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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
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23: ...n]], founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlement in the South American continent.
27: *[[Robert Bartlett]] ([[1875]]-[[1946]]), notable Arctic explorer
30: *[[Ibn Battuta|Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta]], ([[1304]]?-[[1377]]?), [[Morocco|Moroccan]]...
32: *[[Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen]], [[Russians|Russian]] ex... - Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
7: ...e was young, a foreigner, in a country that had little weight in the great world of politics, of unpro...
11: ...e, [[Mary I of Scotland|Mary, Queen of Scots]], little disposed to meddle with politics on her own acc...
13: ...en's waists from their natural dimensions to as little as 43, 38, or even fewer centimetres (17, 15, o...
17: ...se to the Guises. This trimming policy met with little success: rage and suspicion so possessed men's ...
19: ...ral and showed signs of taking up an independent attitude. Catherine, thinking her influence menaced,... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ... of the [[Tudor dynasty]], is remembered for her attempt to return [[England]] from [[Protestantism]] ...
19: ...the male heir he desired; consequently, the King attempted to have his marriage to her annulled. In [...
21: ...s not permitted to see her mother Catherine, or attend her funeral in [[1536]]. Her treatment and the...
26: ...grant her a household, and the Lady Mary was permitted to reside in royal palaces. Henry's sixth and ...
28: There were several attempts to marry her off to European princes, but no... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ...[[1567]]. She is perhaps the best known of the Scottish monarchs, in part because of the tragedy of he...
14: ...ng the reign of [[Robert II of Scotland]], the Scottish Crown had been confirmed to be inherited by ma...
17: ...ith a lass!" The Stewart family had gained the Scottish throne through Marjory (daughter of [[Robert I...
31: ...e. Fearing an uprising among the people, the [[Scottish Parliament]] broke off the treaty at the end o...
33: ...n Mary. This consisted of a series of raids on Scottish territory and other such actions. It lasted un... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
18: ...h's household before [[Anne Boleyn]]'s death. [[Matthew Parker]], her mother's favourite priest, took ...
22: [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] died in [[1547]] and was succeeded by Edward VI. Catherine Parr ...
27: ...cism|Catholic]] Mary persecuted Protestants. She attempted to convert Elizabeth, who pretended to be R...
33: ...e. She later persuaded her mother's chaplain, [[Matthew Parker]], to become Archbishop. He only accept...
35: ... Burghley|Sir William Cecil]] for advice on the matter. The [[Act of Uniformity 1559]] required the us... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
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38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]])
102: *[[Jennifer Bartlett]] ([[1941]]-)
130: *[[Bernardo Bellotto]] ([[1721]]-[[1780]])
183: *[[Sandro Botticelli]] ([[1445]]-[[1510]]) - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
1: ...which emerged in the 16th century as a series of attempts to reform the [[Roman Catholic Church]] in [...
32: ...urch. [[Erasmus]] held that true religion was a matter of inward devotion rather than an outward symbo...
38: ...dualism, that each man can be his own priest (an attitude likely to find popular support considering t...
44: ...e and was teaching Bible at the [[University of Wittenberg]] when the Bible changed him. He later lame...
55: ...on. Peasants and new migrants to the cities had little understanding of [[economics]], so they had no ... - Hernan Cortes (17441 bytes)
2: ...rtés''' during his lifetime and signed all his letters '''Fernán Cortés'''.
7: Cortés took classes at [[Salamanca]] but bitterly disappointed his parents by returning home in...
12: ...-law killed the messenger and told him what the letter said. Thus warned, Cortés organized his expedi...
15: ... a heightened sense of realism in his letters." [http://academics.georgiasouthern.edu/international/pa...
18: ...topped briefly in the Yucatán, where there was little gold, but the priceless gift of two translators... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
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39: *[[Leone Battista Alberti]], (1404-1472)
43: *[[Rogers Albritton]]
55: *[[Francesco Algarotti]], (1712-1764)
57: *[[Archibald Alison (Scottish author)|Archibald Alison]], (1757-1839){{fn|R}... - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
15: ...heruscan leader [[Arminius]] (Hermann) in the [[Battle of the Teutoburg Forest|Teutoburg Forest]]. Ger...
17: ...large West Germanic tribes - Alemanni, Franks, Chatti, Bajuwari, Saxons, Frisians, Thuringians, Langob...
19: ...ons and the Christian religion gave rise to the pattern of life of the medieval West.
37: ...[[Elbe]] and the [[Oder]] were submitted. In 962 Otto I was crowned emperor in Rome, taking the succes...
43: ... a weakening of the [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor|Ottonian]] ''Reichskirche'' and a strengthening of th... - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
15: ...heruscan leader [[Arminius]] (Hermann) in the [[Battle of the Teutoburg Forest|Teutoburg Forest]]. Ger...
17: ...large West Germanic tribes - Alemanni, Franks, Chatti, Bajuwari, Saxons, Frisians, Thuringians, Langob...
19: ...ons and the Christian religion gave rise to the pattern of life of the medieval West.
37: ...[[Elbe]] and the [[Oder]] were submitted. In 962 Otto I was crowned emperor in Rome, taking the succes...
43: ... a weakening of the [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor|Ottonian]] ''Reichskirche'' and a strengthening of th... - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
2: ...{{IPA-es|erˈnan korˈtes}}; 1485 – December 2, 1547) was a [[Spain|Spanish]] ''[[conquistador]]'' who...
4: ...to Spain in 1541 where he died peacefully but embittered.
6: ..., as typified by the [[Black Legend]], also did little to expand understanding of Cortés as an indivi...
10: ...ando, and Fernando are all equally correct. The latter two were most commonly used during his lifetime...
36: ...h demanded that more Indians be assigned to the settlers.
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