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84 matches to Cour Carrée
Mata Hari. 1876-1917. Dutch dancer, courtesan. German spy WWI. Executed by French.
Millenary Petition. 1603. Presented by 1000 Puritan ministers to James I. Calls Hampton Court Conference.
Miranda Decision. 1966. US Supreme Court protects rights vs self-incrimination. Required police warning, “You have the right to remain silent...”.
Mufti. Moslem lawyers. Advise court in Islamic law.
Murasaki Shikibu. c978-1014. Japanese court lady, writer. Tales of the Genji 1001-5.
Newspapers.1566 Venice (first). 1594 Mercurius Gallobelgious England. 1621 Batter England. 1662 First censorship. 1690 Boston. 1702 Daily Courant, first daily.
Odin. King of Scandinavian gods who holds court in Valhalla.
Orléans, Charles, duc d’. 1394-1465. Fought with Armagnacs vs Burgundians. Captured at Agincourt 1415. Ransomed 1440. Last courtly poet of France.
Parlement. 12C-1792 French royal supreme courts in Paris, provinces.
Percier, Charles. 1764-1838. French Empire architect. Cour Carrée with Fontaine.
Petronius, Caius. -66 Roman satirist in Nero’s court. Satyricon.
Proudhon, Pierre. 1809-65. French Anarchist Socialist: “Property is theft.”-What is Property? 1840. “Government is the Scourge of God”. Systèmes des Contradictions Économiques 1846.
Rasputin, Grigori. 1872-1916. Russian adventurer, mystic. Influential in court of Nicholas II, 1906-. Murdered.
Realism. 19C art movement concerned with recording everyday life. Courbet.
Reichskammergericht. 1495-1806. Supreme Court of Holy Roman Empire.
Revolutionary Tribunal. 1793-5. French Terror court.
Saint-Simon, duc de. 1675-1755. French courtier, writer of court life. Mémoires 1743.
Salieri, Antonio. 1750-1825. Austrian court composer. Operas.
Sardanapalus. Licentious, effeminate king of Assyria. Burned palace on defeat- killing self and court.
Senegal. Wolof, Fulani, Serer, Tukulor. 1406 Bettencourt explored. 15C Portugal. 1626 French settle. 1895 French colony. 1959 +Sudanese Republic=Mali Federation. 1960 -Mali=Independent republic.
Seurat, Georges. 1859-91. French Neo-impressionist originator of Pointillist style of painting. The Bridge at Courbevoie.
Sighs, Bridge of. c1600. Venice. Connects Doge Palace court to prison.
Sonnino, Sidney. 1847-1922. Italian diplomat. Encouraged Italy into WWI. Treaty of London.
St-Germain, Comte de. 1707-84. Won favour of Europe’s courts with “elixir of long life”.
Tannhäuser. c1200-70. German legendary knight, poet who lived in the court of Venus.