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  • 111Poussin, Nicolas — born 1594, Villers, France died Nov. 19, 1665, Rome, Papal States French painter. Except for two years as court painter to Louis XIII, he spent his entire career in Rome, where he became an admirer of ancient Roman civilization. In early works,… …

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  • 112economic systems — Introduction       the way in which humankind has arranged for its material provisioning. One would think that there would be a great variety of such systems, corresponding to the many cultural arrangements that have characterized human society.… …

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  • 113Japanese literature — Introduction       the body of written works produced by Japanese authors in Japanese or, in its earliest beginnings, at a time when Japan had no written language, in the Chinese classical language.       Both in quantity and quality, Japanese… …

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  • 114Assyria — • Includes geographical and historical information Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Assyria     Assyria     † …

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  • 115Flagellants — • A fanatical and heretical sect that flourished in the thirteenth and succeeding centuries Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Flagellants     Flagellants      …

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  • 116Ireland — • Ireland lies in the Atlantic Ocean, west of Great Britain . . . Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Ireland     Ireland     † …

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  • 117Third Orders — • Lay members of religious orders, i.e. men and women who do not necessarily live in community and yet can claim to wear the habit and participate in the good works of some great order Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Third Orders      …

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  • 118Adele Amalie Gallitzin —     Adele Amalie Gallitzin     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Adele Amalie Gallitzin     (Or GOLYZIN).     Princess; b. at Berlin, 28 Aug., 1748; d. at Angelmodde, near Münster, Westphalia, 17 April, 1806. She was the daughter of the Prussian General… …

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  • 119Jan Gossaert —     Jan Gossaert     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Jan Gossaert     Called MABUSE from Maubeuge in Hainaut.     Flemish painter; b. about 1472; d. at Middelburg about 1533. Nothing is known of him till after the age of thirty. In 1508 he went to Rome …

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  • 120Marie Henrieta Chotek — Born November 24, 1863(1863 11 24) Dolná Krupá, Austria Hungary (now Slovakia) Died …

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