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- Puritan (15882 bytes)
1: ... members of a group of radical [[Protestants]] which developed in [[England]] after the [[Reformation...
4: ...esent day to the meaning of "Puritan" in the 17th century would be "[[Fundamentalism|fundamentalist]]...
5: ...ners knew themselves as members of particular churches or movements, and not by the simple and nebulo...
8: ... and [[Lutheranism|Lutheran Germany]]. These contacts shaped their position towards Elizabeth's relig...
10: .... However, in church polity (organization of church power), they differed. - List of people by name: Ae (1061 bytes)
4: *[[Paulus Aegineta|Aegineta, Paulus]], 4th century surgeon of the island of [[Aegina]]
6: *[[AElfric|Ælfric]], (circa 955-1020), the Grammarian, English abbot
7: ...wold]], St. Æthelwold (909-984) Bishop of Winchester
8: *[[Aelfsige]], Archbishop of Canterbury
9: *[[Aemilia Scaura]], (circa 100 BC-82 BC), wife of [[Pompey]] - Adela of Normandy (2741 bytes)
5: ... England]] and [[Henry of Blois]], [[Bishop of Winchester]].
7: ...queror's children. She was a high-spirited and educated woman, with a knowledge of [[Latin]].
9: ...Crusade]], along with his brother-in-law [[Robert Curthose]].
11: Adela and Stephen's children were:
12: # Guillaume, Count of Chartres - Isabella of Jerusalem (7928 bytes)
3: ...rom her husband the king. Isabella grew up in the court of her mother and stepfather [[Balian of Ibel...
5: ...m of their shared history. According to the chronicler [[Ernoul]]:
7: ... throughout his army that no attack should be directed at this tower."''
9: ...er and the baronial party took care to remind the court party of Isabella's rights.
11: ...d Isabella were considered equally entitled to succeed. - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ...s, however, were in many cases reversed by her successor, [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]].
10: ...ce removed [[Mary I of Scotland|Mary I, Queen of Scots]], who lived at approximately the same time.
13: ...produce a healthy son; Catherine's sixth and last child was a stillborn daughter.
15: ...ect, but was herself the Princess Mary's first teacher in Latin.
17: ... VIII's chief advisor, managed to secure an alliance without a marriage. - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...final monarch of the [[Tudor dynasty]], having succeeded her half-sister, [[Mary I of England|Mary I]...
9: ... Dublin]] ([[1592]]) and the [[British East India Company]] ([[1600]]).
11: ... also reduced the number of [[Privy Council|Privy Counsellors]] from thirty-nine to nineteen, and lat...
13: ...]], an English [[13 colonies|colony in North America]] and afterwards a member of the [[United States...
16: ...] under the [[English Act of Succession|Act of Succession 1544]]. - Mary II of England (12093 bytes)
2: ...175px|'''Mary II''' <br><small>Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland</small>]]
8: ...ough a Sovereign in her own right, did not wield actual power during most of her reign. She did, howe...
11: ...'s chief advisor. Although her parents bore eight children, only Mary and her younger sister [[Anne o...
13: ...olic [[Mary of Modena]], also known as Mary Beatrice d'Este.
15: ...ove his popularity amongst Protestants. The first cousins Mary and William married in London on [[4 N... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
2: | [[Image:bwvictoria.jpg|thumb|right|200px|'''Victoria''' <br>Queen of the United Kingdom of Great ...
7: ...ritain and Ireland]], she was also the first monarch to use the title [[Empress of India]].
9: ... belonged to the [[House of Windsor|House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha]].
12: ...y child of the couple, was born in Kensington Palace, London on [[24 May]] [[1819]].
14: ...[Latin]], and [[French language|French]]. Her educator was the Reverend [[George Davys]] and her gov... - Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
2: ...[[7 June|7]]/[[8 June]] [[1492]]) was the [[Queen consort]] of King [[Edward IV of England]] from [[1...
6: ...ater Marquess of [[Dorset]]) and [[Richard Grey|Richard]].
8: == Queen consort ==
10: ...s|Earl Rivers]], began to be favored over him, he changed sides.
