Aneurin. -c560. Welsh poet. Y Gododdin.

Angad. 1504-52. Sikh Guru. Created Punjab script.

Anglicanism. Catholic adherence to the doctrines of the Church of England.

Anglo-American War. 1812-14. US, angry at British blockade of France, and Tippecanoe interference, invades Canada. Toronto and White House burned. US defeated. Ghent Treaty.

Anglo-Catholicism. High Church movement in Church of England. Stresses link with Roman Catholic church. Oxford Movement.

Anne. 1665-1714. British Queen 1702-. Reign notable for literarature, science, architecture. Last Stuart. Acts of Union, Settlement.

Anne of Cleves. 1515-57. Fourth wife of Henry VIII. Divorced.

Annual Register. 1759-. English political record. Burke.

Anselm, St. 1033-1109. Archbishop of Canterbury, founder of Scholasticism. Proved God exists 1078.

Anti-Clericalism. Hostility to church political power.

Antigone. Faithful daughter of Oedipus. Buried alive.

Antigone. Priam’s sister. Hair turned to snakes.

Antinoüs. c110-30. Favourite of Hadrian.

Antioch. 300BC Seleucus I founds. 64BC Rome. First reference to disciples as Christians c42. 540 Persia. 637 Moslem. 10-11C Syrian capital. 969 Byzantine. 1098 Crusader State. 1268 Egypt. 1517 Ottoman. 1920 Syria. 1939 Turkey.

Anville, J.B. d’. 1697-1782. French cartographer known for accuracy.

Apelles. 4C BC. Greek painter. No surviving works.

Apollinaire, Guillaume. 1880-1918. Italian/French avant-garde poet, coined term Surrealism to describe Chagall work.

Apollinarianism. 4C Christian heresy. Jesus not truly human because of his divine nature.

Apollodorus. 5C BC. Athenian painter. Shading. No surviving work.

Appleseed, Johnny. (Chapman). 1774-1845. US nurseryman. Gave seedlings to pioneers.

Arab-Israeli Wars. 1948-9. Palestinians flee to Arab countries. 1956. Israel captures Sinai, UN takes over. 1967. Six Day War. Israel defeats Egypt, Syria, Jordan, gains Jerusalem, Sinai, Golan,... 1973. Egypt, Syria attack = October War.

Aragon. 2C BC Rome. 711 Moors. 1035 Independent kingdom. 1076 +Navarre. 1134 -Navarre. 1137 +Catalonia. 1238 +Valencia. 13C +Balearics, Murcia. 1479 +Castile =Spain. Ferdinand.

Archaic Period of Greek Art. c650-500BC. Egyptian influenced sculpture. Mythological vase painting.

Archduke. Hereditary title of Austrian Hapsburgs.

Argonauts. Greek heroes who pursued the golden fleece.

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