Prefect. Roman civil servants delegated Consul’s power.

Presbyterianism. 16C-. System of church organization sharing power between clergy and congregation. Calvin. Knox. Episcopacy. Congregationalism.

Presley, Elvis. 1935-77. US singer of rock, folk, gospel, and country music. 28M records sold. Heartbreak Hotel 1956.

Pressburg, Treaty. 1805. Austria loses in Napoleonic Wars. Cedes land to France.

Prester John. Legendary Christian ruler of vast lands in Africa or Asia.

Preston, Battle. 1648. Cromwell defeats Charles I last forces in English Civil War.

Pretorius, Andries. 1798-1853. Boer leader of Great Trek. Aided in Transvaal independence.

Priestley, Joseph. 1733-1804. English chemist: isolated Oxygen 1774, 9 other gasses.

Prime Minister. =Premier. Head of parliamentary government under the head of state (monarch or president). Walpole (1721-42) considered first British Prime Minister. Richelieu 1624 France. Chancellor.

Primitivism. Naive art by primitive peoples, children, or as an adopted style. Rousseau. Grandma Moses.

Prince of Asturias. 1379-. Title of heir apparent to Spanish throne.

Privateers. 13-19C. Pirates licensed by letters of marque to plunder enemy vessels. Drake. Hawkins.

Privatization. 1980s. Sale to public of government enterprises. Nationalization.

Privy Council. English monarch’s principal advisers. Little power since 17C.

Proclamation of 1763. Limited settlement west of Appalachians to appease Indians.

Procopius the Great. c1380-1434. Bohemian leader in Hussite War.

Procrustes. Greek robber. Adjusted victims to his bed length by stretching or cutting.

Profumo Affair. 1963. British War Minister Profumo and Christine Keeler, who also associated with Soviet attaché. Embarassed government.

Prohibition. 1920-33. US 18th Amendment. Alcoholic drinks illegal. Repealed by 21st. Temperance Movement.

Prokofiev, Sergei. 1891-1953. Russian Romantic opera and symphony composer, pianist. Strong folk element. Peter and the Wolf 1936.

Proletariat. Marxist term for those who live by the sale of their labour. Bourgeoisie.

Prometheus. Titan who made man of clay and gave him life, stole fire from the gods for him. Chained to a rock to have an eagle eat his liver daily. Freed by Hercules.

Propertius, Sixtus. c47BC-15 AD. Roman poet of elegies.

Prophet. Old Testament Hebrew spiritual leader, divinely inspired spokesperson. Muhammad, Moses, Jeremiah, Isaiah, Jesus.

Prophet, the. c1768-1834. Shawnee leader, Tecumseh’s brother. Blamed for Tippecanoe.

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