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- A canyon or gorge is a deep valley between cliffs, often carved from the landscape by a river. A famous example is the Grand Canyon in Arizona. In ...14 KB (2,019 words) - 19:29, 25 November 2023
- Philip IV (1268 – November 29, 1314), called the Fair (French: le Bel), son and successor of Philip III, reigned as King of France from 1285 until ...23 KB (3,671 words) - 22:38, 28 March 2023
- Isabella of France (c. 1295 – August 22, 1358), later referred to as the She-Wolf of France, was the Queen consort of Edward II of England, mother ...25 KB (3,939 words) - 02:58, 8 March 2024
- Berengaria of Navarre ( Berenguela , Bérengère ) (c. 1165 – December 23, 1230) was queen consort to King Richard I, the Lionheart. She was the eldest ...16 KB (2,644 words) - 10:59, 28 September 2023
- Ford Madox Ford (December 17, 1873 – June 26, 1939) was an English novelist, poet, critic, and editor whose journals, The English Review and The ...15 KB (2,279 words) - 06:21, 1 April 2024
- The chansons de geste, Old French for "songs of heroic deeds," are the epic poetry that appears at the dawn of French literature. The earliest ...21 KB (3,315 words) - 01:43, 4 December 2023
- Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha or Hızır Hayreddin Paşa; also Hızır Reis before being promoted to the rank of Pasha and becoming the Kaptan-ı Derya ...38 KB (6,070 words) - 17:40, 30 January 2022
- Émile Zola (April 2, 1840 – September 29, 1902) was an influential French novelist, the most important example of the literary school of naturalism ...16 KB (2,483 words) - 18:12, 13 February 2024
- The Knights Hospitaller (also known as the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta, Order of St. John ...33 KB (5,056 words) - 23:20, 3 March 2023
- Paul Signac (November 11, 1863 - August 15, 1935) was a leading figure of French Neo-Impressionism, the school of painters that followed the Impressionists ...18 KB (2,656 words) - 01:33, 23 November 2022
- Ezra Weston Loomis Pound (October 30, 1885 – November 1, 1972) was an American expatriate, poet, musician and critic who was a major figure of the ...34 KB (5,360 words) - 00:02, 25 March 2024
- Josquin des Prez Josquin des Prez (French rendering of Dutch "Josken Van De Velde," diminutive of "Joseph Van De Velde;" latinized ...26 KB (3,991 words) - 05:29, 7 May 2024
- Vincent van Gogh (March 30, 1853 – July 29, 1890) is one of the world's best known and most beloved artists. He is perhaps as widely known for ...53 KB (8,229 words) - 20:24, 3 May 2023
- Durante degli Alighieri, better known as Dante, (c. June 1, 1265 – September 14, 1321) was an Italian and Florentine poet. His greatest work, the ...23 KB (3,672 words) - 22:11, 25 January 2024
- The term Huguenot refers to a member of the Protestant Reformed Church of France, historically known as the French Calvinists. Calvinism, and its related ...28 KB (4,156 words) - 15:10, 9 February 2024
- Category:Public color = lightgreen| name = Rose image = [[Image:Wild rose flower.jpg|250px]]| caption = Rosa canina (Dog Rose) flower color = lightgreen ...22 KB (3,504 words) - 21:40, 15 August 2022
- Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade ( dɔnasjɛ̃ alfɔ̃z fʁɑ̃swa maʁki də sad|lang ; June 2, 1740 – December 2, 1814), was a French ...57 KB (8,573 words) - 17:01, 30 June 2023
- Jean-Paul Marat ( ʒɑ̃pɔl maʁa|lang ; born Mara; May 24, 1743 – July 13, 1793) was a French political theorist, physician, and scientist. A journalist ...49 KB (7,367 words) - 18:14, 1 December 2022
- 0 (zero) is both a number and a numerical digit used to represent that number in numerals. As a number, zero means nothing—an absence of other values ...30 KB (4,810 words) - 06:25, 13 June 2023
- The First Crusade (1096–1099) was the first of a series of religious wars, or Crusades, initiated, supported and at times directed by the Latin Church ...80 KB (12,105 words) - 15:35, 30 March 2024
