I was having lunch not long ago ( apologies to N. V. Peale ) with three distinguished historians ( one specializing in the European Middle Ages, one in American history, and one in the Far East ), and I asked them if they could name instances where the general mores had been radically changed with `` deliberate speed, majestic instancy '' ( Francis Thompson's words for the Hound Of Heaven's Pursuit ) by judicial fiat.

Probably the most recognised style of armour in the World became the plate armour associated with the knights of the European Late Middle Ages, but continuing to the early 17th century Age of Enlightenment in all European countries.

For example, while concluding meaningful trade agreements with developed countries ( such as the United States and the European Union ) would probably be beneficial to Brazil's long-term economic self-interest, the Brazilian government has instead prioritized its leadership role within Mercosul and expanded trade ties with countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Hungarian composer, pianist, and collector of Eastern European and Middle Eastern folk music

The European tradition, which has long included giving money and other gifts to those who were needy and in service positions, has been dated to the Middle Ages, but the exact origin is unknown.

A number of other European languages have cognate words that were borrowed from the Germanic languages during the Middle Ages, including brog in Irish, bwr or bwrc, meaning " wall, rampart " in Welsh, bourg in French, burg in Catalan ( in Catalonia there is a town named Burg ), borgo in Italian, and burgo in Spanish ( hence the place-name Burgos ).

In the Middle Ages, combinatorics continued to be studied, largely outside of the European civilization.

Central Europe, sometimes referred to as Middle Europe, is a region of the European continent lying between the variously defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe.

It is located south of Asia Minor, the Anatolian peninsula of the Asian ( or Eurasian ) mainland ( now part of modern-day Turkey ), so it may be included in Western Asia or the Middle East: At a confluence of Western Asia, Southern Europe, and Northern Africa, Cyprus has had lengthy periods of mainly Greek and intermittent Anatolian, Levantine, Byzantine, and Western European influences.

More than 50 % of its trade is with the rest of the European Union, especially Greece and the United Kingdom, while the Middle East receives 20 % of exports.

The city was the largest and wealthiest European city of the Middle Ages, and shared the glories of the Byzantine Empire, which was eventually reduced to the city and its environs.

At its peak, roughly corresponding to the Middle Ages, it was the richest and largest European city, exerting a powerful cultural pull and dominating economic life in the Mediterranean.

This also brought a large wave of immigrants from European and Middle Eastern countries.

This musical influence is unusual in European music of the Middle Ages, and lends special qualities to the collection, although it does not predominate.

During European Middle Ages, citizenship was usually associated with cities, see burgher, Grand Burgher ( German Großbürger ) and Bourgeoisie.

Crannogs were used as dwellings over five millennia from the European Neolithic Period, to as late as the 17th / early 18th century although in Scotland, convincing evidence for Early and Middle Bronze Age or Norse Period use is not currently present in the archaeological record.

The literature of European archaeology, in general, avoids the use of ' chalcolithic ' ( the term ' Copper Age ' is preferred ), whereas Middle Eastern archaeologists regularly use it.

The concept of representative democracy arose largely from ideas and institutions that developed during the European Middle Ages, the Age of Enlightenment, and the American and French Revolutions.

Dairy products are commonly found in European, Middle Eastern and Indian cuisine, whereas they are unknown in traditional East Asian cuisine.

In the European Middle Ages, musica was part of the mathematical quadrivium: arithmetics, geometry, astronomy and musica.

There are two distinct cultural traditions of dragons: the European dragon, derived from European folk traditions and which is ultimately related to Greek and Middle Eastern mythologies, and the Chinese dragon, with counterparts in Japan, Korea and other East Asian countries.

European Union relations with Egypt are based on a partnership relation within the Euro – Mediterranean and Middle East area, which is of vital strategic importance and a key external relations priority for the EU.

In order to distinguish esoteric currents based primarily on sources from late Antiquity and the European Middle Ages, from e. g. Islamic or Jewish currents with similar features, the more precise term " Western esotericism " is often employed.

Fables had a further long tradition through the Middle Ages, and became part of European high literature.

A centre of medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of the time, Florence is considered the birthplace of the Renaissance, and has been called the Athens of the Middle Ages.

But once it was known, it remained the basis of European astronomy throughout the Middle Ages.

The wool industry, originally established at Bruges, created the first European industrialized zone in Ghent in the High Middle Ages.

While its influence continued to be felt in small ways in some west European states, the Gothic language and culture largely disappeared during the Middle Ages.

For common soldiers who could not afford mail or plate armour, the gambeson, combined with a helmet as the only additional protection, remained a common sight on European battlefields during the entire Middle Ages, and its decline-paralleling that of plate armour-came only with the Renaissance, as the use of firearms became more widespread, until by the 18th century it was no longer in military use.

In addition, Gesta Danorum offers singular reflections on European affairs in the High Middle Ages from a unique Scandinavian perspective, supplementing what has been handed down by historians from Western and Southern Europe.

This style became standard for most European cathedrals built in the late Middle Ages.

The period when the Khazars had their greatest power corresponded with the European Dark Ages, and took place at a very important time for the creation of capitalism.

* Joshua Prawer, The Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem: European Colonialism in the Middle Ages.

From the Middle Ages onwards, the European species were considered two separate groups or genera, Stoechas ( LL.

