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- Spanish Inquisition (11421 bytes)
3: ...isition was the result of the reconquest of Spain from the [[Muslim]]s and the policy of converting Sp...
6: ...] and [[Valencia]], there was a local inquisition from the [[Middle Ages]], as in the rest of the Euro...
22: ...on]], who threatened to withhold military support from his kingdom of [[Sicily]]. Sixtus issued the [[...
26: ...possession of [[Greece]] and the Greek islands. [[France]], as always, was looking for signs of weakne...
36: ...often used to gain repentance. Punishments ranged from public shame to burning at the stake—dead... - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
4: ...rk for the [[American Revolution|American]] and [[French Revolution]]s, the Latin American independenc...
14: ...ne. This idea became central to the Enlightenment from Newton through to Jefferson.
16: ...d by the ideas of [[Blaise Pascal|Pascal]], [[Gottfried Leibniz|Leibniz]], [[Galileo Galilei|Galileo]]...
18: ...ies. If the previous era was the age of reasoning from first principles, Enlightenment thinkers saw th...
20: ...figures such as Sir [[Francis Bacon (philosopher)|Francis Bacon]] with the axiomatic approach of Desca... - Timpani (31735 bytes)
3: ...a [[definite pitch]] when struck. Timpani evolved from [[military]] drums to become a staple of the [[...
5: ... is derived from the [[Latin]] word ''tympanum'', from which the Italian word descends. A [[musician]]...
9: | description = The [[scherzo]] from [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]]'s [[Symphony...
22: Timpani come in a variety of sizes from around 84 [[centimeter]]s (33 [[inch]]es) in di...
30: [[Image:Dresden pedal.jpg|frame|right|This pedal is on a Dresden timpano. The ... - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
3: [[Image:Voltaire.jpg|frame|Voltaire]]
4: ...y the [[pen name]] '''Voltaire''', was a [[France|French]] [[The Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]] ...
8: ...his life, Voltaire sometimes implied that he came from a [[noble]] background.
10: ...nism|Jansenist]] and had a poor relationship with François.
12: ...Abbé de [[Châteauneuf]], a friend of François' mother, instructed him in ''les bel...
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