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Clarendon Constitution. 1164. Henry II limits church power in England. Opposed by Becket.
Clément, Jacques. 1567-89. Assassinated Henry III of France.
Clement III. Antipope 1080-1100 appointed by Henry IV. Defeated Rome 1084.
Convention Parliament. 1660. Restored monarchy. William and Mary 1689.
Cranmer, Thomas. 1489-1556. First Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury. Executed by Queen Mary.
D-Day. June 6, 1944. Normandy Landing.
De Quincey, Thomas. 1785-1859. English essayist. Confessions of an English Opium Eater 1821.
Dialectical Materialism. Exploited workers...capital concentration...socialist revolution...dictatorship of proletariat...elimination of class...Communism. Hegel. Marx. Engels. Lenin.
Diane de Poitiers. 1499-1566. Duchess of Valentinois and mistress of Henry II.
Dolet, Étienne. 1509-46. French scholar. Executed for denying the soul’s immortality.
Dollar Diplomacy. Buying a country’s support with loans, aid.
Donnelly, Ignatius. 1831-1901. US author. “Proved” Bacon wrote Shakespeare’s plays. Great Cryptogram 1888.
Edmund, St. c1175-1240. Archbishop of Canterbury, 1233-. Won reforms from Henry III.
Egypt. 3100BC Menes unites. 2780 Old Kingdom. 2600 First pyramid. 2040 Middle Kingdom. 1570 New Kingdom. 663 Assyria. 525 Persia. 332 Alexander...323 Ptolemy. 30BC Rome...395 Byzantine. 642 Moslem. 1250 Mameluk. 1517 Ottoman. 1798 Napoleon. 1805 Ottoman. 1882 British occupy. 1914 British protectorate. 1922 Indepedent monarchy. 1952 Coup. 1953 Republic. 1958-61 UAR.
Eleanor of Aquitaine. Divorced from Louis VII 1152 after accompanying him on Second Crusade. Married Henry II of England, bringing Aquitaine under English crown...Angevin Empire. Mother of Richard I. Led 1173 revolt vs husband, Henry II.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. 1803-82. US essayist/ poet. Transcendentalist. Woodnotes 1846, Brahma 1867, English Traits 1856, Self-Reliance.
Enclosure. Land divided, fenced for better yield, causing hardships for smaller farmers, peasants. English 15-16, 18-19C, Europe 18-20C.
Erik IX. -1160. King 1150-, Patron Saint of Sweden. Killed trying to convert Finns.
Estrées, Gabrielle d’. 1573-99. Mistress of French Henry IV.
Euterpe. Greek Muse of tragedy and flute playing.
Fabius, Quintus. -203BC. Consul. Saved Rome from Hannibal by delaying battles, allowing army to recover 218-.
Flying Dutchman. Legendary ghost ship of Cape of Good Hope.
French Fury. 1583. Antwerp citizens kill 2,000 occupying French soldiers.
Freyia. Norse goddess of battle, love and song.
Freyr. Norse god of fertility, sun, rain. Freyia’s brother.