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Renaissance

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Epoque de grands changments et de revolution sociale et spirituelle en Europe, surtout en France et en Italie, dans les domaines d'art et de philosophie, au 15 e 16 siecle. Les gens sont tournes ...

Byzantine Empire

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(330-1453) The eastern half of the Roman Empire, which survived after the fall of the Western Empire at the end of the 5th century C.E. Its capital was Constantinople, named after the Emperor ...

Thomas Aquinas was an Italian Dominican priest of the Roman Catholic Church, and an immensely influential philosopher and theologian in the tradition of scholasticism. He was the foremost classical ...

Henry VIII

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Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English ...

William the Conqueror

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William I was the first Norman King of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 1087. After a long struggle to establish his power, by 1060 his hold on Normandy was secure, and he launched the ...

Justinian I

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Justinian I (c. 482 – 14 November 565) was Byzantine Emperor from 527 to 565. During his reign, Justinian sought to revive the Empire's greatness and reconquer the lost western half of the classical ...

Edict of Nantes

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The Edict of Nantes, issued on 13 April 1598, by Henry IV of France, granted the Huguenots substantial rights in a nation still considered essentially Catholic. In the Edict, Henry aimed primarily to ...