A European Armorial: An Armorial of Knights of the Golden Fleece and 15th Century Europe.

From his Vila do Infante in 15th Century Portuguese, Estate or Town of the Prince on the Sagres peninsula located at the south-westernmost point of Iberia and with sea access to both the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, Henry sponsored voyages down the coast of Africa, sailing as far as Guinea, that were primarily exploration expeditions, later on bringing back to the nearby town of Lagos, from whence they set out, numerous African slaves and goods.

* Count Sabbat-He was part of Latveria's royalty during the 15th Century.

* Vlad Draasen-He was a member of Latveria's royalty during the 15th Century.

His works were published several times in the 15th Century and a copy of a 1465 version was sold in 2000 for more than $ 1m.

By the 15th Century, pattens became popular by both men and women in Europe.

The Battle of Gilboa, by Jean Fouquet, the protagonists depicted anachronistically with 15th Century armour

" Even in the 15th century, Lorenzo Valla described it as the Century of Lead and Iron and later Cardinal Baronius as the Leaden Century or Iron Century.

* In China, written work begins on the Siku Quanshu, the largest literary compilation of books in China's history ( surpassing the Yongle Encyclopedia of the 15th Century ).

15th Century ), and Ramacharitamanas by Tulasidas in Awadhi which is an eastern form of Hindi ( c. 16th century ).

From the earlier part of the 15th Century, Portuguese expeditions organized by Prince Henry the Navigator had been crawling down the African coastline, principally in search for west African riches ( notably, gold ).

Though European mariners, such as John Cabot and Alonso Sanchez in the 15th Century and the Norse 500 years still earlier, explored the Gulf of St. Lawrence the first European explorer known to have sailed up the St. Lawrence River itself was Jacques Cartier, during his second trip to Canada in 1535, with the help of Iroquoian chief Donnacona's two sons.

Photo of a 15th Century map showing Ionia.

This name has 15th Century origins, however from the 20th century the name has been more commonly attributed to the prominent role Cork played in the Irish War of Independence ( 1919 – 1921 ) when it was the scene of considerable fighting ; in addition, it was an anti-treaty stronghold during the Irish Civil War ( 1922 – 23 ).

The medieval cooperative election of the mayor and councillors led to the creation of a nearly hereditary oligarchy by the 15th Century.

Although contracted forms of the name are attested since the 15th Century, it was not until this period that the modern form of the name came into common use.

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Its leader Fernand Braudel devoted the first volume – called The Structures of Everyday Life – of his major work, Civilization and Capitalism 15th – 18th Century to the largely silent and invisible world that existed below the market economy.

Photo of a 15th Century map showing Bithynia.

* 15th Century Folk Song: 1452-Anonymous for viola, cello and piano

Photo of a 15th Century map showing Pamphylia.

Grote Kerk or St. Nicholaaskerk, of cathedral dimensions, was probably built at the beginning of the 15th Century.

The Lady Chapel and Bishop Robert's Chapel were added in the 13th Century in the Early English style, and in the 15th century, the choir section was rebuilt in the Perpendicular style, including the fan-vaulting Sherborne is still famous for, the remodelling by William Smyth, under Abbot John Brunyng ( 1415 – 1436 ).

By the 15th century only Windsor, Leeds, Rockingham and Moor End were kept up as comfortable accommodation ; Nottingham and York formed the backbone for royal authority in the north, and Chester, Gloucester and Bristol forming the equivalents in the west.

In another British series, Robin Hood, set in the beginning of the 15th century, the Sheriff of Nottingham, Vaisey, uses the term to refer to Latin, in those days commonly used in the church.

It was confirmed on 15th July 2012 that new Nottingham Forest owners were in talks with McCarthy and he could be named as the new manager within days.

* Christopher Guy Heneage Finch-Hatton, 15th Earl of Winchilsea, 10th Earl of Nottingham ( 1911 – 1950 )

In the 15th century, York Castle, along with Nottingham Castle, was considered a key security asset in the north of England, but investment even in these castles diminished.

File: English-Resurrection-Walters 27308. jpg | 15th century Nottingham alabaster panel of the Resurrection of Christ

By the 15th century there was an industry exporting Nottingham alabaster altar reliefs in groups of panels over much of Europe for economical parishes who could not afford stone retables.

The trade continues today but has declined since the 15th century when alabaster from Derbyshire became popular.

A Gothic style church was built in the 15th century but only a few parts of it remain intact or were later restored, including the choir stand and the altarpiece in alabaster by Damián Forment.

Nutcrackers in the form of wooden carvings of a soldier, knight, king, or other profession have existed since at least the 15th century.

Bellows blown smallpipes are believed to have entered Scotland via England, and the Continent of Europe, examples are preserved in many drawings, carvings, and paintings from 15th century onwards, and in Europe from the 12th century onwards.

The choir contained murals from the 14th and 15th Centuries, late Gothic wood carvings, and medieval monuments in the Renaissance style, the chief of which was a statue of Albert, Duke of Prussia, carved by Cornelis Floris de Vriendt in 1570.

