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  • 51Gower, John — born 1330? died 1408, London? English poet. His works, in the tradition of courtly love and moral allegory, strongly influenced other poets of his day. His friend Geoffrey Chaucer called him moral Gower. His Speculum meditantis (с 1374–78),… …

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  • 52Stalin, Joseph — orig. Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili born Dec. 21, 1879, Gori, Georgia, Russian Empire died March 5, 1953, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R. Soviet politician and dictator. The son of a cobbler, he studied at a seminary but was expelled for… …

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  • 53Dickens, Charles — ▪ British novelist Introduction in full  Charles John Huffam Dickens   born Feb. 7, 1812, Portsmouth, Hampshire, Eng. died June 9, 1870, Gad s Hill, near Chatham, Kent  English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian era. His …

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  • 54Montesquieu, Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de — ▪ French political philosopher Introduction born January 18, 1689, Château La Brède, near Bordeaux, France died February 10, 1755, Paris       French political philosopher whose major work, The Spirit of Laws, was a major contribution to… …

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  • 55Acclamation — • Used in the classical Latin of Republican Rome as a general term for any manifestation of popular feeling expressed by a shout Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Acclamation     Acclamation …

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  • 56Covenanters — • The name given to the subscribers (practically the whole Scottish nation) of the two Covenants, the National Covenant of 1638 and the Solemn League and Covenant of 1643 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Covenanters     Covena …

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  • 57Tatian — • A second century apologist about whose antecedents and early history nothing can be affirmed with certainty except that he was born in Assyria and that he was trained in Greek philosophy Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Tatian      …

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  • 58The Suppression of the Jesuits (1770-1773) —     Society of Jesus, History of the (1750 1773)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Suppression of the Jesuits (1750 1773)     The Suppression is the most difficult part of the history of the Society. Having enjoyed very high favor among Catholic… …

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  • 59invective — 1. noun /ɪnˈvɛktɪv/ a) An expression which inveighs or rails against a person. Politics can raise invective to a low art. b) A severe or violent censure or reproach. 2. adjective /ɪnˈvɛktɪv/ Characterized by invection or …

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  • 60denunciation — noun a) Proclamation; announcement; a publishing. b) The act of denouncing; public menace or accusation; the act of inveighing against, stigmatizing, or publicly arraigning; arraignment. See Also: denunciative, denunciatory …

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