Decca started recording in stereo on 14 – 28 May 1954, in Victoria Hall in Geneva, the first European record company to do so, only three months after RCA Victor began recording in stereo in the U. S. Decca archives show that Ernest Ansermet and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande recorded Tamara by Mily Balakirev ; the overture to Benvenuto Cellini by Hector Berlioz ; Stenka Razin by Alexander Glazunov ; and Anatoly Liadov's Baba-Yaga, Eight Russian Folksongs, and Kikimora.

Well-known modern composers of European classical music include Eduardo Fabini, Hector Tosar, Coriún Aharonián, León Biriotti, Renée Pietrafesa Bonnet.

During the following decade he visited various European cities, impressing with his virtuosity not only audiences but also famous musicians such as Hector Berlioz and Paganini himself, whom he encountered at his London debut in 1834.

The first European to explore the West Matukituki Valley was James Hector in 1862.

Current members of Edinburgh Law School include current Regius Professor Neil Walker ; Professor of European Union Law Professor Niamh Nic Shuibhne ; the academic and novelist Professor Alexander McCall Smith ; former Judge at the European Court of First Instance Sir David Edward QC ; Scottish Law Commissioner Dr Andrew Steven ; former Scottish Law Commissioners Professor Hector MacQueen, Professor George Gretton, Professor Gerry Maher QC and Professor Kenneth Reid ; Emeritus Professor Robert Black QC ( architect of the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial ); Emeritus Professor J. Kenyon Mason ; Honorary Fellow and Lord Lyon King of Arms David Sellar ; Visiting Professor Alan Watson ; and international lawyer Professor Alan Boyle.

( There are two typographic styles for rendering European numerals, known as lining figures and text figures ).

In European pre-historic societies, sculptures of female figures with pronounced or highly exaggerated breasts were common.

FBI pressure on Chaplin grew after his 1942 campaign for a second European front in the war and reached a critical level in the late 1940s, when Congressional figures threatened to call him as a witness in hearings.

The following table is ranked for the power the member states exert on Council decisions, and lists their population figures ( criterion three ) and voting weights ( criterion two ) along with their ruling parties and affiliations to European parties.

This slowly became a standard component of the studio lighting of figures in American films, but it took much longer to catch on with European cameramen.

As a way to keep their European masters from interfering, and to appease the authorities who prevented them from practising their own religions, the African slaves in Haiti syncretised the Loa with the Roman Catholic saints-so Vodoun altars will frequently have images of Catholic figures displayed.

The visual trope portrayed in the Libro de juegos miniatures is seen in other European transcriptions of the Arabic translations, most notably the German Carmina Burana Manuscript: two figures, one on either side of the board, with the board tilted up to reveal to the readers the moves made by the players.

In his book, de Bry often altered the poses and features of White ’ s figures to make them appear more European.

Like Susan Sontag, Jameson served to introduce a wide audience of American readers to key figures of the 20th Century Continental European intellectual Left, particularly those associated with the Frankfurt School, Structuralism and Post-Structuralism.

Puritan millennialism has been placed in the broader context of European Reformed views on the millennium and interpretation of Biblical prophecy, for which representative figures of the period were Johannes Piscator, Thomas Brightman, Joseph Mede, Johannes Heinrich Alsted, and John Amos Comenius.

Aflaq and al-Arsuzi were key figures in the establishment of the Arab Ba ’ ath ( Renaissance ) Party, and the former was for long its chief ideologist, combining elements of Marxist thought with a nationalism to a considerable extent reminiscent of nineteenth-century European romantic nationalism.

As an artist of international reputation, he can be cited as an influence on European figures such as Gustav Klimt and Fernand Khnopff.

The campaign was supported by a number of European intellectuals and public figures.

The mention of Assassins were also preserved within European sources, such as the writings of Marco Polo, in which they are depicted as trained killers, responsible for the systematic elimination of opposing figures.

After studying in the Middle East under various masters, possibly adhering to Sufism, he was unable to spread the knowledge he had acquired to any prominent European figures.

Former Professor of Islamic Studies Denis MacEoin studied documented deaths, both for individuals and for round figures, from Bábí, Bahá ' í, European, and Iranian sources, and confirmed at most two to three thousand.

The acclaimed American painter Rembrandt Peale painted him during his European stay, between 1808 and 1810, as one of the most prominent figures in Europe at the time.

They include prominent Palestinian figures, members of European Parliament and the Israeli group Gush Shalom.

In addition to numerous renditions of scenes of historical and cultural significance, he painted scores of portraits of the Spanish royal family, other notable European figures, and commoners, culminating in the production of his masterpiece Las Meninas ( 1656 ).

According to official census figures, Hamilton's population is 65. 3 % Pākehā / European, 19. 9 % Māori, 10. 6 % Asian, 4. 2 % Pacific Peoples and 1. 5 % Middle Eastern, Latin American and African.

A BBC documentary using figures compiled in Switzerland estimated that fatality rates in 1816 were twice that of average years, giving an approximate European fatality total of 200, 000 deaths.

Paisley easily retained his seat in every European election until he stood down in 2004, receiving the highest popular vote of any British MEP ( although as Northern Ireland uses a different electoral system to Great Britain for European elections, the figures are not strictly comparable ).