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(Encyclopedia) Luther, Martin, 1483–1546, German leader of the Protestant Reformation, b. Eisleben, Saxony, of a family of small, but free, landholders.
At Wittenberg the iconoclasts under…
(Encyclopedia) Voltaire, François Marie Arouet deVoltaire, François Marie Arouet defräNswäˈ märēˈ ärwāˈ də vôltĕrˈ [key], 1694–1778, French philosopher and author, whose original name was Arouet. One…
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Crusader States (c.1140)
CrusadesCrusadeskr&oomacr;ˈsādz [key], series of wars undertaken by European Christians between the 11th and 14th cent. to recover the Holy Land…
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papacypapacypāˈpəsē [key], office of the pope, head of the Roman Catholic Church. He is pope by reason of being bishop of Rome and thus, according to Roman Catholic belief,…
(Encyclopedia) Hapsburg or HabsburgHapsburgboth: hăpsˈbûrg, Ger. häpsˈb&oobreve;rk [key], ruling house of Austria (1282–1918).
In the 19th cent. the Hapsburg position was challenged in…
A chronology of Black history from the early slave trade through Affirmative Action
by Borgna Brunner 1600s • 1700s • 1800–1850 • 1850–1900 • 1900–1950 • 1950–present 1619 Photograph of…
