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Rovereto
Rovereto , town (1991 pop. 32,923), in Trentino-Alto Adige, N Italy, on the Adige River. It is an agricultural and industrial center. Manufactures include machinery, silk, and chemicals. Rovereto was taken (15th cent.) from the bishopric of Trent by Venice, which ceded it to Austria in 1517. A part ... Read more
Giovanni Battista Cima
Giovanni Battista Cima , c.1459-c.1517, Venetian painter, called Cima da Conegliano. Influenced by Giovanni Bellini and Antonello da Messina, he created many fine altarpieces in the best tradition of Venetian coloring and landscape. Many of his paintings have remained in Venice. There are notable al... Read more
Heinrich Isaac
Heinrich Isaac , c.1450-1517, Flemish composer. Isaac, a prolific and versatile composer, traveled widely in Europe, serving at the courts of Lorenzo de' Medici and Emperor Maximilian I. Among his best-known works is the collection of 99 four-part settings of the proper chants of the mass known as ... Read more
Henry Howard Surrey, earl of
Henry Howard Surrey, earl of 1517?-1547, English poet; son of Thomas Howard, 3d duke of Norfolk. His irascibility and continuous vaunting of his descent from Edward I resulted in his imprisonment on several occasions. Eventually he was convicted of treason on a trumped-up charge and executed. He in... Read more
Bartolomé de Torres Naharro
Bartolomé de Torres Naharro , fl. 1531, Spanish dramatist and lyric poet, b. Extremadura. As a young man he went to Italy and became a priest. Greatly influenced by the Italian Renaissance, he is considered the originator of the modern Spanish secular theater. He is known for his Propaladia ... Read more
Albert
Albert 1490-1545, German churchman, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. A member of the house of Brandenburg, he became (1514) Archbishop of Mainz. Because Albert was underage, this appointment was uncanonical and he was required to pay a large fee for a papal dispensation. To assist Albert in r... Read more
Fra Bartolommeo di Pagholo del Fattorino
Fra Bartolommeo di Pagholo del Fattorino , 1475-1517, Italian painter, also called Baccio della Porta. Under the influence of Savonarola, he joined (1500) the Dominican order. He abandoned art for a while, but resumed practice in 1504, becoming the leading Florentine master for a number of years. He... Read more
Alonso Berruguete
Alonso Berruguete , c.1480-1561, Spanish mannerist sculptor. Probably the first in Spain to break away from the High Renaissance balance of form, he is noted for the expressive torsion of his figures. He studied with his father, Pedro Berruguete, a painter at the Spanish court. In Italy (c.1504-c.15... Read more
Cajetan
Cajetan [Lat.,=from Gaeta], 1469?-1534, Italian prelate, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, b. Gaeta. His original name was Giacomo de Vio. He joined the Dominicans (c.1484), became general of this order (1508), and was made a cardinal (1517). He played a leading role at the Fifth Lateran Counc... Read more
Cozumel
Cozumel , resort island, c.190 sq mi (490 sq km), Quintana Roo state, Mexico, in the Caribbean Sea off the E coast of the Yucatán peninsula. It is famed for its beaches and coral reef (declared a national park in 1996). The island was inhabited by the Maya before it was visited by Spanish exp... Read more

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Cisneros, Cardinal Francisco Jiménez De (1436–1517)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World CISNEROS, CARDINAL FRANCISCO JIM É NEZ DE (1436 – 1517) CISNEROS, CARDINAL FRANCISCO JIM É NEZ DE (1436 – 1517), cardinal and archbishop of Toledo, Franciscan friar, and principal adviser and...
Andrea del Sarto
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...following the death of Fra Bartolommeo in 1517, and through his pupils, II Rosso and...whom he shared a workshop from 1511 to 1517. Middle Period Between 1511 and 1526 Andrea...period are the Madonna of the Harpies (1517; Florence) and the Wallace Madonna...
Ulrich von Hutten
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...visit to Italy took Hutten to Bologna and Rome (1515-1517). In 1517 he was crowned poet laureate by Emperor Maximilian I...Albrecht of Mayence, at whose court he often appeared. In 1517 too he played a part in the defense of Johann Reuchlin...
Observant movement
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History ...poverty which eventually led to the triple division of the order in 1517 and 1528. The reformers were accommodated by establishing a...Co. Sligo) in 1423 and the reform numbered eight houses in 1517. The Dominican Observance may have been established in Drogheda...
