Search results for "Council of Florence" - New World Encyclopedia
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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 ...22 KB (3,738 words) - 18:26, 2 May 2023
- Educated through the difficult life of an American emigrant in the ... Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and held the position ...14 KB (2,176 words) - 01:17, 21 April 2023
- best known for his books The Meaning of Revelation (1941), Christ and ... H. Richard Niebuhr was raised in Missouri, the youngest of five children ...24 KB (3,589 words) - 18:47, 29 July 2023
- staff and equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital ... In accordance with the original meaning of the word, hospitals were ...34 KB (4,867 words) - 16:01, 25 April 2020
- The Rule of Saint Basil refers to the monastic regulations formulated ... union with Rome, concluded at the Council of Florence, gave a certain prestige ...20 KB (3,100 words) - 03:26, 1 January 2022
- (Thomas Robinson). Defining the beginning of the era is difficult, given ... The increasing reliance on the interval of the third as a consonance ...15 KB (2,190 words) - 04:00, 8 December 2022
- 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 ...26 KB (4,257 words) - 00:10, 1 December 2023
- Formerly Haute-Volta it was a colony of French West Africa, before ... one party still dominates the politics of the nation. Despite the greater ...22 KB (3,224 words) - 18:45, 22 November 2023
- in Paris, France with the title Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco ... often described as enigmatic. The ambiguity of the sitter's expression ...32 KB (4,849 words) - 15:32, 25 May 2023
- An academy (Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of higher learning ... arrival at the otherwise ineffective Council of Florence of Gemistos Plethon ...16 KB (2,354 words) - 07:13, 14 June 2023
- , established in 1945, is an agency of the United Nations. Its purpose ... and offices throughout the world. Most of the field offices are "cluster ...15 KB (2,159 words) - 01:23, 3 May 2023
- 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 ...38 KB (4,999 words) - 19:46, 31 October 2022
- to promote the health and well being of children. UNICEF was awarded ... Former United States Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman took control ...17 KB (2,502 words) - 11:42, 3 May 2023
- in the late twelfth century as the Poor Men of Lyons, a band organized by ... Today, there are several active congregations of Waldensians in Europe ...32 KB (4,791 words) - 23:19, 17 January 2024
- 13, 1519 – January 5, 1589) was born in Florence, Italy, as Caterina Maria ... she was queen consort of King Henry II of France from 1547 to 1559. ...68 KB (10,504 words) - 16:16, 3 December 2023
- :This article is concerned with the methodology of iconography, principally ... Iconography is the branch of art history which studies the identification ...18 KB (2,613 words) - 15:30, 12 February 2024
- 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 ...17 KB (2,769 words) - 09:06, 27 September 2023
- Anarchist communism advocates the abolition of the state, private ... communism, advocates the abolition of government, which it refers ...42 KB (6,266 words) - 22:50, 14 September 2023
- was a British artist and sculptor. The son of a mining engineer, born in ... him exceptionally wealthy towards the end of his life. However, he lived ...23 KB (3,645 words) - 07:50, 22 January 2024
- Southern European country with a population of approximately 60 million. It ... and France. The independent countries of San Marino and the Vatican ...48 KB (6,888 words) - 16:16, 22 September 2021
