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Bellini, Giovanni. c1429-1516. Venetian Renaissance painter. New sensuous realism of form and color. Adoration of the Magi. St. Francis 1480.
Berlin Congress. 1878. Bulgaria divided, independence for Romania, Serbia. Turkey gains Macedonia. Russia gains Armenia. Britain gains Cyprus. Revised San Stefano treaty.
Berry, Jean, duc de. 1340-1416. Regent of France for Charles VI. Policies caused Peasants Revolt 1381-4. Patron of arts. Limburg.
Besant, Annie. 1847-1933. English Theosophist. Founded Indian Home Rule League 1916.
Blues and Greens. 5-9C. Byzantine political factions. Nika Revolt.
Bollandists. 1629-. Belgian Jesuits. Update Acta Santorium, (Lives of Roman Catholic saints).
Borodin, Aleksander. 1833-87. Russian heroic composer. Prince Igor 1869.
Bosanquet, Bernard. 1848-1923. English neo-Hegelian Idealist philosopher. History of Aesthetic 1892.
Botticelli, Sandro. 1445-1510. Poetic Florentine Renaissance painter: Sistine fresco 1482.Birth of Venus 1485.
Bourges, Pragmatic Sanction. 1438. French Charles VIII supports Gallicanism vs pope.
Boyacá, Battle. 1819. South American rebels win independence from New Granada from Spain. Bolivar. Santander.
Bruegel, Pieter (the Elder). 1525-69. Flemish narrative painter of village life. Natural realism. Peasant Wedding 1567. Hunters in the Snow 1565.
Brut. Unrestricted style of art produced by those outside of society: insane, criminal, etc.
Burckhardt, Jacob. 1818-97. Swiss cultural historian. Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy 1860.
Burgess, Anthony. 1917-95. English Social novelist. Clockwork Orange 1962. Wanting Seed 1962.
Bushmen. South African tribe. = San.
Cánovas, Antonio. 1828-97. Spanish premier. Helped restore Alfonso XIII. Wrote constitution.
Caravaggist School of Painting. Themes of courtesan, cheaters. e.g. George de la Tour.
Casanova, Giovanni. 1725-98. Venetian womanizer, famous for his amorous adventures. Memoirs 1787.
Cassander. c354-297BC. Macedonian King. Fought for control after Alexander’s death. Diadochi.
Cassandra. Daughter of Priam, with gift of prophecy, but curse of never being believed.
Cavaliers. Royalist partisans in English Civil War.
Celsius, Anders. 1701-44. Swedish physicist: centigrade temperature scale 1742.
Cerceau, Jacques Androuet du. c1520-85. Optical Views 1551, treatise on architectural perspective.
Chanak Crisis. 1922. British fear Turkish threat to Dardanelles. Lausanne Peace, 1923.