Eugène of Savoy, Prince. 1663-1736. French General of H.R. Imperial armies. Defeated Turks in Vienna and Hungary.

Eugenics. Race improvement by selective mating. Galton.

Eugénie. 1826-1920. Spanish Empress of France, 1853-70.

European Union. 1958 European Economic Community (EEC) of Belgium, France, W Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands. To integrate economic development of members. 1967 =European Community (EC). 1973 +UK, Ireland, Denmark. 1981+Greece. 1985 -Greenland. 1986 +Spain, Portugal. 1990 +former E Germany. 1993 =European Union (EU). Maastricht Treaty. European Parliament. European Court of Justice.

Eurydice. Wife of Orpheus, almost rescued from Hades.

Eve. Biblical first woman. Wife of Adam. Ate forbidden apple, expelled from Garden of Eden.

Evolution. Theory that life evolves from earlier forms. Conflicts with Biblical version of creation. Darwinism.

Exarchate of Ravenna. 6-8C. Part of Italy belonging to Byzantine Empire. Ravenna.

Existentialism. Philosophy. Existence is concrete. Man has choice. Responsibility, freedom. Anti-conformism. Kierkegaard. Sartre. Heidegger.

Expressionism. 20C Literary style expressing essence of subject by exaggerating characteristics. Sounds and symbols. Joyce. Kafka. O’Neill. Woolf. Beckman.

Fabius, Quintus. -203BC. Consul. Saved Rome from Hannibal by delaying battles, allowing army to recover 218-.

Fabre, Henri. 1823-1915. French entomologist: Souvenirs entomologiques.

Falange. 1933-37. Spanish Fascist party founded by Primo de Rivera. Merged with Franco 1937. Won civil war.

Falloux, Frédéric. 1811-56. French politician. Sponsored Law on Education: Loi Falloux.

Family Compact. 1733,43,61. Spanish Bourbons support French wars.

Farmers-General. 17C French financiers who bought right to collect taxes for a fixed fee.

Farouk I. 1920-65. Egyptian king 1936-52. Vs Wafd. Coup by Nasser-led Free Officers.

Fashoda Incident. 1898. British/French dispute over Sudan. French renounce claims. Entente Cordiale 1904.

Fatimid. 909-1171. N African, Middle East Shi’ite Empire.

Faure, Felix. 1841-99. French president. Fashoda. Dreyfus.

Favre, Jules. 1809-80. French statesman. Opposed Napoleon III.

Fawcett, Millicent. 1847-1929. English non-militant feminist. Suffrage.

February Revolution. 1848. Established French Second Republic.

Félibrige. 1854. Mistral’s Provençale revival movement.

Felletin. French tapestry works 15C-. Coarser weave in rustic motifs. Aubusson.

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