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Chartier, Alain
(Encyclopedia)Chartier, Alain älăNˈ shärtyāˈ [key], b. c.1385, d. c.1433, French writer, secretary to Charles VII. His most popular work was the love poem La Belle Dame sans mercy (1424), which provided Keats...Tienen
(Encyclopedia)Tienen or Thienen both: tēˈnən [key], Fr. Tirlemont, commune (1991 est. pop. 31,567), Flemish Brabant prov., central Belgium. It is a commercial and industrial center, with a major beet-sugar refin...rose window
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Rose window (Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Paris) rose window, large, stone-traceried, circular window of medieval churches. Romanesque churches of both England and the Continent had made use of th...Bainbridge, Beryl
(Encyclopedia)Bainbridge, Beryl (Dame Beryl Margaret Bainbridge), 1933–2010, English author, b. Liverpool. Bainbridge is mainly known for her tightly plotted, rueful, and darkly comic fiction in which dull and si...Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène Emmanuel
(Encyclopedia)Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène Emmanuel özhĕnˈ ĕmänüĕlˈ vyôlāˈ-lə-dük [key], 1814–79, French architect and writer. He was the most prominent exponent of the Gothic revival in France, and was i...Hepworth, Dame Barbara
(Encyclopedia)Hepworth, Dame Barbara, 1903–75, English sculptor. Hepworth's smooth, usually nonfigurative sculptures recall those of Jean Arp. Working in Cornwall, she consistently sought perfection of form and s...Vitry-le-François
(Encyclopedia)Vitry-le-François vētrēˈ-lə-fräNswäˈ [key], town (1990 pop. 17,483), Marne dept., NE France, on the Marne River. Textiles and earthenware are the chief manufactures. The town was founded by Fr...Terry, Dame Ellen Alicia
(Encyclopedia)Terry, Dame Ellen Alicia, 1848–1928, English actress. Of a prominent theatrical family, she made her debut at nine as Mamillius in Charles Kean's production of The Winter's Tale. She played juvenile...Mantel, Dame Hilary
(Encyclopedia)Mantel, Dame Hilary, 1952–, English novelist, b. Hilary Mary Thompson. After working as a social worker, she moved to Botswana with her geologist husband and later to Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, where she...West, Dame Rebecca
(Encyclopedia)West, Dame Rebecca, 1892–1983, English novelist and critic, b. Ireland as Cicily Isabel Fairfield. West began her career as a journalist for feminist and suffragist publications. At various times sh...Browse by Subject
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