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paragraph: Jason Moran (musician)

paragraph: Jason Moran (born January 21, 1975) is an American jazz pianist, composer, and educator involved in multimedia art and theatrical installations.

paragraph: Moran recorded first with Greg Osby and debuted as a band leader with the 1999 album "Soundtrack to Human Motion". Since then, he has released albums with his trio The Bandwagon, solo, as a sideman, and with other bands. He combines post-bop and avant-garde jazz, blues, classical music, stride piano, and hip hop.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Early years.

paragraph: Moran was born in Houston, Texas, and grew up in the Pleasantville neighborhood of Houston. His high middle-class parents, Andy, an investment banker, and Mary, a teacher, encouraged his musical and artistic sensibilities at the Houston Symphony, museums and galleries, and through a relationship with John T. Biggers and a collection of their own. Moran began training at classical piano playing, in Yelena Kurinets' Suzuki method music school, when he was six. However, his father's extensive record collection (around 10,000 in 2004), varied from Motown to classical to avant-garde jazz.

paragraph: As a boy he developed a preference for hip hop music over the piano until, at the age of 13, he first heard the song "′Round Midnight" by Thelonious Monk at home, and switched his efforts to jazz. Monk's childlike melodies, with their many silent spaces, struck him as relatively easy to play and not overly ornate, while the rhythms were reminiscent of hip hop songs, and the harmonies unorthodox. Both jazz and hip hop were part of Houston's skateboarding scene in which he was involved.

paragraph: He attended Houston's High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA), graduating in 1993 from the jazz program headed by Robert Morgan. In his senior year, he was student director of the school's jazz combo and part of the Texas high school all-state jazz ensemble.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Late 1990s.

paragraph: He then enrolled at the Manhattan School of Music, from which he would graduate in 1997 with a BM degree, to study with pianist Jaki Byard. The next year he participated in Betty Carter's Jazz Ahead exclusive workshop, composing the piece "Make a Decision" for the final concert.

paragraph: In 1997, when Moran was a senior at Manhattan School of Music, he was invited to join the band of saxophonist Greg Osby for a European tour, following a conversation that lingered mostly on older piano jazz, and no audition. Osby liked his playing, and Moran continued to play with Osby's group upon their return to the United States, making his first recorded appearance on Osby's 1997 Blue Note album "Further Ado". He would subsequently appear on several other Osby albums, and Osby would introduce him to avant-garde pianists Muhal Richard Abrams and Andrew Hill.

paragraph: His stint with Osby led Moran to sign a contract of his own with Blue Note. His debut "Soundtrack to Human Motion" was released in 1998. Moran was joined on the album by Osby, drummer Eric Harland (a classmate of Moran's at the Manhattan School, and the one who recommended him to Osby), vibraphonist Stefon Harris and acoustic bassist Lonnie Plaxico.

paragraph: Moran's next album, 2000's "Facing Left" (after a work by Egon Schiele), featured a trio that formed out of Osby's group, New Directions: Moran, bassist Tarus Mateen and drummer Nasheet Waits. Compositions were some of Moran's and some by Mateen, Duke Ellington, Björk and Byard. The trio, which came to be known as The Bandwagon, was joined by saxophonist and pianist Sam Rivers for their next album, "Black Stars", which appeared in 2001. "Black Stars" was included in NPR's "The 50 Most Important Recordings of the Decade."

paragraph: In 2002, Moran released a solo album, "Modernistic", and followed it in 2003 with a live trio album, recorded at New York's Village Vanguard, called "The Bandwagon".

paragraph: That same summer he appeared in the Montreal International Jazz Festival, first partnering with Lee Konitz, and then with the trio. In 2004 he played on Don Byron's "Ivey-Divey". The Ivey-Divey Trio (sometimes a quartet) toured for a number of years, from the Monterey Jazz Festival 2004 to Montreal's Jazz Festival in 2006 to WinterJazzFest in 2009.

paragraph: Moran's 2005 album "Same Mother", an exploration of the blues, brought guitarist Marvin Sewell into the Bandwagon mix.

paragraph: Moran's 2006 release, "Artist in Residence", included a number of selections from different works commissioned by museums, all of which premiered in 2005: "Milestone" is centered on a visual work by Adrian Piper from the Walker Art Center; "The Shape, the Scent, the Feel of Things" was incorporated into a preexisting installation of that name by artist Joan Jonas; and "RAIN", inspired by ring shouts from African American slaves, is a recording of The Bandwagon with guests Marvin Sewell, Ralph Alessi and Abdou Mboup. Critical reception to "Artist in Residence" has been arguably colder that to his other releases.

paragraph: Moran's "IN MY MIND", premiered in 2007, is a multimedia presentation inspired by Thelonious Monk's 1959 "large band" concert at The Town Hall in New York City. It utilises filmed and taped material of Monk's rehearsal, found in the archive of W. Eugene Smith, and video art by David Dempewolf. A text-laden painting from Glenn Ligon extracted the words "In My Mind" - which Monk says on one of Smith's tapes - as did Moran, incorporating the soundbite into the set. The program is played by The Big Bandwagon: the trio with a largely changeable five piece horn section. "The New York Times" wrote, "It had a magical balance of theory and intuition, and the crowd stayed fully with it." The February 2009 installation is the subject of a documentary film of the same name.

paragraph: In April 2007 Moran took the piano in Charles Lloyd's New Quartet, succeeding Geri Allen. He was the last member to join the group, which keeps touring (as of 2014), having recorded one studio album and two live ones. Moran and Lloyd recorded a duo album, "Hagar's Song", in 2013.

paragraph: From September 2009 to about 2012 Moran toured with Dave Holland's Overtone Quartet.

