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- King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: '''King Arthur''' is an important figure in the [[mythology]] of [[Great Britain]], wh...
5: ...rigin, and to have fought against the [[pagan]] [[Saxon]]s. His power base was probably in either [[Wales...
7: ...nthemius]]. Unfortunately, Riothamus is a shadowy figure of whom we know little, and scholars are not ...
9: ...e reason for him to have become a major legendary figure.
11: ...to [[Leir of Britain | King Lear]]) or a possibly fictive person like [[Beowulf (character)|Beowulf]]. - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
15: She and her brother compiled one of the first collections of Cubist art. She owned early wor...
21: ...as four foot eleven inches tall, and Gertrude was five foot one inch (Grahn 1989).
23: ...ent, but by the end she did not, having witnessed firsthand the hardship it brought to the peasants." ...
50: ... in her work with words used the entire text as a field in which every element mattered as much as any...
52: ...Using the idea of everything belonging to a whole field and mattering equally, as well as each being h... - Medieval art (6359 bytes)
5: ...these are looked at individually, such as [[Anglo-Saxon art]] or [[Viking art]]. Medieval art was of many...
17: ...t is called the [[Hiberno-Saxon]] style, and then finally late in the period some Viking inspirations ...
29: ...ppear untill around 1200 (this date has many qualifications), when it diverged from Romanesque style. ... - Glass (26176 bytes)
1: The materials definition of a '''glass''' is a uniform [[amorphous s...
3: ...n Empire|Roman]] historians as ''glaesum.'' Anglo-Saxons used the word ''glaer'' for amber.
5: ...der of this article will be concerned with a specific type of glass—the [[silica]]-based glasses...
9: ...ak into sharp shards. These properties can be modified, or even changed entirely, with the addition of...
22: ...ections doped with [[Erbium]], which [[Fiber_amplifier|amplify]] transmitted signals by [[laser]] emis... - Manuscript (5266 bytes)
1: ... a hard material (the original meaning of ''[[graffiti]]''), or in [[cuneiform]] writing, impressed wi...
3: ...ts such as [[copperplate]], softened by refiner's fire and inscribed with a metal stylus. In the [[Phi...
16: ...[[4th century]] to the [[8th century]], are classified according to their use of either all [[majuscul...
19: ...rary and Information Science]], a manuscript is defined as any hand-written item in the collections of...
23: ... work's [[performance]] or [[film]]ing. More specifically, a motion picture manuscript is called a [[s... - Illuminated manuscript (5973 bytes)
1: ...hristInMajesty.jpg|thumb|250px|In the strictest definition of illuminated manuscript, only manuscripts...
3: ...ted manuscript)|miniatures]]. In the strictest definition of the term, an illuminated manuscript only...
16: ...uminated manuscript, the text was usually written first. Sheets of [[vellum parchment|vellum]], anima...
18: ...ped. Stocky, richly textured [[blackletter]] was first seen around the [[13th century]] and was parti...
35: ...piment]] (As<sub>2</sub>S<sub>3</sub>, Arsenic Sulfide) - Netherlands (35958 bytes)
14: official_languages = [[Dutch language|Dutch]], [[Frisi...
49: ...on]] and [[Limburgish language|Limburgish]] are official [[regional language]]s<br><sup>2</sup> Prior ...
55: ...or most foreign embassies. The Netherlands ranked fifth on the [[2004]] [[UN Human Development Index]]...
66: ...1637, and, according to Murray Sayle, the world's first bear raider -- Isaac le Maire, who forced pric...
68: After briefly being incorporated in the [[First French Empire]] under [[Napoleon]], the Kingdo... - Germany (46412 bytes)
19: |'''[[Official language]]''' || [[German language|German]]<s...
35: |'''Formation<br>Unification/reunification<br><br><br>'''
51: ...e|Romany]] and [[Frisian language|Frisian]] are officially recognised and protected as minority langua...
62: ...sand years, the state now known as Germany was unified as a modern nation-state only in [[1871]], when...
66: ...n strife, the [[Thirty Years War]] ([[1618]]) and finally the [[Peace of Westphalia]] ([[1648]]), that... - Belgium (31774 bytes)
17: |'''[[Official language]]''' || [[French language|French]], ...
57: ...f "Gallia". One of these peoples, the [[Franks]], finally installed a new kingdom under the rulers of ...
65: ...ruction in 1830 till 1935. It now serves as the office of the king.]]
67: ... After a period of alliance with France after the First World War, Belgium tried to return to neutrali...
71: ...any seeing Belgian decisions as contributing significantly to the troubles in Rwanda in the [[1990s]] ... - Seven Years' War (11256 bytes)
1: ...nce]], [[Austria]], [[Russia]], [[Sweden]], and [[Saxony]]. [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]] were later drawn i...
3: ...st Nations]]) sided with France although some did fight alongside the British. The name "Seven Years' ...
