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45 matches to Uther Pendragon
Ninety-five Theses. 1517. Document Luther nailed to Wittenburg church door. Began Reformation.
Occitan. Langue d’Oc. Romance language of southern France. Dialects include Provençale, the language of the troubadours. Oil.
Parks, Rosa. 1913-. US ‘mother’ of Civil Rights Movement. Arrested, 1955, for not relinquishing her seat to a white man. King.
Protestantism. Christian doctrine based on faith instead of church dispensations. Reformation. Presbyterianism. Calvin. Luther.
Provençale. Southern French dialect of Occitan. Mistral.
Reformation. 16C religious movement against practices of Roman Catholic church led to founding of Protestant churches. Luther. Calvin. Knox. Zwingli. Henry VIII.
Rutherford, Ernest. 1871-1937. NZ/English physicist. Beta rays 1899, Nuclear theory of atom1911.
Scalawags. White southern Republicans who supported Reconstruction.
Schmalkaldic League. 1531-47. Failed alliance of Protestant Princes vs HRE to defend Lutheranism. War 1546-7.
Speyer, Diet. 1526,1529. Luther’s protest against the church’s intolerance of Reformers.
Swabian League, Great. 1488-1534. 22 cities, nobles and local leagues in southern Germany form protective alliance.
Tamils. Dravidian people settled northern Sri Lanka, southern India 200BC.
Tetzel, Johann. c1465-1519. German monk. Sold indulgences by threats causing Luther’s protests.
Trent, Council of. 1545-63. Compiled Missal used by Roman Catholic Church until 1969. Prohibited sale of indulgences. Signals counter-reformation. Luther.
Vichy. Seat of Pétain’s pro-German government, 1940-44 in unoccupied southern France. Source of waters famous since Roman times.
Visigoths. 376-711. Western Goths. Alaric sacked Rome 410. Defeated at Vouillé by Clovis 510. Settled Spain, southern France 415-711. Destroyed by Moors 711.
Wei. 220-80. Southern China dynasty. Conquered Shu Han 264, Wu 280.
Wittenberg. 1517. Church door on which Luther posted his 95 Theses.
Worms, Diet of. 1521. Called by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. Lutheranism outlawed. Luther declared heretic, exiled. Reformation.
Zimbabwe. 11C Shona. 15C Karanga Empire. 16C Portugal explores. 1890 British South Africa Co. 1911 Southern Rhodesia. 1953 +Nyasaland. 1964 =Rhodesia. 1965 Declared indepence, international sanctions. 1979 Independent. =Zimbabwe. ZAPU. ZANU. Mugabe.