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598-649 |
The significance of the life and achievements of Li Shih-Min, who reigned from A.D. 626-49 as the emperor T’ai Tsung of the T’ang dynasty, cannot be appreciated without some knowledge of the age which immediately preceded his birth. It is necessary to paint, as a background to his life, a picture of sixth-century China, its social organisation and the political trends which dominated the times. |
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748-814 |
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724-802 |
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763-809 |
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801-865 |
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806-882 |
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841-870 |
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848-899 |
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d. 877? |
ENGLAND |
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995-1035 |
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1015–1085 |
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1016-1154 |
ROGER OF SICILY |
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1046-1115 |
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1058-1111 |
BOHEMOND I, PRINCEOF ANTIOCH |
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1080–1134 |
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GERMANY |
1094-1148 |
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IRELAND |
1118-1170 |
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ENGLAND |
1122-1190 |
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1132-1144 |
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ENGLAND |
1135–1140 |
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CHURCH |
1133-1189
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ENGLAND |
1137-1226 |
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FRANCE |
1138-1193 |
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1150-1228 |
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CHURCH |
1157-1199 |
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1160-1216 |
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1162-1227 |
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1167-1216 |
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ENGLAND |
1170-1221 |
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SPAIN |
1182-1226 |
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ITALY |
1188-1252 |
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1191-1231 |
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ITALY |
1192-1280 |
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GERMANY |
1194-1250 |
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GERMANY |
1194-1253 |
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ITALY |
1207-1231 |
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HUNGARY |
1208-1265 |
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ENGLAND |
1208-1276 |
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1216-1377 |
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1213-1276 |
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SPAIN |
1214-1270 |
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FRANCE |
1216-1227 |
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CHURCH |
1218-1273 |
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GERMANY |
1239-1307 |
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ENGLAND |
1265-1321 |
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ENGLAND |
1270 -1305 |
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1274-1329 |
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SCOTLAND |
1276-1352 |
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ITALY |
1293-1381 |
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BELGIUM |
1312 – 1377 |
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ENGLAND
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1325–1382 |
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ITALY |
1330-1376- |
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ENGLAND
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1336–1405 |
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Uzbekistan |
1340-1399
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1347-1380 |
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ITALY |
1363-1429 |
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1366-1440 |
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HOLLAND |
1369-1415 |
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CZECH REP. |
1375–1447 |
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ENGLAND |
1377-1446 |
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ITALY |
1380-1459
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Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini (Italian: 11 February 1380 – 30 October 1459), Italian scholar and an early Renaissance humanist responsible for rediscovering and recovering many classical Latin manuscripts, mostly decaying and forgotten in German, Swiss, and French monastic libraries.
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1380-1444 |
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ITALY |
1384-1440 |
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ITALY |
1386-1456 |
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ITALY |
1391-1447 |
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ENGLAND |
1394-1460 |
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800-1397 |
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1399-1413 |
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ENGLAND |
1387-1422 |
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ENGLAND |
1401-1466 |
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1412-1431 |
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FRANCE |
1413-1422 |
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1420-1498 |
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SPAIN |
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1423-1483 |
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FRANCE |
1428-1471 |
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ENGLAND |
1430-1482 |
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1433-1477 |
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1442-1483 |
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1452-1485 |
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1458-1464 |
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1459-1519 |
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1451-1504 |
ISABELLA THE CATHOLIC
QUEEN OF SPAIN
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