Bantu. Language of 60M natives in Southern Africa.

Banville, Théodore de. 1823-91. French Parnassian poet. Early Symbolist. Odes funambulesques 1857.

Bara, Joseph. 1779-93. French Republican child hero.

Barabbas. Thief freed by crowd instead of Jesus.

Barbary. 16-19C. Name given to North African coast. Berbers.

Barbary Piracy. 1518-1830. G. Washington pays $1M to free enslaved seamen 1796. US attacks Tripoli 1815. French sieze Algiers, 1830.

Barbès, Armand. 1809-70. French Republican.

Barbey d’Aurevilly, Jules. 1808-89. French dandy, social critic.Diaboliques 1874.

Barbizon. 19C French objective style of painting landscapes from nature; influenced Impressionists. Millet, Diaz.

Barbusse, Henri. 1873-1935. French writer: Le Feu (The experiences of a common soldier) 1916.

Bardo, Treaty. 1881. French occupy Tunisia.

Barnard, Christian. 1922-2001. South African surgeon-first human heart transplant 1967.

Baroque Art. 1600-1750. Orig in Italy, spread across W. Europe. Architecture: Ornate style characterized by stucco, frescoes, rood screens. Vanbrugh. Bernini’s Barberini Palace. Music: Counterpoint vs Renaissance polyphony. Opera, cantata. Bach. Monteverdi. Vivaldi. Painting: Dynamic, emotional. Caravaggio. Reni. Rubens.Van Dyck. Rococo.

Barras, Paul. 1755-1829. French Directory founder. Led Army of Interior.

Barrault, Jean-Louis. 1910-94. French actor, producer. F. Théâtre d’Orsay.

Barrès, Maurice. 1862-1923. French writer, politician. la Colline inspirée 1913.

Barrier Treaties. 1709-15. Britain, HRE aid United Provinces vs Spain, France. Spanish Succession.

Bart, Jean. 1650-1702. French privateer for Louis XIV vs English.

Bartholdi, Frédéric. 1834-1904. French sculptor of the Statue of Liberty 1886.

Bartolomeo, Fra. 1472-1517. Florentine master painter. High Renaissance Classical idealist. Lucca. Annunciation 1497.

Bärwalde, Treaty. 1631. French pay Swedes to fight Hapsburgs.

Barye, Antoine. 1795-1875. French sculptor of simplicity, energy. Jaguar devouring a hare 1850.

Basel, Treaty. 1795. Prussia, France exchange Rhine territories.

Basel, Treaty. 1795. Spain cedes Santo Domingo to France.

Basque. Europe’s oldest racial group. NW Spain, SW France. Euzkadi. ETA.

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