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466 matches to Paix des Dames
Ranke, Leopold von. 1795-1886. German scientific histographer.-“Historical events must be described in their own terms”.
Rationalism. All truth can be arrived at through thought alone. vs Empiricism. Descartes. Spinoza.
Raymond IV. c1041-1105. Count of Toulouse. Led First Crusade.
Raymond VI. 1156-1222. Fought Albigenses in Crusade.
Regicides. 1649. Those who condemned Charles I. 10 executed 1660.
Reginald of Châtillon. -1187. Crusade leader. Broken truce led to new war. Kingdom of Jerusalem lost.
Rhea. Greek fertility goddess. Mother of most gods.
Rhodes. <1000BC Minoan. Dorian. 5C BC Delian League. 43BC Rome alliance. 653 Saracen. 1309 Knights of St John. 1522 Turks. 1912 Italy. 1947 Greece. c1C BC School of rhetoric.
Rhodes, Cecil. 1853-1902. English colonialist in South Africa. Endowed Oxford scholarship to preserve Empire.
Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Federation. 1953-63. Opposed by Malawi, Zambia regions. Dissolved.
Richard I. Lion Heart. 1157-99. King of England 1189-. Led Third Crusade. Captured and ransomed.
Riga, Treaties. 1920 Russia recognizes Latvian independence. 1921 Russia cedes land to Poland.
Robert II. 1054-1134. Duke of Normandy 1087-1106. Son of William I. Led First Crusade.
Rommel, Erwin. 1891-1944. German WWII Field Marshal in Africa 1941-3, France 1944. “Desert Fox”. Plotted vs Hitler. Suicide.
Ronsard, Pierre de. 1524-85. French Pléiade poet. Odes 1550. Amours 1552. Franciade 1572.
Rosso Fiorentino. 1495-1540. Mannerist painter. Descent from Cross 1521.
Royal Scots Guards. 1633. Oldest regular regiment in British Army.
Rubens, Peter Paul. 1577-1640. Flemish Baroque painter. Sensuous works. Descent from Cross 1611. Médicis cycle 1621-5. Peace and War c1630.
Rump Parliament. 1648-60. After Pride’s Purge.
Russo-Swedish War. 1614-17. Russia loses access to Baltic. 1741-3. Sweden cedes part of Finland. 1788-90. 1808-9. Sweden cedes Finland + Åland Islands.
Sacco-Vanzetti Case. 1921-7. Italian/US anarchists convicted and executed despite prejudiced trial.
Saladin. 1138-93. Egyptian sultan 1169-. Took Jerusalem, 1187, inciting Third Crusade. Began Ayyubid Dynasty.
Salon des Refusés. 1863. Paris exhibition of paintings by Cezanne, Manet, Whistler refused by Academy. Déjeuner sur l’herbe.