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- Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
26: ...[Earl of Lennox]] brought forward the Sceptre and placed it in her baby hand, and she grasped the heav...
28: ... the prelates and peers who knelt before her and, placing their hands on her crown, swore allegiance t...
31: ...nce with France. Fearing an uprising among the people, the [[Scottish Parliament]] broke off the treat...
40: ...omising childhood. With her marriage agreement in place, she was sent to [[France]] in [[1548]], at th...
42: ...[[Scots Language|Scots]]. She also learned how to play two instruments and learned prose, horsemanship... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
18: |'''Place of Birth'''
35: ...sical term "con dolcezza" which is a direction to play "with sweetness". [http://www.wnyc.org/legacy/s...
41: ...h the goal of becoming a concert [[pianist]]. Her plans changed when she attended a course on internat...
77: ...ush named Rice's deputy, [[Stephen Hadley]], to replace her as National Security Advisor. On January 7...
83: ...ervice with the National Security Council. On the plane trip over, she related comments critical of Pu... - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
13: ...t as the inn was crowded, Mary had to retire to a place among the cattle.
15: ...e, where he was found among the doctors in the temple (Luke 2:41-52). Probably also during this perio...
17: ...ster Mary, and [[Mary Magdalene]], [[Salome (disciple)|Salome]] and other women (John 19:26). Mary cr...
19: Of the roughly 100 people in the Upper Room after the Ascension on the day...
27: ...was conceived. They took her to live in the [[Temple in Jerusalem]] when she was three years old, muc... - Elise Rivet (1599 bytes)
7: ...e honored her with her portrait on a [[List of people on stamps of France|postage stamp]] and a street... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
2: ...[[United Kingdom]] and [[United States]]. Many people therefore regard Joan of Arc as a notable woman ...
7: ...-Burgundian in loyalty. France at that time was split by a factional rivalry which would allow the En...
12: ...ns where preparations were being made to bring supplies to the city of [[Orl顮s]], which had been und...
24: ...Duke of Burgundy. Negotiations with Burgundian diplomats began at Reims shortly after the coronation,...
40: ..."...in a loud voice the holy name of Jesus, and implored and invoked without ceasing the aid of the sa... - Pipe organ (24478 bytes)
5: ...lus a [[pedalboard]]. Three, four or five manuals plus pedals is not uncommon for a larger instrument.
11: ...If you update the text of the heading in any way, please update the link too.-->
15: ...pularity at particular times and places, for example the [[baroque organ]], the [[English romantic or...
17: ...]], whose construction started in 1969 and was completed in 1979, is a baroque style organ.
29: ...of Humility'', Siena 1433, the angel on the right plays a ''portatif'' with a hand-pumped bellows]] - Indiana (20194 bytes)
73: ...]] manufactures than many of its neighbors. The explanation appears to be certain factors in the labor...
75: ...t was made by the mining industry of Indiana to replace those damaged walls with as nearly identical t...
92: ...nce is perhaps better known than its size would imply due to the existence of the [[University of Notr...
113: *[[Gary, Indiana|Gary]], in the northwest, birthplace of [[Michael Jackson|Michael]] and [[Janet Jac...
148: *[[Plymouth, Indiana|Plymouth]] - Maryland (22654 bytes)
41: [[George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore]] applied to [[Charles I of England|Charles I]] for a ne...
43: ...ion Act]] (1649) was one of the first laws that explicitly tolerated varieties of religion (as long as...
81: ...mate of hot summers and mild winters. Beyond the plain rise the foothills of the [[Appalachian Mounta...
103: ... research facilities are now the largest single employer in the Baltimore area. Altogether, white coll...
129: ...nted to dairying for nearby large city milksheads plus specialty perishable horticulture crops, such a... - New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
38: ...[lilac|purple lilac]]. Its state bird is the [[purple finch]]. Its state tree is the [[Paper Birch|Ame...
49: ...eeded for the [[Battle of Bunker Hill]] that took place north of Boston a few months later.
62: ...out to about one Representative for every 3090 people.
64: ...ves and state senators are paid just $100 a year, plus mileage, effectively meaning that state laws ar...
80: ...esistant peak rising from a less resistant eroded plain. - Medieval music (31843 bytes)
7: The general trend in Medieval music is toward complexity in harmony, rhythm, text, and orchestration....
9: ... is weak, and rhythm cannot be specified. The simplicity of chant, with unison voice and natural decl...
11: ...s lines in a repeatable fashion. The use of multiple texts and instrumental accompaniment has develop...
17: ...out 1240), the treatise which defined and most completely elucidated the [[rhythmic modes]], a notatio...
19: ...t definitely identifiable scholar to accept and explain the mensural system was Johannes de Muris ([[J... - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...mill]]. His best known assistant was [[Johannes Kepler]].
14: ''I've studied all available charts of the planets and stars and none of them match the others....
