The Renaissance
Maidservant with the Head of Holfernes, also shows the influence of Michelangelo da Caravaggio, who brought a stark real- ism an ...
were patrolled after sundown in order to prevent any of the inhabitants from min- gling with Gentiles (non-Jews) in the rest of ...
between an old man and a young boy cap- tures the essential humanist element of the Renaissance, when heartfelt and famil- iar e ...
artists. Historians are unsure of his birth- place, although by some accounts he was born in Colle di Vespignano, in rural Tus- ...
carved by Andrea Pisano. The rest of the structure was completed well after Giotto’s death and its design was altered by the ar- ...
the year of death of Ferdinand Charles, the last of the line. SEEALSO: d’Este, Isabella; Gonzaga, Gian- francesco; Gonzaga, Ludo ...
and builders, known as the Mudejars, had developed an intricate geometrical style, inspired by the Islamic strictures against de ...
scape, known asView of Toledo, that re- mains one of the best known paintings of his time. His elongated and rapturous fig- ures ...
set out important concepts of international law. He was born in the town of Delft and was a precocious student of Latin, writing ...
Peacealso deals with legal conduct during war time, the “rules of warfare,” a revolu- tionary concept in a Europe torn apart by ...
post. By this time he was disillusioned with the ambition and greed of the popes and decided to seek his fortune by allying with ...
useful for his process than the traditional materials used by scribes. Not a wealthy man, Gutenberg was forced to borrow money a ...
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Habsburg dynasty ............................. H A royal dynasty whose members became the hereditary rulers of the Holy Roman Em ...
Spain (as King Philip II), the Habsburg territories in Italy, and the Spanish colo- nies in the Americas. On the death of Fer- d ...
which appeared in 1609. He was a mem- ber of the East India Company and also joined the Northwest Passage Company, meant to disc ...
In France, according to the Salic law, women could not reign as monarchs. Without a male heir, King Henri III recog- nizedHenrio ...
ships used as freighters by the Portuguese in the Mediterranean. Henry paid for the explorations he sponsored through his ap- po ...
petitioned Clement for a dissolution of his marriage, which Clement adamantly re- fused to grant. On the suggestion of his advis ...
better opportunities in England. Through a letter of introduction written by Eras- mus, Holbein met Sir Thomas More, who was ser ...
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