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Like Columbus. (Hernan Cortes)
National Review
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January 31, 1986
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Like Columbus
As the quincentenary of Columbus's discovery of America approaches, other related anniversaries appear in the foreground, such as the five-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Hernan Cortes, who, after the Admiral, was the most incandescent figure in the saga of the New World. Cortes was born in the remote province of Extremadura, whence he set out for the Indies at the age of 19. In 1519 he landed in Mexico with 580 men, 16 horses, and ten bronze cannon. The confrontation between two civilizations that ensued was perhaps the most dramatic on record; ...
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schools; NEW PRAGUE; Student semifinalists in top science contest.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
; Byline: Sarah Lemagie; Staff Writer New Prague High School student Stephen Jerome Trettel, 17, is one of three Minnesota students named semifinalists in the 67th Intel Talent Search. The talent search is a...
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New Prague man dies in car accident.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
; A 68-year-old man from New Prague, Minn., died Friday in a car accident. Jerome Novak was killed when his car was struck by a semitrailer truck on Hwy. 19 west of Interstate Hwy. 35 near Lonsdale, Minn. He died at North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale.
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Die Prager Universitat im Mittelalter: The Charles University in the Middle Ages.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly
; ...issues of philosophical realism at Prague, especially the problem of universals...Wycliffe upon both John Hus and Jerome of Prague, and listings of sources from...university, his attention to Jerome of Prague, who has been traditionally overshadowed...
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Reform preaching and despair at the Council of Pavia-Sena (1423-1424)
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review
; ...Camaldolese hermit known as John-Jerome of Prague, who preached two sermons...from the council.3 John-Jerome was born ca.1370 in Prague and attended the university...of John Hus. There John-Jerome became a master of arts and...
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HOSANNA IN EXCELSIS
Magazine article from: Fanfare
; ...medieval music of a spiritual but non-liturgical nature. The program concludes with a denunciation of dancing by Jerome of Prague (burnt at the stake as a heretic), interwoven with the familiar dance Czaldy Waldy, then Aquinas's conclusion...
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WORLD SPORTS at 0000 GMT
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...NETHERLANDS. Has moved. By Raf Casert. _ PARIS _ BC-EU-SPT-SOC--FRANCE-GOMIS. Has moved. By Jerome Pugmire. _ PRAGUE, Czech Republic _ BC-EU-SPT-SOC--CZECH REPUBLIC-SQUAD. Has moved. _ OSLO, Norway _ BC-EU-SPT...
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RELIGION BRIEFS
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News
; ...Church is a Protestant denomination that dates back to early 15-century Bohemia reformers and martyrs Jan Hus and Jerome of Prague. The Fine Arts and Children's departments of the Roanoke Valley Cathedral of Praise, 8100 Angel Lane, will hold...
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Text and Controversy from Wyclif to Bale: Essays in Honour of Anne Hudson.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Medium Aevum
; ...Twelve Conclusions of the Lollards; Roger Ellis on St Birgitta of Sweden; and Frantisek Smahel on the trial of Master Jerome of Prague. The final section, on contexts of vernacular Wyclifism, contains essays by Jill C. Havens on determining heresy...
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germany's gem; breathtaking promenade on the philosophers way.(Travel)
Newspaper article from: The Saturday Star (South Africa)
; ...intersect it at right angles and run down to the river. The Protestant Peterskirche dates from the 15th century. Jerome of Prague nailed his theses to the door in 1406. The Heilige Geist Church is an imposing Gothic edifice of the same period...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITORKerry strategy
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune
; ...increasing the voter turnout by 10 percent. Kerry can only do this if he stresses his differences with Bush. Jerome Randall, Prague 2004 Copyright International Herald Tribune. http://www.iht.com
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