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- Sir Thomas Malory (c.1405 – March 14, 1471) was the author or compiler ... Few facts are certain in Malory's history. The antiquary John ...10 KB (1,589 words) - 21:21, 30 April 2023
- Edmund Spenser (c. 1552 – January 13, 1599) was an English poet ... Spenser's poetry, likewise, is more Romantic in the sense that ...12 KB (1,990 words) - 18:15, 12 February 2024
- a philosopher of culture, and one of the founders of modern cultural ... The Autumn of the Middle Ages (1919), a masterpiece of cultural history ...10 KB (1,498 words) - 06:44, 5 April 2024
- is a Christian theologian celebrated in the Western and Eastern Churches ... He was born around 360, possibly in the eastern Roman Empire. Whether ...9 KB (1,360 words) - 19:50, 22 December 2022
- Ars moriendi ("The Art of Dying") is the name of two related ... and biblical lessons. In this light, the art covering Cathedral walls ...9 KB (1,473 words) - 03:59, 15 August 2023
- The term "Minor Prophets" refers to the reported authors ... The Minor Prophets, whose exhortations were recorded on a single scroll ...11 KB (1,657 words) - 18:53, 9 November 2022
- is best known for her poetry belonging to the confessional school of poets ... people can relate to. Her poetry challenged the myths and superficial values ...11 KB (1,705 words) - 06:56, 28 July 2023
- 1851) was an acclaimed American pioneer in the education of the deaf. He ... those he perceived to be in greater need, the deaf. His care and concern ...11 KB (1,641 words) - 21:19, 30 April 2023
- author and a court lady who is known as the author of The Pillow Book ... Japanese scholars regard The Pillow Book as a model of linguistic ...16 KB (2,769 words) - 02:46, 21 April 2023
- An illuminated manuscript is a manuscript in which the text is supplemented ... monasteries. As with other religious works, the creative process involved ...21 KB (3,215 words) - 21:22, 25 February 2018
- The sitar (Urdu: ستار, Hindi: सितार) is probably the ... The name sitar comes from the Persian language سیتار sehtar; ...10 KB (1,605 words) - 22:36, 29 January 2023
- Energy independence is self-sufficiency in terms of the availability ... having useful energy available in adequate amounts to meet the needs ...14 KB (1,937 words) - 20:52, 8 February 2023
- was also important as an early proponent of the Anglo-American system of constitutional ... Hooker believed that the Church of England should be a broad, tolerant ...12 KB (1,851 words) - 21:41, 8 December 2022
- The Three Jewels (also called the Three Treasures or Triple Gem) are ... * I take refuge in the Buddha ("The Enlightened" or "Awakened ...14 KB (2,028 words) - 23:03, 30 April 2023
- has been written, drawn or painted upon for the purpose of decoration or preserving ... paper, papyrus, or parchment, a codex is a book made of bound sheets; in a ...16 KB (2,500 words) - 17:30, 25 January 2023
- and spent much of his productive life in the United States. He is best ... According to his relative of the same name, the Gibran family's ...9 KB (1,418 words) - 03:34, 6 October 2022
- In mathematics, the Cartesian coordinate system (or rectangular coordinate ... Using the Cartesian coordinate system, geometric shapes (such as curves ...14 KB (2,020 words) - 00:41, 29 November 2023
- Part of the foundation of mathematics, Russell's paradox (also ... Consider the set R of all sets that do not contain themselves as members ...14 KB (2,342 words) - 18:15, 22 December 2022
- ninth centuries) was an Islamic thinker from the early medieval period to whom ... The two earliest biographical sources that mention Jabir are from ...16 KB (2,525 words) - 08:37, 13 March 2024
- The Tree of Life is a universal symbol found in many religious traditions ... According to Genesis, partaking of the fruit of the Tree of Life would ...17 KB (2,857 words) - 16:43, 2 May 2023
- Minnie Pearl, the stage name of Sarah Ophelia Cannon (October 25, ... From her first appearance on the stage of the Opry in 1940, the character ...12 KB (1,676 words) - 18:51, 9 November 2022
- means a fundamental law or assumption. The word "principle" ... A principle is fundamental in the sense that it generally cannot be ...9 KB (1,192 words) - 22:57, 30 November 2022
- Nāgārjuna (c. 150 – 250 C.E.) was arguably the most influential ... Nagarjuna's writings had a major influence not only on the development ...14 KB (2,110 words) - 23:10, 10 November 2022
- after his death by his friend and mentor, the Stoic philosopher Lucius Annaeus ... A detailed biography attached to the manuscripts of Persius’ satires ...9 KB (1,391 words) - 00:44, 24 November 2022
- and economist. His monumental History of the Italian Republics in the Middle ... and all his ancestors seem to have borne the name Simonde, at least from ...16 KB (2,507 words) - 17:18, 2 April 2024
