Search results
|
|
No page with that title exists You can create an article with this title or put up a request for it. Please search Wikipedia before creating an article to avoid duplicating an existing one, which may have a different name or spelling.
Showing below up to 20 results starting with #1.
View (previous 20) (next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).
No article title matches
Page text matches
- King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...l]] Welsh texts often call him ''amerauder'' ("[[emperor]]").
2: ...d|Victorian image of '''King Arthur''' in plate armour with visor raised and with jousting shield]]
4: :''Main article: [[Historical basis for King Arthur]]'...
5: ...es]], [[Cornwall]], or the west of what would become [[England]], but controversy over the centre of ...
7: ...Brettones" he led were [[Britain|Britons]] or [[Armorica|Bretons]]. - China (38909 bytes)
1: ...in the [[3rd century BC]] to protect the north from raiders on horseback.]]
3: ...or multiple states, and as a single [[nation]] or multiple nations.
5: ...ver the next four decades were marred by warlordism, the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]], and the [[Chin...
7: ...(see [[political status of Taiwan]] for more information). The nature and extent of ''China'' is the ...
9: ==Terminology== - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
1: :''For other people with this name, see [[Mary Tudor]]''
3: ...ry I''' <br><small>Queen of England and Ireland</small>]]
8: ...Mary'''. Her religious policies, however, were in many cases reversed by her successor, [[Elizabeth I...
10: ...of Scots]], who lived at approximately the same time.
13: ...rmally only given to a [[Prince of Wales]], sometimes leading to false assertions that she was create... - George Eliot (6014 bytes)
1: [[Image:george_eliot.jpg|thumb|right|George Eliot]]
3: ...vincial England, are well known for their [[realism]] and psychological perspicacity.
5: ... have been a desire to shield her private life from public scrutiny and to prevent scandals attending...
8: ...an to live with [[George Henry Lewes]] in an extramarital cohabitation.
10: ...he remained married to her in name only, while he made house solely with Evans. - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
1: [[Image:Hurston-Zora-Neale-LOC.jpg|thumb|Zora Neale Hurston]]
2: ...|folklorist]] and author. Her best-known work is most likely ''[[Their Eyes Were Watching God]]''.
5: ...[[Barnard College]] under [[Franz Boas]] at [[Columbia University]].
7: ...d into obscurity for decades, explainable for a number of reasons, cultural and political.
9: ... of the early 20th century. For example ( Amy from the opening of ''[[Zora_Neale_Hurston/Jonah's Gou... - Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
1: ...ce Lispector''' ([[December 10]] [[1920]] - [[December 9]] [[1977]]) was a [[Brazil|Brazilian]] write...
3: ...[James Joyce]], but she had read neither of these authors.
5: ...h birthday and she was buried in at the Israeli Cemetery of Caj? [[Rio de Janeiro]].
7: ...an in Rio de Janeiro, is written called Rodrigo S.M, a fictional writer.
11: *Perto do Cora磯 Selvagem (1944) - Near the Wild Heart - Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
1: ...of an apartment at the end of the 14th or commencement of the 15th century]]
2: ...rge in his absence. This practice had been the norm for centuries rather than Pizan's invention.
4: ... du Castel died, and Pizan became a court writer employed by various ducal and Royal households, in o...
5: ... ''[[Romance of the Rose]]'' written by [[Jean de Meung]].
9: ...to have recourse to [[literature | letters]] as a means of livelihood. - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
2: subject_name=Ayn Rand |
3: image_name=Ayn_Rand1.jpg|
4: ...hilosophy]] of [[Objectivist philosophy|Objectivism]]|
8: date_of_death=[[March 6]], [[1982]] |
11: ...is values. Rand viewed this hero as the ideal and made it the express goal of her literature to showc... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: ...velopment of modern art and literature, who spent most of her life in [[France]].
3: [[Image:Homosexualitystein.jpg|thumb|right|Gertrude Stein and her lover [[Alice B. To...
7: ... in 1897 followed by two years at [[Johns Hopkins Medical School]].
9: [[image:Stein_by_picasso.jpg|thumb|left|326px|Portrait of Gertrude Stein by [[Pablo...
11: ... the height of artistic creativity gathering in [[Montparnasse]]. - Hypatia of Alexandria (10302 bytes)
1: [[Image:Hipatia.jpg|thumb|Hypatia of Alexandria]]
2: ...astrolabe]] and the [[hydrometer]]. It has been romanticized that she had Athene like beauty.
