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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...ns claim he could have been born in other places, from the [[Aragonese_Empire|Crown of Aragó]] to the...
5: ...is one thing that sets off Columbus' first voyage from all of these: less than two decades later, the ...
29: ... Atlantic Ocean. The fleet came under attack by [[French privateers]] off the [[Cape of St. Vincent]],...
31: ...and]], [[Madeira]], [[Azores|the Azores]], and [[Africa]]. Columbus's brother Bartolomeo worked as a ...
33: ... to purchase sugar, and along the coasts of West Africa between [[1482]] and [[1485]], reaching the Po... - Adela of Normandy (2741 bytes)
- Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
2: ...[16th century]], embraced as a cultural symbol in French patriotic circles since the [[19th century]],...
4: ...ponsible for a revitalization of [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]]'s faction during the [[Hundred ...
7: ...[[Duke of Orl顮s]] and later of [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]]). The groups were involved in a...
11: ...876]]) depicts Joan's awe upon receiving a vision from the [[archangel]] [[Michael (archangel)|Michael...
16: ...May 7]], the remaining English forces were pulled from their [[siege]] lines on [[May 8]]. The lifting... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
7: *[[Paul Cezanne]], ([[1839]]-[[1906]]), French artist
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
17: *[[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]], ([[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
29: *[[Franklin Adams]]
59: *[[Fra Angelico]] ([[1387]]-[[1445]]) - Medieval music (31843 bytes)
17: ...e. A German theorist of a slightly later period, Franco of Cologne, was the first to describe a syste...
19: ...as a stand-in for 4/4 time is actually a holdover from this practice, not an abbreviation for "common ...
21: ...emensis), [[Johannes de Muris|Jehan des Murs]], [[Franco of Cologne]], [[Johannes de Garlandia]] (Joha...
27: ...hant]] was used and shows the influence of North African music. The Mozarabic liturgy even survived th...
32: ...lodies]] that make up the repertory probably come from several sources, some as far back as the pontif... - Medieval literature (14207 bytes)
2: ...erature, it is a complex and rich field of study, from the utterly [[sacred]] to the exuberantly [[pro...
7: ...survived in the [[Breton lai|lais]] of [[Marie de France]], the ''[[Mabinogion]]'' and the [[King Arth...
10: ...anding down something from an [[auctor]] instead. From this point of view, the names of the individual...
20: ...iographies]], or "lives of the saints", were also frequently written, as an encouragement to the devou...
22: ...a prolific poet, and his [[Franciscan]] followers frequently wrote poetry themselves as an expression ... - List of Renaissance figures (6600 bytes)
11: **[[Francesco Foscari]]
15: **[[Francesco Sforza]]
22: **[[Catherine de Medici]] Queen of France
28: **[[Francis I of France]]
29: **[[Francis, Duke of Guise]] of France - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
2: ...gust 27]], [[1521]]) was a [[Dutch School (music)|Franco-Flemish]] composer of the [[Renaissance music...
6: ...ance]], probably in the service of [[Louis XII of France|Louis XII]] for most of the time, and he like...
8: ...ich is written on a ''[[cantus firmus]]'' derived from the musical letters in the Duke's name. While ...
10: ...e]] on the present-day border between Belgium and France, becoming provost of the cathedral there. Du...
14: ...riting in the [[1580s]], was still using examples from Josquin in his treatises on composition; and hi... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
25: | <small>Disciple of [[Jesus]] from whom, according to {{bibleverse||Matthew|16:18-...
91: | <small>[[Aquileia]], Friuli, Italy</small>
119: | <small>[[North Africa|Northern Africa]]</small>
165: ===From 250===
255: | <small>Africa</small> - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
2: ...ember 13]], [[1592]]) was an influential [[France|French]] [[Renaissance]] writer, generally consider...
6: ...Bordeaux]]. His mother, Antoniette de Lopez, came from a Spanish Jewish family, but was herself raised...
8: ...g at the Bordeaux Parlement, he became very close friends with the humanist writer [[Étienne de...
16: ...ce, respected both by the Catholic [[Henry III of France|King Henry III]] and the Protestant [[Henry o...
