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John Dunstable
John Dunstable , c.1385-1453, English composer. Dunstable is thought to have accompanied his patron, the duke of Bedford, to France. About 60 of his works—nearly all sacred pieces—are extant. He was among the first composers to begin to unify the musical setting of the Mass. Dunstable wa... Read more
Guienne
Guienne Fr. Guyenne , region of SW France. The name referred to different territories at different times. Guienne as it existed from the time of Henry IV (late 16th-early 17th cent.) to the French Revolution covered the present departments of Gironde, Dordogne, Lot, Lot-et-Garonne, and Aveyron and... Read more
Sir Thomas Littleton
Sir Thomas Littleton 1422?-1481, English jurist. He became a sergeant-at-law, i.e., a barrister, in the Court of Common Pleas in 1453 and a judge in 1466. He is best known for his Tenures, a short work in French on the types of estates in land in England. The work, one of the earliest printed boo... Read more
John Talbot Shrewsbury, 1st earl of
John Talbot Shrewsbury, 1st earl of shrōz´berē, shrooz´- , 1388?-1453, English soldier. As lieutenant of Ireland (1414-19, 1445-47) he quelled unrest in that country, but he achieved his greatest fame for his military daring in France during the latter years of the Hundred Yea... Read more
Lake Van
Lake Van vän , 1,453 sq mi (3,763 sq km), largest lake in Turkey, in E Turkey 65 mi (105 km) SW of Mt. Ararat . Some 75 mi (120 km) long, the lake is alkaline and has no outlet; the city of Van is near the lake's east shore. The region around the lake was the site of the ancient kingdom of U... Read more
Margaret of Anjou
Margaret of Anjou , 1430?-1482, queen consort of King Henry VI of England, daughter of René of Anjou. Her marriage, which took place in 1445, was negotiated by William de la Pole, 4th earl (later 1st duke) of Suffolk (see under Pole , family). Margaret soon asserted influence at the Englis... Read more
Douai
Douai , town (1990 pop. 44,195), Nord dept., N France, in French Flanders, on the Scarpe River. It is a major industrial and commercial center in what formerly was the northern coal region. The chief industries are foundry products, automobile parts, glass, chemicals, and printing. Probably a R... Read more
Edirne
Edirne , formerly Adrianople , city (1990 pop. 102,325), capital of Edirne prov., NW Turkey, in Thrace. It is the commercial center for a farm region where grains, fruits, and tobacco are grown and cattle and sheep are raised. The city was founded (c.AD 125) by Hadrian, the Roman emperor, on the ... Read more
John Hunyadi
John Hunyadi , Hung. Hunyadi János, c.1385-1456, Hungarian national hero, leader of the resistance against the Ottomans. He was chosen (1441) voivode [governor] of Transylvania under King Uladislaus I (Ladislaus III of Poland) and won numerous victories over the Ottomans. In 1444, however, ... Read more
Nicholas V
Nicholas V 1397-1455, pope (1447-55), an Italian named Tommaso Parentucelli, b. probably Sarzana, Liguria; successor of Eugene IV. From Eugene IV he inherited the antipapal enactments of the Council of Basel (see Basel, Council of ). By a conciliatory policy Nicholas gained the Concordat of Vienna... Read more

