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Braille, Louis

(Encyclopedia) Braille, LouisBraille, Louisbrāl, Fr. lwē brīˈyə [key], 1809?–1852, French inventor of the Braille system of printing and writing for the blind. Having become blind from an accident at…

Cabochiens

(Encyclopedia) CabochiensCabochienskäbōshyăNˈ [key], popular faction in Paris in the early 15th cent. Composed largely of small tradespeople and members of the butchers' and skinners' guilds, it was…

Music Timeline

Read this history of music and find a timeline of milestones in the music industry, dating from 325 to the present day 325…

2006 Golden Globe Awards

The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards were presented January 15, 2007 at the Beverly Hilton. Here are the movie awards. Best Motion Picture—Drama…

Side Show

Book and lyrics:Bill RussellMusic:Henry KriegerDirected and Choreographed by:Robert LongbottomSets:Robin WagnerCostumes:Gregg BarnesLighting:Brian MacDevittSound:Tom ClarkOpened:10/97 at the…

Malesherbes, Chrétien Guillaume de Lamoignon de

(Encyclopedia) Malesherbes, Chrétien Guillaume de Lamoignon deMalesherbes, Chrétien Guillaume de Lamoignon dekrātyăNˈ gēyōmˈ də lämwänyôNˈ də mälzĕrbˈ [key], 1721–94, French minister of state. After…

Fronde

(Encyclopedia) FrondeFrondefrôNd [key], 1648–53, series of outbreaks during the minority of King Louis XIV, caused by the efforts of the Parlement of Paris (the chief judiciary body) to limit the…

Soutine, Chaïm

(Encyclopedia) Soutine, ChaïmSoutine, Chaïmkhīˈyĭm s&oomacr;tēnˈ [key], 1893–1943, French expressionist painter, b. near Minsk, Russia (now Belarus). He went to Paris in 1913 and joined the…

Peter Lombard

(Encyclopedia) Peter Lombard, Lat. Petrus Lombardus, c.1100–c.1160, Italian theologian, often called Magister Sententiarum. He studied at Bologna, Reims, and Paris, where he is said to have been a…