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157 matches to Liberty Bell
Liberty Bell. 1753. Independence Hall, Philadelphia. Cracked 1835.
Bartholdi, Frédéric. 1834-1904. French sculptor of the Statue of Liberty 1886.
Faneuil Hall. 1742-. Boston “cradle of American liberty”.
Henry, Patrick. 1736-99. US revolutionary. “Give me liberty or give me death” 1775. Bill of Rights.
Jacobins. 1789-94. Robespierre-led radical democratic French Revolutionary group. In power 1793-4. -“Holy League against the enemies of liberty”.
Liberalism, Economic. 19C. Striving for personal profits and liberty. Manchester School. Cobden.
Liberty, Statue of. 1886. Bartholdi sculpture. Gift from France.
Liberty Affair. 1768. British sieze Hancock’s sloop ’Liberty’ smuggling wine to Boston.
Liberty Party. 1839-48. US anti-slavery party. Merged into Free-Soil party.
Liberty Poles. 1765-6. Symbolic anti-British poles in US.
Luther, Martin. 1483-1546. German Christian reformer opposed to indulgences. Wittenberg. -’Even if heaven and hell do not exist, education is important’ Justification by faith alone. Melanchthon. 95 Theses 1517. Treatise on Christian Liberty. New Testament translated to vernacular 1522. Catechisms 1529. Canticles 1533. Excommunicated 1520, burns Papal Bull. Choral composer: moral effects of music.
Mill, John Stuart. 1806-73. English Utilitarian Positivist philosopher. Social as well as political freedom is necessary. Tyranny of the majority. Associationism. Political Economy 1848. On Liberty 1859. Utilitarianism 1863. Women’s Right to Vote 1866.
Napoleonic Code. 1804-. French laws standardized. Personal liberty, equality, justice, divorce, marriage, property rights. Still in use.
Zapata, Emiliano. 1879-1919. Mexican revolutionary hero. “Land and liberty!”. Ayala Plan.
Bacon’s Rebellion. 1676. Virginia colonists under N.Bacon defeat Indians, take Jamestown.
Bell, Alexander Graham. 1847-1922. Scottish/ US inventor of the telephone 1876. Gray. Reis.
Bell, Charles. 1774-1842. Scottish anatomist. Motor vs sensory nerves 1830. Anatomy of Brain 1811.
Bell Book and Candle. Roman Catholic excommunication.
Bellamy, Edward. 1850-98. US Utopian novelist. Looking Backward 2000-1887, 1888.
Bellarmine, St. Robert. 1542-1621. Italian Jesuit defender of RC church vs Protestantism, Copernican theory, heretics. Galileo.
Bellaud. 1532-88. Provencale truculent poet who inspired Marat, Rabelais and Petrarch.
Bellay, Joachim du. 1522-60. French poet. Defence of French Language 1549 was Pléiade manifesto.
Belle Epoque. 1885-1900. Time of flourishing arts and entertainment in Paris. Moulin Rouge.
Belle-Isle, Charles. 1684-1761. French marshal. Involved French in Austrian Succession War.
Belleau, Remy. 1528-77. French Pleiade Poet. Highly polished miniatures.