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Henry VI
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...is the period of his mental incapacity (1453 until his death). Given the inherent...suffered his devastating mental collapse in 1453, the reign appeared to be set on a more...course. Henry VI fell into a coma in August 1453. He recovered his senses just before Christmas...
Constantine XI
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Constantine XI Constantine XI (1405-1453) was the last Byzantine emperor. A gallant...siege against Constantinople in early April 1453. The Turks finally broke into the city on May 29, 1453. Constantine died bravely during the ensuing...
Vizier
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...especially after the conquest of Istanbul in 1453, were also inclined to choose the grand...powerful officer after the sultan. Before 1453, the grand vizier was appointed from among...judge (kadi or kazi). Between 1385 and 1453, the Candarli family held the office...
Orthodoxy, Greek
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...capital of the Byzantine Empire, in May 1453. CHURCH AND STATE The Greek Orthodox Church...Byzantine emperor died on the barricades in 1453 (and the empire with him), Patriarch...Constantinople (called Istanbul by the Turks) in 1453, he enunciated his policy of toleration...
Margaret of Anjou
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...introduction to English politics. From 1449 to 1453 Henry lost claims to holdings in Anjou...first attack of insanity, from August of 1453 to December of 1454, spanned the end of...Margaret's only child, on Oct. 13, 1453; and York's 1454 regency by act of Parliament...
Mohammed II
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...1481. His conquest of Constantinople in 1453 guaranteed the consolidation of the Ottoman...great siege of this city in early April 1453. Despite heroic resistance under the...Runciman, The Fall of Constantinople, 1453 (1965). □
Shrewsbury, John Talbot, 1st earl of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...Shrewsbury, John Talbot, 1st earl of ( c. 1387–1453). Talbot was the most renowned in England and most feared in...France in 1427, where he served until his death at Castillon in 1453. The only battles in which he was in command ( Patay and Castillon...
Nicholas, Pope, V
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...A plot to assassinate Nicholas was uncovered in January 1453. Later that year, after Constantinople fell to the Turks, Nicholas sought ways to aid the Greeks. On September 29, 1453 he issued a decree calling for a crusade, but his call went...
France
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...acceded to the throne. The Hundred Years' War (1337–1453) was a series of battles for the French succession. By 1422...helped to crush the siege of Orléans (1428) and by 1453 England had been expelled from France. Louis XI restored royal...
Mediterranean Basin
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...easy to identify, thanks to two quite spectacular events. In 1453 the Turkish Ottomans conquered the great city of Constantinople...control over western Anatolia and much of the Balkans. After 1453 they consolidated their rule in both places, reproducing and...

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middle
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...history from the fall of the Roman Empire in the West (5th century) to the fall of Constantinople (1453), or, more narrowly, from c. 1000 to 1453. Middle America the middle class in the United States, especially when regarded as a conservative...
Istanbul
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...Western Crusaders in 1204. It finally fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453 and became the capital of the OTTOMAN EMPIRE . Most of its characteristic...Mosque of Suleiman the Magnificent, date from the Ottoman period (1453–1923).
Castillon, battle of
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History Castillon, battle of, 1453. On 17 July 1453, the English lost Gascony, which they had held for 300 years. An Anglo‐Gascon attack on a fortified artillery park on the right bank of the Dordogne was probably launched without knowledge...
Shrewsbury, John Talbot, 1st earl of
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...Shrewsbury, John Talbot, 1st earl of ( c. 1387–1453). Talbot was the most feared in France of the English captains...France in 1427, where he served until his death at Castillon in 1453. A tough, cruel, and quarrelsome man, he came to be regarded...
Henry VI
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...53); and the third is the period of his mental incapacity (1453 until his death). Given the inherent dangers, Henry's minority...popular rising since 1381. Henry VI fell into a coma in August 1453. He recovered his senses just before Christmas 1454, but was...
hundred
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...between France and England, conventionally dated 1337–1453. The war consisted of a series of conflicts in which successive...exception of Calais, all English conquests had been lost by 1453. hundredweight a unit of weight equal to one twentieth of an...
Hundred Years War
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...the Anglo‐French hostilities of 1337–1453 was coined in the 1860s but has enjoyed universal acceptance...leading to their expulsion from Normandy in 1450 and Gascony in 1453. Calais remained English until 1558, but English kings continued...
Middle Ages
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English Mid·dle Ag·es • pl. n. the period of European history from the fall of the Roman Empire in the West (5th century) to the fall of Constantinople (1453), or, more narrowly, from c. 1100 to 1453.
Florence, Council of
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions ...in the eucharist , purgatory , the epiclesis , and the primacy of Rome. The union was doomed by the fall of Constantinople in 1453 and was formally repudiated in 1472. The Council of Florence also established short-lived unions with other Eastern churches...
Dunstable, John
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Dunstable, John [ John Dunstaple ] ( b c. 1390; d London, 1453). Eng. composer, astrologer, and mathematician. Leading Eng. composer of first half of 15th cent. Enjoyed Eur. reputation...

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Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 7/1/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...visite des eglises du diocese de Lausanne en 1453. Edited by Ansgar Wildermann and Veronique...edition of a Swiss bishop's visitation in 1453 is a welcome addition to the growing number...churches of the Diocese of Lausanne in 1453. The visitation is published in two volumes...
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Magazine article from: History Today; 1/1/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...The fourteen essays in Nigel Saul's England in Europe 1066-1453, by Anthony Goodman, R.R. Davies and Malcolm Vale among...century. England formed part of a cross-channel polity before 1453, between 1688 and 1702 and under the Hanoverian kings between...