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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...
36: ...venerated at [[Saint Maximin la Sainte Baume]], [[Provence]], and attracted such throngs of [[pilgrim]]s tha...
43: ...eloved Disciple]], to whom the Fourth Gospel commonly called ''[[Gospel of John]]'' is ascribed. The m... - Lavender (3889 bytes)
17: ...e range of [[cultivar]]s can be found. Other commonly grown ornamental species are ''L. stoechas'', ''...
22: ...either alone or as an ingredient of ''[[herbes de Provence]]''.
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...
75: **'''Centifolia (or Provence)''' - These roses, raised in the [[17th Century|s...
114: Roses are commonly portrayed by [[artist]]s. The [[France|French]] ... - 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...
74: ...rresponded to the flowering of cultural life in [[Provence]] which lasted through the twelfth century and in... - Sundial (16148 bytes)
4: [[Image:sundial-st-remy-of-provence.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Wall sundial]]
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. - Pope Benedict IV (942 bytes)
1: ... example of [[Pope Leo III]] and crown [[Louis of Provence]]. In his reign, he crowned [[Louis the Blind]] a... - 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...
40: - 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]]
114: *[[Louis XVIII of France|Louis, comte de Provence]] - younger brother of Louis XVI, emigrated in [[...
121: *[[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]] - [[the Enlightenment|Enlightenment]] political philosopher, influential on... - 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...
7: ...em]] and beyond. His successor, Raymond du Puy of Provence, established the first significant Hospitaller in...
17: ... were organized into eight tongues (one each in [[Provence]], [[Auvergne (province)|Auvergne]], [[France]], ...
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... - 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...
50: ...V of Toulouse]], who represented the knights of [[Provence]]; and [[Bohemund I of Antioch|Bohemund of Tarant...
56: ...after warfare had almost broken out in the city. Only Raymond avoided swearing the oath, instead allyi... - 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...
129: *''[[Herbes de Provence]]'' - 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...
34: ...onastery Saint-Paul de Mausole in [[Saint Remy de Provence]], [[Bouches-du-Rh�ne]], [[France]]. During his... - Bullfighting (25773 bytes)
60: ...us form of bullfighting is widely propular in the Provence and Languedoc regions, and is known alternately a...
64: ...nst young bulls from the [[Camargue]] region of [[Provence]] before graduating to regular contests held prin...
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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