12: ... 11-year-old ward [[Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham]]. - Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
3: ...y four months ahead of the end of her term of office to take up her post in the [[United Nations]].
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7: ...OBINSON<br><i>President of Ireland</i>'''</font></caption>
8: ...tr><td style="background:#efefef;" align="center" colspan=2>[[Image:Robbo.jpg]]</td></tr>
10: <tr><td>'''Term of Office:'''</td><td>[[3 December]] [[1990]] - [[12 September]] [[1997]]</td><... - Hypatia of Alexandria (10302 bytes)
2: ...labe]] and the [[hydrometer]]. It has been romanticized that she had Athene like beauty.
4: ...barked on an intense campaign to destroy pagan places of worship.
8: ...rical records, though, as they often contradict each other.
10: ...her [[Socrates Scholasticus]] in his ''Ecclesiastical History'' portrays her as a follows:
12: ... in going to an assembly of men. For all men on account of her extraordinary dignity and virtue admir... - Hildegard of Bingen (14070 bytes)
3: ...[[Mystics|mystic]], author, and composer of [[music]].
6: ... in [[1136]] Hildegard was chosen superior of the community, and eventually moved the group to a new ...
8: ...rs of her order after falling physically ill from carrying the unspoken burden.
11: ...anding of the meaning of the religious texts, and commanded her to write down everything she would ob...
12: ...pened and a blinding light of exceptional brilliance flowed through my entire brain. And so it kindle... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
1: ...en [[1450]] and [[1500]] (Centre Historique des Archives Nationales, [[Paris]], AE II 2490).]]
2: ... States]]. Many people therefore regard Joan of Arc as a notable woman of valor, vigor, and faith.
4: ...tion of [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]]'s faction during the [[Hundred Years' War]].
6: ===Early life and context===
7: ...sinheriting Charles, the [[Dauphin]] ([[crown prince]]), and making the infant [[Henry VI of England]... - Middle Ages (21063 bytes)
1: ... beginning of the [[Early Modern]] period that preceded the [[Industrial Revolution]].
5: ...e:MCD_001.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Romanesque]] [[architecture]] flourished in the early '''Middle Ages''': ...
6: ...chnologies undeveloped, compared to the preceding culture.
8: ... quickly vanished, leading to the rise of illiteracy among leadership.
12: ...es, and the institutional support for large scale chattel slavery largely disappeared. - Pan pipes (2209 bytes)
2: ...pes are named for their association with the rustic Greek god [[Pan (mythology)|Pan]].
4: ... Contemporary makers of panpipes will use a wax - commonly [[beeswax]] - to tune their new instrument...
6: ...of breath and tension of lips, harmonics are produced.
8: ...ar and plural.) Other names for the instrument include '''panflute''' and the [[medieval]] name ''''...
10: ...u]]vian traditional groups and other [[Andean music]]. - Andorra (11532 bytes)
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2: |+<big><big>'''Principat d'Andorra'''<br>
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7: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:Flag of Andorra.svg... - Zimbabwe (16088 bytes)
1: ...r|Limpopo]] rivers. It is bordered by [[South Africa]] to the south, [[Botswana]] to the west, [[Zamb...
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3: |+<big><big>'''Republic of Zimbabwe'''</big></big>
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6: {| border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" - Maryland (22654 bytes)
8: Nickname = Old Line State; Free State |
9: Capital = [[Annapolis, Maryland|Annapolis]]...
10: LargestCity = [[Baltimore, Maryland|Baltimore]] |
11: Governor = [[Robert L. Ehrlich]] |
13: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] | - New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
8: Nickname = The Granite State |
9: Capital = [[Concord, New Hampshire|Concord]] |
10: ... LargestCity = [[Manchester, New Hampshire|Manchester]] |
11: Governor = [[John Lynch]] |
13: OfficialLang = ''English'' | - Achilles Tatius (1791 bytes)
1: ... 1821; later editions by [[Hirschig]], 1856; [[Hercher]], 1858. There are translations in many langua...
3: ...known as to the authorship of the other works, which are lost.
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