Comenius, John. 1592-1670. Czech founder of direct method of language education. First use of pictures.

Conquillards. Jargon language. Villon.

Constitution, US. 1787. Effective 1789. Defines government, liberties, basic laws. Amendments I-X 1791 Bill of Rights. XIII 1865 Abolishes slavery. XVIII 1919 Prohibition. XIX 1920 Women suffrage. XXI 1933 Repeals Prohibition. XXVI 1971 Voting age 18.

Copenhagen, Battle. 1801. Nelson destroys Danish fleet. 1807. British bomb Copenhagen.

Cornish. -1780. Celtic language. Breton.

Corsica. 6C BC Phocaean. Etruscan. 278BC Carthage. 259BC Rome. 5C Vandal. 6C Byzantine. 8C Papacy. 10C Saracen. 1077 Pisa. 1296 Genoa, Aragon dispute. 1569 Genoa. 1768 France. 1794 Britain. 1796 France 1814-15 British occupy. WWII Germans occupy.

Court of Miracles. In Middle Ages in Paris, area where beggars lived at night, shedding their wooden legs, etc.

Crane, Stephen. 1871-1900. US writer. Red Badge of Courage 1895. Short stories.

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.

Cubism, Synthetic. 1913. Braque and Picasso create a collage form of painting.

Cyprian, St. c200-258. Martyred Bishop of Carthage. Opposed Pope.

Dampier, William. 1651-1715. First English scientific explorer. Pirate, 1678-91. New Voyage Round the World, 1697.

Darby, Abraham. 1678-1717. Iron coking process, 1709.

Dark Ages. c500-1000. Period of decline, frequent war. Little documentation survives.

Debussy, Claude. 1862-1918. French Impressionist composer. System of harmonic images. Nocturnes. La Mer 1905.

Depression. 1873-96. Caused by gold shortage, agricultural shortage, overspeculation, deflation.

Depression, Great. 1929-34. Speculation, shortage of capital, tarrifs led to unemployment, European move to right, totalitarianism.

Dido. Sister of King of Tyre. Legendary founder of Carthage.

Dorians. 1100BC. Savage tribe who conquered Peloponnesus from Achaeans.

Dorr, Thomas. 1805-54. US campaigner for universal male suffrage.

Dryden, John. 1631-1700. British poet laureate, playwright. Marriage a la Mode 1673.

Duke. Highest rank of Peerage.

Earl. Third rank of British peerage.

Enragés. 1793. Parisian extremists overthrow Girondins.

Eolithic. 750,000-250,000BC. Earliest stone age.

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