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- Pope Adrian II (1929 bytes)
1: ...Hadrian II'''), ([[792]]–[[872]]), [[pope]] from [[867]] to [[872]], was a member of a noble Rom...
3: ...], leaving Adrian to mediate between the [[Franks|Frankish]] kings with a view to assuring to the empe...
5: ...eposition against [[Pope Nicholas I]], was driven from the patriarchate by a new emperor, [[Basil I|Ba... - Pope John VIII (1518 bytes)
1: '''John VIII''' was [[pope]] from [[872]] to [[882]].
3: ...hn crowned [[Louis II of France|Louis II, king of France]]. He also crowned two Holy Roman Emperors: [...
5: ... 9th century; the legend says that she was erased from the historical record when her identity was dis... - Pope Benedict IV (942 bytes)
1: .... He died in the summer of 903 and was buried in front of St. Peter's by the gate of Guido. He succee... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
1: ''This article refers to the former French president, Charles de Gaulle. For the [[Paris...
10: | [[President of France]]
13: | From [[January 8]], [[1959]]<br> to [[April 28]], [[...
40: ...|French military]] leader and statesman. ({{audio|fr-Charles_de_Gaulle.ogg|pronunciation of his name}}...
42: ...ism]], which left a major influence in subsequent French politics. - Donatello (10376 bytes)
7: ...istery (Florence)|Baptistery]] gates in [[1402]], from which Ghiberti emerged victorious over [[Filipp...
10: ...gradual maturation is visible. It can be followed from a [[Gothic]] stiffness of attitude and draping ...
14: ...m life with all their angularities and deviations from the lines of beauty.
23: ...]]. At the time of its creation, it was the first free-standing [[nude]] statue since ancient times. C... - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
9: ...nci", which means "Leonardo, son of Mister Piero, from Vinci". Leonardo himself simply signed his work...
18: ...with his assistant, Salai, "Did you play the game from behind which the Florentines love so much?"
20: ...ntimately involved with any woman, nor in a close friendship with one. He also surrounded himself with...
22: In 1506, Leonardo met [[Count Francesco Melzi]], the 15 year old son of a [[Lombar...
23: ... [[Niccolchiavelli]], [[Cesare Borgia]] and [[Franchinus Gaffurius]]. - Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
8: ...orn in [[Mantua]], [[Italy]] to an ancient family from [[Lombardy]] that had moved to [[Mantua]] at th...
13: ..., [[Cardinal Bibbiena]], Ottaviano and [[Federico Fregoso]], [[Cesare Gonzaga]] (a cousin of both Cast...
19: ...phael]] soon became a really close friend of him, frequently asking for his suggestions. Raphael grate...
23: ...co di Roma''), the Pope suspected him of "special friendship" for the Spanish emperor: effectively Cas...
25: ... both, the Pope and Valdes, in two famous letters from [[Burgos]]. Valdes received a very long and sev... - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
10: ...to [[France]] to obtain terms from [[Louis XII of France|Louis XII]] for continuing the war against [[...
33: ...y, he was hoping that a strong ruler would emerge from the [[Medici]] family, uniting Italy by expelli...
35: ...man Titus Livy. Machiavelli comments on passages from Livy's history and analogizes them to situation...
48: *''Ritratti delle cose di Francia,'' [[1510]]
51: *''Andria,'' comedy translated from [[Terence]], 1513 (?) - Causes of the French Revolution (11170 bytes)
1: {{French_Revolution}}
2: ...As the revolution proceeded and as power devolved from the monarchy to legislative bodies, the conflic...
5: France in 1789 was, at least in theory, an [[absolut...
7: ...mocratic]] nature of the government, pushed for [[freedom of speech]], and challenged the [[Catholic C...
9: ...sie, albeit in a non-bourgeois manner. The entire French terrorism was just a [[plebeian]] way of deal... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
1: {{French Revolution}}
2: ...]]'', and eclipses both subsequent revolutions in France in the popular imagination. It downplays the ...
6: ''See main article [[Causes of the French Revolution]].''
8: ...As the revolution proceeded and as power devolved from the monarchy to legislative bodies, the conflic...
21: ...tial creditors of the confidence and stability of France's finances. - List of people associated with the French Revolution (16148 bytes)
1: {{French_Revolution}}
2: ...is a [[partial list]] of people involved in the [[French Revolution]]. It includes both supporters and...