16: .... (These measurements became the possessions of Kepler following Tycho's death.)
18: ...he rest of his life, he was said to have worn a replacement made of [[silver]] and [[gold]]. Tycho's ...
33: ...as strongly critical of those who dismissed the implications of the astronomical appearance, writing i... - List of people associated with the French Revolution (16148 bytes)
2: ... fates. ''As a rule, the best place to clarify complexities is in the article on the individual in que...
18: ...r, supported his brother and later made King of Naples, and then of Spain.
22: *[[Louis de Breteuil]] - [[royalist]], briefly supplanted [[Jacques Necker|Necker]] in the royal cabin...
65: ...dvocating yet more radical measures than those in place
73: ...Battle of Valmy|Valmy]], [[marshal of France]], employed in the administration of the army under the [... - Napoleonic Wars (44488 bytes)
3: ...a]], and Napoleon's empire ultimately suffered complete military defeat, resulting in the [[Bourbon Dy...
18: ...Until the time of Napoleon, European states had employed relatively small armies with a large proporti...
20: ...ed the [[cannonball]] sizes to ensure easier resupply and compatibility among his army's artillery pie...
22: ... revolution rather than ideas which found their implementation in it.
24: ... be given to Napoleon, however. [[Lazare Carnot]] played a large part in the reorganization of the Fre... - Lyndon B. Johnson (32801 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Gillespie County, Texas]]
13: | place of death=[[Johnson City, Texas]]
29: As secretary, Lyndon became acquainted with people of influence, found out how they had reached the...
31: ...own initials. His daughters' given names are examples, as was his dog later in life (Little [[Beagle]...
33: .... Johnson was a notoriously tough boss with his employees throughout his career, often demanding long ... - Parthenon (12682 bytes)
3: ...s]]. The building was officially called the '''Temple of Athena the Virgin''', and its popular name de...
5: ...d by the [[Iran|Persians]]. As well as being a temple, the Parthenon was used as a treasury, and was t...
9: ... [[447 BC]] and the building was substantially completed by [[438 BC]], but work on the decorations co...
11: ...e effect of these subtle curves is to make the temple look even more symmetrical than it actually is.
19: ...long the outer frieze of all four sides of the temple, above the lines of columns and below the pedime... - Trenton, New Jersey (12026 bytes)
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40: ...]] the first professional [[basketball]] game was played in Trenton between the Trenton Basketball Tea...
42: ...is the slogan "Trenton Makes, the World Takes" displayed on the Lower Free Bridge just north of the [[...
50: The chief employer in the city is the [[State of New Jersey]] an...
56: ...Ewing Township]] known as Hiltonia is also an example of more upscale housing within Trenton. City [[g... - Pierre Abelard (18114 bytes)
11: ...en dominant in the early [[Middle Ages]] (to be replaced by Abélard's [[Conceptualism]], or by [[Nomi...
13: ...ectures of Anselm at [[Laon]]. His triumph was complete; the pupil was able to give lectures, without ...
22: ...had helped her run away, wanted to be rid of her, plotted revenge. He and some others broke into Abél...
25: ...and he was finally allowed to leave. In a desert place near [[Nogent-sur-Seine]], he built himself a ...
29: ...ems to be some dissent as to their actual resting place. - History of Christianity (35391 bytes)
8: ... to an early rift between Christianity and the temple priesthood, and later rabbinic Judaism.
12: ...music]] in hymns and prayer, and [[ascetic]] disciplines such as [[fasting]] and [[alms|almsgiving]]. ...
40: *[[Polycarp]], bishop of Smyrna and disciple of [[John the Evangelist]]
64: ...ced by [[Nestorius]], a [[patriarch of Constantinople]])
73: ...adherents. This was observed quite early, for example, the second century [[Celsus]] (whose words are ... - Bayeux Tapestry (13194 bytes)
5: ...tured often in the tapestry. The tapestry was completed in 1077, 11 years after the famous battle of ...
7: ...he tapestry was returned to Bayeux. The townspeople wound the tapestry up and stored it like a scrol...
15: ...4 feet two inches, so they made an interesting couple.
22: ...mous day dawns; October 14 1066. The battle took place 65 miles from London. Harold forced marched h...
25: ... a well known scandal of the day that needed no explanation. (Setton 125) The second mystery of the ... - William I of England (8753 bytes)
9: ...een found. In the patriotic print he is wearing [[plate armour]] that was invented generations after h...
14: ...dy. He lost three guardians to plots to usurp his place. King [[Henri I of France|Henry I of France]] ...
18: ...[Odo of Bayeux]] and [[Robert, Count of Mortain]] played significant roles in his life.
23: ...ecked in Normandy (c. [[1064]]). Harold made this pledge while in captivity and was reportedly tricked...
25: ...ed Harold Godwinson’s coronation which took place on [[January 5]], [[1066]] making him King [[H...
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