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- his fate. He is noted for his justification of revolutionary violence which ... Desmoulins was born at Guise, in Picardy. His father was lieutenant ...11 KB (1,788 words) - 18:30, 24 August 2023
- – March 22, 1687), was a French composer of Italian birth, who spent most ... If the task of a conductor can be summed up in a simple fashion, it ...8 KB (1,317 words) - 09:03, 23 December 2024
- Mary I of Scotland (Mary Stuart, popularly known as Mary, Queen of ... West Lothian, Scotland to King James V of Scotland and his French wife ...19 KB (3,050 words) - 08:48, 29 April 2025
- The Shepherd of Hermas was a very popular Christian writing of the ... was done by the original author as a sign of the authenticity of the translation ...12 KB (1,907 words) - 14:09, 27 January 2023
- and World War II veteran and prisoner of war. Clavell is best known ... An admirer of Ayn Rand, Clavell embraced the ethic of individualism ...10 KB (1,567 words) - 00:19, 18 December 2024
- - c. 1350 C.E.) was a prominent Bhakti poet of Maharashtra and among the earliest ... a large treatise, but he left a large number of Abhangas (short devotional ...18 KB (3,150 words) - 02:42, 11 March 2023
- X, Clement VII, and Leo XI), numerous rulers of Florence (notably Lorenzo il ... From humble beginnings (the origin of the name is uncertain, it allegedly ...13 KB (1,977 words) - 11:30, 29 April 2025
- The term Huguenot refers to a member of the Protestant Reformed Church ... power in France from the influential House of Guise, a move which would have ...28 KB (4,134 words) - 08:46, 19 July 2024
- parents, Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino, and Madeleine de la ... a few days later that "the house of Guise ruleth and doth all about ...68 KB (10,504 words) - 16:16, 3 December 2023
- countrymen during the First Jewish War of 66-73. The son of Agrippa I ... the right to name the important post of high priest of Jerusalem. Agrippa ...13 KB (2,047 words) - 06:49, 16 June 2023
- The Elizabethan Age is the time period associated with the reign of ... The Elizabethan Age is viewed so highly because of the contrasts with ...11 KB (1,816 words) - 21:47, 22 September 2022
- Horror films are films of the horror genre that are designed to elicit ... Some horror films incorporate elements of other genres such as science ...17 KB (2,550 words) - 07:56, 19 July 2024
- Paul Signac (November 11, 1863 - August 15, 1935) was a leading figure ... The extraordinary quality and quantity of his artistic work, which ...18 KB (2,643 words) - 04:48, 3 November 2025
- C.E. - c. 1330 B.C.E.) was the chief consort of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten ... for her beauty. She was said to be proud of her long, swan-like neck and ...18 KB (2,892 words) - 23:07, 30 June 2025
- it is most frequently used in the context of New Guinea and Melanesia. In ... In both cases, many of the beliefs and practices particular to these ...28 KB (4,339 words) - 19:15, 26 November 2023
- she was understood as the protector of the Lower Kingdom, and represented ... In classical Egyptian religion, Bast was the subject of considerable ...21 KB (3,284 words) - 11:08, 20 September 2023
- Calvinist lines following his experience of working with John Calvin in ... Many of the details of Knox's early life are unclear. His place ...27 KB (4,483 words) - 03:04, 31 January 2025
- States to become an outspoken champion of capitalism. She was best known ... Her novels were based upon the projection of the Randian hero, a man ...20 KB (2,901 words) - 07:26, 23 August 2023
- Bethlehem (Arabic: Bayt Lahm meaning “House of Meat” and Hebrew: ... Bethlehem lies 6 miles (10 km) south of Jerusalem, standing at an ...17 KB (2,657 words) - 12:00, 9 May 2024
- was a Russian poet and writer. She was one of the most original of the Russian ... Tsvetaeva bridges the mutually contradictory schools of Acmeism and ...25 KB (3,813 words) - 23:30, 7 December 2024
