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Atheism. Positive disbelief in the existence of God.
Athenian League. 378-338BC. Refounded Delian League. War with Sparta 378-371BC.
Augeas. Elidian king, Hercules cleaned his stables.
Augustinians. RC religious orders following Rule of St. Augustine.
Aurelian. 214-75. Roman Emperor 270-. Restored rule of Europe. Began wall around Rome.
Austen, Jane. 1775-1817. English novelist: Sense and Sensibility, 1811, Pride and Prejudice, 1813. “the exquisite touch which renders the commonplace interesting”-W. Scott. Emma 1816.
Avernus. Crater lake, believed by Romans to be Hell’s entrance.
Babington, Anthony. 1561-86. English conspirator to murder Elizabeth I for Mary Queen of Scots. Beheaded.
Bacon, Francis. 1561-1626. English chancellor and philosopher. First king’s counsel. Favoured inductive over deductive reasoning. Separated Science from religion. New Atlantis 1625. B. Scientific method: Novum Organum 1620. Essays 1625.
Baekeland, Leo. 1863-1944. US: invented Bakelite 1909 (first plastic). Velox.
Baha’ism. 1863-. Founded by Baha (1817-92), disciple of Bab. Religion advocating world peace, through unification of mankind.
Balaam. Biblical prophet. Blessed Israelites after ass rebuked him.
Balzac, Honoré de. 1799-1850. French novelist of social injustice: Comedie Humaine 1829-48.
Baptism. Purification by water as practised by a wide variety of religions.
Baptists. 1608-. Congregationalist Christian church. Baptism for believers only, (not infants).
Baroja y Nessi, Pio. 1872-1956. Basque novelist. Terse style influenced Hemingway. Somber Lives 1900. Generation of ’98.
Barton, Elizabeth. 1506-34. Maid of Kent. Executed for prophesy against Henry VIII marrying Anne Boleyn.
Basel, Council. 1431-49. Conciliarism vs Papal Authority. Felix V appointed Antipope.
Bathory, Elizabeth. -1614. Hungarian Countess. Bathed in blood of 600 young girls to rejuvenate.
Bayle, Pierre. 1647-1706. French religious sceptic: Dictionnaire Historique et Critique 1697.
Beckett, Samuel. 1906-89. English/Irish novelist, dramatist expressing man’s suffering: Waiting for Godot 1952. Endgame.
Begin, Menachem. 1913-91. Polish/Israeli. Prime Minister, 1977-83. Camp David Accords. Sadat.
Belinsky, V.G. 1811-48. Russian literary critic. Emphasized social responsibility of literature. “Father of Russian radical intelligentsia.”
Belisarius. ~505-564. Byzantine general vs Persia, Vandals, Goths, Huns.
Belize. 4-9C Maya. 17C Buccaneers. 17C English settle. 17,18C Slaves brought. 1862 Colony =British Honduras. 1964 Self-government. 1973 =Belize. 1981 Independent.