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Relativism, Ethical. What is right depends on what society or individual thinks is right.
Religion, Wars of. 1562-1598. Eight French wars between Catholics and Protestants. Ended by Edict of Nantes. Sully. Mornay. Three Henrys War.
Remarque, Erich. 1898-1970. German/US writer. All Quiet on the Western Front 1929.
Rembrandt van Rijn. 1606-69. Dutch painter of bold realism. Chiaroscuro. Engraver. Antomy Lesson 1632. Night Watch 1642.
Remington, Frederic. 1861-1909. US artist of western subjects.
Remus. Twin brother of Romulus; legendary founders of Rome. Killed by Romulus after jumping over town wall.
Renaissance Architecture. Italy 15C-. England 1558-1702. Intellectual search for harmony with Roman and mathematical proportions. Michelangelo. Bramante. Brunelleschi. Manetti.
Renan, Ernest. 1823-92. French writer: Future of Science, Origins of Christianity. Life of Jesus 1863.
Renart, le Roman de. Group of French adventure romances written in the 12-13C.
Renner, Karl. 1870-1950. Austrian republican leader and president. Supported union with Germany before WWII.
Rennie John. 1761-1821. British architect of Waterloo Bridge, 1811.
Representation of the People Acts. England. 1918 Women over 30 and men over 21 enfranchised. 1928 Women over 21. 1948 Plural voting abolished. 1969 Age of majority reduced to 18. Reform Bills.
Republic. Government vesting power in representatives who govern for the good of the people.
Republic, Second Spanish. 1931-9. President Zamora, Azaña. Spanish Civil War.
Republican Party. 1792 Jefferson’s agrarian party. 1820 Whigs. 1854. Anti-slavery party. Lincoln. = Grand Old Party. vs Democratic Party.
Resistance. WWII underground paramilitary groups in German-occupied countries, notably France. Partisans. Maquis.
Restoration. 1660. English Monarchy reinstated following Protectorate. 1791 French Revolutionary Wars.
Retz, Cardinal de. 1613-79. French politician, writer, Fronde leader.
Reuchlin, Johannes. 1455-1522. German. Christian. Created Hebrew grammar.
Revere, Paul. 1735-1818. Silversmith. American Revolution hero. 1775 Midnight ride warned militia of British troops marching on Concord.
Revolutionary War. American Revolution.
Revolutions of 1848. Vienna, Prague, Venice. Romanticism, economic problems, bad harvest, unrest within Austrian Empire led to concessions, abdication of Emperor Ferdinand I.
Rhine, Confederation of. 1806-13. Bavaria and German states with constitution in French model.
Rhodes, Cecil. 1853-1902. English colonialist in South Africa. Endowed Oxford scholarship to preserve Empire.