Annates. Proportion of first year’s income paid to Pope by office holders.

Anne of Austria. 1601-66. Wife of Louis XIII. Founded Feuillantines, 1622; Val-de-Grâce, 1638. Regent for Louis XIV until he became of age.

Ansgar, St. 801-65. Patron saint of Scandinavia.

Antarctica. 1773 Cook explores seas. 1820 first sighted. Bransfield. 1821 first landing-Davis. 1911 Amundsen first to S Pole.

Anthony of Padua, St. 1195-1231. Franciscan teacher in S. France, Italy.

Anthroposophy. Human power to contact spiritual world. Steiner.

Anti-Comintern Pact. 1936. Germany and Japan oppose International Communism. Axis.

Anti-Corn Law League. 1839-46. Cobden and Bright’s pacifist movement for Free Trade, public education, against social reform and Chartists. Corn Laws.

Anti-Masonic Party. 1826. US party absorbed into Whigs 1838.

Anti-Semitism. Racial prejudice against Jews. Pogrom. Final Solution.

Antigonid. 277-168BC. Dynasty ruling Greece and Macedonia.

Antigonus II, Gonatus.320-239BC. Celtic king of Macedon.

Antigua. Carib. 1493 Columbus discovers. 1632 English settle. 18C slave trade. 1958-62 West Indies Federation. 1967 Self-government. 1981 Independent +Barbuda.

Antigua and Barbuda. 1981 Independent Antigua and Barbuda.

Antinomianism. 16C Belief that some Christians by special faith need not obey Old Testament moral laws.

Antinoüs. c110-30. Favourite of Hadrian.

Antioch. 300BC Seleucus I founds. 64BC Rome. First reference to disciples as Christians c42. 540 Persia. 637 Moslem. 10-11C Syrian capital. 969 Byzantine. 1098 Crusader State. 1268 Egypt. 1517 Ottoman. 1920 Syria. 1939 Turkey.

Antipope. Elected in opposition to existing pope. Schism.

Antoine, André. 1858-1943. Antoine Theatre, Paris 1897.

Antoine, Jacques. -1801. Architect of Paris Mint.

Antonine Wall. 142. Scotland. North of Hadrian’s. Abandoned ~196. Antoninus.

Antoninus, Pius. 86-161. Roman Emperor 138-. Built Antonine Wall.

Anvil, Operation. 1944. Allied invasion of south France.

ANZAC. Australian+New Zealand forces in WWI. Gallipoli.

Anzio, Battle. 1944. Allied landing site in Italy.

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