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  • on timbre and rhythm. He was the inventor of the term "organized sound ... great-uncle's family in the small town of Villars, in Burgundy. There ...
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  • The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg ( Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg ... Germanic Europe, borrowing customs from each of the distinct traditions. Although ...
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  • who was instrumental in the foundation of the Second Republic and the ... times. He was instrumental in the abolition of slavery in France. After he ...
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  • Henry V of England (September 16, 1387 – August 31, 1422) was one ... Henry was son of Henry of Bolingbroke, later Henry IV, and Mary de ...
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  • Josquin des Prez (French rendering of Dutch "Josken Van De Velde ... As a master of Renaissance music, des Prez became known internationally ...
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  • ) (967 – August 15, 1038) was Grand Prince of the Magyars (997-1000/1001 ... he is generally considered as the founder of Hungary. Following the death ...
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  • 23, 1443 – April 6, 1490) was king of Hungary and Croatia, ruling ... Kolozsvár (present-day Cluj-Napoca) in the house currently known as Matthias ...
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  • the Fair (French: le Bel), son and successor of Philip III, reigned as King ... A member of the House of Capet, Philip was born at the Palace of Fontainebleau ...
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  • The Hanseatic League (also known as the Hansa) was an alliance of ... waged war but favored peace. The making of war and peace was discussed ...
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  • Testament apocrypha, as a devoted disciple of Jesus. She is considered by ... Mary Magdalene's name identifies her as the "Mary of Magdala ...
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  • [[Image:Catherine03.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Equestrian portrait of Grand ... II Velikaya, born Sophie Augusta Fredericka of Anhalt-Zerbst; May 2, 1729 ...
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  • the text is supplemented by the addition of decoration, such as decorated ... an illuminated manuscript was also a time of religious devotion and prayer; ...
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  • (monastērion) denotes the buildings of a community of monastics (monks ... by community rules that stipulate the gender of the inhabitants and require ...
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  • Attila (c. 406 - 453 C.E.) was the monarch of the Hun people from ... major roles in three Norse sagas, in much of Western Europe he is remembered ...
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  • Dublin is both the largest city and capital of the Republic of Ireland ... Long the seat of culture within Ireland, it has been at the center ...
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  • Giant Peach, Matilda, and The Witches, all of which were adapted into successful ... a children's author, impressed millions of readers worldwide with his ...
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  • The Kingdom of Judah (Hebrew מַלְכוּת יְהוּדָה, Standard ... it from the Northern Kingdom (the Kingdom of Israel) after the two entities ...
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  • Landscape Painting depicts the scenery of the European natural world ... in a religious subject, such as the themes of the Rest on the Flight into ...
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  • order during the Middle Ages and much of the modern era. Formed at the end of the twelfth century in Acre, Palestine, the medieval ...
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  • Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States ... The valley of the Willamette River in western Oregon is the most densely ...
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