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51Education — • In the broadest sense, education includes all those experiences by which intelligence is developed, knowledge acquired, and character formed. In a narrower sense, it is the work done by certain agencies and institutions, the home and the school …
52Feudalism — • The source of feudalism rises from an intermingling of barbarian usage and Roman law Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Feudalism Feudalism …
53flatterie — [ flatri ] n. f. • 1265; de flatter ♦ Action de flatter; louange fausse ou exagérée que l on adresse à qqn par complaisance, calcul. De basses flatteries. Flatterie servile. ⇒ adulation, flagornerie. Il nous a fait mille flatteries. ⇒ courbette.… …
54Western sculpture — ▪ art Introduction three dimensional artistic forms produced in what is now Europe and later in non European areas dominated by European culture (such as North America) from the Metal Ages (Europe, history of) to the present. Like… …
55L'Histoire de Henry Esmond — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Esmond. The History of Henry Esmond, Esq., A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne, Written by Himself L Histoire de Henry Esmond Auteur William Makepeace Thackeray Genre Roman …
56CATALOGNE — Les Pyrénées, l’Èbre et la Méditerranée: entre ces limites s’étend la Catalogne ibérique. Sa position excentrique dans la Péninsule, la barrière pyrénéenne qui l’isole de l’Occident, l’Èbre formant frontière avec le reste de l’Espagne, les… …
57NÉO-CLASSICISME — La définition que les dictionnaires usuels donnent du terme néo classicisme est assez évasive. «Tendance artistique et littéraire inspirée de l’Antiquité classique ou du classicisme du XVIIe siècle. // Tendance qui retourne à un certain… …
58Joseph Bologne de Saint-George — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Saint Georges. Joseph Bologne de Saint George …
59china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …
60China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …
