11) Ivan III. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Ivan III, or Ivan the Great, 1440-1505, grand duke of Moscow (1462-1505), creator of the consolidated Muscovite (Russian) state. He subjugated (1478) Great Novgorod,...
12) Manrique, Jorge. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Manrique, Jorge, (hor´ha manre´ka) (KEY) , c.1440-1479, Spanish poet and soldier. Most of his verse is undistinguished, but his Coplas [couplets], on his father's...
13) Josquin Desprez. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Josquin Desprez, (both: zhos´kaN dapra´) (KEY) , c.1440-1521, Flemish composer, b. Hainaut, regarded by his contemporaries as the greatest of his age. Luther spoke...
14) Casimir IV. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Casimir IV, 1427-92, king of Poland (1447-92). He became (1440) ruler of Lithuania and in 1447 succeeded his brother Ladislaus III as king of Poland. He united the...
15) Barbari, Jacopo de'. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Barbari, Jacopo de , (ya´kopo da barba´re) (KEY) , c.1440-1516, Germano-Dutch painter and engraver, b. Venice. Barbari was a major link between North European and...
16) Frederick I, elector of Brandenburg. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth
Edition. 2001
...Frederick I, elector of Brandenburg, 1371-1440, elector of Brandenburg (1415-40), first of the Hohenzollerns (see Hohenzollern, family) to rule Brandenburg. As Frederick...
17) Cennini, Cennino. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Cennini, Cennino, (chan-ne´no chan-ne´ne) (KEY) , c.1370-1440, Florentine painter, follower of Agnolo Gaddi. None of his paintings is extant. He is most famous for...
18) Koster, Laurens Janszoon. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Koster, Laurens Janszoon, (lou´rns yan´son kos´tr) (KEY) , c.1370-c.1440, Dutch sexton of a church in Haarlem, one of the men to whom has been ascribed the invention...
19) Arias de Avila, Pedro. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...de Ávila, Pedro, (pa´thro a´ryas da a´vela) (KEY) , known as Pedrarias (pathra´ryas) (KEY) , c.1440-1531, Spanish colonial administrator. He was sent (1514) as governor...
20) Frederick III, Holy Roman emperor and German king. The Columbia
Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Holy Roman emperor and German king, 1415-93, Holy Roman emperor (1452-93) and German king (1440-93). With his brother Albert VI he inherited the duchies of Styria,...
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