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- Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
4: When she was 24 her husband ɴienne du Castel died, and Pizan became a court writer employed ...
9: ...les V]]. At fifteen Christine married ɴienne du Castel, who became Charles's notary and secretary. Aft...
13: ...f France]] (1396), took her elder son, [[Jean du Castel]] (b. 1384), and reared him as his own; the boy...
17: ...t scholars of her time, [[Jean de Montreuil]] (d. 1415) and [[Gonthier Col]], who undertook the defence ...
19: ...'Livre de la paix'' (1412-1413), but after the disasters of the [[battle of Agincourt|campaign of Aginc... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
7: ...d [[Henry V of England|Henry V]]'s conquests in [[1415]] and the following years. In [[1420]], the [[Tre...
10: ...ge:JoanOfArcLarge.jpeg|350px|right|thumb|[[Jules Bastien-Lepage]]'s [[1879]] portrayal of Joan of Arc w...
24: ... finally came on [[September 8]], but ended in disaster when Jeanne was shot in the leg and the attack ...
36: ...which allowed the pants and tunic to be securely fastened together. For this, she was accused of the s...
40: ...ned, [as] he had burned a saint." Her ashes were cast into the [[Seine]] River. - Renaissance (14795 bytes)
10: During the last quarter of the [[20th century]] many scholars [[H...
21: ...ist method of learning. These new ideas from the past (called the "new learning" at the time) triggered...
30: ...iments. There was a genuine appreciation of the plastic arts—pagan idols and statuary—with ...
77: ...the [[Ciompi]]. The sense of crisis was over by [[1415]] and there was a new confidence, a triumphant ex... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ...rtugal is bordered by [[Spain]] to the north and east and by the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to the west and sou...
5: ...t flow of different [[civilization]]s during the past 3100 years. [[Iberians|Iberian]], [[Celt]]ic, [[P...
7: ...ubsequent decades, with a clear slow-down in the last few years.
15: ...C]], the [[Carthaginians]] occupied the Iberian coasts. In this period several small tribes occupied th...
21: ...|right|230px|The [[10th century|10th-century]] [[Castle of Guimar㥳]], a national symbol, is known as ... - Michigan (29427 bytes)
25: TimeZone = Eastern: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|-4]] <br><sm...
82: ...er]] and [[General Motors]] were founded in southeastern Michigan.
86: ...ver 7000 people had been arrested. The riot had lasting effects on the entire metro region and is usua...
117: ... square kilometers), making it the largest state east of the Mississippi River if territorial water is ...
124: ...g from north to south and 195 miles (314 km)from east to west. The heavily forested Upper Peninsula (o... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
29: | <small>Executed by crucifixion upside-down; feast day ([[SS Peter & Paul]]) [[29 June]], ([[Chair o...
36: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day [[23 September]]</small>
43: | <small>Martyred; feast day [[26 April]]</small>
50: | <small>Martyred; feast day [[23 November]]</small>
57: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); feast day [[26 October]]</small> - Donatello (10376 bytes)
7: ...edge of classic forms and ornamentation. The two masters, each in his own sphere, were to become two of...
10: ...y that the ''Saint Mark'', when inspected at the master's workshop, was disapproved of by the heads of ...
14: ...orked on a ''Joshua'' commenced by Ciuffagni in [[1415]]. All these statues, and the ''Saint John'' at t...
16: ... attempt at relief sculpture. The relief, ''The Feast of Herod'', shows a power of dramatic narration a...
18: ...ptistery tomb shows how completely Donatello had mastered the forms of Renaissance architecture, even b... - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
13: ... next taking the throne (the oldest continuous dynasty in medieval European history). In 1314, the Cape...
15: ...]], his daughters were put aside in favor of the last brother, [[Charles IV of France|Charles IV]], wit...
17: ...for England, and only [[Bordeaux]] and a narrow coastal strip now remained in English possession. The r...
19: ...er yet to be born. The senior line of Capetian dynasty had ended in [[tail male]], creating a crisis on...
21: ... descendant of the senior line of the Capetian dynasty through [[Philip IV of France|Philip IV]] (Phili... - Henry the Navigator (6878 bytes)
3: ...la. The Portuguese conquered the city in August [[1415]], and while there Henry saw the fruits of the [[...
15: ...nt known to Europeans on the unpromising desert coast of Africa, although the [[Periplus]] of the Carth...
17: ...t). By [[1460]] the Portuguese had explored the coast of Africa as far as present-day [[Sierra Leone]]...
19: ...tation suffered as a result, and for most of his last twenty-three years he concentrated on his explora...
21: ...guese possessions of Madeira and on the African coast. - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
109: *[[Georg Anton Friedrich Ast]], (1778-1841)
110: *[[Mary Astell]], (1666-1731){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
128: *[[Gaston Bachelard]], (1884-1962){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}...
155: *[[Sebastiano Basso]], (16th century)
311: *[[Hector-Neri Casta]], (1924-1991){{fn|C}} - Britain in the Middle Ages (12239 bytes)
12: ...s and pacified the land. After this, there was a vast victory banquet, where the participants were seat...
25: ...a]], exiled from his native Ireland, founded a monastery on the island of [[Iona]] in the Hebrides, and...
36: The struggle for mastery of [[Scotland]] continued into the next centur...
38: ... cousin [[Thomas, Earl of Lancaster|Thomas of Lancaster]], at the [[Battle of Boroughbridge]] in 1322, ...
46: ...e victory at [[Battle of Agincourt|Agincourt]] in 1415. Henry married the daughter of the French king, [...
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