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- Joan of Burgundy (June 24, 1293 – September 12, 1348), also known ... Joan's significant patronage of learning sustained the tradition ...12 KB (1,804 words) - 05:59, 5 April 2024
- | royal house =Capetian House of Burgundy | dynasty =Affonsine ... Afonso I, King of Portugal, more commonly known as Afonso Henriques ...16 KB (2,347 words) - 19:49, 28 September 2020
- 3, 1368 – October 21, 1422) was King of France (1380–1422) and a ... feud between the Royal family and the house of Burgundy led to chaos and anarchy ...11 KB (1,689 words) - 00:35, 5 December 2023
- Hugh Capet (c. 940 – October 24, 996) was the first King of France ... Capet is regarded as the founder of the Capetian dynasty. The direct ...14 KB (2,184 words) - 12:17, 4 February 2023
- Prouvènço in Mistralian norm) is a region of southeastern France, located ... The coastal area of Provence was settled by Greeks and Phoenicians ...13 KB (1,926 words) - 08:21, 2 December 2022
- Edward IV (April 28, 1442 – April 9, 1483) was King of England from ... administrator, who enjoyed the respect of his men. Most of those whom ...25 KB (3,839 words) - 16:21, 9 August 2023
- so in official use) was an important ruling house of Europe and is most well ... Vienna, the elegant, artistic, and intellectually creative capital ...24 KB (3,568 words) - 13:21, 24 January 2023
- The Wars of the Roses (1455-1485) was a series of civil wars fought ... The Wars were fought largely by the landed aristocracy and armies ...33 KB (5,447 words) - 22:07, 18 November 2022
- a Franco-Flemish composer and music theorist of the late Medieval music/early ... From the evidence of his will, he was probably born in Beersel, in ...17 KB (2,745 words) - 03:20, 25 February 2023
- The city of Berne, the capital of Switzerland, was founded in the ... functions. It is also headquarters of the international postal, telegraph ...18 KB (2,738 words) - 17:14, 29 September 2023
- monastery or convent, under the government of an abbot or an abbess, who ... European abbeys were the important centers of learning and literacy, which ...20 KB (3,204 words) - 14:14, 7 May 2024
- The Dominican Order, originally known as the Order of Preachers, is ... Aquinas, Albertus Magnus, St. Catherine of Siena, and Girolamo Savonarola ...21 KB (3,178 words) - 17:16, 30 January 2024
- ) (May 21, 1527 – September 13, 1598) was King of Spain from 1556 ... his empire across continents, creating one of the vastest empires ever known ...35 KB (5,314 words) - 03:19, 24 November 2022
- lord, and a leading figure in the politics of his era. The acknowledged but ... #039;s actions greatly advanced the domain of the Papal States after his ...13 KB (1,980 words) - 00:09, 4 December 2023
- (Latin: regnum Francorum, "Kingdom of the Franks"), Frankish ... The idea behind the Holy Roman Empire was of a Christian Europe united ...50 KB (7,783 words) - 08:59, 6 October 2022
- Henry VI (December 6, 1421 – May 21, 1471) was King of England from ... One consequence of the fluidity of the political situation, with Henry ...21 KB (3,320 words) - 23:17, 8 February 2022
- Joan of Arc, also Jeanne d'Arc Joan of Arc's name was written ... – May 30, 1431), is a national heroine of France and a saint of ...41 KB (6,624 words) - 13:42, 1 August 2022
- The Order of Cistercians (OCist; Cistercienses ), sometimes called the White Monks (from the color of their habit ...26 KB (4,063 words) - 22:24, 10 December 2023
- Massachusetts. It is the largest member of the Seven Sisters. Smith is also a member of the Five Colleges consortium, which allows ...19 KB (2,939 words) - 21:18, 30 January 2023
- center, as well as the administrative heart of the European Union (EU). All ... Brussels has grown from a seventh century chapel into a metropolis ...30 KB (4,219 words) - 04:45, 22 November 2023
- 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 ...13 KB (2,028 words) - 01:30, 16 January 2023
- The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg ( Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg ... Germanic Europe, borrowing customs from each of the distinct traditions. Although ...46 KB (6,759 words) - 03:09, 5 November 2022
- 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 ...30 KB (4,259 words) - 22:02, 30 April 2023
