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- King Arthur (22450 bytes)
2: [[Image:Arthur3487.jpg|right|framed|Victorian image of '''King Arthur''' in plate...
7: Some members of this school, most notably Geoffrey Ashe and Leon Fleuriot, have argued for identif...
15: ...may have influenced the later legends, like the [[Scots]] king [[Aedan mac Gabran]], who had a son called...
19: ..., chief giver of feasts, with his tall blades red from the battle which all men remember."
25: ...r's soldiers; Arthur was awarded a herd of cattle from Cadoc as [[wergeld]] for his men; Cadoc deliver... - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
16: ...rmally has a one-way [[valve]] which prevents air from returning via the supply. Every bagpipe has a [...
18: ...t exceptions, including the Italian Zampogna, the French Musette du Cour, and several varieties of Sco...
23: ...Proscription]], and the entire myth seems to stem from the letterpress of Donald MacDonald's Martial M...
25: ...ar 1000; the tune used by [[Robert Burns]] for "[[Scots Wha Hae]]", "Hey Tutti Taiti", is traditionally s...
35: ...er is [[Mixolydian_mode|mixolydian]] with a range from one degree lower than the tonic to one octave a... - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
20: ...ost recently during her [[2004]] state visit to [[France]] to commemorate the centenary of the [[Enten...
29: ...7]], when she accompanied her parents to [[South Africa]]. On her 21st birthday she made a broadcast t...
33: ...t-great-grandmother. They are also both descended from [[Christian IX of Denmark]] (she being a great-...
38: ...] [[1996]]) [[Diana, Princess of Wales|Lady Diana Frances Spencer]] ([[1961]]–[[1997]]); married...
55: ...e's health declined during [[1951]] and Elizabeth frequently stood in for him at public events. She vi... - Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
3: ... [[Valois Dynasty|Valois]] branch of the kings of France, and mother of three further kings of that br...
5: ...the time, but who would become King [[Henry II of France]].
7: ...proposal. But Catherine did produce children, and Francis lived long enough to see his grandchildren b...
11: ...5. His wife, [[Mary I of Scotland|Mary, Queen of Scots]], little disposed to meddle with politics on her...
13: ...e or metal. They forcefully shrank women's waists from their natural dimensions to as little as 43, 38... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ... remembered for her attempt to return [[England]] from [[Protestantism]] to [[Roman Catholicism]]. To ...
10: ...nce removed [[Mary I of Scotland|Mary I, Queen of Scots]], who lived at approximately the same time.
13: ... who presumably would have contracted the disease from Mary's father. Whether or not he had the disea...
15: ..., [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[French language|French]] and [[Italian language|Italian]], as well a...
17: ...ovided that the Princess Mary should marry either Francis or his second son, [[Henry, Duke of Orl顮s]... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
2: ...140px|Mary I of Scotland; known as Mary, Queen of Scots]]
7: ... Queen of Scots,''' was the ruler of [[Scotland]] from [[December 14]], [[1542]] – [[July 24]], ...
9: ...whose reign coincided with that of Mary, Queen of Scots.
12: ... [[1542]] to King [[James V of Scotland]] and his French wife, [[Marie de Guise]].
17: ...ted the French spelling Stuart during her time in France, and she and her descendants stuck with it.) - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...ngland]] and [[King of Ireland|Queen of Ireland]] from [[17 November]] [[1558]] until her death. Somet...
9: ...th impatience by her counsellors, often saved her from political and marital misalliances. Like her fa...
11: ...the number of [[Privy Council|Privy Counsellors]] from thirty-nine to nineteen, and later to fourteen.
16: ...as addressed as Lady Elizabeth and lived in exile from her father as he married his succession of wive...
18: ...th Elizabeth and remained her confidante and good friend for life. She had been appointed to Elizabeth... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
12: ... later when the Duchess of Marlborough was banned from court during the [[War of the Spanish Successio...
15: ...nce of Sarah Jennings, who would become her close friend and one of her most influential advisors. Jen...
19: ...rth to a son ([[James Francis Edward Stuart|James Francis Edward]]) in [[1688]], for a Roman Catholic ...
22: ...ffices. Lady Marlborough was subsequently removed from the Royal Household, leading Princess Anne to a...
