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• The Calas Case —     The Calas Case     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Calas Case     Jean Calas was a French Calvinist, born 19 March, 1698, at La Caparède near Castres, in the department of Tarn; executed 10 March, 1762, at Toulouse. At the time of the events… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Calas, Jean — ▪ French historian born March 19, 1698, Lacabarède, Fr. died March 10, 1762, Toulouse       Huguenot cloth merchant whose execution caused the philosopher Voltaire to lead a campaign for religious toleration and reform of the French criminal code …   Universalium

• The Garden of Earthly Delights — Infobox Painting painting alignment = right image size = 300px title = The Garden of Earthly Delights artist = Hieronymus Bosch year = 1503 1504 type = Oil on wood triptych height = 220 width = 389 height inch = 87 width inch = 153 city = Madrid… …   Wikipedia

• CALAS, JEAN —    a tradesman of Toulouse, whose son committed suicide, and who was charged with murdering him to prevent his going over to the Catholic Church; was tried, convicted, and sentenced to torture and death on the wheel (1762); after which his… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Jean Calas — (1698 ndash; 1762) was a merchant living in Toulouse, France, famous for having been the victim of a biased trial due to his being a Protestant. In France, he is a symbol of Christian religious intolerance, along with Jean François de la Barre… …   Wikipedia

• Marc-Antoine Calas — Print depicting the discovery of the corpse of Marc Antoine Calas, 1761. Marc Antoine Calas (died October 13, 1761) was eldest son of French merchant Jean Calas. His death occurred under mysterious circumstances, and his father was tortured to… …   Wikipedia

• Maigret and the Headless Corpse — (French: Maigret et le corps sans tête) is a detective novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon. Overview When a man s arm is fished out of the Canal St. Martin in Paris, Maigret and his colleagues are puzzled. A woman s arm they would… …   Wikipedia

• Alexander the Great — 356 323 B.C., king of Macedonia 336 323: conqueror of Greek city states and of the Persian empire from Asia Minor and Egypt to India. * * * or Alexander III born 356 BC, Pella, Macedonia died June 13, 323 BC, Babylon King of Macedonia (336–323)… …   Universalium

• Pierre-Paul Sirven — (1709 1777) is one of Voltaire s causes célèbres in his campaign to écraser l infame (crush infamy). Background Sirven became an archivist and notary in Castres, southern France, in 1736. He was a Protestant with three daughters, the middle one… …   Wikipedia

• France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …   Universalium