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  • of Ferrara, later known as the Council of Florence, where he presented ... of Ferrara, later known as the Council of Florence. There he delivered ...
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  • 19, 1433 – October 1, 1499) was one of the most influential humanist ... Ficino introduced the concept of the immortality of the soul into ...
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  • ===Council of Florence=== At the Council of Florence in the fifteenth century, Byzantine Emperor ...
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  • activist and reformer, the chairman of the committee on labor laws ... in Brooklyn, New York City, the youngest of ten children to Joseph Goldmark ...
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  • and economist. Best known as the father of the influential economist John ... Religious Test Acts from the universities of Cambridge and Oxford. After ...
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  • the four "speeches" made at the Council of Florence ... An Apology for five chapters of the Council of Florence ...
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  • The Platonic Academy originated as Plato's school of philosophy ... of the Byzantine delegation to the Council of Florence, and gave lectures ...
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  • Florence (Italian: Firenze, Old Italian: Fiorenza, Latin: Florentia ... Florence has a legacy that spans more than 2000 years. Initially a ...
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  • purify”) is the Roman Catholic doctrine of an intermediary state between ... as an article of faith at the Council of Florence in 1439 and also confirmed ...
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  • a Franco-Flemish composer and music theorist of the late Medieval music/early ... From the evidence of his will, he was probably born in Beersel, in ...
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  • he is also considered to be the father of the modern Italian language ... Dante is sometimes considered to be the most important poet of the ...
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  • poet, and playwright. He was a key figure of the Renaissance, best known ... leading armies, the wealthy city-states of Italy falling one after another ...
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  • An Ecumenical council (or oecumenical council; also general council ... inhabited," and was originally a figure of speech referring to the territory ...
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  • Catholic Church to reform itself in the wake of the Protestant Reformation ... clarification and reform in the areas of doctrine, ecclesiastical structure ...
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  • the 95 Theses and nailed them to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg ... The remark "It has served us well, this myth of Christ" ...
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  • inventive. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time. including the Vitruvian Man. He conceived of ideas vastly ahead of his time ...
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  • The Fall of Constantinople was the conquest of the Byzantine capital ... heretical, psychologically the loss of Constantinople impacted throughout ...
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  • the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families, and ... Nurses develop a plan of care, working collaboratively with physicians ...
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  • dated to 1054, the Schism was the result of an extended period of tension ... from Apostolic Times Until the Council of Florence. Oxford: Oxford University ...
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  • study, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of decay and damage. ... damage, preservation concerns the prevention of potential damages. ...
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  • thumb|300px|right|The Louvre in Paris, one of the largest and most famous ... later made public. There are different types of museums all over the world ...
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  • The Mormon handcart pioneers were participants in the migration of ... in Utah, but lacking funds for full teams of oxen or horses, nearly 3,000 ...
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  • Churches in full communion with the Bishop of Rome (the Pope). While differing ... the Quinisext Council of 692. At the Council of Florence (1431-1445), these ...
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  • in Wellesley, Massachusetts (13 miles west of Boston), Wellesley college ... As one of the "Seven Sisters," Wellesley has been and continues ...
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  • taken to prevent or reduce the likelihood of a fire that may result in death ... Fire safety is often a component of building safety. Those who inspect ...
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  • Pope Saint Caius, or Gaius, was the bishop of Rome from December 17 ... was later turned into the historic Church of Santa Susanna, which stands ...
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  • Cannes is a French commune located in the department of Alpes-Maritimes ... with monastic Christianity, although most of the city’s growth has occurred ...
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  • theologian and socialist recognized as one of the most important thinkers ... His friends included some of the leading intellectuals of his time ...
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  • is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan. Founded in 1831 ... 31 Nobel Prize winners; 9 National Medal of Science recipients; 12 Pulitzer ...
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  • 1492 to 1503), is the most controversial of the Popes of the Renaissance ... He was renowned for his mistresses but also for his patronage of the ...
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  • Male Circumcision is a surgical procedure that removes some or all ... it include that circumcision is a form of ritual sacrifice or offering ...
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  • Nicholas of Cusa (born in 1401 in Bernkastel-Kues, Germany – died ... of twenty-eight archbishops for the Council of Florence and the pope. In 1438 ...
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  • Saul David Alinsky (January 30, 1909 - June 12, 1972), born in Chicago ... that it was meant to ensure the promises of life, liberty, and the pursuit ...
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  • He was one of the first to expose the use of psychiatric imprisonment ... Vladimir Bukovsky was born in the town of Belebey, Bashkirian ASSR ...
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  • continues to be optional, though the Council of Florence councilflorence/ Ecumenical Council of Florence (1438-1445)] The Circumcision ...
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  • Dresden, the capital city of the German Federal Free State of Saxony ... royal residence for the Electors and Kings of Saxony, who furnished the city ...
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  • ) is the capital city of Italy and of the Lazio region, and is Italy ... Rome's history spans more than 2,500 years. It is renowned as ...
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  • and churches claimed to possess fragments of the True Cross to legitimize ... For over a millennium, these supposed fragments of the True Cross ...
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  • Gaborone is the capital and largest city of the landlocked nation ... Gaborone was founded in 1965, as the capital of Botswana. It is notable ...
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  • Educated through the difficult life of an American emigrant in the ... Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and held the position ...
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  • best known for his books The Meaning of Revelation (1941), Christ and ... H. Richard Niebuhr was raised in Missouri, the youngest of five children ...
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  • staff and equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital ... In accordance with the original meaning of the word, hospitals were ...
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  • The Rule of Saint Basil refers to the monastic regulations formulated ... union with Rome, concluded at the Council of Florence, gave a certain prestige ...
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  • (Thomas Robinson). Defining the beginning of the era is difficult, given ... The increasing reliance on the interval of the third as a consonance ...
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  • church that traditionally contained the seat of a bishop. The great Cathedrals ... (seat or chair), and refers to the presence of the bishop's or archbishop ...
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  • Formerly Haute-Volta it was a colony of French West Africa, before ... one party still dominates the politics of the nation. Despite the greater ...
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  • in Paris, France with the title Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco ... often described as enigmatic. The ambiguity of the sitter's expression ...
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  • An academy (Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of higher learning ... arrival at the otherwise ineffective Council of Florence of Gemistos Plethon ...
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  • , established in 1945, is an agency of the United Nations. Its purpose ... and offices throughout the world. Most of the field offices are "cluster ...
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  • in society that are deemed to be the objects of discrimination. Since the late 1980s, advocates of the term use it to describe a preference ...
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