24: ...mplete trust of her brother-in-law, who refrained from making her his Regent during his military campa... - Mary II of England (12093 bytes)
8: ...9]] until her death, and as Queen of [[Scotland]] from [[11 April]] 1689 until her death. Mary, a [[Pr...
15: ...ash; he preferred that Mary marry the heir to the French Throne, the [[Louis, the Grand Dauphin|Dauphi...
20: ...o a son—[[James Francis Edward Stuart|James Francis Edward]]—in June [[1688]], for the son...
24: ...en. The only precedent for a joint monarchy dated from the sixteenth century: when Queen [[Mary I of E...
26: ...ffered the Crown not to James's eldest son, James Francis Edward (who would have been the heir-apparen... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
2: ...VII]]. She was guillotined at the height of the [[French Revolution]].
4: ... [[Maria Theresa of Austria|Maria Theresa]] and [[Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor]]. She was born at the...
13: ...as flighty, artistic and read almost nothing. Her French was imperfect and she preferred to speak Germ...
15: ... was decided that Maria-Antonia should be sent to France to marry the dauphin.
17: ...arewell, my dearest child. Do so much good to the French people that they can say that I have sent the... - 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... - Rose (15436 bytes)
21: ...oses, all from the northern hemisphere and mostly from temperate regions. The species form a group of ...
27: ...chest sources of any plant. The hips are eaten by fruit-eating [[bird]]s such as [[Thrush (bird)|thrus...
29: ...]). Despite the presence of the thorns, roses are frequently heavily browsed by [[deer]]. A few specie...
33: The name originates from [[Persian language|Persian]] *''vrda''- via Gre...
42: *''[[Rosa gallica]]'' - Gallic Rose, French Rose - Heraldry (23465 bytes)
3: ... a shield are described from the top to the base, from dexter to sinister. Dexter ("right" in [[Latin]...
14: ...huthatswana]] and some Algerian civic heraldry of French colonial origin, specific shapes of shield ar...
28: ...The names of the tinctures mainly come to us from French. The first rule of heraldry is the rule of ti...
69: ...he blazon, but the College of Arms has moved away from this practice in recent years.
75: ...shares their shape. (It should be noticed that [[French heraldry]] takes a different approach in many... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
14: ...ds alternate with a supplementary weft that rises from the surface of the weave at a perpendicular ang...
16: ...uard mechanism (see [[Jacquard loom]]) in 1812 in France and c. 1825 in England. The addition of stea...
19: ...ment in linen weaving. [[Mary Stewart]] Queen of Scots is known to have been an avid embroiderer. 16th ...
21: ...r Axminster]] (1890). These types were developed from the American [[Halcyon Skinner]]'s 1860s invent...
26: The warp threads are set up on the frame of the loom before weaving begins. A number o... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
10: ...t mon droit]] (Royal motto)<br>([[French language|French]]: God and my right)''<sup>2</sup></small> |
51: *<small>[[Scots language|Lowland Scots]]: ''Unitit Kinrick o Great Breetain an Northren ...
56: ...r, although there is also a nominal frontier with France in the middle of the [[Channel Tunnel]]. The ...
62: ...d). This political usage of "Great Britain" dates from the personal union of the Crowns of Scotland an...
64: The [[British Isles]] is a term frequently used to refer to the [[archipelago]] whic... - Pennsylvania (32594 bytes)
42: ...ges, while others are virtually indistinguishable from non-Amish or Mennonites.
55: ...en founded a colony there as a place of religious freedom for [[Quaker]]s, and named it for the [[Lati...
59: ...rench]] during the [[French and Indian War]]. The French established numerous fortifications in the ar...
61: ...gnificant populations of [[Germany|German]] and [[Scots-Irish]] settlers who helped to shape colonial Pen...
67: ...turning point of the [[American Civil War]]. Dead from this battle rest at [[Gettysburg National Cemet... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
1: [[image:Francis_Bacon.jpg|thumb|250px|Sir Francis Bacon]]
2: ...lish]] [[philosopher]], [[statesman]], [[spy]], [[freemason]] and [[essayist]]. He was knighted in [[1...
4: ...n method]]''. Induction implies drawing knowledge from the natural world through experimentation, obse...
6: Francis Bacon was born at York House, Strand [[Londo...
16: ...nt and society in [[France]] under [[Henry III of France|Henry III]] afforded him valuable political i... - 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 - 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. - 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...
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