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Encyclopedia - 1380s: Encyclopedia - 1380s
1380s - Events and Trends. The Western Schism continues with Pope Urban VI and Avignon Pope Clement VII each considered by some to be ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1380s: Encyclopedia Ii - 1380s - Events And Trends
1380 The city of Sofia (Bulgaria) is taken by the Ottoman Empire (Turks). Battle of Kulikovo - Russian forces under Grand Prince Dmitri ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1360s: Encyclopedia - 1360s
Centuries: 13th century - 14th century - 15th century Decades: 1310s 1320s 1330s 1340s 1350s - 1360s - 1370s 1380s 1390s 1400s 1410s Year...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Canterbury Tales: Encyclopedia - The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century (two of them in prose, the rest in verse)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Armenian Quarter: Encyclopedia - Armenian Quarter
The Armenian Quarter is one of the four quarters of the Old City of Jerusalem. It might appear that the Armenian quarter would be a part ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1362: Encyclopedia - 1362
Centuries: 13th century - 14th century - 15th century Decades: 1310s 1320s 1330s 1340s 1350s - 1360s - 1370s 1380s 1390s 1400s 1410s Year...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Renaissance: Encyclopedia - Renaissance
The Renaissance, also known as "Il Rinascimento" (in Italian), was an influential cultural movement which brought about a period of scien...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Armenian Quarter: Encyclopedia Ii - Armenian Quarter - The Armenian People And Their Establishment In Jerusalem: 95 Bc–640 Ad
The Armenians are an ancient people who have inhabited parts of Turkey, Iran and the Caucasus for more than three thousand years. The fir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Jersey: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Jersey - Normans
The island took the name Jersey as a result of Viking activity in the area between the 9th and 10th centuries. The Channel Islands remain...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Finland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Finland - Earliest Origins Of The Finns
Finnish and Sami — the language of Lapland's small indigenous minority — are both Finno-Ugric languages and are in the Uralic rather ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Finland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Finland - Earliest Origins Of The Finns
Finnish and Sami — the language of Lapland's small indigenous minority — are both Finno-Ugric languages and are in the Uralic rather ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Renaissance: Encyclopedia Ii - Renaissance - Historiography
The term Rebirth (Rinascita), to indicate the flourishing of artistic and scientific activities starting in Italy in the mid-1300's, was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Old Swiss Confederacy: Encyclopedia Ii - Old Swiss Confederacy - Territorial Development
Under the Hohenstaufen dynasty of the Holy Roman Empire, the three regions of Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden (the Waldstätten or "forest co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islamic Conquest Of Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Conquest Of Afghanistan - Mughal-safavid Rivalry Ca. 1500-1747
Early in the sixteenth century, Babur, who was descended from Timur on his father's side and from Genghis Khan on his mother's, was drive...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Canterbury Tales: Encyclopedia Ii - The Canterbury Tales - The Individual Tales
The themes of the tales vary, and include topics such as courtly love, treachery and avarice. The genres also vary, and include romance, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Piers Plowman: Encyclopedia Ii - Piers Plowman - Editorial Publication And Reception History
Piers Plowman - 14th-15th Centuries. John Ball, a priest involved as a leader in the Great Rising of 1381, included Piers and other cha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Armenian Quarter: Encyclopedia Ii - Armenian Quarter - The Crusader Periods 1099–1187, 1229–1244
In 1009 the Fatamid ruler Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah demolished the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, an act that would help light the spark of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Finland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Finland - Recent History
At the beginning of the 1990s the Finnish economy fell into severe depression. The depression was caused by an overheated economy after l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Finland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Finland - Independence And Civil War
In the aftermath of the February Revolution in Russia, Finland received a new Senate, a coalition-Cabinet with the same power structure a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Finland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Finland - Russian Grand Duchy
(Main article: Grand Duchy of Finland) During the Finnish War between Sweden and Russia, Finland was again conquered by the armies of Tsa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Finland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Finland - Prehistory
The archaeological evidence of the Paleolithic, pre-Ice Age settlement in Finland is a debated issue. After the Ice Age, the archaeologic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Finland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Finland - The Middle Ages
