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Court of Cassation
Language; Encyclopedias
A court of highest and last appeal in France, appointed in the case of appeal to revise the forms of a procedure in an inferior court; it consists of a president and vice-president, 49 judges, a ...
Denis Calvaert
Language; Encyclopedias
A painter, born at Antwerp; settled at Bologna, where he founded a school, from whence issued many eminent artists, among others Guidi Reni, Domenichino, and Albani; his masterpiece, "St. Michael" in ...
Donald Cargill
Language; Encyclopedias
A Scotch Covenanter, born in Perthshire; was minister of the Barony Parish, Glasgow; fought at Bothwell Brig; suffered at the Cross of Edinburgh for daring to excommunicate the king; died with the ...
David Augustin de Brueys
Language; Encyclopedias
French dramatist, born at Aix, an abbé converted by Bossuet, and actively engaged in propagating the faith; managed to be joint editor with Palaprat in the production of plays (1650-1725).
Don Carlos
Language; Encyclopedias
Grandson of the preceding, and heir to his rights; revived the struggle in 1870, but fared no better than his grandfather; took refuge in London; b. 1848.
De Chézy
Language; Encyclopedias
A French Orientalist, born at Neuilly; the first to create in France an interest in the study of Sanskrit (1773-1832).
