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102 matches to Dominican Order
Dominican Order. 1216. Mendicant preaching friars with severe rule. Thomists.
Albertus Magnus, St. c1200-80. Swabian Dominican philosopher influenced Aquinas: independent observation of nature. Alchemist.
Basel, Treaty. 1795. Spain cedes Santo Domingo to France.
Dominic, St. c1170-1221. Spanish monk, founder of the Dominican Order.
Dominican Republic. Arawak. 1492 Columbus discovers. Spain 1795 France 1801 Haiti. 1809 Sp. 1822 Haiti. 1844 Independent.
Innocent III. c1160-1216. Pope 1198-. Peak power of papacy. Fourth Crusade. Authorized incorporation of University of Paris 1215. Placed Inquisition under Franciscans and Dominicans. Crowned Frederick II.
Mendicant Friars. 13C-. Religious orders depending on alms. Franciscans, Dominicans, Augustinians, Carmelites.
Preachers, Order of. = Dominicans.
Rose of Lima, St. 1586-1617. Peruvian Dominican mystic. First American native saint. Patron Saint of South America.
Santo Domingo. Dominican Republic. 1496- Oldest continuous European settlement in western Hemisphere.
Thomas Aquinas, St. 1225-74. Italian Dominican scholar. 5 Proofs of God. An eternal law governs all physical and moral behaviour. Summa Theologica. Thomism. Reconciled Aristotle’s reason with Christian faith.
Torquemada, Tomás de. 1420-98. Dominican Inquisitor General, Spain. Worst atrocities. Expelled Jews 1492.
Trujillo. Rafael. 1891-1961. Ruthless Dominican Republic dictator 1930-. Assassinated.
Vincent of Beauvais. c1190-1264. French Dominican priest. Wrote encyclopedic Speculum majus 1259.
Ancien Régime. Pre-Revolutionary French socio- political order.
Aroostook War. 1838-9. US-Canadian border dispute in East.
Assassins. 1124-1270. Secret Moslem order who murdered all enemies.
Augustinians. RC religious orders following Rule of St. Augustine.
Basilians. 358. Monastic order of St. Basil.
Bath, Order of. 1399. A British knighthood.
Beauregard, Pierre. 1818-93. Confederate general. Ordered attack on Ft. Sumter.
Bellarmine, St. Robert. 1542-1621. Italian Jesuit defender of RC church vs Protestantism, Copernican theory, heretics. Galileo.
Benedictines. 529-. RC monastic order. Spread Christianity. Preserved Latin culture.
Billettes. Brothers of Charity, 14C religious order succeeded by Carmelites.
Bridget, St. 1303-73. Swedish visionary, Patron St. F. Brigittine Order.