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  • The Gospel of Judas, a second century Gnostic gospel, was discovered ... with the canonical Gospels. The gospel of Judas contains no references ...
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  • Protestant Reformation and is the namesake of the system of Christian theology ... John Calvin was a leader of the Swiss protestant reformation. Reformed ...
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  • Lady Jane Grey (July 1536 – February 12, 1554), a granddaughter ... Lady Jane had a reputation as one of the most learned women of her ...
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  • The Defenestrations of Prague refers to either of two incidents with ... 1618, although the term "Defenestration of Prague" is more commonly ...
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  • Henry VIII (June 28, 1491 – January 28, 1547) was King of England ... Several significant pieces of legislation were enacted during Henry ...
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  • The Commonwealth of the Bahamas is an English-speaking archipelagic ... The original native inhabitants of the Islands at the time of Columbus ...
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  • and actor. Ben Jonson lived during the age of William Shakespeare and proved ... Jonson was undoubtedly one of the most well-read men in the England ...
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  • for his barbed and clever wit, he was one of the most successful playwrights ... As the result of a famous trial, he suffered a dramatic downfall and ...
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  • as the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes ... system which eventually made it the target of a zealous, impoverished French ...
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  • William IV (William Henry; August 21, 1765 – June 20, 1837) was ... King." His reign saw the implementation of several reforms: The poor law ...
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  • Civil rights are the protections and privileges of personal power ... rights laws are most often written. Examples of civil rights and liberties ...
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  • Arnold earlier distinguished himself as a hero through acts of cunning ... an alliance with France. Disaffected because of this and other grievances, ...
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  • January 23, 1806) was a British politician of the late eighteenth and early ... tenure, which came during the reign of George III, was dominated by ...
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  • 5, 1638 – September 1, 1715) ruled as King of France and of Navarre from ... achievements contributed to the prestige of France, its people, its language ...
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  • Switzerland) was an Austrian writer, author of the unfinished long novel The ... As a result of Musil's background, he is an instrumental figure ...
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  • Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is the name of several past and present organizations ... War in 1866. It was founded by veterans of the Confederate Army, with ...
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  • ), also known as a state within a state, connotes a form of clandestine ... to a conspiracy designed to thwart the will of the people. It is typically ...
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  • religious dissenter and nonconforming critic of the Puritan leadership of Massachusetts ... They first settled the island of Aquidneck, which is now part of Rhode ...
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  • σχύλος) was a playwright of ancient Greece, and the earliest ... was dramatist who examined the relation of the gods to the lives of mortal ...
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  • The instrument's controlling section usually consists of two ... The sound of the instrument is often associated with eerie situations ...
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