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

Golding, William. 1911-93. English morality novelist. Lord of the Flies 1954.

Goldman, Emma. 1869-1940. Russian/US anarchist. Deported from US, 1919.

Goldoni, Carlo. 1707-93. Italian dramatist. Realistic comedy.

Goldsmith, Oliver. 1730-74. Irish Writer: Vicar of Wakefield 1766; She Stoops to Conquer 1773.

Goldwyn, Samuel. 1882-1974. Polish/US film producer with De Mille. MGM.

Gottfried von Strassbourg. 13C. German poet. Tristan and Isolde.

Grands-Augustins, Quai de. 1313. Oldest quay in Paris, by Philip the Fair.

Greenbacks. US banknotes issued to support Civil War not backed by gold.

Guinea. 1663-1817. English gold coin worth £1.05.

Gurney, Goldsworthy. 1793-1875. British Steam-auto passenger service.

Hammarskjold, Dag. 1905-61. Swedish UN Secretary General 1953-.

Harmsworth, Harold. 1868-1940. English newspaper publisher. Daily Mail.

Harold II. Last Saxon king of England, 1066. Killed at Hastings.

Hastings, Battle. 1066. William defeats Harold II, conquers England for Normandy.

Helnaes Stone. c800. Oldest Danish runic stone.

Hemingway, Ernest. 1898-1961. US novelist: Fairwell to Arms 1929. For Whom the Bell Tolls 1940. Old Man and the Sea 1952. Style:“A stream with stones of nouns and a surface of prepositional ripples” -L. Morrow.

Hesperides. Nymphs who guarded Hera’s tree of golden apples.

Hippolyte. Amazon queen with gold girdle.

Hölderlin, Friedrich. 1770-1843. German classic Romantic poet. Elegies 1800.

Hostage Crisis. 1979-81. Iranian miltants sieze US Embassy. Hold 52 hostages 444 days.

Humboldt, Alexander von. 1769-1859. German naturalist, ecologist.

Idealism. Artistic school of thought holding the aesthetic ideal more important than the representation of the subject. vs Realism.

Indulgence. 800 Pardon for sin in place of penance. Granted by church, 12C as reward to Crusaders. Sold by church, 1313-. Abuse by Leo X led to Reformation.

Industrial Revolution. 1730-. Transformation from agricultural to urbanized manufacturing economy as a result of steam power. 1830 England, France. 1850 Germany. 1860 USA. Blanqui. Toynbee.

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