Brecht, Bertolt. 1898-1956. German experimental dramatist: Threepenny Opera 1928. Mother Courage.

Breton. Language of Brittany, Cornwall.

Bronze Age. 3500-500BC. First uses of metal for arms and tools. Began in Near East. Society more structured. Specialization begins. Iron Age.

Bruegel, Pieter (the Elder). 1525-69. Flemish narrative painter of village life. Natural realism. Peasant Wedding 1567. Hunters in the Snow 1565.

Bucket Shop. Brokerage house that attempted to profit by delaying placing orders. Now illegal.

Bunin, Ivan. 1870-1953. Russian poet/novelist. Village 1923.

Burbage, James. 1531-97. Built first English theatre 1576. Later rebuilt as Globe.

Burke, John. 1787-1848. Peerage 1826-.

Byron, Lord. 1788-1824. English Romantic poet. Aided Greek indep. Hours of Idleness, Prisoner of Chillon, Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage 1812, Don Juan 1812.

Cadiz. 1100BC Phoenicia...501BC Carthage. 206BC Rome. 409 Visigoth. 535 Byzantine. 711 Moors 1262 Castile.

Cage, John. 1912-92. Father of US avant-garde musical movement. Experiments with randomness and new sounds.

Calypso. Nymph who entertained Ulysses, delaying his voyage for seven years.

Cambridge Agreement. 1629. Allowed Puritans to manage Massachussets Bay Company.

Canning, George. 1770-1827. British Foreigh Secretary. Copenhagen. Peninsular War.

Cano, Juan del. c1460-1526. Spanish. First Circumnavigation 1521. Magellan.

Capella, Martianus. 4-5C. Carthaginian liberal arts curriculum. Influential through Middle Ages.

Carthage. 814BC Phoenician colony. Dido. 574BC Independence after Tyre falls. 480BC Republic. 264-146BC Punic Wars. Hannibal. 146BC Rome razes, rebuilds. 439 Vandals plunder. 533 Byzantine. 705 Moslem. Tunis.

Cartwright, John. 1740-1824. English reformer for universal male suffrage, abolition of slavery.

Cat and Mouse Act. Prisoners Temporary Discharge for Health Act. 1913. Released British suffragettes on hunger strikes.

Catalan. Romance language of Andorra, NE Spain, SW France.

Catalonia. Iberians. Colonized by Phoenicia, Greece, Carthage. c200BC Rome. 5C Goths. 712 Moors. c788 Charlemagne. 1137 +Aragon. 1932 Autonomous. 1939 Spain.

Catherine of Aragon. 1485-1536. First wife of Henry VIII. Marriage annulled.

Catulus, Gaius. 3C BC. Roman General. Defeated Carthage. Ended First Punic War.

Ceausescu, Nicolae. 1918-89. Repressive Romanian dictator, 1965-. Advocated independence from USSR and western ties. Economic policy led to food, energy shortages. Overthrown and executed.

Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. 1894-1961. French writer: Voyage au bout de la nuit 1932.

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