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Crusades. 1095-1272. European Christian wars to regain Holy Land after Seljuk Turks take Jerusalem in 1072. Literature and the arts benefitted from Eastern cultural infusion. Peasants 1096. Annihilated. First. 1096-99. Genoa financed Godfrey of Bouillon to recapture Jerusalem. Only successful crusade. Second. 1147-49. Louis VII and Conrad III pillage Byzantium. Third. 1189-92. Richard I and Philip II Truce with Saladin allows access to Jerusalem. Fourth. 1202-4. French and Flemish nobles conquer, sack Constantinople, form Latin Empire. Childrens. 1212. Stephen of Cloyes led 30,000 unarmed French youths. Nicholas of Cologne led 20,000 German. All died or enslaved. Fifth. 1218-21. John of Brienne in Egypt. Sixth. 1228-29. Frederick II crowned king of Jerusalem. Seventh. 1248-54. St Louis of France captured by Egypt and ransomed. Eighth. 1270. St Louis dies of plague. Ninth. 1271-2. Prince Edward of England.
John of Brienne. 1148-1237. French. Led 5th Crusade. King of Jerusalem 1210-25.
Adams, John. 1735-1826. Revolutionary, 2nd US president 1797-1801.
Adams, John C. 1819-92. English discoverer of Neptune, 1845.
Adams, John Q. 1767-1848. US President 1825-9. Abolitionist.
Alcock, John. 1892-1919. First non-stop transatlantic flight, 1919, with Brown.
Alden, John. c1599-1687. Pilgrim father. Married Priscilla Mullens.
André, John. 1750-80. British officer in American Revolution. Conspired with Benedict Arnold.
Angry Young Men. 1950s British writers. Irreverence for establishment. Amis, Wain, Osborne.
Anti-Corn Law League. 1839-46. Cobden and Bright’s pacifist movement for Free Trade, public education, against social reform and Chartists. Corn Laws.
Appleseed, Johnny. (Chapman). 1774-1845. US nurseryman. Gave seedlings to pioneers.
Arthur I. 1187-1203. Duke of Brittany. Claimant to English throne. Defeated by John I.
Astor, John. 1763-1848. German/US fur magnate.
Audubon, John. 1785-1851. US ornitholigist, artist. Birds of America.
Baird, John. 1888-1946. Scot. Invented television 1926.
Ball, John. -1381. English priest. Led Peasants Revolt. Executed. Tyler.
Balliol, John. c1249-1315. King of Scotland 1292-6. Defeated, deposed by Edward I.
Bardeen, John. 1908-91. US developer of transistor 1948 with Shockley. . BCS superconductivity 1957.
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.
Bartlett, John. 1820-1905. US compiler of Familiar Quotations 1855.
Behaviourism. 1913. Actions are response to physical stimuli. Skinner. Watson. Pavlov.
Benét, Stephen. 1898-1943. US poet, writer. Devil and Daniel Webster 1937. John Brown’s Body 1928.
Bible. Hebrew and Christian sacred scriptures translated from Hebrew and Aramaic. 3C BC Greek translation. 1382 Wycliffe, Rogers, English. 1522-34 Luther, German. 1611 King James version. Vulgate by St. Jerome. Apocrypha.
Biddle, John. 1615-62. Founded Unitarianism. 12 Arguments 1644.
Birch, John. -1945. US missionary killed in China. Cold War hero of John Birch Society.