- The Book of the Dead is the common name for the ancient Egyptian funerary ... One component of the text that has received extensive scholarly attention ...17 KB (2,857 words) - 00:00, 13 February 2024
- than a metaphor and often appeals to the imagination, whereas an analogy ... The allegory is one of the most popular narrative forms in literature ...16 KB (2,444 words) - 18:26, 21 July 2023
- 19, 1951) was a French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in literature ... Gide's work exposes to public view the conflict between the two sides ...14 KB (1,915 words) - 20:02, 26 July 2023
- A codex (Latin for block of wood, book; plural codices) is a book ... and dispute particularly regarding the Old Testament and other theological ...13 KB (1,930 words) - 22:22, 7 January 2024
- Abenezra) (1092 or 1093 – 1167) was one of the most distinguished Jewish ... Born in Spain, he spent much of his life traveling in North Africa ...14 KB (2,169 words) - 06:29, 14 June 2023
- The menorah (Hebrew: מנורה) is a sacred candelabrum used in Jewish ... The menorah continues to play an important role in modern Judaism ...10 KB (1,529 words) - 16:09, 9 November 2022
- ) were the presidents of the two great rabbinical colleges of Sura ... The authority of the Geonim began in 589 C.E. (Hebrew date: 4349) ...8 KB (1,324 words) - 06:54, 18 April 2024
- for more than three decades, theologian, the last of the Western Latin ... otherwise would not have survived. Until the twelfth century brought translations ...18 KB (2,717 words) - 06:05, 8 March 2024
- The Diatessaron (c 150 - 160 C.E.) (meaning "Harmony of Four ... who combined the four canonical gospels into a single harmonious narrative ...13 KB (1,861 words) - 11:57, 29 January 2024
- of Asian philosophy he was dissatisfied with the individualism of Martin Heidegger ... in Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, the second son of a physician ...13 KB (1,961 words) - 23:19, 3 May 2023
- feminist, activist, and writer. Her 1963 book, The Feminine Mystique, is ... When Betty's mother took over running the shop after her husband fell ...14 KB (2,151 words) - 18:01, 29 September 2023
- A book is a set or collection of written, printed, illustrated, or ... The term 'book' may also refer to a literary work, or a ...32 KB (5,045 words) - 07:24, 17 November 2023
- Omniscience is the capacity to know everything infinitely, or at least ... God's omniscience is related to the issue of predestination, ...13 KB (2,067 words) - 00:37, 18 November 2022
- intelligence officer who coordinated the Central Intelligence Agency ... However, the Shah's regime was oppressive and rode roughshod ...16 KB (2,440 words) - 22:33, 3 March 2023
- , and diplomat, who is best known as the author of The Canterbury Tales ... psychological insight. No other author of the Middle English period demonstrates ...20 KB (3,137 words) - 06:52, 18 April 2024
- prose. His books, written during the Great Depression show an almost ... In his personal life, the author was known by friends as an enthusiastic ...16 KB (2,496 words) - 22:56, 30 April 2023
- In philosophy and logic, the liar paradox encompasses paradoxical ... These statements are paradoxical because there is no way to assign ...11 KB (1,725 words) - 22:25, 25 October 2022
- Leviticus is the third book of the Hebrew Bible. The English name ... Observant Jews still follow the laws contained in Leviticus, except ...17 KB (2,713 words) - 00:25, 19 November 2023
- they had graduated. He spoke not only to the academic ivory tower intellectuals ... Together with White Collar: The American Middle Classes (1951), written ...17 KB (2,453 words) - 08:08, 28 January 2024
- as Virgil or Vergil, is a Latin poet, the author of the Eclogues, the ... Virgil was born in the village of Andes, near Mantua in Cisalpine ...15 KB (2,361 words) - 20:33, 3 May 2023
- The Books of Hours (Latin: Horae; English: Primer) The English term ... contents were relatively variable, each Book typically contained a detailed ...20 KB (3,067 words) - 00:11, 19 November 2023
- The Cave of the Patriarchs (Hebrew: מערת המכפלה, Me'arat ... The compound, located in the ancient city of Hebron, is the second ...15 KB (2,391 words) - 16:20, 3 December 2023
- In zoology, locust is the common name for any member of several species ... For example, the desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) of Africa and ...14 KB (2,045 words) - 07:50, 9 March 2023
- or deductive reasoning is inference in which the premises, if true, purport ... We do need to say that in a deductive inference the premises "purport ...16 KB (2,607 words) - 09:05, 28 January 2024
- British social anthropologist influential in the early stages of the modern ... to other religions, his work opened a new way of looking at the rituals ...15 KB (2,162 words) - 21:27, 29 May 2023
