Inventor of a 17th century calculator
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PASCALInventor of a 17th-century calculator
PILGRIMSPROGRESSShortened title of a 17th-century allegory
VELAZQUEZ17th-century painter of "Lady With a Fan"
iconoclastA Puritan of the 16th or 17th century
CROMWELLIANRelating to a 17th century lord protector of England
secretesteel skullcap of the 17th century, worn under a soft hat
carracksA large merchant ship of a kind operating in European waters in the 14th to the 17th century
suite17th and 18th century instrumental musical form consisting of a series of dances in the same or related keys
rabatosstiff frame of wire or wood worn in the 17th century as a support for a ruff or stand-up collar
rebatostiff frame of wire or wood worn in the 17th century as a support for a ruff or stand-up collar
rabatostiff frame of wire or wood worn in the 17th century as a support for a ruff or stand-up collar
rebatosstiff frame of wire or wood worn in the 17th century as a support for a ruff or stand-up collar
rondeaux17th-century musical form consisting of a refrain alternating with contrasting couplets, developing in the 18th century into the sonata-rondo form
rondeau17th-century musical form consisting of a refrain alternating with contrasting couplets, developing in the 18th century into the sonata-rondo form
bouchescurved indentation in an upper corner of a jousting shield, serving as a lance rest: used from the 14th to the 17th century
bouchecurved indentation in an upper corner of a jousting shield, serving as a lance rest: used from the 14th to the 17th century
platonismAny of various revivals of Platonic doctrines or related ideas, esp. Neoplatonism and Cambridge Platonism (a 17th-century attempt to reconcile Christianity with humanism and science)
spoolsDenoting furniture of a style popular in England in the 17th century and North America in the 19th century, typically ornamented with a series of small knobs resembling spools
gallicanOf or holding a doctrine (reaching its peak in the 17th century) that asserted the freedom of the Roman Catholic Church in France and elsewhere from the ecclesiastical authority of the papacy
quietistform of religious mysticism taught by Molinos, a Spanish priest, in the latter part of the 17th century, requiring extinction of the will, withdrawal from worldly interests, and passive meditation on God and divine things; Molinism
tarantismA psychological illness characterized by an extreme impulse to dance, prevalent in southern Italy from the 15th to the 17th century, and widely believed at the time to have been caused by the bite of a tarantula
daybedcouch, esp. of the 17th or 18th century, in the form of a usually armless chair, with a greatly elongated seat supported by extra legs and a slanted, sometimes hinged, back, used for reclining or sleeping during the day
enlightenmentsA European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. It was heavily influenced by 17th-century philosophers such as Descartes, Locke, and Newton, and its prominent exponents include Kant, Goethe, Voltaire, Rousseau, and Adam Smith
enlightenmentA European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. It was heavily influenced by 17th-century philosophers such as Descartes, Locke, and Newton, and its prominent exponents include Kant, Goethe, Voltaire, Rousseau, and Adam Smith
madrigalsA part-song for several voices, esp. one of the Renaissance period, typically arranged in elaborate counterpoint and without instrumental accompaniment. Originally used of a genre of 14th-century Italian songs, the term now usually refers to English or Italian songs of the late 16th and early 17th c., in a free style strongly influenced by the text