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224 matches to National Covenant
Dvorák, Antonin. 1841-1901. Czech Nationalist composer. New World Symphony 1893. Classical form with folk spontaneity.
Eichmann, Adolf. 1906-62. Nazi war criminal. Kidnaped in Argentina. Tried in Jerusalem. Executed.
Emmet, Robert. 1778-1803. Leader of failed Irish nationalist uprising. Executed.
Enesco, Georges. 1881-1955. Romanian folk theme composer. National style.
English Civil War. 1642-9. King vs Parliament. Charles beheaded. Monarchy abolished. Commonwealth. Cromwell. Covenanters.
Fascism. 1919-45. Totalitarian movement combining Socialist theories and Nationalism. State as highest value. Mussolini. Falange. Nazism.
Fichte, Johann. 1762-1814. German Nationalist Idealist philosopher. Influenced Totalitarianism. Addresses to the German Nation 1807-8.
Fleur de Lys. National emblem of France 496-1789. Tricolour.
FLN. 1954-62. Algerian National Liberation Front conducts war vs France.
Frank, Anne. 1929-45. German Jew in Amsterdam. 2 yrs in hiding from Nazis. Diary 1947.
Frederick IX. 1899-1972. Danish king 1947-. Imprisoned by Nazis, 43-45.
Free Trade. International commerce free from duties, government restriction or discrimination. Smith.
Garvey, Marcus. 1887-1940. Jamaican/US black nationalist. Back to Africa Movement.
Gdansk. (Danzig). 1308 Teutonic Knights. 1466-1793 Sole Polish port. 1919 Independent. (Nazi 1933-). 1939 Germans annex, causing WWII. 1945 Poland. Solidarity.
Gentili, Alberico. 1552-1608. Italian jurist. International laws on the conduct of war.
German Movement. 18C Nationalist cultural movement. Lessing, Goethe, Schiller.
Glinka, Mikhail. 1804-57. First important Russian Nationalist composer. A Life for the Czar 1836.
Goering, Hermann. 1893-1946. German WWI flying ace, Nazi Prime Minister. Gestapo. Condemned at Nuremberg. Suicide.
Gold Standard. 1821-1937. Definition of national currencies in terms of gold purchasing power. Ended: 1931 Britain, 1933 USA, 1936 France. Friedman. Bretton Woods.
Goncalves Dias, Antonio. 1823-64. Romantic “National” poet of Brazil.
Granados, Enrique. 1867-1916. Spanish Nationalist composer. 7 Operas. Set of Tonadillas. Dances. Goyescas 1911-13.
Halifax, First Earl of. 1661-1715. English Whig statesman. Started National Debt. Established Bank of England. 1694.
Harris, Paul. 1868-1947. US lawyer. Founded Rotary International 1905.
Harris, Roy. 1898-1979. US National music composer. Oklahoma flavour. Assymetric rhythms.
Herder, Johann von. 1744-1803. German Sturm and Drang Nationalist writer. Stimulated Romanticism.