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71 matches to Blue Laws
Blue Laws. US laws that control Sunday activities. 1781 originals on blue paper.
Sabbatarians. Christians for strict observance of sabbath by all. Blue Laws.
Blaue Reiter (Blue Rider). 1911-14. Organization of Abstract Expressionist artists. Kandinsky. Klee.
Blue Stockings. 1750s French literary salon held by educated women.
Bluebeard. 6C- legend of murderous husband.
Blues and Greens. 5-9C. Byzantine political factions. Nika Revolt.
Bunyan, Paul. Legendary US giant lumberjack with blue ox Babe.
Domino, Fats. 1928-. US rhythm and blues composer, performer. Sold 23M records 1949-60.
Gainsborough, Thomas. 1727-88. English portrait and landscape painter. Boy Blue 1770. Watering Place.
Gershwin, George. 1898-1937. US popular composer. Rhapsody in Blue 1924. Porgy and Bess 1935.
Harald Blue Tooth. c910-985. First Christian Danish king c940-. Unified Denmark, conquered Norway.
Mondrian, Piet. 1872-1944. Dutch neoplastic abstract De Stijl movement painter. Composition with Yellow and Blue 1929. New York City 1943.
Retz, Gilles de. 1404-40. French Marshal. Joan of Arc companion. Tortured, killed 140 children. Model for Bluebeard.
Rothko, Mark. 1903-70. Russian/US Abstract Expressionist painter. Large canvases of solid color. Light Earth and Blue 1954.
Strauss, Johann. 1825-99. Austrian composer of 150 waltzes. Blue Danube 1867. Operettas. Die Fledermaus 1874. “Waltz King”.
Tyndall, John. 1820-93. Irish physicist. Tyndall Effect - why the sky is blue.
Waters, Muddy. 1915-83. US Rhythm and Blues singer. Inspired Rolling Stones.
Alfonso X (the Wise). 1221-84. King of León and Castile. Codified laws, first history of Spain.
Alien Registration Act. 1940. Outlaws advocating violent overthrow of US government. Extended to include all advocates of Communism. McCarthy.
Anti-Corn Law League. 1839-46. Cobden and Bright’s pacifist movement for Free Trade, public education, against social reform and Chartists. Corn Laws.
Antinomianism. 16C Belief that some Christians by special faith need not obey Old Testament moral laws.
Black Codes. 1865-6. Strict US local laws to control blacks based on slave codes. Freedmen. Jim Crow.
Bode, Johann. 1747-1826. German astronomer: Laws of planetary distances, 1766.
Brehon Laws. (Feinechus) 8-17C. Irish legal system.
Cavalier Parliament. 1661-79. Royalist. Repressive laws against Puritans and Catholics.