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101Charlemagne — /shahr leuh mayn /; Fr. /shannrdd leuh mannn yeu/, n. ( Charles the Great ) A.D. 742 814, king of the Franks 768 814; as Charles I, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 800 814. * * * or Carolus Magnus ( Charles the Great ) born April 2, c. 742 died… …
102France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …
103Spain — /spayn/, n. a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 39,244,195; 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Cap.: Madrid. Spanish, España. * * * Spain Introduction Spain Background: Spain s powerful world empire of the 16th and… …
104South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …
105French literature — Introduction the body of written works in the French language produced within the geographic and political boundaries of France. The French language was one of the five major Romance languages to develop from Vulgar Latin as a result of the …
106Latin America, history of — Introduction history of the region from the pre Columbian period and including colonization by the Spanish and Portuguese beginning in the 15th century, the 19th century wars of independence, and developments to the end of World War II.… …
107Western architecture — Introduction history of Western architecture from prehistoric Mediterranean cultures to the present. The history of Western architecture is marked by a series of new solutions to structural problems. During the period from the… …
108Albert of Saxony — • Fourteenth century philosopher Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Albert of Saxony Albert of Saxony † …
109LEIBNIZ (G. W.) — Dans l’histoire de la philosophie, Leibniz doit être situé à l’intersection du plus ancien et du plus moderne: traditionnel par sa filiation scolastique avouée et par le souci théologique constant dans sa pensée, il est sans nul doute le plus… …
110impétueux — impétueux, euse [ ɛ̃petɥø, øz ] adj. • 1220; bas lat. impetuosus, de impetus « élan, attaque » 1 ♦ Littér. Dont l impulsion est violente et rapide. Torrent impétueux. Vent impétueux. ⇒ déchaîné, 1. fort. Par métaph. « la marche impétueuse des… …
