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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...lom'' in [[Catalan]], ''Cristoforo Colombo'' in [[Italian]], ''Cristóbal Colón'' in [[Spanish]], ''C...
3: ...er it would be possible to get around the planet without running out of food or getting stuck in windl...
5: ... his claims. There are also many theories of expeditions to the Americas by a variety of peoples throu...
7: ...h America]]. He never reached the present-day [[United States]] where "Columbus Day" ([[12 October]], ...
9: ...ns, such as [[virus]]es, [[bacteria]], and [[parasite]]s, and beneficial to humans, such as [[tomato]]... - Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
2: ...adies how to manage their family's estates and military affairs in their husband's absence and is ther...
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5: ...]] and attacked the ''[[Romance of the Rose]]'' written by [[Jean de Meung]].
9: ...n her. This determined her to have recourse to [[literature | letters]] as a means of livelihood.
11: ...as love poems were the fashion she continued to write other--''lais'', ''virelais'', ''rondeaux'' and ... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: ...[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] and [[painter]]
11: *[[Leonardo da Vinci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sculptor and inventor
15: ...llo Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Italy|Italian]] [[painter]]
90: *[[Edward Mitchell Bannister]] ([[1828]]-[[1901]])
105: *[[Georg Baselitz]] ( [[1938]]-) - Albania (24647 bytes)
1: ...diterranean]] country in southeastern [[Europe]]. It is bordered by [[Montenegro]] in the north, [[Kos...
21: | '''[[Capital]]'''<br><br> - Population:<br> - [[Co...
36: ...pulation]]'''<br> - Total: <br> - [[Density]]:
39: ...P|2003]])<br> - GDP/capita<br> - GDP/capita
40: ...,230 ([[List of countries by GDP (Nominal) per capita|Nominal]]) - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
2: ...ut were rarely constructed in his lifetime. In addition, he helped advance the study of [[anatomy]], [...
7: ...y a peasant girl. It has also been suggested, albeit on scanty evidence, that she was a [[Middle East|...
9: ...did not use his father's name because of his illegitimate status.
11: ...n apprentice. In this role, Leonardo also worked with [[Lorenzo di Credi]] and [[Pietro Perugino]].
12: ... he turned his mind to he made himself master of with ease" ([[Giorgio Vasari|Vasari]]). - Sandro Botticelli (8995 bytes)
1: ...itably enough, he expressed at the head of his ''Vita'' of Botticelli.
3: ... ''Venus Pudica'' for a new view of pagan [[Antiquity]] (Uffizi, Florence)]]
5: ...ustine]] that successfully competed as a pendant with [[Domenico Ghirlandaio]]'s Jerome on the other s...
9: ...|Botticelli's ''Venus'' graces the first of the [[Italian euro coins]] (2002)]]
11: ...ranting him political protection and creating conditions ideal for his production of several masterpie... - Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
1: ...iglione, count of Novellata''' ([[December 6]], [[1478]] – [[February 2]], [[1529]]), one of the m...
8: He was born in [[Mantua]], [[Italy]] to an ancient family from [[Lombardy]] that ...
10: ...in Milan of Louis XII. For Gonzaga he travelled quite often; during one of his missions to [[Rome]], h...
13: ...ural life that produced a brilliant literary activity.
15: ... echoes of both ancient and contemporary poetry, with recalls [[Vergil]], [[Poliziano]], [[Sannazzaro]... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
1: [[Image:Thomas More.png|250px|thumb|right|Portrait of Sir Thomas More by [[Hans Holbein the Younger]...
2: ...he [[patron saint]] of statesmen, lawyers, and politicians.
5: ..., where he studied law with his father and was admitted to [[Lincoln's Inn]] in [[1496]]. In [[1501]]...
9: ... previous husband. More provided his daughters with an excellent classical education at a time when ...
11: ==Early political career== - Spanish Inquisition (11421 bytes)
1: [[image:inquisition2.jpg|right|thumb|250px|[[Pedro Berruguete]]. '...
3: ...gainst descendants of converted Jews or Muslims. It was also used as a tool to punish and eliminate [...
6: ...lunya]] and [[Valencia]], there was a local inquisition from the [[Middle Ages]], as in the rest of th...
8: ...olid]], capital of Castile, and [[Barcelona]], capital of the [[Crown of Aragon]], had large [[Jew]]is...
10: ... held many prominent posts, both religious and political. [[Pedro de la Caballeria]], a ''[[Marrano]]'... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
6: *[[Firmin Abauzit]], (1679-1767)
43: *[[Rogers Albritton]]
112: *[[Titus Pomponius Atticus]], (110-32 BC)
163: *[[James Beattie (writer)|James Beattie]], (1735-1803){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
239: *[[Richard-Bevan Braithwaite]], (1900-1990){{fn|O}} - Lorenzo de' Medici (6381 bytes)
2: ... [[Florentine Republic]] during the height of the Italian [[Renaissance]].
4: ...co'') by his contemporary Florentines, he was a glittery individual who loved to enter tournaments, co...
6: ==Lorenzo and politics==
10: On [[April 26]], [[1478]], in an incident called the [[Pazzi Conspiracy]]...
12: ...ttle effect, the Pope formed a military alliance with [[Ferdinand I of Naples|King Ferrante of Naples]... - Medieval medicine (14745 bytes)
1: ...ar]], but were also based on a [[spirituality|spiritual]] world view, in which factors such as destiny...
3: ... accurate observations went hand-in-hand with spiritual beliefs as part of the practice of medicine.
7: ...[[Galen]], were widely used on the basis of authority rather than experimental confirmation.
9: ... explained through Christianity and only Christianity.
15: ...thology]], and [[pharmacology]], and is credited with the discovery of how the [[spinal cord]] control... - Judge (10187 bytes)
9: ... a tradition imported from the [[United Kingdom|British]] legal system.]]
11: ...n and [[Assize Court]] hearings, wear a red gown with a [[hermine]] fur bordering.]]
13: ... influence judgment in a direction that they see fit.
15: In the [[United States|USA]], judges are not trained separately...
17: ...ing they become investigative judges, see [[inquisitorial system]]. In [[common law]] countries, judg...
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