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61Spain — /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… …
62English literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are… …
63Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
64Barocco Style — • A debased application to architecture of Renaissance features Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Barocco Style Barocco Style …
65Angels — Angels † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Angels (Latin angelus; Greek aggelos; from the Hebrew for one going or one sent ; messenger). The word is used in Hebrew to denote indifferently either a divine or human messenger. The Septuagint… …
66vulgar — adjective /ˈvʌl.ɡə,ˈvʌl.ɡɚ/ a) Having to do with ordinary, common people. Further, the same sacred name in other monuments precedes the vulgar name of King Takellothis, the sixth of the XXII. Dyn., as we have seen. b) Debased, uncouth,… …
67Coinage of Philip IV of France — An agnel d or. The coinage of Philip IV of France (1268–1314, also known as Philippe le Bel ) marks the first mass diffusion of gold coinage in the Kingdom of France (before him, only his grandfather Saint Louis IX, had minted a few gold coins,… …
68Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States — is a three volume work written by Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Joseph Story and published in 1833. In these Commentaries, Story defends the power of the national government and economic liberty. My object will be Story wrote,… …
69Black dog (coin) — A dog or a black dog was a coin in the Caribbean of Queen Anne of Great Britain, made of pewter or copper, typically worth 1½ pence or a 72nd of a dollar. The name comes from the negative connotations of the word dog, as they came from debased… …
70Renaissance philosophy outside Italy — Stuart Brown Italy might justly be described as the home of Renaissance philosophy. Many of the important cultural developments of the period originated in Italy and only gradually spread north and west to other countries. But each of the other… …
