Five Dynasties. 907-60. China between T’ang and Sung dynasties. Upheaval stimulated arts. Art to represent metaphysical truth.

Five Hundred, Council of. 508BC. Athens’ representative government.

Five Hundred, Council of. 1795. Lower House of French Parliament.

Five Mile Act. 1665. English Nonconformist clergy banned 5 miles from towns where they had preached.

Five Pecks of Rice. 206-20. Chinese Taoist political movement vs poverty, instability.

Five Year Plans. 1928- Russian planning cycles.

Fizeau, Armand. 1819-96. French physicist. Measured speed of light, 1849.

Flagellants. 13C-. Christian sects who practise self-whipping as means of salvation.

Flaminian Way. 220BC. Roman road to Rimini.

Flamininus, Quinctus. c227-174BC. Roman General who def Philip V of Macedonia 197BC.

Flammarian, Camille. 1842-1925. French astronomer: L’astronomie Populaire.

Flanders. Historical region of France, Belgium, Neth. 13C Cloth industry. Ghent. Bruges.

Flaubert, Gustave. 1821-1880. French Realist novelist. Madame Bovary 1851. Novembre 1842. Acquitted of corrupting public morals, 1857.

Flaxman, John. 1755-1826. British Neoclassical sculptor.

Fleet Prison. 12C-1844. London debtors prison.

Fleming, Alexander. 1881-1955. Scottish doctor, dicoverer of penicillin 1928. Florey, Chain.

Fleming, Ambrose. 1849-1945. British vacuum tube inventor 1904.

Fleming, Sir Sandford. 1827-1915. Scottish/Canadian scientist, engineer. CPR. Standard Time zones 1884.

Flemings. Dutch speakers of north Belgium. Walloon.

Flemish. School of Music. 1450-1550. Vocal contrapuntal ideal of a capella.

Flemish. 15-17C school of painting. Technical skill, detail. VanEyck. Bruegel. Rubens.

Fleur de Lys. National emblem of France 496-1789. Tricolour.

Fleurus, Battle. 1794. Key French victory over First Coalition.

FLN. 1954-62. Algerian National Liberation Front conducts war vs France.

Flodden, Battle. 1513. Repelled Scotish invasion of England. James IV of Scotland killed.

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