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Tractarian Movement. Oxford Movement. 1833- Named after Tracts for the Times. Condemned at Oxford 1841.
Universities. 968 Cordova. 9C Salerno. 1116 Bologna. 12C Oxford. 1209 Cambridge. 1215 Paris. 1636 Harvard.
Yonge, Charlotte. 1823-1901. English Victorian novelist: Heir of Radclyffe 1853. Daisy Chain 1856. Oxford Movement.
Absolutism. Government where one person/group has absolute power. 15-18C monarchies.
American Civil Liberties Union. ACLU. 1920-. US legal action group supporting civil rights.
Anglo-Saxons. Group of Germanic tribes that invaded Britain in 5C. Ruled to 1066. Angles. Heptarchy.
Basque. Europe’s oldest racial group. NW Spain, SW France. Euzkadi. ETA.
Beatles. 1960-71. Liverpool pop group.
Bloomsbury Group. 1907-30. Agnostic English intellectuals searching for good, true, beautiful. Forster, Woolf, Keynes, Russell, Huxley, et.al.
Camden Town Group. 1902-13. English Postimpressionist artists. London Group.
Château Clique. Small merchant group dominated government of Lower Canada to 1830s.
Confederation Group. 19C Canadian nationalistic poets. Carmen.
Encyclopédists. 1751-72. Group who wrote encyclopaedia under Diderot. Voltaire, Helvetius, D’Alembert. As sceptics, they popularized social ideas which led to the French Revolution.
Family Compact. Small conservative group dominates government of Upper Canada leading to 1837 Rebellion. Mackenzie.
Group of Seven. 1920-74. Canadian Impressionist painters. MacDonald, Harris, Lismer, Varley, Carmichael, Johnston, Jackson. Thomson 1913.
Gurkhas. Nepal peoples. Fierce British fighting group 1947-.
Harris, Lawren. 1885-1970. Canadian landscape, abstract painter. Group of Seven. Lake and Mountains 1928.
Helsinki Group. 1976. Soviet dissidents who monitor human rights aspect of Helsinki Accord. Orlov. Shscharansky.
Inquisition. Group of tribunals dedicated to routing out heresy. Papal. 1231-18C. Formalized by Gregory IX. Torture to obtain confession authorized by Innocent IV 1252. Roman. 1542-1908. RC church vs Protestantism. Galileo. Spanish. 1478-1834. Formed by Isabella and Ferdinand to persecute Jews and Moslems. Torquemada. Auto-da-fé.
Irgun Zvai Leumi. 1931-48. Jewish right-wing terrorist group in Palestine.
Jackson, A.Y. 1882-1974. Canadian landscape painter. Led Group of Seven.
Jacobins. 1789-94. Robespierre-led radical democratic French Revolutionary group. In power 1793-4. -“Holy League against the enemies of liberty”.
K’ai-feng. c1127-19C. Chinese Jewish group.
OAS. Organisation de l’Armée Secrète. 1961-9. Right-wing terrorist anti-Gaullist group founded by Salan. Failed revolt in Algeria 1961.
Red Brigade. 1970-84. Italian left-wing terrorist group. Moro.