Joshua. Old Testament hero. Led conquest of Canaan. Destroyed Jericho.

Latimer, Hugh. 1485-1555. English Protestant Reformation churchman. Executed by Mary I.

Lépine, Louis. 1846-1933. French administrator, prefect of police. Contest of inventors.

Levi. Old Testament 3rd son of Jacob.

Lex Talionis. Old Testament Law- An eye for an eye...

Limerick Capitulation. 1691. Confirmed English rule and Protestant land ownership in Ireland.

Luther, Martin. 1483-1546. German Christian reformer opposed to indulgences. Wittenberg. -’Even if heaven and hell do not exist, education is important’ Justification by faith alone. Melanchthon. 95 Theses 1517. Treatise on Christian Liberty. New Testament translated to vernacular 1522. Catechisms 1529. Canticles 1533. Excommunicated 1520, burns Papal Bull. Choral composer: moral effects of music.

Lutheranism. Conservative Protestant sect of Germany and Scandinavia. Salvation through faith alone.

Malatesta. 13-16C. Italian family. Ruled Rimini.

Marcion. 144. Founded heretical sect with 2 Gods: imperfect Old Testament God and Jesus’ merciful God.

Marsyas. Mythical Phrygian artist. Challenged Apollo to musical contest.

Mary I. Bloody Mary. 1516-58. Tudor queen of England 1553-. Married Philip II of Spain. Reinstated Roman Catholicism 1555. Persecuted Protestants. Lost Calais.

Masora. 6-10C. Hebrew reconstruction of Old Testament.

Melanchthon, Philip. 1497-1560. German Lutheran theologian educationist. Dogmatic Protestant 1521, introduced term. Augsburg Confession 1530. Ethics 1538.

Methodism. Protestant religious movement founded by Wesley 1729. Moravian, Calvinistic evangelical.

Micah. 8C BC. Old Testament prophet.

M’Naghten Rule. 1843. US legal test of capacity to determine right from wrong.

Moravian Church. Unitas Fratrum. 1457-. Protestant Hussite sect. 1467 Split from Utraquists. 18C German Pietist revival.

Naboth. Old Testament. Ahab coveted his vineyard.

Namibia. Bushman. Nama, Dama. Ovambo, Herero. 1884 German protectorate. 1892 Colony = German South-West Africa. 1915 South Africa...League of Nations mandate. 1948 South Africa despite UN protest. 1990 Independent. SWAPO.

Nantes, Edict. 1598. Tolerance of Protestant faith by Henry IV. Revoked by Louis XIV, 1685 driving Huguenots from France.

New Testament. Portion of Bible relating to life and teachings of Christ and his disciples.

Nietzche, Friedrich. 1844-1900. German philosopher. Superman doctrine. Survival of fittest. Thus Spake Zarathustra 1883-92. Will to Power influenced Fascists.

Noncooperation Movement. 1920-22. Ghandi’s non-violent protest in India. Amritsar Massacre.

Nore Mutiny. 1797. British North Sea fleet protest conditions. Parker hung.

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