Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel. 1875-1912. English composer: Hiawatha Trilogy 1898-1900.

Colet, John. 1467-1519. English theologian. Founded St. Paul’s School, 1509.

Coligny, Gaspard de. 1519-72. Huguenot leader 1562-. Influence on king caused Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.

Colombo Plan. 1951-77. Commonwealth plan to improve living conditions in SE Asia, check spread of communism.

Colosseum. 80. Roman amphitheater erected by Vespasian.

Colossus of Rhodes. 280-224BC. 30m bronze statue of Helios. Collapsed during earthquake. A 7 Wonder.

Comédie-Francaise. Oldest National theatre. Founded by Louis XIV in 1680. Molière.

Comenius, John. 1592-1670. Czech founder of direct method of language education. First use of pictures.

COMINTERN. Third International 1919-43.

Committee of Public Safety. 1793-5. Ruled France. Robespierre’s reign of Terror.

Common Law. Based on precedents derived from reason rather than a code of statutes. Originally English.

Commonwealth. 1649-60. Government of England after Charles I executed. Cromwell.

Commonwealth. Organized community by consent of governed. Hobbes. Locke.

Commonwealth, British. 1926-. Free association of autonomous countries. Evolved from the British Empire. Statute of Westminster 1931.

Commune. 1789-94. Paris council. Overode the National Assembly by controlling administration.

Commune, Paris. 1871. Revolutionary government formed when Thiers abandoned Paris to Prussians. Crushed 2 months later by McMahon. 20,000 killed.

Communism. Collective ownership of property and industry. Wealth shared according to need. Eventually, “dictatorship of proletariat”.

Compton, Arthur. 1892-1962. US physicist: C Effect, 1923.

Comus. Greek god of mirth and joy.

Concentration Camps. 1862-65 USA. 1899-1902. British internment of Boers in South Africa. 1922-91. USSR. 1933-45 Nazi prisons for extermination and slave labour. Buchenwald. Auschwitz. Dachau. 1942-6 US Relocation Centers. 1942-46 Canada. 1950’s Kenya. 1973 Chile.

Conceptualism. Reality has no objective existence; it is a concept in the mind. Abelard.

Conciliarism. 12C-. General Council has greater power than pope. Popular during Great Schism.

Concord, Book of. 1580. Synthesis of creeds and catechisms of Lutheranism.

Confucius. 551-479BC. Chinese philosopher and moralist. Advocated reason, love and respect for others over supernatural. Chinese Exam. Wu Ching.

Congregationalism. 1581-. Protestant Church organization of local churches governing themselves. Browne.

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