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East India Companies. British, Dutch, French. Danish 1614-1729. Austrian, 1720-7.
East-West Schism. 1054. Separation of Roman and Eastern Catholic churches over filioque.
Ecumenicalism. 1846-. Movement to unite all Christian churches.
Escher, M.C. 1898-1971. Dutch graphic artist. Optical illusion, surrealistic effects.
Evangelicalism. Protestant churches that follow literal biblical interpretation.
Expressionism. 20C Simplified style of modern art expressing emotions with color and distortion. Munch. Toulouse-Lautrec. Van Gogh. Gauguin. Roualt.
Ferrara-Florence, Council of. 1438-45. Failed attempt to re-unite Latin and Greek churches.
Fire of London. 1666. Four days. 87 churches. 13,200 houses. 100,000 homeless. Rebuilt in 10 years. 1136 fire was previously known as Great Fire of London.
Fischer von Erlach, J.B. 1656-1723. Austrian architect. Intro. baroque. Schönbrunn Palace 1696, Church of St Charles Borromeo 1716-37.
Five Mile Act. 1665. English Nonconformist clergy banned 5 miles from towns where they had preached.
Florence, Union of. 1439. Brief reconciliation of Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox Churches.
Florentine. School of Painting. 1270 Academy of Fine Arts. Express humanist ideas through art. Realism and chiarascuro. DaVinci, Michelangelo, Raphael.
Fortuna. Roman goddess of destiny. = Tyche.
Fouché, Joseph. 1758-1820. French Revolutionary. Minister of Police 1779~1815. Secret police. Intrigued vs Robespierre 1794, Napoleon 1799,1807; Louis XVIII 1814.
Francis Joseph II. 1906-89. Ruled Liechtenstein 1938-. Neutral in WWII. High tech, banking, Europe’s richest nation. Woman suffrage 1984.
French East India Company. 1664-1770. To protect French trade interests in India.
French Equatorial Africa. 1839 French settle. 1910 French Equatorial Africa. 1960 Central African Republic + Independent Chad, Gabon, Congo.
Gabon. Mpongwe. 1485 Portugal. 1839 France 1889 «Congo. 1910 French Equatorial Africa. 1940 Free France. 1946 French Territory. 1960 Independent republic.
Gallon. 1707 Queen Anne’s wine gallon=US gallon (231 cubic inches). 1824 Imperial gallon defined as 10 pounds of water.
Gay-Lussac, Louis. 1778-1850. French chemist. Laws of combining gases, 1804. Meteorology.
Geneva Conference. 1954. Ends French control of Indo-China. Khrushchev, Eisenhower, Eden, Faure.
Geneva Protocol. 1924. League of Nations. Prohibits chemical and bacteriological warfare.
Geronimo. 1829-1900. Apache Indian chief. Resisted Reservations 1876-86.
Giacometti, Alberto. 1901-66. Swiss sculptor. Stretched figures.
Girardon, François. 1628-1715. French Baroque sculptor. Tomb of Richelieu 1675-7.