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475 matches to Joan of Arc
Aldermaston March. 1958-64. Annual ‘Ban the Bomb’ demonstration of CND.
Aldrich, Henry. 1647-1710. English composer/architect: Peckwater Quad, Oxford, 1707-14.
Alexander VI. Pope. Demarcation Bull 1493 divided newly discovered land between Spain, Portugal. Tordesillas.
Alfonso XIII. 1886-1941. King of Spain 1886-1931. Survived 5 assassination attempts. Support for Primo de Rivera weakened monarchy.
Amiens Cathedral. 1220-1270. Romanesque/Gothic.
Ammianus Marcellinus. 330-395. Wrote 31 volume History of Rome.
Amyot, Jacques. 1513-93. French humanist and Plutarch translator.
Anarchism. 19C Philosophy: “Every man should be his own government, his own law, his own church”-Owen. Thoreau’s return to nature, passive resistance, and no taxes influenced Ghandi. Proudhon. Tolstoy. Godwin.
Anarchism, Communistic. Marxist revolutionary version of anarchism that seeks to overthrow the state. Bakunin. Kropotkin. Assassinated: Sadi-Carnot, Empress Elizabeth, Umberto I, McKinley.
Anglo-Saxons. Group of Germanic tribes that invaded Britain in 5C. Ruled to 1066. Angles. Heptarchy.
Anne. 1665-1714. British Queen 1702-. Reign notable for literarature, science, architecture. Last Stuart. Acts of Union, Settlement.
Anselm, St. 1033-1109. Archbishop of Canterbury, founder of Scholasticism. Proved God exists 1078.
Antarctic Treaty. 1959. 12 nations agree for 30 years of demilitarized, nuclear free scientific study.
Antarctica. 1773 Cook explores seas. 1820 first sighted. Bransfield. 1821 first landing-Davis. 1911 Amundsen first to S Pole.
Antoine, Jacques. -1801. Architect of Paris Mint.
Apollinaire, Guillaume. 1880-1918. Italian/French avant-garde poet, coined term Surrealism to describe Chagall work.
Arc de Triomphe. Paris monument. Commissioned 1806 by Napoleon. Completed 1836.
Arcadia. Ancient Greek region of Peloponnesus. Megalopolis.
Arcadia, Academy of. 1690. 1925 =Italian Literary Academy. Originally known for poetic, pastoral style.
Arcadian. Venetian paintings with Greek gods in Italian dress.
Arcadian League. 370-362BC. Union of states vs Sparta.
Arcadius. 377-408. First Roman Emperor of East, 395-.
Archaic Period of Greek Art. c650-500BC. Egyptian influenced sculpture. Mythological vase painting.
Archangels. Chief angels of Christian, Judaic, Islamic, other religions.
Archduke. Hereditary title of Austrian Hapsburgs.