Further to the north-west is a 15th century church, Temple-na-Griffin, after the carvings of wyverns inside the windows of the north wall.

* Twenty-six, 15th century misericord seats in the chancel, with religious, secular and mythical carvings

1208-1216 manuscript of Peter of Poitiers ' Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi, but the period of its most widespread use was during the 15th and 16th centuries, when it is in found in a number of English and French manuscripts and books ( such as the Sherborne Missal ), and as part of stained-glass windows and ornamental carvings in a number of churches ( many in East Anglia ).

An alphabetic cuneiform script with 30 signs including three which indicate the following vowel was invented in Ugarit before the 15th century BC.

Megiddo was the location of various ancient battles, including one in the 15th century BC and one in 609 BC.

Basel became the focal point of western Christendom during the 15th century Council of Basel ( 1431 – 1449 ), including the 1439 election of antipope Felix V.

Once this islands were covered with savanna on the plains and arid shrubland on the mountainsides, but over 500 years of human habtitation, since colonisation by the Portuguese in the 15th century, nearly all the original vegetation has been cleared by widespread agriculture including the grazing of goats, sheep and cattle and the planting of imported crop species.

The city museum presents many pieces of art and utilities of everyday use, including the only 15th century binoculars preserved in Europe.

Among the forefathers of the new journalism movement, Thompson said in the February 15th, 1973 issue of Rolling Stone, " If I'd written the truth I knew for the past ten years, about 600 people — including me — would be rotting in prison cells from Rio to Seattle today.

It appeared in illuminated manuscripts and was popular in decorative art, including 15th century Italian inkstands and other works in maiolica, and cassoni.

By the early 15th century, the ruling structure had split into several large groups known as khanates, including the Nogai Horde and the Uzbek Khanate.

The creation of chivalric orders was fashionable among the nobility in the 14th and 15th centuries, and this is still reflected in contemporary honours systems, including the term order itself.

The museums hold various works, including a gorgeous wooden crucifix by an unknown artist of the Sienese school, two beautiful 15th century wooden sculptures, including one of an incredibly moving Madonna by an anonymous artist which has become the symbol of Montalcino on the various posters and pubblicity, and several other sculptures in terracotta which appear to be of the Della Robbia school.

" Cennini, a 15th century craftsman provides recipes to tint parchment a variety of colours including purple, indigo, green, red and peach.

Starting around the 15th century, new algorithms based on infinite series revolutionized the computation of, and were used by mathematicians including Madhava of Sangamagrama, Isaac Newton, Leonhard Euler, Carl Friedrich Gauss, and Srinivasa Ramanujan.

Other poets on the continent cultivated the sestina during the 13 – 15th centuries, including Dante and Petrarch in Italy, and Luís de Camões in Portugal.

The Patriots had lost to Miami there 18 consecutive times, including a 30-27 loss in their 15th game of the season.

The original 15th / 16th century college buildings now form part of First Court, including the chapel, Master's Lodge and Great Gate tower.

There were enormous construction projects, including the restoration of the Grand Canal and the Great Wall and the establishment of the Forbidden City in Beijing during the first quarter of the 15th century.

In the 15th and 16th centuries, it ascended to the status of a world power during Europe's " Age of Discovery " as it built up a vast empire including possessions in South America, Africa, Asia and Australasia.

The Bastille figured prominently in France's domestic conflicts, including the fighting between the rival factions of the Burgundians and the Armagnacs in the 15th century, and the Wars of Religion in the 16th.

For instance, the 15th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style permits the use of both in-text citation systems and / or footnotes or endnotes, including use of " content notes "; it gives information about in-text citation by page number ( like MLA style ) or by year of publication ( like APA style ); it even provides for variations in styles of footnotes and endnotes, depending on whether the paper includes a full bibliography at the end.

At the time of Pope Sixtus IV in the late 15th century, the Papal Chapel comprised about 200 people, including clerics, officials of the Vatican and distinguished laity.

By the 15th century Moscow principality ( or Muscovy ) established its sovereignty over a large portion of ancient Rus territory, including Novgorod, Pskov, and parts of Chernigov and Pereyaslavl principalities.

The southern territories of ancient Rus, including principalities of Galicia – Volhynia, Kiev and others, in the 14th century became a part of Lithuania, which, in 15th century, united with Catholic Poland to form Polish – Lithuanian Commonwealth.

In 1960, Priestley published Literature and Western Man, a 500-page survey of Western literature in all its genres, including Russia and the United States but excluding Asia, from the second half of the 15th century to the present ( the last author discussed is Thomas Wolfe ).

In the Sörla þáttr, an Icelandic short story written by two Christian Priests in 15th century, Dvalin is the name of one of the four dwarves ( including Alfrigg, Berling and Grer ) who fashioned a necklace which was later acquired by a woman called Freyja, who is King Odin's concubine, after she agreed to spend a night with each of them.