Cathay. Medieval name for N China. Polo.

Catherine of Valois. 1401-37. Wife of Henry V. Mother of Henry VI and VII of England.Tudor.

Cavalcanti, Guido. c1255-1300. Florentine poet.

Cavalier, Jean. 1681-1740. Led Camisards 1702-4.

Cavalier Parliament. 1661-79. Royalist. Repressive laws against Puritans and Catholics.

Cavalier Party. 1660-88. Royalists. Became Tory.

Cavalier Poets. 17C Royalists. Lovelace. Herrick.

Cavaliere, Emilio del. c1550-1602. Added arias and choral movements to cantatas. Early dramatic music.

Cavaliers. Royalist partisans in English Civil War.

Chanson de Roland. 12C French epic poem. Roncesvalles. Roland.

Chevalier, Maurice. 1888-1972. French singer and actor. Innocents of Paris 1929.

Chivalry. 12-15C. International brotherhood of knights and their code of conduct.

Cid, El. (Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar). c1043-99. Spanish hero, who fought for Moors and Christians. Idealized in 1140 epic El Cantar de mio Cid. Conquered and ruled Valencia 1094-99.

Cockayne, Land of. Legendary medieval land of gluttony and idleness.

Constable, John. 1776-1837. English Naturalist landscape painter. Hay Wain 1821. Valley Farm. Waterloo Bridge 1831.

Coulomb, Charles de. 1736-1806. French naval engineer, defined unit of electricity. Electrical attraction 1785.

Count. Continental title, equivalent to Earl.

Cunningham, Andrew. 1883-1963. WWII admiral, British chief of naval staff 1943-6.

Decatur, Stephen. 1779-1820. US naval officer. -“Our country, right or wrong”.

Deucalion. Greek mythological equivalent of Noah.

Diane de Poitiers. 1499-1566. Duchess of Valentinois and mistress of Henry II.

Donatism. 301-5C. Christian sect believing sacraments given by priests who had sinned are invalid.

Dragoon. 16-20C. Soldiers trained for infantry and cavalry.

Dred Scott. 1857. US Supreme Court ruled slaves had no rights in court. Missouri Compromise invalid.

Duval, Claude. 1643-70. French/English gallant highwayman.

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