Lesotho. Basutoland. c1800 Basotho kingdom. 1868 British. 1871 Cape Colony. 1884 British colony. 1966 Independent kingdom of Lesotho.

Lessing, Gotthold. 1729-81. German Movement dramatist. Laokoon 1765. Minna von Barnheim 1767. Nathan the Wise 1779.

Leviathan. Evil sea monster of Jewish mythology.

Lévi-Strauss, Claude. 1908-. Belgian/French ethnologist. Theory of Symbolic Structures: Mythologiques 1964-8.

Liberalism, Theological. 17C. Religious inquiry based on reason vs authority.

Liberty, Statue of. 1886. Bartholdi sculpture. Gift from France.

Linacre, Thomas. 1460-1524. English physician, translator of Galen.

London, Jack. 1876-1916. US adventure author. Call of the Wild 1903.

Long Parliament. 1640-60. Civil War parliament. Ended Charles I attempt to govern without one.

Lorenz, Konrad. 1903-89. Austrian zoologist. Father of ethology. Man Meets Dog 1954.

Lucretius. 99-55BC. Roman poet: De rerum natura, advocating moral truth without religious belief.

Luke, St. 1C Author of third Gospel.

Lycia. Mountain district of Anatolia. 43 conquered by Rome. Xanthos.

Macaulay, Thomas. 1800-59. British politician, writer. Essays 1843. History of England 1849-61 the “Whig interpretation of history”.

Macdonough, Thomas. 1783-1825. Defeated British in Lake Champlain naval battle 1814.

Makarios III. 1913-77. Orthodox archbishop. Pro-Greek Cyprus president 1959-.

Malamud, Bernard. 1914-86. US author. Jewish themes. Fixer 1966. Natural 1952.

Malory, Thomas. 1430-71. English writer: Morte darthur c1470.

Malraux, André. 1901-76. French novelist. La Condition Humaine 1933. Museum Without Walls 1967.

Malthus, Thomas. 1766-1834. English economist, warned population would exceed food supply. Essay on Population 1798.

Mandeville, John. 14C. English author. Travels of John Mandeville, Knight 1356.

Manfred. 1232-66. Sicilian king 1258-. Opposed papal authority.

Mann, Thomas. 1875-1955. German/US novelist. Opposed Nazism. Buddenbrooks 1900. Magic Mountain 1927. Death in Venice 1929. Dr Faustus.

Marathon, Battle. 490BC. Athenians defeat Persian invaders.

Marinetti, Fillippo. 1876-1944. Italian Fascist author. Founded Futurism 1909.

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