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• Twelfth century (The) — The twelfth century John Marenbon INTRODUCTION The twelfth century began and ended with events which mark it off, at least symbolically, as a discrete period in the history of Western philosophy. It was in about 1100 that Abelard the most wide… …   History of philosophy

• Byzantine civilisation in the twelfth century — During the 12th century, the civilization of the Byzantine Empire experienced a period of intense change and development. This has led some historians to refer to a twelfth century Renaissance in Byzantine cultural and intellectual… …   Wikipedia

• twelfth — [[t]twe̱lfθ[/t]] ♦♦ twelfths 1) ORD The twelfth item in a series is the one that you count as number twelve. ...the twelfth anniversary of the April revolution. ...a twelfth century church. 2) FRACTION A twelfth is one of twelve equal parts of… …   English dictionary

• Twelfth Night — This article is about Shakespeare s play. For other uses, see Twelfth Night (disambiguation). Malvolio courts a bemused Olivia, while Maria covers her amusement, in an engraving by R. Staines after a painting by Daniel Maclise. Twelfth Night; or …   Wikipedia

• Twelfth Street YMCA Building — Infobox nrhp | name = Twelfth Street YMCA Building nrhp type = nhl caption = 1979 HABS photo location= 1816 12th St. NW, Washington, D.C. lat degrees = 38 lat minutes = 54 lat seconds = 53 lat direction = N long degrees = 77 long minutes = 2 long …   Wikipedia

• Twelfth Letter (Plato) — The Twelfth Letter of Plato , also known as Epistle XII or Letter XII , is an epistle that tradition has ascribed to Plato, though it is almost certainly a literary forgery. Of all the Epistles , it is the only one that is followed by an explicit …   Wikipedia

• Twelfth Night — (5/6 January)    Still regarded by many people as the end of the *Christmas season, and this has a long standing official sanction, as the Council of Tours of ad 567 ruled that the twelve days from the Nativity to the Epiphany would constitute… …   A Dictionary of English folklore

• Twelfth root of two — The twelfth root of two or sqrt [12] {2} is an algebraic irrational number, representing the frequency ratio between any two consecutive notes of a modern chromatic scale in equal temperament; that is, the interval of a semitone.Its decimal value …   Wikipedia

• Twelfth Day — noun Etymology: from its being the 12th day after Christmas Date: before 12th century epiphany 1 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Twelfth Night — noun Date: before 12th century the evening or sometimes the eve of Epiphany …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Latin Literature in Christianity (Sixth To Twentieth Century) —     Latin Literature in Christianity (Sixth to Twentieth Century)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Latin Literature in Christianity (Sixth to Twentieth Century)     During the Middle Ages the so called church Latin was to a great extent the language …   Catholic encyclopedia