Gregory I, St. Benedictine Pope 590-604. Developed Plainsong, Gregorian chant. Sent Augustine to Canterbury.

Gregory VII (Hildebrand), St. 1020-85. Pope 1073-. Condemned lay investiture 1075. Henry IV appoints Anti-Pope Clement III, attacked Rome, 1081-3.

Gregory IX. -1241. Pope 1227-. Organized Inquisition 1231.

Gregory XI. 1329-78. Pope 1370-. Moved Papacy back to Rome from Avignon.

Gregory XIII. 1502-85. Pope 1572-. Gregorian calendar.

Gregory of Nyssa, St. 335-95. Father of Greek church.

Gregory of Tours, St. c538-94. French bishop. Wrote History of the Franks.

Grenada. 1498 Columbus discovers. 1651 French colony. 1763 English. 1876 Crown Colony. 1958 Fed of West Indies. 1967 Self-government. 1983 US invades to prevent Marxist insurrection.

Grenville, William. 1759-1834. British statesman. Ministry of All Talents 1806-7. Abolished Slave Trade, 1807.

Gresham, Thomas. 1519-79. English founder of Stock Exchange 1560. Gresham’s Law-“Bad money drives out good” (mistakenly attributed).

Gretna Green. 1754-1940. Scottish border village popular for runaway marriages.

Grey, Edward. 1862-1933. British statesman. Triple Alliance. Treaty of London.

Grey, Lady Jane. 1537-54. English Queen for 9 days, 1553. Executed.

Grieg, Edvard. 1843-1907. Norwegian “miniaturist” composer: Peer Gynt 1875. Gentle and appealing music.

Grillparzer, Franz. 1791-1872. Austrian playwright. The Ancestress 1817. Sappho 1818.

Grimaldi. 1297~. Ruling family of Monaco.

Grimm, Wilhelm. 1786-1859, Jacob 1785-1863. German writers of fairy tales 1812, founders of the German philology.

Griselda. Italian wife whose patience was tested by her husband, without complaint.

Grolier, Jean. 1479-1565. French collector of 3000 book library.

Gros, Antoine. 1771-1835. French painter of Napoleon’s military career.

Grosz, George. 1893-1959. German satirical artist/caricaturist. Pillars of Society.

Group of Seven. 1920-74. Canadian Impressionist painters. MacDonald, Harris, Lismer, Varley, Carmichael, Johnston, Jackson. Thomson 1913.

Guadalupe Hidalgo, Treaty. 1848. Ended Mexican War. US paid $15M for half of Mexico.

Guarantees, Law of. 1871. Failed to define relationship between papacy and Italian government. Lateran Treaty, 1929.

Guas, Juan. -c1496. Spanish arch. Isabelline style.

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