types ==
6: ...al common kinds. To player familiar with one of these "systems," a concertina of a different system ma...
9: ...a.jpg|left|thumb|Anglo concertina mad by C. Jeffries around 1910. Note three rows of buttons.]]
10: ...o built concertinas in both English and Anglo styles and was the most prolific manufacturer of the per... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>8th President</td></tr>
13: ...d>'''Wife:'''</td><td>[[Hannah Van Buren|Hannah Hoes Van Buren]]</td></tr>
14: <tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''</td><td>[[Angelica Van Buren]]
17: ...States|Political Party]]:'''</td><td>[[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]]</td></tr>
18: ...d>'''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''</td><td>[[Richard M. Johnson]]</td></t... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...r dm|31|12|N|29|15|E|}}, 208 km (129 miles) northwest of [[Cairo]]. The Canopic mouth of the [[Nile]]...
3: ...s of Egypt quickly became one of the greatest cities of the [[Hellenistic civilization|Hellenistic]] w...
5: ...right|Alexandria's state-of-the-art [[library]], designed by [[Christoph Kapellar]], was inaugurated i...
19: ...er's seers, and in particular [[Aristander of Telmessus]], interpreted this as an omen that the city w...
21: ...knowledge of their appearance, erects metal effigies on the beach which succeed in frightening the mon...
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