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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...lorations]], [[Sea explorer|sea explorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[Hi...
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] ex...
8: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
15: *[[Diego de Almagro]] - Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
2: ...Queen consort]] of King [[Edward IV of England]] from [[1464]] until his death in [[1483]].
6: ...claimant to the throne.) Elizabeth had two sons from the marriage, [[Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dor...
10: ..., and when Elizabeth's relatives, especially her brother, [[Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers|Earl Ri...
12: ..., the most outrageous being when her 20-year-old brother John Woodville married [[Lady Katherine Nevil...
16: ... came to the fore when a priest (believed to be [[Robert Stillington]], Bishop of Bath and Wells), tes... - Printing (4400 bytes)
4: ...g''' is an [[industry|industrial]] process for reproducing copies of [[text]]s and [[image]]s, typical...
11: ... the more sophisticated [[block printing]] dates from 868 AD (The ''[[Diamond Sutra]]'' of AD [[868]],...
13: ...developed the use of raised and movable type and from the start used oil based inks.
15: ...nowledge: a printing press was built in Venice in 1469, and the city had 417 printers by 1500. In 1476, ...
18: ...ymer]], [[Friedrich Koenig|Koenig]] and others introduced new kinds of type presses, which for strengt... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] an...
44: *[[Alessandro Algardi]] ([[1595]]-[[1654]])
46: *[[Alessandro Allori]] ([[1577]]-[[1621]])
52: *[[Altichiero]] ([[1320]]-[[1395]])
54: *[[Rodolfo Amoedo]] ([[1857]]-[[1941]]) - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
1: ....jpg|thumb|150px|Machiavelli, ca [[1500]], in the robes of a Florentine public official]]
3: ...in [[realist]] [[political theory]], crucial to European statecraft during the [[Renaissance]].
5: ==Background==
10: ...as also the king who committed the five capital errors in statecraft summarized in ''The Prince'', and...
12: ...is honor can be found at the [[Basilica di Santa Croce di Firenze]]. - Florence (11538 bytes)
1: ...e city on the [[Arno River]] has a population of around 400,000, plus a suburban population in excess ...
3: A centre of medieval [[Europe]]an trade and finance, the city is sometimes co...
9: ...ht|thumb|300px|The bridges of Florence at sunset from Piazzale Michelangelo]]
17: ...rienced subsequent periods of [[Byzantine]], [[Ostrogothic]], [[Lombard]] and [[Frankish rule]], durin...
19: ... by the White Guelph [[Dino Compagni]] in his [[Chronicles of Florence]]. - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
11: *[[John Abercrombie]], (1780-1844)
16: *[[Alessandro Achillini]], (1463-1512)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
22: *[[Robert Adamson]], (1852-1902) - Sikhism (31029 bytes)
2: ... Granth Sahib]], the Sikh holy book. It departs from some of the social traditions and structure of [...
4: ...ain ritualistic practices that distracted people from focusing on [[God]]. He wanted to go beyond what...
6: ...s successor and to lead the Sikh community. This procedure was continued, and the tenth and last Guru,...
10: ...rance that it is a blend of insights originating from two very different faiths. Sikhism's coherence i...
12: ...es (consumerism). This materialism prevents them from seeing the ultimate reality, as God created matt... - Lorenzo de' Medici (6381 bytes)
2: '''Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici''' ([[January 1]], [[1449]] – [[...
4: ...Lorenzo had a very active life and was an avid patron of the arts; he was also fascinated by technolog...
8: ...simo de' Medici|Piero 'the Gouty' de' Medici]] in 1469, when Lorenzo was just twenty.
10: ...nzo and his brother and co-ruler [[Giuliano di Piero de' Medici|Giuliano]] in the cathedral of Florenc...
12: ...lfonso II of Naples|Alfonso, Duke of Calabria]], promptly invaded.
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