4: ... entire Roman Empire had embarked on an intense campaign to destroy pagan places of worship.
8: ...h by no means all) later Christian authors as a symbol of virtue, often portrayed as a life-long virg...
10: Her contemporary, the Christian historiographer [[Socrates S... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
1: [[Image:Ellafitzgerald.jpeg|thumb|Ella Fitzgerald photographed by [[Carl Van Vecht...
2: ... is noted for her purity of tone and "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her [[scat ...
6: ...[[A Tisket A Tasket]]" that launched her to stardom.
8: ...ng under the new name, "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra."
10: ... voice and typical gestures, as well as [[Louis Armstrong]]'s. - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
2: ...[[Christian]] [[theology]] concerning her is '''[[Mariology]]'''.
6: ...ls]], and the [[Book of Acts]], although not by name in the [[Gospel of John]].
8: ...Mary, and the centuries of Marian cult derived from the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christian churc...
11: ...gel)|Gabriel]] delivering the [[Annunciation]] to Mary. Painting by [[El Greco]] (1575)]]
13: ...e inn was crowded, Mary had to retire to a place among the cattle. - Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (8386 bytes)
1: [[Image:Hpb.jpg|thumb|right|Helena Blavatsky]]
2: ... better known as '''Helena Blavatsky''' or '''Madame Blavatsky''' was the founder of [[Theosophy]].
5: ...She was cared for by servants who believed in the many superstitions of Old Russia, and apparently en...
7: ...omb), which closed after dissatisfied customers complained of fraudulent activities.
9: ...laws]] of how they work rather than performing them herself. - Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
2: ... [[Lake of Tiberias]]. The life of the historical Mary is a subject of ongoing debate.
4: ==Mary Magdalene in the New Testament==
6: ...am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God."'"
8: ...ding Mary of Magdala, who now returned to Jerusalem.
10: ==The ''Gospel of Mary''== - Iris (plant) (13374 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox_begin | color = lightgreen | name = Iris}}
2: {{Taxobox_image | image = [[Image:A white iris (small).jpg|240px]]| caption = A white iris}}
3: {{Taxobox_begin_placement | color = lightgreen}}
4: {{Taxobox_regnum_entry | taxon = [[Plant]]ae}}
5: ...Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}} - Botany (8977 bytes)
1: ...duction]], [[metabolism]], [[morphogenesis|development]], [[phytopathology|diseases]], and [[evolutio...
4: ...granate-cut-in-half-with-seeds-photo.jpg|400px|thumb]]
6: [[Image:Dandelion-with-dew.jpg|400px|thumb]]
8: ==Scope and motivation of botany==
9: ... classification ([[taxonomy]]), structure ([[anatomy]]), or function ([[plant physiology|physiology]]... - Pre-historic art (9744 bytes)
5: [[Image:VenusWillendorf.jpg|thumb|130px|Venus of Willendorf]]
7: ...ans may have developed a sophisticated and more complicated artistic tradition.
9: ...d. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3047383.stm]
11: ===Mesolithic===
12: ...ects, like the paddles from [[Tybrind Vig]], [[Denmark]], are known as well. - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
5: ...sion proposals that have also been made in that time.
7: ...here are also several possible spellings of the names.
9: ...that is quoted by [[David Rohl]] in ''A Test of Time'' (1995, Century).
15: * Predynastic Egypt is from [http://xoomer.virgilio.it/francescoraf/ Late Predynastic and ...
16: ...he dates of Dynasties 1 to 10 are from Baines and Malek, ''Atlas of Ancient Egypt'' (Oxford, 1980). - Printing press (12986 bytes)
1: ...nts of the Millennium by LIFE Magazine. Apart from Gutenberg, the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[Laurens Ja...
3: ==Development of the printing press==
4: ...g different [[book]]s was an incredibly time consuming activity.
6: ...nting press was introduced in relatively recent times (thus bringing the technology full circle).
8: ... candidate advanced is the [[The Netherlands|Dutchman]] [[Laurens Janszoon Coster]]. - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ... (Egypt)|Canopus]]. It has a population of approximately 3,341,000.
3: ...period had seen it reduced to little more than a small fishing village.
5: [[Image:Alexandria egypt 4.jpg|thumb|right|Alexandria's state-of-the-art [[library]],...
7: [[Image:Alexandria_egypt_6.jpg|thumb|right|Fishing Boats in Alexandria's Eastern Harb...
13: ...ng of the city and ends with the arrival of the Romans (blue).
View (previous 20) (next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).