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21Mercurio Bua — Portrait of Mercurio Bua by Lorenzo Lotto[1] Mercurio Bua, Count of Aquino and Roccasecca (Nafplion 1478 Treviso c.1542?) was a famed condottiero (stratioti captain) and commander of the Venetian …
22EDWARD III — king of England (1327 1377), son of the preceding, married Philippa of Hainault; during his boyhood the government was carried on by a council of regency; in 1328 the independence of Scotland was recognised, and nine years later began the… …
23GONZALVO DI CORDOVA — (the popular name of Gonzalo Hernandez y Aguilar), a renowned Spanish soldier, born at Montilla, near Cordova; he first became prominent in the wars with the Moors of Granada and with Portugal, and was rewarded with an estate and pensioned; in …
24arms — n. pl. 1. Weapons, means of offence and defence, armor, harness, accoutrements, array, panoply, mail, martial array. 2. War, warlike exploits, warfare, heroic achievements, deeds of valor, deeds of arms. 3. Escutcheon, scutcheon, shield, ensign… …
25heroine — [her′ō in] n. [L heroina < Gr hērōinē, fem. of hērōs, HERO] 1. a girl or woman of outstanding courage, nobility, etc., or of heroic achievements 2. the central female character in a novel, play, etc., with whom the reader or audience is… …
26English literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are… …
27literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
28South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …
29Orders, decorations, and medals of the Soviet Union — Awards and decorations of the Soviet Union are decorations from the Former Soviet Union that recognised achievements and personal accomplishments, both military and civilian. Some of the awards, decorations and orders were discontinued after the… …
30painting, Western — ▪ art Introduction history of Western painting from its beginnings in prehistoric times to the present. Painting, the execution of forms and shapes on a surface by means of pigment (but see also drawing for discussion of depictions in …
