Revera, Miguel Primo de. Primo de Revera, Miguel.

Revere, Paul. 1735-1818. Silversmith. American Revolution hero. 1775 Midnight ride warned militia of British troops marching on Concord.

Revisionism. Criticism of tenets of Marxism by Bernstein, Tito.

Revivalism. 18,19C. Revival of prior periods of English architecture. Neo-Greek, Neo-Renaissance, Neo-Gothic. British Museum.

Revolutionary Tribunal. 1793-5. French Terror court.

Revolutionary War. American Revolution.

Revolutions of 1848. Vienna, Prague, Venice. Romanticism, economic problems, bad harvest, unrest within Austrian Empire led to concessions, abdication of Emperor Ferdinand I.

Reynaud, Paul. 1878-1966. French Prime Minister, imprisoned by Vichy French.

Reynolds, Joshua. 1723-92. English expressive portrait painter: Mrs. Siddons. Miss Nelly 1760. Founder, Royal Academy 1768.

Reza Shah Pahlevi. Pahlavi.

Rhaetia. Roman alpine province conquered 15BC.

Rhea. Greek fertility goddess. Mother of most gods.

Rhee, Syngman. 1875-1965. First South Korean president 1948-60. Campaigned for Independence from Japan.

Rhine, Confederation of. 1806-13. Bavaria and German states with constitution in French model.

Rhine Uprising. 1301-2. Vs tolls.

Rhineland. German Rhine bank. Hitler defied Treaty of Versailles by militarizing area 1936.

Rhodes. <1000BC Minoan. Dorian. 5C BC Delian League. 43BC Rome alliance. 653 Saracen. 1309 Knights of St John. 1522 Turks. 1912 Italy. 1947 Greece. c1C BC School of rhetoric.

Rhodes, Cecil. 1853-1902. English colonialist in South Africa. Endowed Oxford scholarship to preserve Empire.

Rhodesia. Zimbabwe. Malawi.

Rhodesia, Northern. = Zambia.

Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Federation. 1953-63. Opposed by Malawi, Zambia regions. Dissolved.

Rhuddlan, Statute. 1284. English rule Wales.

Rhys, Ernest. 1859-1946. Welsh writer. Edited 983-volume Everyman’s Library series 1906-.

Rialto. 1588. Venice bridge.

Ribalta, Francisco. 1565-1628. Spanish painter. Light/dark color contrast. Christ Embracing St Bernard.

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