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- Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
1: ...] and [[1500]] (Centre Historique des Archives Nationales, [[Paris]], AE II 2490).]]
2: ...les since the [[19th century]], became an inspiration to [[Allies|Allied]] forces during the [[World W...
4: ...on of [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]]'s faction during the [[Hundred Years' War]].
5: ==Biography==
7: ...e English to make swift gains. There were two factions of the French Royal family: the [[Burgundy|Burg... - Middle Ages (21063 bytes)
1: ...rn]] period that preceded the [[Industrial Revolution]].
6: ... fact revealed its surprising artistic sophistication, though its political and social senses were une...
8: ...is connection too was lost. Administrative, educational and military infrastructure quickly vanished, ...
12: ...ns did not withstand the changes, and the institutional support for large scale chattel slavery largel...
14: ... the art of writing, and a centralised administration through its network of [[bishop]]s. The Early Mi... - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
2: ... [[Pope]]s have been buried there, too. Construction of the [[basilica]] began in [[1506]] and was co...
4: ... longer used. These are the sources of the confusion.
8: ... great basilica in this exact spot, which had previously been a cemetery for pagans as well as Christi...
12: ...o della Porta]] continued with the unfinished portions of the church. [[Carlo Maderno]] became the chi...
14: ...ago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Roma/Rome/_Texts/Lanciani/LANPAC/3*.html#sec16 Ci... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: ...[[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
14: ...6]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
17: ...[[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
31: *[[Aetion]] ([[4th century BC]])
38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]]) - List of popes (77758 bytes)
6: ...ch]], [[Patriarch]] of the West, [[primate (religion)|Primate]] of [[Italy]], [[Archbishop]] and [[me...
29: | <small>Executed by crucifixion upside-down; feast day ([[SS Peter & Paul]]) [[2...
36: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day [[23 Septe...
57: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); feast day [[26 Octob...
85: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); feast day [[11 Janua... - Banknote (6576 bytes)
3: ...he exception of non-circulating high-value or precious metal commemorative issues, coins are generally...
5: ...ally a promise to pay the bearer an amount of precious metal stored in a vault somewhere. In this way...
7: ...ited convertibility occurs when there are restrictions in the time, place, manner or amount of exchang...
11: ... precious metal. With the gradual removal of precious metals from the monetary system, banknotes are ...
18: ...mes from the role of agricultural capital and precious metals having a privileged place in the economy... - Fra Angelico (13116 bytes)
1: ...t took the vows. His life was described in [[Giorgio Vasari]]'s ''Vite''.
5: == Biography ==
7: ...after his death, but was not properly [[beatification|beatified]] until [[1984]].
9: ...hether he had previously been a painter by profession is not certain, but appears probable. The painte...
13: ...gin'' in the convent of Fiesole, and the ''Deposition of Christ'' executed for the Church of the [[Hol... - Lorenzo Ghiberti (754 bytes)
1: ...Lorenzo Ghiberti''' ([[1378]] - [[December 1]], [[1455]]) was an important [[Renaissance]] artist, speci...
3: ...ni (Florence)|baptistery]], having won the commission in a contest with [[Brunelleschi]], designing a ... - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
1: ...abaptist]]s. It also led to the [[Counter-Reformation]] within the Roman Catholic Church.
3: == Roots of the Reformation ==
9: == Reformation begins ==
16: * Reformation in [[France]] -- [[Huguenot]]s, [[Pierre Viret]]
20: ... the population to the financial and moral corruption of the secular [[Renaissance]] church. - History of the world (21975 bytes)
5: ...dead and adornment of the living. During this period, all humans lived as [[hunter-gatherer]]s, who w...
7: ...of the most recent [[Ice Age]], when temperate regions of today were extremely inhospitable. Yet, huma...
9: ==Neolithic Revolution==
10: ...e main article about the [[Neolithic|Neolithic Period]].''
12: ...d additional caretaking activities like fertilization, land clearance, etc) since 21000BC (PNAS 101 p9... - Johann Gutenberg (6119 bytes)
4: ...ing of written materials and an information explosion in [[Renaissance]] Europe.
9: ...sed into wooden blocks with the text and illustrations carved in, was in use in Europe and East Asia l...
14: ...uch more quickly once a single mould had been fashioned. His first efforts enabled him to mass-produce...
19: At the 1455 [[Frankfurt Book Fair]], Gutenberg demonstrated t...
21: The one copy of the Biblia Sacra dated 1455 went to Paris and was dated by the binder. - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
10: *[[Aleijadinho]] - Antonio Francisco Lisboa (1730 or 1738 - 1814)
20: *[[Giovanni di Balduccio]]
21: *[[Baccio Bandinelli]] (1493 - 1560)
51: *[[Antonio Canova]] (1757 - 1822)
65: *[[Clodion]] - Henry the Navigator (6878 bytes)
1: ... in the early days of European [[colonial]] expansion.
5: ...nity. For the purposes of his interest in exploration, however, the appointment proved important as a ...
7: ...f this tax. Henry also arranged for the colonization of the Azores during Pedro's regency (1439&ndash...
9: ...rs Ugolino and Guido Vivaldo had sailed into oblivion.
11: ...Madeira Islands]] in 1420, and at Henry's instigation Portuguese settlers colonized the islands. - Cheyenne, Wyoming (8059 bytes)
1: [[Image:DSCN5262 wyomingcapitolexterior e.jpg|225px|right|thumb|[[Wyoming State Capitol]...
3: ...ca]]. As of the [[2000]] census, it has a population of 53,011. It is the [[county seat]] of [[Laram...
27: north_coord = 41.1455 |
31: ... to house the gangs who were constructing the [[Union Pacific Railroad]]. Most of the crew moved on wh...
33: ...had harassed both railroad surveyors and construction crews that year. - Medieval History (23198 bytes)
2: ...rn]] period that preceded the [[Industrial Revolution]].
8: ... fact revealed its surprising artistic sophistication, though its political and social senses were une...
10: ...is connection too was lost. Administrative, educational and military infrastructure quickly vanished, ...
14: ...ns did not withstand the changes, and the institutional support for large scale chattel slavery largel...
16: ... the art of writing, and a centralised administration through its network of [[bishop]]s. The Early Mi... - Britain in the Middle Ages (12239 bytes)
3: ...d]], the [[Norman Conquest]], England's participation in the [[Hundred Years' War]] and the [[Wars of ...
5: ... England|Henry VIII]] and [[John Knox]]'s Reformation in Scotland. From a linguistic and political poi...
7: ...h increasing vigour, but the process of consolidation was continuous from [[William I of England|Willi...
12: ...ere named Hengest and Horsa, and they led a coalition of [[Angles]] and [[Saxons]]. The Anglo-Saxons r...
16: ...egild]], the [[comitatus]] code, and the distribution of wealth in battle to thanes and retainers. The...
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