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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Florence, Union of. 1439. Brief reconciliation of Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox Churches.

Florentine. School of Painting. 1270 Academy of Fine Arts. Express humanist ideas through art. Realism and chiarascuro. DaVinci, Michelangelo, Raphael.

Florey, Howard. 1898-1968. British. Isolated Penicillin with Chain,1928. Fleming.

Florian, Jean-Pierre de. 1755-94. French fable writer.

Flying Dutchman. Legendary ghost ship of Cape of Good Hope.

Foch, Ferdinand. 1851-1929. French Supreme Allied Leader on W Front, 1918. Marne. WWI.

Fokker, Anthony. 1890-1939. Dutch/German/ US aircraft engineer for Germany, WWI. Remote control plane, 1919.

Fontaine, Pierre. 1762-1853. French Empire architect. Louvre Cour Carrée.

Fontainebleau. 12C castle richly decorated by Francis I.

Fontainebleau. School of Art. 1528-1600. Classical style of painting precipitated by above. Later, allegorical style.

Fontainebleau, Treaty. 1807. Established Napoleon’s right to march on Portugal through Spain.

Fontana, Domenico. 1543-1607. Italian/Swiss architect. Vatican Library 1587. St. Peter’s Cupola 1588.

Fontenelle, Bernard de. 1657-1757. French pre-enlightenment writer, scientist. Entretiens 1685.

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