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Surrealism. 1920-. Artistic and literary movement dealing with the expression of the subconscious mind, fantasy, dreams. Klee, Dali, de Chirico, Chagall.
Tallien, Jean. 1767-1820. French Jacobin. Led Rebellion of 9 Thermidor.
Tell, William. 13-14C/Legendary Swiss hero of Altdorf. Shot apple off son’s head on orders of Austrian governor, Gessler.
Theodora. c500-48. Byzantine Empress, adviser, wife of Justinian I.
Theodore, St. c602-90. Archbishop of Canterbury; organized English church.
Theodore of Mopsuestia. 350-428. Greek bishop. Scientific bible study influenced Nestorius.
Theodore Studites, St. 759-826. Led iconoclasm opposition.
Theodoric I. -534. Frankish king of Austrasia. Son of Clovis I.
Theodoric the Great. 455-526. King of Ostrogoths. Conquered Italy 493.
Thermidor, Coup of 9. 1794. French moderatism after Terror. Directory. Robespierre executed. Jacobins persecuted.
Tirso de Molina. c1584-1648. Spanish dramatist. El Burlador de Sevilla 1635.
Tudor. Welsh dynasty. Ruled England 1485-1603.
Tudor, Owen. 1400-61. Welsh. Married Henry V’s widow, Catherine of Valois. Founded Tudor dynasty.
Tudor Architecture. c16C. English late Gothic style. Timber frame construction. Renaissance influenced decoration. Elizabethan.
Unverdorben, Otto. 1806-73. Aniline dyes from indigo 1826.
Valois. 1328-1589. Second Capetian French dynasty. Tudor.
Weyden, Rogier van der. c1400-64. Flemish religious painter. Adoration of Child 1462.
Wilde, Oscar. 1854-1900. Irish writer. Imprisoned for homosexuality. “Art for art’s sake”. Dorian Gray 1891. Importance of Being Earnest 1895. Ballad of Reading Gaol 1898.
Windows. 12C Glass first used. 14C Mullioned (divided into panes). Tudor introduced bay and oriel. 18C curved bow windows.
Zhivkov, Todor. 1911-98. Bulgarian leader 1954-89. Loyal to Moscow. Confrontations with Yugoslavia.
Zinzendorf, Nikolaus. 1700-60. German Pietist. Founded Moravian church.
Zionism. 1882-1947. Aspirations of a Jewish nation in Israel. Balfour Declaration. Herzl.
Zionist World Congress. 1897. Defined Basel Program to establish Palestinian Homeland. Herzl.