5: ...ndia is termed the [[2nd Carnatic War]] while the fighting between Prussia and Austria is called the [...
18: ...], his well prepared army crossed the frontier of Saxony.
24: ...sses Reichsgraf von Browne|von Browne]]. However, Saxony had successfully delayed the Prussian campaign. - Medieval literature (14207 bytes)
2: ...icult to speak in general terms without oversimplification, and thus the literature is best characteri...
10: ...important works were never attributed to any specific person.
20: ...d paraliturgical). The liturgy itself was not in fixed form, and numerous competing missals set out i...
22: ... the [[Bible]]. [[Francis of Assisi]] was a prolific poet, and his [[Franciscan]] followers frequentl...
28: [[Image:Beowulf.firstpage.jpeg|thumb|right|The first page of Beowulf]] - January (2450 bytes)
2: '''January''' is the [[first]] [[month]] of the [[year]] in the [[Gregorian...
8: ...g 355 days. Although [[March]] was originally the first month, January usurped that position because t...
10: The first day of the month is known as [[New Year's Day]...
12: ...usa]]'' (七草). In [[Finnish language|Finnish]], the month is called ''tammikuu'', meaning...
14: The first [[Monday]] in January is known as [[Handsel Mo... - February (3791 bytes)
6: ...Mythology|Roman god]] [[Februus]], the god of purification. [[January]] and February were the last two...
10: ...(木目月). In [[Finnish language|Finnish]], the month is called ''helmikuu'', meaning...
12: "February" is pronounced without the first r, as "Febuary", by many speakers. This is pro...
17: ...t. Brigid]] (Secondary Patron of Ireland) and the first day of [[Spring (season)|Spring]]. In the [[Ir... - March (3907 bytes)
8: ...ed to use March 25 until 1752, the same year they finally adopted the Gregorian calendar.
10: ...yoi]]'' (弥生). In [[Finnish language|Finnish]], the month is called ''maaliskuu'', of obs...
11: ...f days and the eventual namesake of [[Lent]]. The Saxons also called March Rhed-monat (for their goddess ...
18: *On the first [[Sunday]] of March the [[Vasaloppet]] cross c...
21: ...s. Highlights include the [[Boeing]] Night Alight Finale. - January 17 (12233 bytes)
8: * [[1773]] - Captain [[James Cook]] becomes the first explorer to cross the [[Antarctic Circle]].
12: * [[1873]] - [[First Battle of the Stronghold]] in the [[United Sta...
15: ... takes possession of [[Wake Island]] in the [[Pacific Ocean]].
19: ...| character]] created by [[Elzie Crisler Segar]], first appeared in a [[newspaper]] [[comic strip]].
23: ... [[1946]] - The [[UN Security Council]] holds its first session. - History of California (38344 bytes)
3: ...lennia, the lack of a written record and the significant marginalization in the population of native i...
5: ...agricultural lands and prodigious oil fields, and finally with its high-technology leadership.
7: [[Image:california_poppies.jpg|thumb|325px|A field of [[California Poppy|California golden poppie...
13: When the first [[European colonization of the Americas|Europe...
21: ...nied expeditions in [[1534]] and [[1535]] without finding the sought-after city. - List of religions (13836 bytes)
1: ...icable a religion will only be listed once. The definition of religion for this page is fairly liberal...
5: ...that all entries on this list are notable and verifiable.
22: ***[[Hanafi]]
26: ***[[Shafi'i]]
28: **[[Sufism]] - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
3: ...within the Anglo-French unit" that was both battlefield and prize (Braudel 1984 p. 353).
5: ...chies. It is often viewed as one of the most significant conflicts in [[medieval warfare]].
8: ...man Conquest]] of [[1066]], defeating the [[Anglo-Saxon]] leadership and installing a new [[Anglo-Norman]...
13: The specific events that led up to the war in the early 14th ...
27: ...homage]] for this possession was a matter more difficult to resolve. Philip VI wanted Edward's recogni... - Amulet (8206 bytes)
10: ...e as amulets in different societies, be these the figure of a [[god]] or simply some symbol representi...
12: ... that spread through many countries: "to keep the fingers crossed" to attract good luck or avoid punis...
16: ...troversy, for while some people consider them beneficial, others think they delay everything in the ho...
18: ...other drawings as amulets, although some of these figures, commonly called "Veves" are used to cause e...
21: ... or the "[[ankh]]" (the key of eternal life); the figure of the scarab god [[Khepri]] became a common ... - Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
3: == Definition ==
4: ...bringing pirates to [[justice]].<ref>{{cite news |first=M.Chiarugi |last=D.Archibugi |url=http://www.o...
9: [[File:Romtrireme.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Mosaic of a [[T...
12: ...ifty, and the pirates indeed raised the ransom to fifty talents. After the ransom was paid, Caesar rai...
14: The Senate finally invested [[Pompey]] with powers to deal with...
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