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John I, king of France

(Encyclopedia)John I or John the Posthumous, 1316, king of France, posthumous son of King Louis X. He lived only five days and was succeeded by his uncle, Philip V. According to legend, a dying child was substitute...

Eco, Umberto

(Encyclopedia)Eco, Umberto əmbĕrˈtō ĕcō [key], 1932–2016, Italian novelist, essayist, and semiotics scholar. His first novel, the best-selling Il nome della rosa (1980; tr. The Name of the Rose, 1983, film ...

Medici, Cosimo de'

(Encyclopedia)Medici, Cosimo de' dā mĕˈdĭchē, Ital. māˈdēchē [key], 1389–1464, Italian merchant prince, first of the Medici family to rule Florence. He is often called Cosimo the Elder. After the death ...

Black Shirts

(Encyclopedia)Black Shirts, colloquial term originally used to refer to the members of the Fasci di combattimento, units of the Fascist organization founded in Italy in Mar., 1919, by Benito Mussolini. A black shir...

Vecchietta, Il

(Encyclopedia)Vecchietta, Il: see Lorenzo di Pietro. ...

Stabiae

(Encyclopedia)Stabiae: see Castellammare di Stabia, Italy. ...

Canusium

(Encyclopedia)Canusium: see Canosa di Puglia, Italy. ...

Giambologna

(Encyclopedia)Giambologna: see Bologna, Giovanni. ...

Decameron

(Encyclopedia)Decameron: see Boccaccio, Giovanni. ...

Lassus, Orlandus

(Encyclopedia)Lassus, Orlandus: see Lasso, Orlando di. ...