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Caux, Salomon de
(Encyclopedia)Caux, Salomon de: see Caus, Salomon de. ...Belalcázar, Sebastián de
(Encyclopedia)Belalcázar, Sebastián de: see Benalcázar, Sebastián de. ...Bergerac, Cyrano de
(Encyclopedia)Bergerac, Cyrano de: see Cyrano de Bergerac. ...Wint, Peter de
(Encyclopedia)Wint, Peter de: see De Wint, Peter. ...Tonty, Henri de
(Encyclopedia)Tonty, Henri de: see Tonti, Henri de. ...Valera, Eamon de
(Encyclopedia)Valera, Eamon de: see De Valera, Eamon. ...Sigüenza y Góngora, Carlos de
(Encyclopedia)Sigüenza y Góngora, Carlos de kärˈlōs ᵺā sēgwānˈsä ē gōngˈgōrä [key], 1645–1700, Mexican writer and humanist. The foremost intellectual figure of colonial Mexico, he wrote on mathem...Balzac, Jean Louis Guez de
(Encyclopedia)Balzac, Jean Louis Guez de də bälzäkˈ [key], 1597?–1654, French writer. His Lettres (1624, tr. 1634) and other writings were a great influence in reforming French prose. Their style was marked ...Resende, Garcia de
(Encyclopedia)Resende, Garcia de gərsēˈə də rəzĕnˈdə [key], c.1470–1536, Portuguese poet and chronicler. Resende's Cancioneiro geral (1516) is a compilation of the court poetry of his day, the best of wh...Keyser, Thomas de
(Encyclopedia)Keyser, Thomas de də kīˈzər [key], c.1596–1667, Dutch portrait and figure painter of Amsterdam. He was the outstanding practitioner in his field prior to Rembrandt. De Keyser's work is distingui...Browse by Subject
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