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- Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
22: ...s-Auguste]] was shy, awkward and distant. He was only a year older than she was and had no sexual or r...
25: ... supposed to do on their wedding night. They had only a very vague idea of sex and this increased the ...
36: ...-Auguste and Marie-Antoinette's life changed suddenly at 3 o'clock in the afternoon of 10th May [[1774...
85: ...me impatient with the jeweller and snapped, "Not only have I never commissioned you to make a jewel &h...
117: ...ds were massacred. She and her ladies-in-waiting only narrowly escaped with their lives before the cro... - Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
18: ... not believe that the Savior said this. For certainly these teachings are of other ideas."
20: ...tly with a woman, in preference to us, and not openly? Are we to turn back and all listen to her? Did ...
31: ... other hand, consider this one person to be, not only the sinner of Luke 7:36-50 but also [[Mary siste...
43: ...eloved Disciple]], to whom the Fourth Gospel commonly called ''[[Gospel of John]]'' is ascribed. The m...
47: ...e]]'' (Eio Books, 2005), similarly sees Mary not only as the author of the [[Gospel of John]], but as ... - Lavender (3889 bytes)
17: ...e range of [[cultivar]]s can be found. Other commonly grown ornamental species are ''L. stoechas'', ''...
27: ...ken from Naarda a city of Syria; it was also commonly called Nard. - Rose (15436 bytes)
25: ...xception of ''[[Rosa sericea]]'' which often has only four), usually white or pink, in a few species y...
29: ...vily browsed by [[deer]]. A few species of roses only have vestigial thorns that have no points.
67: The [[rose hip|hips]] are sometimes eaten, mainly for their vitamin C content. They are usually pr...
114: Roses are commonly portrayed by [[artist]]s. The [[France|French]] ...
125: ...f production is in the [[Rose Valley]] near [[Kazanluk]] in [[Bulgaria]], with some production in [[Qa... - Medieval music (31843 bytes)
29: ... center. The standardization effort consisted mainly of combining these two (Roman and [[Gallican cha...
36: ...uence, if only from the music of the synagogue. Only the smallest of scraps of ancient music have sur...
55: ...ent Rome|Roman]] drama with Christian stories--mainly the Gospel, the Passion, and the lives of the sa...
63: ...]]ic notation first appeared in western music, mainly a context-based method of rhythmic notation know...
91: ...uired a polyphonic sophistication formerly found only in sacred music, a development not surprising co... - Sundial (16148 bytes)
7: The most commonly seen designs, such as the 'ordinary' or standard...
18: ...style or [[gnomon]] of a standard sundial is the only practical way to install a mass-produced garden ...
49: ...materials are a white marble face, with markings inlaid in black marble. Traditional styles are thick...
74: ...etal bars. Fancy sundials used to have faces of inlaid stone.
76: A problem is that vertical sundials only keep time for the part of the year in which the ... - Pope Benedict IV (942 bytes)
- Causes of the French Revolution (11170 bytes)
2: ...lasses who were influenced by the ideas of [[the Enlightenment]]. As the revolution proceeded and as p...
7: ...olution]] showed them that it was plausible that Enlightenment ideals about governmental organization ...
9: ...[Reign of Terror]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> they fought only for the attainment of the aims of the bourgeoisi...
22: Unlike the trading nations, France could not rely alm... - List of people associated with the French Revolution (16148 bytes)
51: *[[Denis Diderot]] - [[the Enlightenment|Enlightenment]] author and [[atheist]] philosopher, i...
99: ... Montesquieu|Montesquieu]] - [[the Enlightenment|Enlightenment]] political philosopher, influential on...
100: ... intrigues, victor of [[Battle of Hohenlinden|Hohenlinden]]
121: *[[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]] - [[the Enlightenment|Enlightenment]] political philosopher, influential on...
139: *[[Voltaire]] -- [[the Englightenment|Enlightenment]] author, [[deist]]/[[agnostic]] philos... - Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
9: ... word ''princeps'', meaning "first citizen", the only title Augustus would permit himself) the realiti...
35: ...k covered all of Roman history through [[9 BC]], only [[epitome]]s survive of his coverage of the Late...
46: ...ion of the ''gens'' [[Claudius (gens)|Claudia]], only slightly less ancient than the Julians. Their t...
56: ... commander of the guard [[Cassius Chaerea]]. The only member left of the imperial family to take charg...
78: ... excesses and the civil wars. To do this, he not only increased taxes, but created new forms of taxati... - Sicily (18450 bytes)
43: ... loaded onto ferries for the crossing from the mainland. Officially, the Stretto di Messina, S.p.A. in...
47: ... served by national and international flights (mainly European) from to [[Palermo International Airpor...
66: ...ties to [[Carthage]], which was on the African mainland not far from the southwest corner of the islan...
84: ...northern Italy. The organised crime networks commonly known as the [[Mafia|mafia]] extended their infl...
92: ...are therefore descended from numerous peoples, mainly [[Greece|Greeks]], [[Italy|Italians]], [[Phoenic... - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
5: ...lemagne]], Emperor of the [[Holy Roman Empire]], enlarged Probus' hostel and added a library to it. Un...
27: Although they had only a small number of ships, they nevertheless quick...
43: ...d by the loss of its Priories throughout Europe. Only 10% of the Order's income came from Europe, with...
46: ...tes|United States of America]]. However, it was only recognized by the Sovereign Military Order of Ma...
66: ...e granted with [[extraterritoriality]]. However, unlike [[Vatican City]], SMOM has no sovereign territ... - First Crusade (34670 bytes)
2: ... of [[Western world|Western power]], and was the only crusade – in contrast to the many that fol...
12: ...ted at the time of the First Crusade, which certainly contributed to the Crusade's success. Anatolia a...
33: ...inople , moreover, Peter's followers weren't the only band of crusaders - they joined with other crusa...
56: ...after warfare had almost broken out in the city. Only Raymond avoided swearing the oath, instead allyi...
60: ...rrounded, and the two crusader armies were saved only by the timely appearance of the troops led by th... - List of herbs and spices (4611 bytes)
1: ... to enhance or alter flavor. By far the most commonly used seasoning for food is [[table salt]]; howev...
123: This "culinary" plant is toxic unless picked at the correct time and prepared correc... - Vincent van Gogh (11980 bytes)
2: ... paintings and 1100 drawings) during a period of only ten years before he succumbed to [[mental illnes...
27: ...pplied to the canvas that blend into rich colors only in the eye of the beholder, seeing it from a dis...
30: ... of yellow sunflower paintings for this purpose. Only [[Paul Gauguin]], whose simplified color schemes...
32: ...attributed to his changing mental condition. The only painting he sold during his lifetime, ''[[The Re...
36: ...s buried next to Vincent. While many have mistakenly thought that ''[[Wheat Field with Crows]]'' was ... - Bullfighting (25773 bytes)
85: ...''Death in the Afternoon'': "Bullfighting is the only art in which the artist is in danger of death an...
95: ...nish bullfighting is a traditionally male sport. Only recently have a very small number of women ever ...
124: ... impression of a ''corrida'' is based on the "cleanliness" of the kill; prolonged suffering is regarde...
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