Aachen, Hans von Reference library
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(1552–1615),
German painter, born in Cologne, the son of a native of Aachen. He studied and worked in Italy from ...
Aal, Johannes Reference library
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(c.1500–1551),
Swiss playwright. Aal's Catholic convictions forced him into exile in Freiburg im Breisgau. When the Catholic Church was reinstated in Solothurn in ...
abacus Reference library
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Abaquesne, Masséot Reference library
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Abravanel, Isaac Reference library
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(1437–1508),
Portuguese Jewish statesman, banker, and scholar, born in Lisbon and educated in both rabbinical and Latin learning. In ...
Abril, Pedro Simón Reference library
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(c.1530–c.1595),
Spanish humanist, born in Alcaraz (La Mancha). Abril taught for 25 years at Zaragoza University. His translations into Castilian included ...
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Acanthus Reference library
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A Mediterranean plant for which the English vernacular name is bear's breech. The scalloped leaves of Acanthus spinosus were, according to ...
Acarie, Barbe Jeanne Reference library
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(1566–1618),
French Carmelite, born in Paris, the daughter of a royal councillor, and educated by the Poor Clares (French Clarisses, the second ...
Acciaiuoli, Donato Reference library
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(1429–78),
Florentine scholar and statesman, a scion of the Acciaiuoli family. He studied Greek with John Argyropoulos and with his assistance wrote commentaries on ...
Acciaiuoli family Reference library
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Members of the Acciaiuoli family migrated to Florence from Bergamo in the twelfth century, and established themselves in business and ...
Accolti family Reference library
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The Arezzo family of the Accolti produced jurists, churchmen, and writers for centuries. The family had already produced several distinguished jurists when ...
Accoramboni, Vittoria Reference library
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(1557–85),
Born in Gubbio on 15 February 1557; she moved to Rome as a child, and at the age of 16 married Francesco Peretti, a nephew of ...
Ackermann, Hans Reference library
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(fl. 1530s),
German author of two biblical plays performed in Zwickau; both Der verlorene Sohn (1536) and ...
Acontius, Jacobus Reference library
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(1492–1566),
Tolerationist theologian and engineer. He was born in Trento (Trentino) and migrated to escape persecution, first to Basel and then to Zürich. His ...
acorn cup Reference library
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In late sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century England, a stemmed cup made of silver or gold in which the bowl and lid are shaped like an acorn cup, i.e. the shell (...
Acosta, José de Reference library
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(1539–1600),
Spanish missionary and naturalist, born in Medina del Campo; he joined the Jesuits in 1551. In 1571...
Acuña, Fernando de Reference library
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(c.1520–c.1580),
Spanish soldier, poet, and translator, born in Valladolid; he served as a soldier in Germany, Italy, and Tunisia. His Italianate ...
