Congregationalism. 1581-. Protestant Church organization of local churches governing themselves. Browne.

Constable, John. 1776-1837. English Naturalist landscape painter. Hay Wain 1821. Valley Farm. Waterloo Bridge 1831.

Constance, Council. 1414-18. Ended Great Schism. Church council victory over papal power. Martin V elected pope.

Constance, Peace. 1446. Zurich and neighbouring cantons.

Constantine I. 274-338. Roman Emperor 306-, established Christianity as official religion. Moved capital to Constantinople. United state and church.

Constantine XI. -1453. Last Byzantine Emperor 1449-. Died during Turkish siege.

Continental System. 1806-12. Napoleon’s European embargo vs Britain. Russian refusal led to 1812 Campaign. British retaliation led to Anglo-American War 1812.

Conventice Acts. 1593, 1664-1689. Suppressed dissension in Church of England.

Cook, Thomas. 1808-92. English. First modern conducted tours, 1841.

Coolie.19C Chinese indentured labourer.

Cooper, James Fenimore. 1789-1851. US adventure writer: Last of Mohicans 1826. Deerslayer 1841.

Coptics. Monophysite Christian church in Egypt. 451 Schism from Rome.

Corinthian. Most recent style of Classical Greek Architecture. Acanthus leaves on column capital.

Corn Laws. 1804-15. British agricultural price support. Repeal, 1846, marks transformation from agricultural to industrial priorities and free trade.

Cornwallis, Charles. 1738-1805. British General. Ended American Revolution by surrender at Yorktown.

Corpus Juris Civilis. Developed 529-35. Roman legal code. Influenced European legal systems.

Corvée. Statute labour. Abolished 1792 Fr, 1891 Egypt.

Coster, Laurens. 1370-c1440. Dutch inv of moveable type, perhaps before Gutenberg.

Cotton Famine. 1861-5. English depression due to supply cut-off during American Civil War.

Coty, René. 1882-1962. President of France, 1954-59. Algerian Crisis 1958, led to return of deGaulle.

Counter-Reformation. 1517-1622. Catholic reform that followed the Reformation. Trent.

Country Party. 1913-. Australian pro-agriculture party. Small but influential in coalition governments.

Cour Carrée. Central court of Louvre designed by Percier and Fontaine.

Courbet, Gustave. 1819-77. French Realist painter, socialist activist. Commune. The Artist’s Studio 1855.

Court of Miracles. In Middle Ages in Paris, area where beggars lived at night, shedding their wooden legs, etc.

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