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71Swetnam the Woman-Hater — Arraigned by Women is a Jacobean era stage play, an anonymous comedy that was part of an anti feminist controversy of the 1615 ndash;20 period.Performance and publication Swetnam the Woman Hater was first published in 1620, in a quarto issued by… …
72Dongfang Shuo — image from the Wan xiao tang zhu zhuang huan zhuan (晩笑堂竹荘畫傳). This is a Chinese name; the family name is Dongfang. Dongfang Shuo (simplified Chinese: 东方朔; traditional Chinese: 東方朔; pin …
73Psellos, Michael — Historian, premier intellectual and writer of his time, courtier and advisor to several 11th century emperors (q.v.). Michael VII (q.v.) was his pupil. Whatever one thinks of his character (which was necessarily chameleon like to have survived …
74literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
75South 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… …
76Baruch Spinoza — Infobox Philosopher region = Western Philosophy era = 17th century philosophy color = #B0C4DE| image size = 200px image caption = name = Baruch de Spinoza birth = November 24, 1632 (Amsterdam, Netherlands) death = February 21, 1677 (The Hague,… …
77Francis I of France — Francis I King of France Reign 1 January 1515 – 31 March 1547 ( 1000000000000003200000032 years, 1000000000000008900000089 days) Corona …
78Louis XV of France — Infobox French Royalty|monarch name=Louis XV title=King of France and Navarre caption=Louis XV by Hyacinthe Rigaud (1730) reign=1 September 1715 ndash; 10 May 1774 coronation=25 October 1722, Reims titles= HM The King HRH The Dauphin of Viennois… …
79Cardinal Richelieu — The Red Eminence redirects here. For Soviet statesman, see Mikhail Andreyevich Suslov. Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal de Richelieu Portrait of Cardinal Richelieu, 1637, Philippe de Champaigne 1st Chief Minister of the …
80Satyricon — Infobox Book name = Satyricon translator = image caption = author = Petronius country = Roman Empire language = Latin genre = Satire publisher = Various release date = Late 1st century CE isbn = n/a Satyricon (or Satyrica ) is a Latin work of… …
