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Aldrich, Henry. 1647-1710. English composer/architect: Peckwater Quad, Oxford, 1707-14.
Anouilh, Jean. 1910-87. French dramatist: Antigone, Becket 1959.
Becket, St. Thomas à. 1118-70. Archbishop of Canterbury 1162-, murdered in Cathedral by Henry II’s knights.
Beckett, Samuel. 1906-89. English/Irish novelist, dramatist expressing man’s suffering: Waiting for Godot 1952. Endgame.
Berg, Alban. 1885-1935. Austrian opera composer. Adopted 12-note method. Atonal-tonal fusion. Wozzeck 1925.
Bermuda. 1511 Spain discovers. 1609 Shipwrecked British settle, inpiring Tempest. 1617-1834 Slavery. 1968 Autonomous British Colony. 1995 Referendum rejects independence.
Cagliorosto. 1743-95. Italian charlatan in Louis XIV court. Diamond Necklace Affair.
Checkers Speech. 1952. US VP Nixon denies personal gain from campaign funds on TV.
Clarendon Constitution. 1164. Henry II limits church power in England. Opposed by Becket.
Colombo Plan. 1951-77. Commonwealth plan to improve living conditions in SE Asia, check spread of communism.
Compte Rendu. 1781. Necker reveals pitiful state of French finances.
Coral Sea, Battle. 1942. US checks Japanese advances. WWII.
Diamond Necklace Affair. 1785. Necklace bought for Marie Antionette; not paid for. French Revolution.
Eck, Johann. 1486-1543. Opposed Luther, Protestantism.
Eckhart, Johannes. c1260-1328. German mystic. “All existence is God” 1281.
Eckmühl. Battle. 1809. Bavaria. Napoleon’s victory over Austria who lose German support.
Expressionism. 20C Literary style expressing essence of subject by exaggerating characteristics. Sounds and symbols. Joyce. Kafka. O’Neill. Woolf. Beckman.
Five Pecks of Rice. 206-20. Chinese Taoist political movement vs poverty, instability.
Henry II. 1133-1189. Plantagenet king of England 1154-. Common Law system. Married Eleanor of Aquitaine. Angevin Empire. Becket. Rosamund.
Honecker, Erich. 1912-94. East German President 1971-89.
Leipzig Debate. 1519. Luther vs Eck. Both claim victory.
Louis II. The German. c822-76. King of East Carolingian Empire, 843-. Fought reuniting attempts. Checked Arab invasion of Italy.
Lübeck. 1386-1669. Headquarters of Hanseatic League.
Mauchley, John. 1907-80. US inventor with Eckert of ENIAC digital computer 1946.
Mazowiecki, Tadeusz. 1927-. Polish Prime Minister 1989. First non-communist Prime Minister in Eastern Europe in 40 years.