Prime Minister. =Premier. Head of parliamentary government under the head of state (monarch or president). Walpole (1721-42) considered first British Prime Minister. Richelieu 1624 France. Chancellor.

Primitivism. Naive art by primitive peoples, children, or as an adopted style. Rousseau. Grandma Moses.

Primo de Rivera, Miguel. 1879-1930. Spanish fascist dictator 1923- by coup. Ended Moroccan War 1927.

Primogeniture. Right of eldest son to inherit. Prevented dilution of wealth of aristocracy.

Prince of Asturias. 1379-. Title of heir apparent to Spanish throne.

Prince Rupert’s Land. Hudson Bay drainage area, NW Territory.

Prior, Matthew. 1664-1721. English epigrammist/poet: City Mouse and the Country Mouse.

Privateers. 13-19C. Pirates licensed by letters of marque to plunder enemy vessels. Drake. Hawkins.

Privatization. 1980s. Sale to public of government enterprises. Nationalization.

Privy Council. English monarch’s principal advisers. Little power since 17C.

Proclamation of 1763. Limited settlement west of Appalachians to appease Indians.

Proclus. 410-485. Greek Neoplatonist philosopher: opposed Christianity.

Procopius the Great. c1380-1434. Bohemian leader in Hussite War.

Procrustes. Greek robber. Adjusted victims to his bed length by stretching or cutting.

Profumo Affair. 1963. British War Minister Profumo and Christine Keeler, who also associated with Soviet attaché. Embarassed government.

Progressive Bloc. 1915-17. Russian liberals urging reforms.

Progressive Conservative. 1854-. (Named 1942) Major Canadian political party. Bennet. Diefenbaker.

Progressive Party. 1912,24 Dissident US Republicans. 1948 Dissident Democrats.

Prohibition. 1920-33. US 18th Amendment. Alcoholic drinks illegal. Repealed by 21st. Temperance Movement.

Prohibition Party. 1869-. US political party promoting Prohibition.

Prokofiev, Sergei. 1891-1953. Russian Romantic opera and symphony composer, pianist. Strong folk element. Peter and the Wolf 1936.

Prometheus. Titan who made man of clay and gave him life, stole fire from the gods for him. Chained to a rock to have an eagle eat his liver daily. Freed by Hercules.

Propertius, Sixtus. c47BC-15 AD. Roman poet of elegies.

Prophet, the. c1768-1834. Shawnee leader, Tecumseh’s brother. Blamed for Tippecanoe.

Propogation of the Faith, Congregation. 1622. Catholic Cardinals responsible for spreading the faith.

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