Committee of Public Safety. 1793-5. Ruled France. Robespierre’s reign of Terror.

Commodus. 161-192. Brutal Roman Emperor 177-.

Common Market. EEC.

Commonwealth. Organized community by consent of governed. Hobbes. Locke.

Commune, Paris. 1871. Revolutionary government formed when Thiers abandoned Paris to Prussians. Crushed 2 months later by McMahon. 20,000 killed.

Communist Manifesto. 1848. Marx and Engels call for Proletariat to control business and government.

Communist Party. USSR. 1918. Name adopted by Bolsheviks for Social Democratic Workers’ Party. Parties started in Britain, USA, Austria, France, Italy, Spain, Germany soon after.

Concini, Concino. -1617. Italian favourite of Marie de Medici. Marshal of France. Executed.

Condorcet, Marquis de. 1743-94. French philosopher. Perfectibility of mankind.

Congo Conference. 1884. Bismarck mediates. Congo comes under Belgian sovereignty.

Congress System. 1815-25. Diplomacy by regular meetings of Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia.

Congreve, William. 1670-1729. English playwright of manners. Way of the World 1700.

Conrad I. -918. First non-Carolingian king of Germany 911-.

Conscience, Hendrik. 1812-83. Romantic novelist; developed Flemish novel.

Constance, Council. 1414-18. Ended Great Schism. Church council victory over papal power. Martin V elected pope.

Constantine I. 274-338. Roman Emperor 306-, established Christianity as official religion. Moved capital to Constantinople. United state and church.

Constitution, US. 1787. Effective 1789. Defines government, liberties, basic laws. Amendments I-X 1791 Bill of Rights. XIII 1865 Abolishes slavery. XVIII 1919 Prohibition. XIX 1920 Women suffrage. XXI 1933 Repeals Prohibition. XXVI 1971 Voting age 18.

Consul. 509BC-. Roman chief magistrate.

Convention Parliament. 1660. Restored monarchy. William and Mary 1689.

Cook, Thomas. 1808-92. English. First modern conducted tours, 1841.

Corday, Charlotte. 1768-93. Killed Marat July 13, 1793.

Cordeliers. 1790-4. French moderate revolutionaries. Met at convent. Petitioned vs king. Most executed. Marat.

Corinth. 1350BC “Founded by Sisyphus”. 243BC Achaean League. 146 Rome destroys, rebuilds 46BC. Byzantine. 1458 Ottoman. 1687 Venice. 1715 Ottoman 1822 Greece.

Corn Laws. 1804-15. British agricultural price support. Repeal, 1846, marks transformation from agricultural to industrial priorities and free trade.

Corpus Juris Civilis. Developed 529-35. Roman legal code. Influenced European legal systems.

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