5: *[[Charles X of France|Charles, comte d'Artois]] - younger brother o...
6: ...ench Empire|Empire]], general, later [[Marshal of France]].
9: *[[François-Noël Babeuf]] - proto-[[socialism|sociali... - Napoleonic Wars (44488 bytes)
1: {{History of France }}
3: ..., Restored|restoration of the Bourbon monarchy in France]].
5: ...ugh rarely these days) referred to as the [[Great French War]].
8: [[Image:Napoleon1.jpg|left|frame|Portrait of [[Napoléon Bonaparte]]]]
11: ... as it had been since the times of [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]]. - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
3: ...ovince (or a group of provinces) within the Anglo-French unit" that was both battlefield and prize (Br...
8: ... the conflict can be found 400 years earlier when Frankish [[Carolingian]] ruler [[Charles the Simple]...
10: ...ns who still spoke a version of [[French language|French]], and could remember a time when their grand...
13: ...ng three male heirs. The eldest son, [[Louis X of France|Louis X]], died in [[1316]], leaving only a d...
15: ...ide in favor of the last brother, [[Charles IV of France|Charles IV]], without question. - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
4: ...rk for the [[American Revolution|American]] and [[French Revolution]]s, the Latin American independenc...
14: ...ne. This idea became central to the Enlightenment from Newton through to Jefferson.
16: ...d by the ideas of [[Blaise Pascal|Pascal]], [[Gottfried Leibniz|Leibniz]], [[Galileo Galilei|Galileo]]...
18: ...ies. If the previous era was the age of reasoning from first principles, Enlightenment thinkers saw th...
20: ...figures such as Sir [[Francis Bacon (philosopher)|Francis Bacon]] with the axiomatic approach of Desca... - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
1: ...atholic Church]] in [[Western Europe]]. The main front of the reformation was started by [[Martin Lut...
16: * Reformation in [[France]] -- [[Huguenot]]s, [[Pierre Viret]]
20: ...West. These frustrated reformist movements ranged from [[nominalism]], modern devotion, to [[humanism]...
22: ...he exercise of their authority. In [[England]], [[France]], and [[Spain]] the move toward centralizati...
24: ...onomy. Woolen manufacturing greatly expanded in [[France]], [[Germany]], and the [[Netherlands]] and n... - Ireland (33828 bytes)
2: [[Image:LocationIslandIreland.png|frame|right|Ireland is located west of the European ...
10: [[Image:Ireland_physical_small.png|frame|Some physical features of [[Ireland]] are show...
13: ...ush vegetation, a product of its mild climate and frequent but soft rainfall, earns it the [[sobriquet...
44: ...e after [[8000 BC]], with the culture progressing from [[Mesolithic]] to high [[Neolithic]] over the c...
47: ... favour a view that emphasises cultural diffusion from overseas over significant colonisation. - National League (4871 bytes)
38: *[[San Francisco Giants]]
52: *[[Ford Frick|Ford C. Frick]] [[1934]]-[[1951]] - World Series (40101 bytes)
3: The [[2004 World Series]] was played from [[October 23]] until [[October 27]], between th...
7: ...y preceding it - is used to fund a Players' Pool, from which descending shares are distributed to the ...
11: ...es that claim, demonstrating a linear progression from the phrase "World's Championship Series" (used ...
13: ...ening the Olympic tournament if the MLB agrees to freeing its players. According to the IBAF chairman,...
15: ... teams. The winter scheduling would allow players from the North American and Japanese professional le... - Arizona Diamondbacks (6463 bytes)
1: {{MLB Diamondbacks franchise}}
14: == Franchise history ==
18: ...nkees]], 4 to 3, to become the youngest expansion franchise to win the championship. See [[2001 World ...
22: ...g the Backman incident, the Diamondbacks spent on free agents in order to build a contender. The club... - Baltimore Orioles (15758 bytes)
2: {{MLB Orioles franchise}}
5: ...in sports|1893]], as the [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]] franchise in the minor Western League. In [[1900 in...
16: == From the Browns to the Orioles ==
18: ...ority owner [[Bill Veeck]] to consider moving his franchise. Just before [[World War II]], the Browns ...
25: ...les, eventually became baseball's most successful franchise - the [[New York Yankees]].
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