Contact between Sweden and what is now Finland was remarkable even during pre-Christian times — the Vikings were known to Finns both du...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Finland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Finland - The 16th Century
In 1521, The Kalmar Union finally collapsed and Gustav Vasa became the King of Sweden. During his rule, the Swedish church was reformed. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Finland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Finland - The 17th Century - The Swedish Empire
In 1617 - 1632 Sweden was ruled by the king Gustavus Adolphus, whose military reforms transformed the Swedish army from a peasant militia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Finland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Finland - The 18th Century - Age Of Reason
During the Great War (1713–1721), Finland was occupied by the Russians, and the south-eastern part, including the important town of Vii...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Jersey: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Jersey - 20th Century
English was first permitted in debates in the States of Jersey in 1901 and the first legislation to be drawn up primarily in English was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islamic Conquest Of Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Conquest Of Afghanistan - The Islamic Conquest
In 637, five years after the death of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, Arab Muslims shattered the might of the Iranian Sassanians at the Bat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Finland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Finland - Post-war Era
Finland retained a democratic constitution and free economic structure during the Cold War era. Treaties signed in 1947 and 1948 with the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islamic Conquest Of Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Conquest Of Afghanistan - Ghaznavid And Ghorid Rule
Out of the Samanid Dynasty came the first great Islamic empire of the region, the Ghaznavid Empire, whose warriors, forged an empire that...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islamic Conquest Of Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Conquest Of Afghanistan - Mongol Rule 1220-1506
Followings years of conquest in China and Central Asia, the Mongol Empire had emerged as a major world power of its day and attempted to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Old Swiss Confederacy: Encyclopedia Ii - Old Swiss Confederacy - Social Developments
The developments beginning in about the 13th century had profound effects on the society. Gradually the population of serfs changed into ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Jersey: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Jersey - 19th Century
The livre tournois had been used as the legal currency for centuries. However, it was abolished during the French Revolutionary period. A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Jersey: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Jersey - 18th Century
The Chamber of commerce founded 24 February 1768 is the oldest in the Commonwealth. The Code of 1771 laid down for the first time in one ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Finland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Finland - Finland In World War Ii
During World War II, Finland fought the Soviet Union twice: she defended herself against the Soviet Union in the Winter War of 1939-1940 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Finland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Finland - Post-war Era
Finland retained a democratic constitution and free economic structure during the Cold War era. Treaties signed in 1947 and 1948 with the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Finland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Finland - Recent History
In the beginning of the 1990's the Finnish economy fell in to the severe depression. The depression was caused by overheated economy afte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Jersey: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Jersey - Reformation To Restoration
During the 16th century the islanders adopted the Protestant religion and life became very austere. The increasing use of gunpowder on th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Finland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Finland - Finland In The Inter-war Era
Despite of the Declaration of Independence calling Finland a Republic, initially, Finland was to be a constitutional monarchy. A German p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Renaissance: Encyclopedia Ii - Renaissance - Italian Renaissance
The Italian Renaissance was intertwined with the intellectual movement known as Renaissance humanism and with the fiercely independent an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Armenian Quarter: Encyclopedia Ii - Armenian Quarter - The Crusader Periods 1099–1187 1229–1244
In 1009 the Fatamid ruler Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah demolished the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, an act that would help light the spark of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Armenian Quarter: Encyclopedia Ii - Armenian Quarter - 1260–1517—the Mamluk Period
The coming of the Slave Army of the Mamluks in 1260, replacing the short lived late Muslim Ayyubid rulers (1244–1260) had little effect...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Armenian Quarter: Encyclopedia Ii - Armenian Quarter - The Ottoman Period 1517–1917
