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17 matches to Robin Hood
Hood, Robin. Robin Hood.
Robin Hood. 13C Legendary English archer and outlaw, who robbed the rich to help the poor.
Defoe, Daniel. 1660-1731. English writer: Robinson Crusoe 1719; Moll Flanders 1722. Idea of savings bank, 1697.
Selkirk, Alexander. 1676-1721. Sailor marooned 1704-9. Prototype for Robinson Crusoe.
Bath, Order of. 1399. A British knighthood.
Bodhisattva. One who delays Buddhahood to save others. Mahayana.
Chivalry. 12-15C. International brotherhood of knights and their code of conduct.
Garter, Order of. c1348. First Order of British Knighthood. Founded by Edward III. “Honi soit qui mal y pense”. Shame on him who thinks evil of it.
Golden Fleece, Order of. 1430. Knighthood founded by Philip the Good.
Gorky, Maxim. 1868-1936. Russian writer. Childhood 1913-14.
Hunt, William. 1827-1910. British Pre-Raphaelite painter.
Millais, John. 1829-1896. British Pre-Raphaelite painter. Christ in the House of His Parents 1850.
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. 1848-53. British painters vs Royal Academy. Advocated return to simple classical naturalism. Painted with bright colors on white vs dark tones of the time. Rossetti. Millais. Hunt.
Puerto Rico. Taino. 1493 Columbus discovers. 1508 Spanish colony. 1898 US (Spanish American War). 1998 rejects statehood.
Rossetti, Dante. 1828-82. English poet/painter. Founded Pre-Raphaelites. Blessed Damozel 1850. Beata Beatrix c1863.
Ruskin, John. 1819-1900. English writer and Pre-Raphaelite art critic. Social reformer.
Three Principles of the People. 1923. Sun Yat-sen: Nationalism, freedom from Imperial rule; Democracy; Livelihood.