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Canning, George. 1770-1827. British Foreigh Secretary. Copenhagen. Peninsular War.
Capital Punishment. Abolished: 1863 Venezuela; 1870 Netherlands; 1877 Costa Rica; 1949 Germany; 1965 Britain; 1969 Vatican City; 1972 US (reinstated 1976); 1976 Canada; 1981 France; (96 countries). Retained: Iran, Iraq, N Korea, USA (95 countries).
Chinoiserie. 17-18C. European interpretation of Chinese style of art, decoration.
Communism. Collective ownership of property and industry. Wealth shared according to need. Eventually, “dictatorship of proletariat”.
Communist Manifesto. 1848. Marx and Engels call for Proletariat to control business and government.
Continental System. 1806-12. Napoleon’s European embargo vs Britain. Russian refusal led to 1812 Campaign. British retaliation led to Anglo-American War 1812.
Copernicus, Nicolaus. 1473-1543. Polish astronomer, who demonstrated planetary motion around sun 1528. De Revolutionibus. Aristarchus. Galileo.
Coup d’État. Overthrow of existing government by force.
Dalai Lama. 14C- Leader of Tibetan Buddhists. Ruled Tibet until 1959 exile to India. Lamaism. Yellow Hats. Tenzin Gyatso.
Daudet, Alphonse. 1840-97. French humorist. Lettres de Mon Moulin 1869, about life in Corsica.
Dialectical Materialism. Exploited workers...capital concentration...socialist revolution...dictatorship of proletariat...elimination of class...Communism. Hegel. Marx. Engels. Lenin.
Donizetti, Gaetano. 1797-1848. Italian Romantic opera composer. Lucretia Borgia 1833.
Donne, John. 1572-1631. English metaphysicist. Dean of St. Paul’s 1621-31. Elegies, Songs, Sonnets, Devotions. “No man is an island.”
Dornier, Claudius. 1884-1969. German aircraft designer. First all-metal airplane, 1911.
Dubcek, Alexander. 1921-92. Czech First Secretary, 1968-9. Attempted reforms led to Soviet Invasion.
Dulles, John. 1888-1959. US Secretary of State 1953-. Promoted SEATO, nuclear buildup, Eisenhower Doctrine.
ETA. 1970-. Basque terrorist separatist organization.
Etaples, Treaty. 1492. England renounces claim to France, except Calais.
Etruscans. Asian people in Tuscany 8C BC. Taken by Rome, 4-3C BC. Skilful metal workers. Strong navy, merchant traders. Tarquins.
Evangelicalism. Protestant churches that follow literal biblical interpretation.
Five Dynasties. 907-60. China between T’ang and Sung dynasties. Upheaval stimulated arts. Art to represent metaphysical truth.
Flemish. 15-17C school of painting. Technical skill, detail. VanEyck. Bruegel. Rubens.
Flowers, Revolution of. 1974. Junta overthrows Caetano in Portugal. 1976 election.
Freud, Sigmund. 1856-1939. Austrian founder of Psychoanalysis. Sexually oriented guilt. First to divide mind into conscious and subconscious. Studies in Hysteria 1895. Interpretation of Dreams 1899.
Friedman, Milton. 1912-. Monetarist economist. Demand is mainly a function of money supply. Keynes. Laissez-faire. Capitalism and Freedom 1962.