Desiderius Erasmus
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...discerned in a tract, Julius exclusus (published anonymously in 1517; he never admitted authorship), in which St. Peter bars Julius...teaching. Though not formally released from monastic vows until 1517, Erasmus was now effectively freed of Steyn by his mounting...
Ferdinand of Aragón (1452–1516)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...1479 – 1555; Mar í a, 1482 – 1517; and Catherine, 1485 – 1536) solidified the union...grammar handbook (1492); and the Polyglot Bible was completed (1517). Isabella's death in 1504 left Ferdinand
Inquisition, Spanish
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...efficient weapon. The Inquisition's formative phase lasted until 1517. A well-defined institutional structure took shape. At the...1598 – 1621). Before then, under Charles V (ruled 1517 – 1556), the Inquisition had suffered from a lack...
Art in the Netherlands, 1500–1585
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...friendship portraits of Erasmus of Rotterdam and Pieter Gillis (1517, Palazzo Barberini, Rome; and Longford Castle, Wiltshire...also briefly with Gossaert in Utrecht about 1515 – 1517, Jan van Scorel (1495 – 1562) traveled extensively...
Polish Literature and Language
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...the humanistic world with his Tractatus de Duabus Sarmatiis (1517;Treatise on the two Sarmatias) and Chronica Polonorum (1519...Pawe ł of Krosno (Paulus Crosnensis, 1470 – 1517), Jan of Wi ś lica (Joannes Vislicensis, c. 1485...
Erasmus, Desiderius
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...teaching. Though not formally released from monastic vows until 1517, Erasmus was now freed of Steyn by his mounting reputation...princes to rule justly, Institutio principis Christiani, and in 1517 composed Querela pacis (The Complaint of

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Celaya, Juan De
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...lecturing on the Scriptures from 1515 to 1517 and on the Sentences during the academic year 1517/1518; he received the licentiate in theology...of Aristotle ’ s Physics (Paris, 1517), De caelo (Paris, 1517), and De generatione...
Ximenes
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Ximenes variant spelling in English of Spanish Jiménez in the name of the Spanish cardinal and statesman Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros (1436–1517), Grand Inquisitor for Castile and Léon from 1507 to 1517.
Mameluke
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...sultanate under al-Malik an-Nasir. The Burji ruled until 1517. Mameluke rule extended over Egypt and Syria (including the...Guinea, and throughout the Indian Ocean as far as Java. In 1517 the Ottoman Turks captured Cairo and overthrew the Mamelukes...
Andrea del Sarto
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists ...Chiostro dello Scalzo), and he also painted superb altarpieces ( Madonna of the Harpies , 1517, Uffizi, Florence) and portraits ( A Young Man , c. 1517, NG, London). His posthumous image was largely made and marred by Vasari , who described...
Berruguete
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists ...the son and probably pupil of Pedro. Between about 1504 and 1517, he was in Italy, where his work included the completion of Filippino Lippi's Coronation of the Virgin (Louvre, Paris). By 1517 Berruguete was back in Spain (in Valladolid), and in the following...
Sarto, Andrea del
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art ...Chiostro dello Scalzo), and he also painted superb altarpieces ( Madonna of the Harpies , 1517, Uffizi, Florence) and portraits ( A Young Man , c. 1517, NG, London). Andrea's posthumous image was largely made and marred by Vasari , who...
Ordóñez, Bartolomé
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art ...perhaps with Andrea Sansovino , and he was certainly in Italy in 1517–18 and 1520. His main work there is the marble altarpiece...connect it with Ordóñez's visit to Italy in 1517–18). By 1519 he was working on the decoration of...
Lodi
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...and threatened Malwa to the south. Sikander (1489–1517) consolidated his father's gains but was also renowned as...other scholars. However, attempts by his successor, Ibrahim (1517–26), to secure greater centralization alienated...
Pirī Rais (or Re’is), Muḥyī Al-Dīn
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Khair al Din Barbarossa (ca. 1483-1546) In 1516 ℃ 1517 Pir ī was given command of several vessels that were...Pir ī Rais in 1513 and presented to Sultan Selim I in 1517. The map is a portolano chart, a design that was thought to...
Kelderman van Mansdale
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...with Waghemakere on the Town Hall at Gent (Ghent), Belgium (1517–33). Rombout designed the Flamboyant Gothic H...applied the first Renaissance façade in Belgium (1517–26). Rombout also completed the great tower of...

