Heretics and Heroes: How Renaissance Artists and Reformation Priests Created Our World (Hinges of History, 6)

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The ship captain was probably born in 1451 at or very near Genoa, the son of a weaver who also sold cheeses on the streets of Genoa, then of Savona, his son helping out at both locations (“Parmigiano! Mozzarella! Gorgonzola!!”). The boy would have been called Christoffa Corombo in his native Ligurian, later Cristóbal Colón by Spaniards. Since documents of any importance were written in Latin, his Latinized name, Christophorus Columbus, which appears in his own hand as well as in other records of the period, was easily ­En­glished as Christopher Columbus. Though there have been numerous attempts to render Columbus as Jewish, or even Muslim, and to trace his origins to a European country other than Italy, there is no evidence to support such theories, but there is good evidence to support his birth as an Italian Catholic. A variation on "The Collection" - again, the Antiquarian is The Collector and the other three party members are the heads.

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The first 3 members of this team are capable of inflicting a large variety of statuses, capable of inflicting Bleed, Blight, Debuffs, Stun, and Move. The Leper is included because his ability Withstand includes each status in its textbox, protecting from each one besides marked, which it self-inflicts. The characters resemble the primary composition of an army: the general, the footman, the bows and the medicVox Machina is the protagonist party of the Critical Role web series. The heroes in this party reference some of the characters in Critical Role: Vestal (Pike the Cleric), Jester (Scanlan the Bard), Highwayman (Percival the Gunslinger), and Hellion (Grog the Barbarian). Divina Commedia is the Italian name for the Divine Comedy, a famous narrative poem written by Dante. The front three characters all have the ability to raise their own PROT. The Vestal is easily protected by the Man-at-Arms and can patch up the party's tanks. A few relatively minor personages come in for a sort of Wikipedia treatment and add nuance to the history. These were some of my favorite passages in the book, perhaps because they were the least known stories to me. The world is a strange...mainly because of the nonsense us kookie humans have gotten up to.

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Commedia is a form of theatre characterized by masked "types" which began in Italy in the 16th century and was responsible for the advent of actresses and improvised performances based on sketches or scenarios. This book is a history of the Renaissance and Reformation era told through a series of short biographies of leading artists and religious leaders. The author frequently comments on parallels to current events which is in keeping with his stated goal of exploring how actions taken in that era led to the world we have today. The history is told in a conversational style that lays out the evolution of our Western sensibility while avoiding a strict chronological series of wars and catastrophe. Another famous classical ballet. This setup has all its members capable of "dancing" about with movement skills. From left to right, they may be representative of Sigfried, Odette and Odile, and the Queen. Hellion is also capable of using the move "Iron Swan" when in position 1. In this entertaining and compelling narrative, Thomas Cahill tells the story of how Europe evolved from the classical age of Rome to the medieval era. Without Ireland, the transition could not have taken place. Not only did Irish monks and scribes maintain the very record of Western civilization -- copying manuscripts of Greek and Latin writers, both pagan and Christian, while libraries and learning on the continent were forever lost—they brought their uniquely Irish world-view to the task.All of these travelers have an above average health pool. Also possibly a reference to the FromSoftware video game series, Armored Core.

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Reference to the band Talking Heads, with each character representing one of the four members of the band. Also likely a reference to the heads in the possession of the collector, who has the heads of a Man-At-Arms, a Vestal, and a Highwayman Haeddi succeeds Leutherius as Bishop of the West Saxons: Cuichelm succeeds Putta in the See of Rochester, and is himself succeeded by Gebmund. The succession of the Northumbrian bishops A play on the phrase "Lights out". The Plague Doctor, the Occultist, and the Bounty Hunter can inflict Stun while the Plague Doctor can inflict Blight (and the Leper endures a sort of blight of his own). Refers to the popular game franchise 'Battlefield'. The game has 4 classes; Sniper (Arbalest), Support (Vestal), Enforcer (Man at Arms) and Assault (Houndmaster). All of these characters have some form of ability that blinds, increases the light level, or is religious (the main religious entity being the Light).Reference to the setup being the first many players will form, and possibly the film of the same name. Alternatively, this may refer to the classic film Casablanca wherein the police captain, Renault turns to his subordinate on several occasions and instructs him to "Round up The Usual Suspects". By his prayers and blessing, Bishop John saves from death one of his clergy who had been bruised in a fall Wine, women, and song" is a hendiatris (turn of phrase) that endorses hedonistic lifestyles or behaviors.

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A chain gang is a group of prisoners chained together to perform menial or physically challenging work as a form of punishment. Could also be a reference to a song of the same name. Cirque des Damnés means Circus of the Damned in French. It was also an album by We Are The Fallen. Both the album & band name align with the character's personas.A lifelong scholar, Thomas Cahill studied with some of America's most distinguished literary and biblical scholars. Willibrord preaches in Frisia and converts many to Christ: his companions the Hewalds suffer martyrdom Reference to the historical last crusades of which were done solely by holy crusaders, much like this party contains. The Britons, harassed by the Irish and Picts, seek help from the Romans, who come and build a second wall across the island. Notwithstanding, these enemies again break in and reduce the Britons to worse straits A "vagabond" refers to those who move often without a home, such as a traveler/wanderer. In this formation each hero is capable of moving themselves to a different position or subsequently move enemies into different positions.