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Peter the Hermit. 1050-1115. French. Led ill-equipped army in First Crusade.
Walter the Penniless. -1097. French knight. Led Peasants’ Crusade with Peter the Hermit.
Ananias. Early Christian struck dead for lying to Peter.
Andrew, St. Apostle and martyr. Patron saint of Scotland and Russia. Peter’s brother.
Armstrong, Louis. 1900-71. US New Orleans Jazz trumpeter and band leader.
Baroque Art. 1600-1750. Orig in Italy, spread across W. Europe. Architecture: Ornate style characterized by stucco, frescoes, rood screens. Vanbrugh. Bernini’s Barberini Palace. Music: Counterpoint vs Renaissance polyphony. Opera, cantata. Bach. Monteverdi. Vivaldi. Painting: Dynamic, emotional. Caravaggio. Reni. Rubens.Van Dyck. Rococo.
Barrie, James. 1860-1937. Scottish author: Peter Pan 1904.
Behrens, Peter. 1868-1940. German modern architect. AEG Factory 1909.
Bramante, Donato. 1444-1514. Italian architect. St. Peter’s 1506.
Catherine II, the Great. 1729-96. Autocratic Empress of Russia, 1762-. Overthrew husband, Peter III. Annexed Crimea, Polish territory.
Chillon Castle. 900-1200. Mostly built by Peter II of Savoy. Subject of Byron poem.
Chocolate. 1519 Cortes brings to Spain 1657 first Chocolate House. 1847 Fry: bars. 1875 Peter: Milk Chocolate.
Fabergé, Peter. 1846-1920. Russian jeweller. Imperial Easter Eggs 1884-1917.
Flemish. 15-17C school of painting. Technical skill, detail. VanEyck. Bruegel. Rubens.
Fontana, Domenico. 1543-1607. Italian/Swiss architect. Vatican Library 1587. St. Peter’s Cupola 1588.
Hermitage. 1764. St Petersburg art museum.
Jennings, Peter. 1950-. British author/inventor. Microchess 1976. Visidex 1980. Pocket History 1986-2009. MagicNotch 1990.
Lombard, Peter. 1100-1160. Italian bishop. Book of Sentences.
Maderno, Carlo. 1556-1629. Swiss architect. Founded Baroque style. St. Peter’s facade 1607.
Michelangelo. 1475-1564. Florentine sculptor, painter, architect, poet. Obsessed with reproducing the human form. Pieta 1497. David 1501-4. Sistine Chapel Ceiling 1508-12. Moses 1515. Bound Slave. Medici Tomb 1520. Last Judgement 1534-41. St. Peters cupola 1547.
Minuit, Peter. 1580-1638. Dutch purchaser of Manhattan for $24, 1626.
New Amsterdam. 1624-64 Dutch settlement. = Manhattan.
Nuremberg Eggs. 1510. First watches-by Peter Henlein.
Orlov, Grigory, Count. 1734-83. Russian lover of Catherine II; led coup vs Peter III. Advocated liberating Christians from Ottoman rule.