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Islamic Egypt, 690-1517.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 3/22/2001; ; 700+ words ; Islamic Egypt, 690-1517. Volume I, The Cambridge History of...historian of the Mamluk period (1260-1517). He has chosen to organize the contents...Two chapters on the Mamluks (1260-1517), by Linda S. Northrup and Jean-Claude...
Modern Egypt from 1517 to the End of the Twentieth Century.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 3/22/2001; ; 700+ words ; Modern Egypt from 1517 to the End of the Twentieth Century. Volume...historian of the Mamluk period (1260-1517). He has chosen to organize the contents...Two chapters on the Mamluks (1260-1517), by Linda S. Northrup and Jean-Claude...
Les Entrees royales a Paris de Marie d'Angleterre (1514) et Claude de France (1517).(Book review)
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 9/22/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...Angleterre (1514) et Claude de France (1517). Ed. Cynthia J. Brown. Textes litteraires...Angleterre (1514) and Claude de France (1517) constitute the second volume of Cynthia...serving moreover as a model for the 1514 and 1517 celebrations; the first critical editions...
REP. LORETTA SANCHEZ CHAIRWOMAN REP. LORETTA SANCHEZ HOLDS A MARKUP OF H.R.1517, H.R. 1726 AND H.R. 3239
Transcript from: Washington Transcript Service; 7/22/2009; 700+ words ; ...COUNTERTERRORISM HOLDS A MARKUP ON H.R. 1517, H.R. 1726 AND H.R. 3239 JULY 22...States and for other purposes; and H.R. 1517, a bill to allow certain U.S. Customs...bill we have before us today is H.R. 1517, introduced by Representative Engel of...
Pierre Gringore: Les Entrées royales à Paris de Marie d'Angleterre (1514) et Claude de France (1517)
Magazine article from: Fifteenth Century Studies; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...Angleterre (1514) et Claude de France (1517). Geneva: Droz, 2005. Pp. 357. 19...son; she was crowned at Saint-Denis in 1517. Her entry was again planned and described...of the event (decasyllabic octet). In 1517, a "mystery" replaced the earlier allegory...
COUNCILMEMBERS KNAPP, LEVENTHAL TO MEET WITH AGRICULTURAL LEADERS ABOUT BILL 1517
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 8/12/2009; 700+ words ; ...17, to detail how Maryland House Bill 1517 will benefit many of the County's land...Councilmembers will talk about the outcome of Bill 1517 and its impact on our proposed Building...identified for the new BLT program. HB 1517 provides $5 million from the Advanced...
Was Cyprus a Mamluk protectorate? Mamluk policies toward Cyprus between 1426 and 1517.
Magazine article from: Journal of Cyprus Studies; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...Kingdom of Cyprus during the years 1426-1517 and explains the relations possible between...calisma Memluk Imparatorlugu'nun 1426-1517 yillari arasinda Kibris Kralligi'na karsi...Kingdom of Cyprus in the years from 1426-1517, this paper explains what kind of relations...
Security Council further extends mandate of UN Force in Cyprus; Resolution 1517 (2003) also urges Turkish Cypriot side; Turkish Forces to lift remaining restrictions on peacekeepers.
M2 Presswire; 11/24/2003; 700+ words ; ...mandate of UN Force in Cyprus; Resolution 1517 (2003) also urges Turkish Cypriot side...2004. Unanimously adopting resolution 1517 (2003), the Council also urged the Turkish...19 a.m. The full text of resolution 1517 (2003) reads as follows: "The Security...
Female Monastic Life in Early Tudor England: With an Edition of Richard Fox's Translation of the Benedictine Rule for Women, 1517.(Reviews of Books)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Albion; 9/22/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...Translation of the Benedictine Rule for Women, 1517. (The Early Modern English-woman...translation, printed by Richard Pynson in early 1517 as Here Begynneth the Rule of seynt Benet...typographical facsimile" of Pynson's 1517 edition. Collett chooses to present Fox...
Ottoman Jerusalem: The Living City. 1517-1917. (Marred Monument to a Holy City). (book review)
Magazine article from: Midstream; 11/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; Ottoman Jerusalem: The Living City 1517-1917, 2 volumes, map in separate folder. Edited by Sylvia Auld...adorning the two weighty tomes of Ottoman Jerusalem: The Living City 1517-1917. "Jerusalem," He continues (quite rightly), "is enshrined...