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Brewer's: Fathers of the Latin Church

Lactantius, Hilary, Ambrose of Milan, Jerome, Augustin of Hippo, and St. Bernard. The last of the fathers. St. Bernard (1091-1153). The schoolmen who followed treated their subjects…

2005 Deaths: R - Z

Rainier IIIJohn RaittWilliam RehnquistPeter RodinoJoseph RotblatNipsey RussellHerb SargentMaria SchellMax SchmelingFritz ScholderBernard SchrieverJay SchulbergRoger ShattuckBobby ShortClaude…

Major Bouts, 2001–02: Middleweights (160 lbs)

DateWinnerLoserResultTitleSiteNov. 17William JoppyHoward EastmanWm 12WBA*Las VegasDec. 27Erland BetareJoseph SarkodyTKO 4—Orleans, FranceFeb. 2Bernard HopkinsCarl DanielsTKO 10WBA/WBC/…

idealism

(Encyclopedia) idealism, the attitude that places special value on ideas and ideals as products of the mind, in comparison with the world as perceived through the senses. In art idealism is the…

Houellebecq, Michel

(Encyclopedia) Houellebecq, MichelHouellebecq, Michelmēshĕlˈ wĕlˈbĕk [key], b. 1958– or 1956–, French author, perhaps France's best-known contemporary novelist, b. Réunion as Michel Thomas. A…

Clausewitz, Karl von

(Encyclopedia) Clausewitz, Karl vonClausewitz, Karl vonkärl fən klouˈzəvĭts [key], 1780–1831, Prussian general and military strategist. Clausewitz was an original thinker most influenced by the…

Medieval Latin literature

(Encyclopedia) Medieval Latin literature, literary works written in the Latin language during the Middle Ages. Many literary genres were already being taken over by writing in the vernacular,…