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    4 days ago · France. Signature. Joan of Arc ( French: Jeanne d'Arc [ʒan daʁk]; Middle French: Jehanne Darc [ʒəˈãnə ˈdark]; c. 1412 – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronation of Charles VII of France during the Hundred Years' War.

  2. Apr 11, 2024 · In European history, "post-classical" is synonymous with the medieval time or Middle Ages, the period of history from around the 5th century to the 15th century. It began with the collapse of the Western Roman Empire and merged into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. The Middle Ages is the middle period of the three traditional divisions ...

  3. Apr 2, 2024 · Philip III (born July 31, 1396, Dijon, Burgundy [now in France]—died June 15, 1467, Bruges [now Brugge, Belgium]) was the most important of the Valois dukes of Burgundy (reigned 1419–67) and the true founder of the Burgundian state that rivaled France in the 15th century. Philip was the son of John the Fearless and Margaret of Bavaria.

  4. 6 days ago · Wikipedia, free Internet-based encyclopaedia, started in 2001, that operates under an open-source management style. It is overseen by the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation. Wikipedia uses a collaborative software known as wiki that facilitates the creation and development of articles. Although some highly publicized problems have called attention ...

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  5. 4 days ago · The Southern Netherlands rebelled during the 1830 Belgian Revolution, establishing the modern Belgian state, officially recognized at the London Conference of 1830. The first King of Belgium, Leopold I, assumed the throne in 1831. The first half of the twentieth century was tumultuous.

  6. Apr 5, 2024 · Battle of the Vorskla River. Vytautas the Great (born 1350, Lithuania—died Oct. 27, 1430, Trakai, Lith.) was a Lithuanian national leader who consolidated his country’s possessions, helped to build up a national consciousness, and broke the power of the Teutonic Knights. He exercised great power over Poland.

  7. Apr 1, 2024 · Georgios Gemistos Plethon (1344 – c. 1452) Georgios Gemistos Plethon was one of the foremost Greek scholars of the late Byzantine period and is most renowned for reintroducing Plato’s ideas to Italy and Western Europe. In fact, he adopted the surname of Plethon as a deliberate homage to Plato. Plethon spent most of his life in Mystra in the ...

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