Leonardo da Vinci. 1452-1519. Florentine painter, writer, sculptor, scientist. Prototypical Renaissance Man. Sfumato. Laws of Flight. Adoration of Magi 1479. Last Supper 1495. Mona Lisa 1503. Parachute 1480.

Limon von Sanders, Otto. 1855-1929. German general. Led Turks at Galipoli.

Lippi, Fra Filippo. 1406-69. Florentine Renaissance painter. Madonna and Child 1437. Coronation of the Virgins.

Livius Andronicus. c284-204BC. Roman epic poet. Translated Greek plays, Odyssey.

Louis VII. The Young. 1120-80. French King 1137-. Second Crusade. Marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine annulled, consanguinity.

Lysander. -395BC. Spartan admiral. Captured Athens 404BC. Ended Peloponnesian War.

Maeterlinck, Maurice. 1862-1949. Belgian Symbolist poet/playwright. Pelléas et Mélisande 1892.

Mahabharata. 400BC-200 AD. Sanskrit historical and Hindu religious epic. Ramayana.

Manorial System. (Seignorial). 11-15C. Lord grants peasant rights to till land for fixed payment.

Mantegna, Andrea. 1431-1506. Mantuan. First Renaissance painter. Frescoes.

Manzoni, Alessandro. 1785-1873. Italian Romatic writer. The Betrothed 1825-7.

Masaccio, Tomaso. 1401-28. Florentine fresco painter. Introduced Humanism-man vs God central theme, proportion, perspective. Baptism of Peasants 1427.

Mata Hari. 1876-1917. Dutch dancer, courtesan. German spy WWI. Executed by French.

Maupassant, Guy de. 1850-93. French short story writer: Boule de Suif 1880.

Mauritania. Bafours. ~1C BC Sanhadja, Zenet, Teda. Ancient Ghana. 7/8C Moslem. 11C Almoravid. 13-17C Moqil invade. 15C = Shinqit. 19C «French West Africa. 1958 Autonomous. 1960 Independent.

Medici. Merchant family. Ruled Florence 1434~1737. Patron of Italian Renaissance arts. Catherine. Marie. Popes Leo X, Clement VII, Leo XI.

Menshikov, Aleksandr. c1672-1729. Ruled Russia for Catherine I.

Millet, Jean-François. 1814-75. French painter of peasants. Sower 1850. Gleaners 1857.

Moissan, Henri. 1852-1907. French. Isolated flourine 1886. Electric furnace 1897.

Molière, Jean-Baptiste. 1622-73. French comedy actor, playwright. School for Wives 1662. Tartuffe 1664. Don Juan 1665. Misanthrope. Died in role of Malade Imaginaire.

Moses, Anna. “Grandma”. 1860-1961. US folk artist. Began painting in her 70s.

Müntzer, Thomas. 1488-1525. Anabaptist founder 1520. Supremacy of inner light vs scripture. Peasant Revolt 1524. Executed.

Musset, Alfred. 1810-57. French poet. Sand lover. Confession.

Narodniki. 19C Russian Socialist movement advocating land for peasants. Assassinated Alexander II. Populism.

Neapolitan. 17-18 C School of Music. Elegant, stylized opera, often weak in drama. Scarlatti.

131 more results ...