Cistercians. 1098-. RC monastic order. Rigorous rule. Trappist vows of silence 1664.

Classical. 500-300BC Greek Art. Idealized figure sculptures. Doric, Ionic, Corinthian architecture. Praxiteles. Roman Art. 1C BC-2C AD. Greek forms; added arch. Sculpture: realistic portraits, dramatic bas-relief.

Clemenceau, Georges. 1841-1929. French Radical Prime Minister 1917-20. Dreyfus defender. War leader.

Cleon. -422BC. Athenian leader; advocated Pelop. War.

Clinton, Henry. 1738-95. Commander 1778-81. Blamed for British defeat in American Revolution.

Clunaics. 910-12C. Strict Benedictine Order.

Clytemnestra. Wife and murderess of Agamemnon. Killed by her children, Orestes and Electra.

Cohn, F. J. 1828-98. Founder of bacteriology.

Coligny, Gaspard de. 1519-72. Huguenot leader 1562-. Influence on king caused Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.

Colossus of Rhodes. 280-224BC. 30m bronze statue of Helios. Collapsed during earthquake. A 7 Wonder.

Comenius, John. 1592-1670. Czech founder of direct method of language education. First use of pictures.

Common Law. Based on precedents derived from reason rather than a code of statutes. Originally English.

Condottieri. 14-15C. Ineffective Italian mercenary leaders.

Confederacy. 1861-5. Rebel US government in American Civil War.

Confederation. 1867. United Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Upper and Lower Canada as Dominion of Canada.

Confederation Group. 19C Canadian nationalistic poets. Carmen.

Congress (I) Party. 1978-. Split from Congress Party under Indira Gandhi.

Constant de Rebecque, Benjamin. 1767-1830. Swiss/French author. Adolphe.

Constitutional Convention. 1787. Philadelphia. Amended Articles of Confederation. Constitution.

Continental Army. 1775-81. American Revolution army under George Washington.

Convention of 1818. Established 49th parallel as US-Canada border.

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

Cordeliers. 1790-4. French moderate revolutionaries. Met at convent. Petitioned vs king. Most executed. Marat.

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

Costa Rica. 1502 Columbus discovers. 1564 Spain settles. 1821 Independent. 1822 Mexican Empire. 1823 CAF. 1838 Republic.

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