18: ...one]]s. From 1580 to 1581, Montaigne travelled in France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy, par... - Causes of the French Revolution (11170 bytes)
1: {{French_Revolution}}
2: ...As the revolution proceeded and as power devolved from the monarchy to legislative bodies, the conflic...
5: France in 1789 was, at least in theory, an [[absolut...
7: ...mocratic]] nature of the government, pushed for [[freedom of speech]], and challenged the [[Catholic C...
9: ...sie, albeit in a non-bourgeois manner. The entire French terrorism was just a [[plebeian]] way of deal... - List of people associated with the French Revolution (16148 bytes)
1: {{French_Revolution}}
2: ...is a [[partial list]] of people involved in the [[French Revolution]]. It includes both supporters and...
5: *[[Charles X of France|Charles, comte d'Artois]] - younger brother o...
6: ...ench Empire|Empire]], general, later [[Marshal of France]].
9: *[[François-Noël Babeuf]] - proto-[[socialism|sociali... - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
3: ...ovince (or a group of provinces) within the Anglo-French unit" that was both battlefield and prize (Br...
8: ... the conflict can be found 400 years earlier when Frankish [[Carolingian]] ruler [[Charles the Simple]...
10: ...ns who still spoke a version of [[French language|French]], and could remember a time when their grand...
13: ...ng three male heirs. The eldest son, [[Louis X of France|Louis X]], died in [[1316]], leaving only a d...
15: ...ide in favor of the last brother, [[Charles IV of France|Charles IV]], without question. - Mathematician (9627 bytes)
13: ...d to prove other ideas ([[theorem]]s) that follow from the assumptions according to exact rules of [[l...
17: ...aticians are not motivated by monetary greed; the fruits of labor are not usually patentable and in ma...
21: Mathematicians differ from [[philosopher]]s in that the primary questions ...
23: ...her been proven nor disproven to logically follow from some set of assumptions, it is called a ''[[con...
27: ... of [[Syracuse, Italy|Syracuse]]. The [[Guillaume Fran篩s Antoine, Marquis de l'H?al|Marquis de l'Hop... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
24: *[[Jean le Rond d'Alembert]] (France, [[1717]] - [[1783]])
28: *[[Andr魍arie Amp貥]], (France, [[1775]] - [[1836]])
35: *[[Antoine Arbogast]] (France, [[1759]] - [[1803]])
38: *[[Jean-Robert Argand]] (France, [[1768]] - [[1822]])
46: *[[Michael Francis Atiyah]] (Britain, [[1929]] - ) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
34: *[[Eugene M. Antoniadi]] ([[Greece]], [[France]], [[1870]] – [[1944]])
36: *[[Francois Arago]] ([[France]], [[1786]] – [[1853]])
38: *[[Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander]] ([[Germany]], ...
47: *[[Adrien Auzout]] ([[France]], [[1622]] – [[1691]])
56: *[[Benjamin Baillaud]] ([[France]], [[1848]] – [[1934]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
9: *[[Jacob Friedrich von Abel]], (1751-1829)
55: *[[Francesco Algarotti]], (1712-1764)
62: *[[Henri-Fr餩ric Amiel]], (1821-1881)
109: *[[Georg Anton Friedrich Ast]], (1778-1841)
122: *[[Alfred Ayer|Alfred Jules Ayer]], (1910-1989){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R... - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...aid to have come to an end following its ejection from Malta by [[Napoleon]]. The '''Sovereign Militar...
5: ...im's mother was Christian. In [[1023]], merchants from [[Amalfi]] and [[Salerno]] in [[Italy]] were gi...
9: ... by the Papacy, for example, the order was exempt from all authority save that of the Pope, and it pai...
11: [[Image:knights_hospitaller.JPG|framed|right]]
17: ...uired the estates allocated to the English tongue from [[1330]] to [[1358]]. On Rhodes, now known as t... - 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... - Opera (25153 bytes)
2: [[Image:GarnierOperaParis.jpg|frame|The foyer of [[Charles Garnier (architect)|Cha...
5: ...are accompanied by a [[musical ensemble]] ranging from a small instrumental ensemble to a full symphon...
7: ...ten part of an opera performance, particularly in France.
13: ...ntly performed of the genre in a context separate from its accompanying play, and has been transcribed...
20: ...n. A later work by Peri, ''[[Euridice]]'', dating from 1600, is the first opera score to have survived...
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