- 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 ...22 KB (3,484 words) - 15:24, 22 February 2022
- Josquin des Prez (French rendering of Dutch "Josken Van De Velde ... As a master of Renaissance music, des Prez became known internationally ...26 KB (3,991 words) - 05:29, 7 May 2024
- ) (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 ...19 KB (3,077 words) - 20:02, 9 February 2023
- 23, 1443 – April 6, 1490) was king of Hungary and Croatia, ruling ... Kolozsvár (present-day Cluj-Napoca) in the house currently known as Matthias ...23 KB (3,564 words) - 16:56, 7 November 2022
- 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 ...23 KB (3,671 words) - 22:38, 28 March 2023
- 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 ...33 KB (4,840 words) - 13:29, 24 January 2023
- Testament apocrypha, as a devoted disciple of Jesus. She is considered by ... Mary Magdalene's name identifies her as the "Mary of Magdala ...24 KB (3,839 words) - 16:10, 7 November 2022
- [[Image:Catherine03.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Equestrian portrait of Grand ... II Velikaya, born Sophie Augusta Fredericka of Anhalt-Zerbst; May 2, 1729 ...19 KB (2,933 words) - 16:15, 3 December 2023
- the text is supplemented by the addition of decoration, such as decorated ... an illuminated manuscript was also a time of religious devotion and prayer; ...21 KB (3,215 words) - 21:22, 25 February 2018
- (monastērion) denotes the buildings of a community of monastics (monks ... by community rules that stipulate the gender of the inhabitants and require ...53 KB (8,288 words) - 19:55, 9 November 2022
- 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 ...21 KB (3,303 words) - 18:24, 21 August 2023
- 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 ...29 KB (4,094 words) - 17:16, 12 February 2024
- Giant Peach, Matilda, and The Witches, all of which were adapted into successful ... a children's author, impressed millions of readers worldwide with his ...26 KB (4,117 words) - 03:07, 15 December 2022
- The Kingdom of Judah (Hebrew מַלְכוּת יְהוּדָה, Standard ... it from the Northern Kingdom (the Kingdom of Israel) after the two entities ...27 KB (4,065 words) - 16:48, 25 February 2024
- 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 ...29 KB (4,569 words) - 20:24, 12 October 2021
- order during the Middle Ages and much of the modern era. Formed at the end of the twelfth century in Acre, Palestine, the medieval ...34 KB (5,036 words) - 15:01, 30 April 2023
- 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 ...35 KB (5,141 words) - 10:41, 11 March 2023
- 1618 and 1648, principally on the territory of today's Germany, and involved ... by 30 percent on average; in the territory of Brandenburg, the losses had ...41 KB (6,305 words) - 18:37, 30 April 2023
- fullerite. Its hardness and high dispersion of light make it useful for industrial ... stm "Chinese made first use of diamond,"] BBC News (May ...81 KB (12,332 words) - 10:25, 29 January 2024
- known as a tank tactician and an advocate of the concentrated use of armored ... His strong advocacy of France's role in world affairs ensured ...41 KB (6,470 words) - 02:09, 13 January 2023
- 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 ...62 KB (10,084 words) - 04:10, 4 November 2022
- Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, a country in ... federal republic, historically consisting of several sovereign states with ...115 KB (16,736 words) - 17:52, 14 December 2023
- The Middle Ages form the middle period in a traditional division of ... With the demise of centralized Roman government in the West, trade ...60 KB (9,144 words) - 10:41, 10 March 2023
- abbreviated: CH), is a landlocked nation of 7.5 million people in Western ... ) translate as "Swiss Confederation," while the German name of ...52 KB (7,532 words) - 14:19, 28 April 2023
- Paris is the capital city of France, situated on the River Seine, ... between land and river trade routes in lands of abundant agriculture had made ...70 KB (10,606 words) - 13:20, 11 March 2023
- ), officially the Republic of Austria ( Republik Österreich ... The origins of modern Austria date back to the ninth century, when ...90 KB (13,119 words) - 17:56, 22 August 2023
- (The "Hexagon") because of the geometric shape of its ... republic with more than 200 years of democratic traditions, and ...109 KB (16,195 words) - 06:41, 1 April 2024
