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Léger, Fernand. 1881-1955. French painter. Modernist mechanistic forms of solid colors. Femme au Livre 1923. Grande Parade 1954.
Legion of Honour. French national order instituted by Napoleon, 1802. Five ranks: Grands Croix, Grands Officiers, Commandeurs, Officiers, Chevaliers.
Legislative. Branch of a government that enacts laws.
Leibniz, Gottfried. 1646-1716. German philosopher, mathematician. Invented differential and integral calculus1675, binary arithmetic 1703. Multiplication machine 1671.
Le Lorrain, Robert. 1666-1743. French bas-relief sculptor.
Leningrad, Siege. 1941-44. By Germans. Unsuccessful. 1M died.
Leningrad Affair. 1948. Purge of Zhdanov associates by Stalin.
Leninism. Applied Dialectical Materialism. World Proletariat Revolution. Dictatorship of the Proletariat, then transition to Communism. Authoritarian conspiratorial elite conscious of imperative of history. “Freedom in discussion-unity in action”.
Lenoir, Alexandre. 1761-1839. Archeologist. Founder of the Museum of French Monuments.
Leo Africanus. 1485-1554. Arab/Christian traveler. Descriptions of Africa 1550.
Leo X. 1475-1521. Pope 1513-. Excommunicated Luther. Depleted treasury.
Leonardo da Vinci. 1452-1519. Florentine painter, writer, sculptor, scientist. Prototypical Renaissance Man. Sfumato. Laws of Flight. Adoration of Magi 1479. Last Supper 1495. Mona Lisa 1503. Parachute 1480.
Leoncavello, Ruggero. 1857-1919. Italian opera composer. I Pagliacci 1892.
Leopold and Loeb. 1924. Wealthy, intellectual partners ‘perfect’ murder of Bobby Franks leads to life imprisonment. Darrow plea avoids execution.
Leopold I. 1790-1865. First King of Belgians 1831-. Maintained neutrality.
Leopold II. 1747-92. Holy Roman Emperor 1790-. “Enlightened despot”. Liberal reforms. Declaration of Pillnitz for absolutism.
Lépine, Louis. 1846-1933. French administrator, prefect of police. Contest of inventors.
Lerner, Alan. 1918-86. Lyricist. My Fair Lady. Camelot.
Lessing, Doris. 1919-. Iran./Rhodesian/British novelist. The Children of Violence 1964.
Lessing, Gotthold. 1729-81. German Movement dramatist. Laokoon 1765. Minna von Barnheim 1767. Nathan the Wise 1779.
Lettres de Cachet. 16C-1789. French royal warrants for arrest. Often political. Bastille.
Leucippus. -440BC. Greek philosopher. Atomism. “Nothing occurs at random”.
Leuctra, Battle. 371BC. Thebes defeats Sparta, signalling decline.
Levant. Region of E Mediterranean from Greece to Egypt.