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Augsburg, Peace. 1555. Allowed both Lutheranism and Catholicism within Holy Roman Empire.
Augustinians. RC religious orders following Rule of St. Augustine.
Austrian Empire. 1804-67. Slowly disintegrating last remnant of Holy Roman Empire.
Baron. 1066-. 5th (lowest) rank of British peerage.
Belgium. 150BC Celts. 51BC Rome. 3C Franks. 9C Lower Lorraine. 15C Burgundy. 1477 Hapsburg. 1555 Spain. 1714 Austria. 1795 French. 1814 Austria. 1815 +Holland=United Netherlands. 1831 Independent kingdom. Neutrality guaranteed by Quintuple Treaty 1839. WWII Germans occupy. 1948 Benelux.
Bellow, Saul. 1915-2005. Canadian/US psychological novelist: Herzog 1964. Humboldt’s Gift 1975.
Blow, John. 1649-1708. Westminster organist. First English opera, Venus and Adonis 1685.
Buddhism. c528BC. Widely practised in Asia. Nirvana is achieved by following the 8-fold path and 4 Noble Truths. 1C BC Mahayana Sutras. 6C reaches Japan. 12C Zen Buddhism widely practiced in Japan.
Bülow, Bernard. 1849-1929. Prussian Prime Minister 1900-9. Bismarckian Realpolitik. Social legislation.
Bulow, Friedrich. 1755-1816. Prussian general against Napoleon.
Bundestag. Lower House of German Parliament 1949-. Elects Chancellor.
Cambridge Agreement. 1629. Allowed Puritans to manage Massachussets Bay Company.
Carlowitz, Treaty. 1699. Ottoman/Holy League. Austria gains Transylvania, Hungary.
Carmen, Bliss. 1861-1929. Canadian lyric poet. Low tide on Grand Pré 1893. Daughters of Dawn 1913.
Chandler, Raymond. 1888-1959. US novelist. Big Sleep 1939. Detective Philip Marlow.
Château Clique. Small merchant group dominated government of Lower Canada to 1830s.
Chinese Civil War. 184 Yellow Turban Rebellion. 1622- Red Hat Rebellion. 1946-9 Communists rebel vs Kuomintang. People’s Republic established.
Ciompi, Revolt. 1378. Florence. Lower class rebellion led to democratic government.
Condillac, Étienne de. 1715-80. French sensualist philosopher. Locke follower.
Confederation. 1867. United Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Upper and Lower Canada as Dominion of Canada.
Counter-Reformation. 1517-1622. Catholic reform that followed the Reformation. Trent.
Cronus. Greek Titan = Saturn. Swallowed own children.
Crusades. 1095-1272. European Christian wars to regain Holy Land after Seljuk Turks take Jerusalem in 1072. Literature and the arts benefitted from Eastern cultural infusion. Peasants 1096. Annihilated. First. 1096-99. Genoa financed Godfrey of Bouillon to recapture Jerusalem. Only successful crusade. Second. 1147-49. Louis VII and Conrad III pillage Byzantium. Third. 1189-92. Richard I and Philip II Truce with Saladin allows access to Jerusalem. Fourth. 1202-4. French and Flemish nobles conquer, sack Constantinople, form Latin Empire. Childrens. 1212. Stephen of Cloyes led 30,000 unarmed French youths. Nicholas of Cologne led 20,000 German. All died or enslaved. Fifth. 1218-21. John of Brienne in Egypt. Sixth. 1228-29. Frederick II crowned king of Jerusalem. Seventh. 1248-54. St Louis of France captured by Egypt and ransomed. Eighth. 1270. St Louis dies of plague. Ninth. 1271-2. Prince Edward of England.
Dalai Lama. 14C- Leader of Tibetan Buddhists. Ruled Tibet until 1959 exile to India. Lamaism. Yellow Hats. Tenzin Gyatso.
Deacon. Christian cleric. Lowest rank of Episcopal Holy Orders. Protestant lay official.