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Alexander of Aphrodisias
(Encyclopedia) Alexander of AphrodisiasAlexander of Aphrodisiasăfrōdĭshˈēəs [key], fl. a.d. 200, Greek Peripatetic philosopher. A celebrated ancient commentator on Aristotle, he was often called the…Alexander of Hales
(Encyclopedia) Alexander of Hales, d. 1245, English scholastic philosopher, called the Unanswerable Doctor by his fellow scholastics. He was a Franciscan and a lecturer at the Univ. of Paris. His…Alexander of Pherae
(Encyclopedia) Alexander of PheraeAlexander of Pheraefērˈē [key], d. 358 b.c., tyrant of the city of Pherae in Thessaly after 369 b.c. He was opposed by other Thessalian cities and by the Thebans.…dance of death
(Encyclopedia) dance of death: see Death, Dance of.Alexandretta, sanjak of
(Encyclopedia) Alexandretta, sanjak of: see Hatay, Turkey.Dean, Forest of
(Encyclopedia) Dean, Forest of, ancient royal forest (c.30,000 acres/12,141 hectares), Gloucestershire, W England, between the Severn estuary and the gorges of the Wye River. It was the first (1938)…Death, Dance of
(Encyclopedia) Death, Dance of, or danse macabreDeath, Dance of,däns məkäˈbrə, –bər, dăns [key], originally a 14th-century morality poem. The poem was a dialogue between Death and representatives of…Declaration of Independence
(Encyclopedia) Declaration of Independence, full and formal declaration adopted July 4, 1776, by representatives of the Thirteen Colonies in North America announcing the separation of those colonies…Declaration of Rights
(Encyclopedia) Declaration of Rights, in British history: see Bill of Rights.Cusa, Nicholas of
(Encyclopedia) Cusa, Nicholas of: see Nicholas of Cusa.Trending
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