Divine Right. 16-18C. Assertion that king’s authority came from God. Louis XIV. James I. Charles I.

Dmitri. -1591. Murdered heir to Russian throne. Gudunov. Time of Troubles. 1605-12 three “False Dmitris” claim throne.

Doctors’ Plot. 1953. Stalinist conspiracy.

Dolet, Étienne. 1509-46. French scholar. Executed for denying the soul’s immortality.

Dollar Diplomacy. Buying a country’s support with loans, aid.

Don Quixote. Cervantes’ idealist 16C hero who attacks sheep and tilts at windmills.

Donatello. 1386-1466. Florentine sculptor. Gattamelata 1445- first Renaissance equestrian statue. David- 1st Renaissance free-standing nude. St. George 1416.

Donation of Pepin. 756. Land exchanged for Pope’s recognition. Basis of Papal States.

Donne, John. 1572-1631. English metaphysicist. Dean of St. Paul’s 1621-31. Elegies, Songs, Sonnets, Devotions. “No man is an island.”

Donnelly, Ignatius. 1831-1901. US author. “Proved” Bacon wrote Shakespeare’s plays. Great Cryptogram 1888.

Doppler, Christian. 1803-53. Austrian physicist. Effect of relative motion on frequency, 1851.

Dorians. 1100BC. Savage tribe who conquered Peloponnesus from Achaeans.

Doric. 7C BC. Order of Greek architecture. Baseless columns with square capitals.

Downs, Battle. 1639. Dutch def Spain = end of Spain’s sea power.

Dowson, Ernest. 1867-1900. English Decadent poet. -“I have been faithful to thee, Cynara, in my fashion”.

Dreyfus, Alfred. 1859-1935. Jewish French officer. Trial divided France, 1894-1906. Unjustly sent to Devil’s Island on forged evidence. Zola. Esterhazy.

Drugs, War on. 1971-. US prohibition and criminalization of recreational drug use. World’s highest incarceration rate.

Druon Antigonus. Legendary giant. Cut off enemies’ right hands.

Druze. Small Middle East Shi’ite sect worshipping al-Hakim.

Dualism, Christian. Christ’s nature is human and divine. Nestor. Monophysitism. Monothelitism.

Dukas, Paul. 1865-1935. French composer. Ariane, Barbe-Bleue. Sorcerer’s Apprentice 1897.

Dundee, Viscount “Bonnie”. c1649-89. Killed leading revolt vs William of Orange for James II.

Duns Scotus, John. c1266-1308. British theologian. Immaculate Conception. vs Thomas Aquinas. Reason over faith. Scotism. Absolute primacy of God’s free will.

Duplessis, Maurice. 1890-1959. Canadian founder Union Nationale party. Quebec Prime Minister 1936~59.

Duquesne, Abraham. 1610-88. French defeat Spanish, Dutch fleets.

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