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Counter-Reformation. 1517-1622. Catholic reform that followed the Reformation. Trent.
Countess of Huntingdon’s Connexion. 1746-. Methodist Calvinistic sect.
Country Party. 1913-. Australian pro-agriculture party. Small but influential in coalition governments.
Count’s War. 1533-36. Danish war of succession. Confirmed Protestant Reformation and hereditary succession.
Coup d’État. Overthrow of existing government by force.
Couperin. 17-18C French family of Baroque composers.
Couperin, François. 1668-1733. French Baroque keyboard composer. Concerts Royeaux, Leçons de Ténebres 1714.
Cour Carrée. Central court of Louvre designed by Percier and Fontaine.
Courbet, Gustave. 1819-77. French Realist painter, socialist activist. Commune. The Artist’s Studio 1855.
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.
Cousin, Jean the Elder. 1490-1560. French painter. Eva Prima Pandora, early French nude.
Cousteau, Jacques. 1910-97. French underwater explorer.
Couthon, Georges. 1755-94. French aide to Robespierre. Guillotined.
Covenant, National. National Covenant.
Coverdale, Miles. 1488-1569. English religious reformer, psalm + bible translator.
Coward, Noel. 1899-1973. English playwright. Comedies of manners. Private Lives 1930.
Cowell, Henry. 1887-1965. US avant-garde composer. Tone Clusters.
Cowper, William. 1731-1800. English poet. The Task.
Craig, James. 1871-1940. First Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, 1921-.
Cranach, Lucas. 1472-1553. German painter and engraver. Luther 1533.
Crane, Stephen. 1871-1900. US writer. Red Badge of Courage 1895. Short stories.
Cranmer, Thomas. 1489-1556. First Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury. Executed by Queen Mary.
Crapper, Thomas. 1836-1910. British plumber. Installed Queen Victoria’s toilets. Manufacturer, but not inventor of syphonic flush toilets.
Crassus, Lucius. 140-91BC. Roman statesman, orator. Banished non-citizens, causing Social War.