Agincourt, Battle. 1415. English victory over French during 100 Years War. High French losses.

Amistad Affair. 1841. Slaves mutiny on Spanish ship. Sail to US. Declared free by US court.

Attila. 406-453. Leader of the Huns. 434 attacked Gaul, defeated at Catalonia in 451. “The Scourge of God”.

Audencia. Medieval law court in Spain.

Aulic Council. 1498-1806. Court of Holy Roman Empire. Derived from Maximilian’s personal council.

Bailey, Old. London Law Courts. Building 1907.

Bailly, Jean. 1736-93. French astronomer. Paris mayor, 1789-91. Led Tennis Court Oath. Guillotined.

Ballet. Dance form originating in 15C Italy, and codified in Louis XIV court. Refined by Russians 19C.

Baudricourt, Robert. Brought Joan of Arc to Charles VII.

Benefit of Clergy. 1170-1827. Literates and clergy exempt from trial by English civil court. 1489- Once only, branding. Jonson.

Brecht, Bertolt. 1898-1956. German experimental dramatist: Threepenny Opera 1928. Mother Courage.

Cagliorosto. 1743-95. Italian charlatan in Louis XIV court. Diamond Necklace Affair.

Camelot. Legendary court of King Arthur.

Caravaggist School of Painting. Themes of courtesan, cheaters. e.g. George de la Tour.

Castiglione, Baldassare. 1478-1529. Italian writer. Ideal court gentleman. Il Cortigiano 1528.

Chambres Ardentes. 1535-1682. French courts. Tried nobles, heretics.

Cour Carrée. Central court of Louvre designed by Percier and Fontaine.

Courbet, Gustave. 1819-77. French Realist painter, socialist activist. Commune. The Artist’s Studio 1855.

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

Courtois, Bernard. 1777-1838. French. Iodine 1811.

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

Delhi Durbar. 1911. George V holds court in Delhi. Only occasion of its kind.

Delilah. Old Testament courtesan. Betrayed Samson.

Descartes, René. 1596-1650. French Rationalist philosopher, physician, mathematician. Cartesian coordinates. Discourse on Method 1637. “Cogito ergo sum”-I think, therefore I am. Analytical Geometry 1636. Meditations 1641. Principia Philosophica 1645.

Dred Scott. 1857. US Supreme Court ruled slaves had no rights in court. Missouri Compromise invalid.

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