Cagliorosto. 1743-95. Italian charlatan in Louis XIV court. Diamond Necklace Affair.

Camelot. Legendary court of King Arthur.

Caravaggist School of Painting. Themes of courtesan, cheaters. e.g. George de la Tour.

Castiglione, Baldassare. 1478-1529. Italian writer. Ideal court gentleman. Il Cortigiano 1528.

Chambres Ardentes. 1535-1682. French courts. Tried nobles, heretics.

Cour Carrée. Central court of Louvre designed by Percier and Fontaine.

Court of Miracles. In Middle Ages in Paris, area where beggars lived at night, shedding their wooden legs, etc.

Courtois, Bernard. 1777-1838. French. Iodine 1811.

Delhi Durbar. 1911. George V holds court in Delhi. Only occasion of its kind.

Delilah. Old Testament courtesan. Betrayed Samson.

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

Empire. Style of Art. 1804-14. Classical heroic grandiose trend from Napoleon’s court. Arc de Triomphe, 1806.

European Union. 1958 European Economic Community (EEC) of Belgium, France, W Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands. To integrate economic development of members. 1967 =European Community (EC). 1973 +UK, Ireland, Denmark. 1981+Greece. 1985 -Greenland. 1986 +Spain, Portugal. 1990 +former E Germany. 1993 =European Union (EU). Maastricht Treaty. European Parliament. European Court of Justice.

Golden Spurs, Battle. 1302. Courtrai, Belgium. Flemish craftsmen defeat French troops.

Goncourt, Edmond. 1822-96. French novelist. Renée Mauperin. Created Goncourt literature prize.

Habeas Corpus Act. 1679. England. Right of prisoner to appear in court before being imprisoned.

Hague Conferences. 1899, 1907. Arms limitation talks banned poison gas, dum-dum bullets. Established World Court.

Hampton Court Conference. 1604. James I authorizes bible translation. 300 Puritans ejected from office, a cause of Civil War.

Henry V. 1387-1422. King of England 1413-. Claimed France. Victor at Agincourt. Treaty of Troyes.

Hetaerae. Greek independent courtesans.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell. 1841-1935. US Supreme Court Justice 1902-32. Law as social instrument.

Hundred Years War. 1337~1453. English defend claims to French throne. Crécy. Poitiers. Agincourt. Joan of Arc. English driven from continent, except Calais.

Inns of Court. British apprenticeship and appointment of barristers. Temple, Lincoln 13C. Gray’s 1295. Inner 1326. Middle 1404. 1443-1876 Serjeant’s.

Jacquemart de Hesdin. Court painter: Grandes Heures du Duc de Berry 1409.

Jennings, Sarah. 1660-1744. Influential Duchess of Marlborough in court of Queen Anne.

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