Under the Ottomans Jerusalem would become a cosmopolitan city where religious tolerance to some degree functioned well and a corrupt but ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Armenian Quarter: Encyclopedia Ii - Armenian Quarter - Struggles Over The Holy Sites
The Struggle over the Holy sites had little effect on the buildings themselves, save the fact that all the churches ended up agreeing in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Armenian Quarter: Encyclopedia Ii - Armenian Quarter - The First Muslim Period 638–1099
The Persian conquest and sacking of Jerusalem in 614 and the subsequent Islamic conquest in 638 found the Armenians under siege from thei...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Canterbury Tales: Encyclopedia Ii - The Canterbury Tales - Significance
It is sometimes argued that the greatest contribution that this work made to English literature was in popularising the literary use of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Renaissance: Encyclopedia Ii - Renaissance - Start Of The Renaissance
The Renaissance has no set starting point or place. It happened gradually at different places at different times and there are no defined...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Renaissance: Encyclopedia Ii - Renaissance - Italian Renaissance
The Italian Renaissance was intertwined with the intellectual movement known as Renaissance humanism and with the fiercely independent an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Renaissance: Encyclopedia Ii - Renaissance - Northern Renaissance
The Renaissance spread north out of Italy being adapted and modified as it moved. It first arrived in France, imported by King Charles VI...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Canterbury Tales: Encyclopedia Ii - The Canterbury Tales - The Complete Work
The work was begun some time in the 1380s with Chaucer stopping work on it in the late 1390s. It was not written down fully conceived as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Armenian Quarter: Encyclopedia Ii - Armenian Quarter - The British Mandate Period—1917–1948
The British authorities, with their spit-shined boots and years of colonial experience were quick to embrace the Status Quo, despite Balf...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Armenian Quarter: Encyclopedia Ii - Armenian Quarter - The 1948 War And Jordanian Rule 1948–1967
In 1948 the British were set to leave Palestine, the U.N agreed to partition Palestine and Israel declared her independence. Under the U....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Finland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Finland - The 18th Century - The Age Of Reason
During the Great Northern War (1700–1721), Finland was occupied by the Russians, and the south-eastern part, including the important to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Finland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Finland - Russian Grand Duchy
(Main article: Grand Duchy of Finland) During the Finnish War between Sweden and Russia, Finland was again conquered by the armies of Tsa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Finland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Finland - Independence And Civil War
In the aftermath of the February Revolution in Russia, Finland received a new Senate, a coalition-Cabinet with the same power structure a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Finland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Finland - Finland In The Inter-war Era
Despite the Declaration of Independence calling Finland a Republic, initially Finland was to be a constitutional monarchy. Frederick Char...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Finland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Finland - The 17th Century - The Swedish Empire
In 1617 - 1632 Sweden was ruled by King Gustavus Adolphus, whose military reforms transformed the Swedish army from a peasant militia int...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Finland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Finland - The 16th Century
In 1521, the Kalmar Union finally collapsed and Gustav Vasa became the King of Sweden. During his rule, the Swedish church was reformed (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Piers Plowman: Encyclopedia Ii - Piers Plowman - The Text
Piers Plowman is considered to be the biggest challenge in Middle English textual criticism, on par with the Greek New Testament. There a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Finland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Finland - Pre-history
The archaeological evidence of the Paleolithic, pre-Ice Age settlement in Finland is a debated issue. After the Ice Age, the archaeologic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Finland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Finland - Finland In World War Ii
During World War II, Finland fought the Soviet Union twice: she defended herself against the Soviet Union in the Winter War of 1939-1940 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Finland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Finland - The Middle Ages
Contact between Sweden and what is now Finland was remarkable even during pre-Christian times — the Vikings were known to Finns both du...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Piers Plowman: Encyclopedia Ii - Piers Plowman - Title And Authorship
The most likely (now commonly accepted) candidate for Piers' authorship is a recent scholarly attribution to a William Langland, about wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1380s: Encyclopedia Ii - 1380s - Births
1380 February 11 - Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini, Italian humanist (died 1459) September 8 - Saint Bernardino of Siena, Italian Fran...   » Read the article