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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...l [[sphere]], and argued that a ship could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
2: [[Image:Christopher_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided by [ht...
3: ...icas, they inaugurated permanent contact between the New and Old Worlds.
5: ...t Europe. This is likely due to the invention of the [[printing press]].
7: ...tober]], the anniversary of Columbus' landing in the Bahamas) is celebrated as a [[Holiday|holiday]]. - Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
1: ...rtment at the end of the 14th or commencement of the 15th century]]
2: ... This practice had been the norm for centuries rather than Pizan's invention.
4: ...s ducal and Royal households, in order to support her three children.
5: ...ege of Orleans]] and attacked the ''[[Romance of the Rose]]'' written by [[Jean de Meung]].
9: ... three children depending on her. This determined her to have recourse to [[literature | letters]] as ... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painte...
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian...
16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]]
22: *[[Hans von Aachen]] ([[1552]]-[[1615]])
27: *[[Andreas Achenbach]] ([[1815]]-[[1910]]) - Albania (24647 bytes)
1: ... an emerging [[democracy]] and is formally named the '''Republic of Albania''' ([[Albanian language|Al...
15: ... Shqiptareve 볨t렓hqiptaria'' (The religion of the Albanians is Albanian national consciousness)</sm...
24: | '''[[List of Presidents of Albania|Head of State]]'''
27: | '''[[List of Prime Ministers of Albania|Head of Government]]'''
43: | From the [[Ottoman Empire]]<br>[[November 28]], [[1912]] - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
2: ... in his lifetime. In addition, he helped advance the study of [[anatomy]], [[astronomy]], and [[civil ...
7: ... been suggested, albeit on scanty evidence, that she was a [[Middle East|Middle Eastern]] [[slave]] ow...
9: ...not "da Vincis". Presumably he did not use his father's name because of his illegitimate status.
11: ...ndrea del Verrocchio]], who subsequently took on the fourteen-year old Leonardo as an apprentice. In t...
12: ... of intellect that whatever he turned his mind to he made himself master of with ease" ([[Giorgio Vasa... - Sandro Botticelli (8995 bytes)
1: ..., a thought, suitably enough, he expressed at the head of his ''Vita'' of Botticelli.
3: ...:Sandro_Botticelli_046.jpg|right|thumb|400px|''[[The Birth of Venus]]'': a revived ''Venus Pudica'' f...
5: ...thought and quick subtlety" (Vasari) In [[1470]] he opened his own independent ''studio''.
7: ...rth of Venus'' (''illustration, right'') was at the Medici villa of Castello.
9: ...right|Botticelli's ''Venus'' graces the first of the [[Italian euro coins]] (2002)]] - Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
1: ...1478]] – [[February 2]], [[1529]]), one of the most important [[renaissance]] authors and a dipl...
8: ...ovico Gonzaga]], a relative of Luigia Gonzaga, mother of Castiglione.
10: ...te often; during one of his missions to [[Rome]], he met [[Guidubaldo da Montefeltro]], duke of [[Urbi...
13: ...sin of both Castiglione and the duke), and many others. Notably, guests used to organise intellectual ...
15: ...erds, he originally depicts the court of Urbino. The work contains echoes of both ancient and contempo... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
1: ...ht|Portrait of Sir Thomas More by [[Hans Holbein the Younger]]]]
2: ...he [[Roman Catholic Church]], in which he became the [[patron saint]] of statesmen, lawyers, and polit...
5: ...urned to London, where he studied law with his father and was admitted to [[Lincoln's Inn]] in [[1496]...
7: ...monastic practices, including self-punishment in the form of wearing a [[hair shirt]] and occasional [...
9: ... with an excellent classical education at a time when such learning was usually reserved for men. - Spanish Inquisition (11421 bytes)
3: ...e Inquisition was an important tool in enforcing the ''[[limpieza de sangre]]'' ("cleanliness of blood...
6: ...n the rest of the European countries, but not in the Kingdom of Castile & Leon!
8: ...had large [[Jew]]ish populations centered in ''[[ghetto|Juder�]]''.
10: ...escas]], a Jew, as his court [[astrologer]]. Jews held many prominent posts, both religious and politi...
14: ...itor whom Ferdinand installed in [[Saragossa]] Cathedral was assassinated by [[New Christian]]s (force... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ...opher]]s''' ''(and non-philosophers important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabeticall...
13: *[[Johann Heinrich Abicht]], (1762-1816)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
25: *[[Theodor Adorno]], (1903-1969){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
32: *[[Agrippa the Sceptic]], (1st/2nd century){{fn|R}} - Lorenzo de' Medici (6381 bytes)
2: ...the [[Florentine Republic]] during the height of the Italian [[Renaissance]].
4: ...s; he was also fascinated by technology. However, he was also a very religious man, one who deeply lov...
8: ...' Medici|Piero 'the Gouty' de' Medici]] in 1469, when Lorenzo was just twenty.
10: ...s request of Lorenzo), including the lynching of the Archbishop.
12: ...es|King Ferrante of Naples]] to attack Florence. The King's son, [[Alfonso II of Naples|Alfonso, Duke ... - Medieval medicine (14745 bytes)
1: ...served in monasteries and elsewhere. Ideas about the origin and cure of [[disease]] were not, however,...
3: ...t hand-in-hand with spiritual beliefs as part of the practice of medicine.
7: ...]], were widely used on the basis of authority rather than experimental confirmation.
9: ...ions. Similarly, the dependence upon the power of herbs or gems needed to be explained through Christi...
11: ... that repenting would cure all ills. This led to the practice of penance and pilgrimage as a means of ... - Judge (10187 bytes)
3: ...elected official who presides over a [[court]]. The powers, functions, and training of judges vary wi...
5: ...of several [[dog]]s best meets the standards for the [[breed]].
7: ==Judges in the legal system==
9: ...continue to wear wigs, a tradition imported from the [[United Kingdom|British]] legal system.]]
10: ...nt_big.gif|thumb|right|In France, during ordinary hearings, judges wear a black gown. French judges do...
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