paragraph: "Live: Time" is a 2008 complement to the Philadelphia Museum of Art exhibition on The Quilts of Gee's Bend. "Cane" was written for classical wind quintet Imani Winds - among them Moran's college classmate Toyin Spellman. It premiered in October 2008, and appeared in their album "Terra Incognita" in 2010; it relates to Marie Thérèse Metoyer and Moran's family history in Natchitoches, Louisiana. "Refraction" is a ballet Moran scored and accompanied for Alonzo King LINES Ballet in 2009. Four independent short films and a feature documentary appeared in the 2000s with soundtracks by Moran (see below). In addition, he collaborated with Ligon on 2008's "The Death of Tom": an abstract, conceptual, video artwork. Reflecting their shared historical interests, Moran contributed a score based on the song "Nobody" by Bert Williams. The work is in the MoMA collection, but he played to it again in a screening in 2011.

paragraph: The album "Ten", released in 2010, marked a ten-year interval from the Bandwagon's debut, "Facing Left". It features "Blue Blocks" off the Philadelphia Museum commission, "RFK in the Land of Apartheid," from an original score to a documentary film of the same name, and "Feedback Pt. 2", an homage to Jimi Hendrix's performance at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. Monk's "Crepuscule with Nellie" was recorded at the "IN MY MIND" tour. "Ten" also contains a composition by Moran and Andrew Hill, and others by Leonard Bernstein, Jaki Byard, Conlon Nancarrow and Bert Williams. The Downbeat 2010 critics' poll voted "Ten" "Jazz Album of the Year", while also voting Moran "Pianist of the Year" and "Jazz Artist of the Year." The New York Times chose "Ten" among 2010 top 10 pop and jazz albums.

paragraph: Since 2011 Moran has been performing the show "Fats Waller dance party", originally commissioned by Harlem Stage. It became the basis of a 2014 release, "All Rise: A Joyful Elegy for Fats Waller", dedicated to Fats Waller and the form of popular entertainment that jazz was in his days. Participants in the fluid roster have included singers Meshell Ndegeocello, in a co-leader position, and Lisa E. Harris, drummer Charles Haynes' ensemble with trumpeter Leron Thomas and trombonist Josh Roseman, saxophonist Steve Lehman and bassist Mark Kelly.

paragraph: Moran's composition, "Slang", was commissioned for the 2011 Other Minds Festival in San Francisco. In the May 2012 Whitney Biennial, Alicia Hall Moran and Jason curated "BLEED", a week-long event that involved many artists and artisans, and aimed to expose artistic processes to the point "it has to be scary". Later that year a new performance with Joan Jonas, "Reanimation" was first staged in dOCUMENTA (13). In the summer of 2013 and the next, Moran accompanied, with The Bandwagon and guest Jeff Parker, skateboarding shows in SFJAZZ Center.

paragraph: In April 2014 Moran and Imani Winds premiered "Jump Cut Rose", which he wrote for the quintet and a piano, In May, "Looks of A Lot", a theatrical co-production with Theaster Gates on the theme of Chicago artistic history premiered in the city's Symphony Center; participants included The Bandwagon, the Kenwood Academy Jazz Band, Ken Vandermark and Katie Ernst, bassist and vocalist. The same month, the Bandwagon played their composition, "The Subtle One", to a ballet adaptation by Ronald K. Brown. In September he appeared twice in the Monterey Jazz Festival: Leading a "Fats Waller Dance Party", in a one-piano duo with Robert Glasper, and with Charles Lloyd New Quartet. He was responsible for the music of the multi-nominated 2016 documentary 13th.

paragraph: In addition to recordings under his own name, Moran has recorded with a range of other musicians including Greg Osby, Steve Coleman, Charles Lloyd, Cassandra Wilson, Joe Lovano, Christian McBride, Von Freeman, Francisco Mela, and Don Byron. He also performed with Marian McPartland, Lee Konitz, Wayne Shorter (as substitute), Robert Glasper, violinist Jenny Scheinman, The Bad Plus, guitarist Mary Halvorson and trumpeter Ron Miles, drummer Herlin Riley, Dave Holland (Overtone Quartet), and Bill Frisell.

paragraph: Section::::Teaching and organization.

paragraph: Moran has been on the faculty of the New England Conservatory of Music since 2010, where he coaches two ensembles, teaches lessons, and gives masterclasses. At the Kennedy Center he has been the musical adviser for jazz since 2011, and artistic director for jazz since 2014, occupying the position of Billy Taylor.

paragraph: Apart from these positions, Moran has organized events such as "713--212: Houstonians in NYC" in January 2011 and "Very Very Threadgill", a two-day festival dedicated to Henry Threadgill, his "favorite composer", in September 2014.

paragraph: Moran and his family manage the granting of "Moran Scholarship Award", first set in 1994 for jazz students at HSPVA. In 2005 they set in Houston The Mary Lou Chester Moran Foundation, for similar purposes.

paragraph: In 2013 he expressed support for the Justice for Jazz Artists campaign of the American Federation of Musicians.

paragraph: In 2015 Moran was appointed Honorary Professor at the Rhythmic Music Conservatory (RMC) in Copenhagen, Denmark, where he periodically conducts workshops and master classes.

paragraph: Section::::Awards and honors.

paragraph: Closing 2010, Francis Davis wrote in "Village Voice", "Moran's only competition in the Fifth Annual Village Voice Jazz Critics' Poll was Jason Moran. Ten, his first trio album in seven years, won Album of the Year in a landslide, but that's not all. The pianist figured prominently on the runner-up, Rudresh Mahanthappa and Bunky Green's Apex, and Charles Lloyd's Mirror, which finished fourth...Add Paul Motian's Lost in a Dream...that gives the 2010 MacArthur Fellow four appearances in the Top 10"

paragraph: JazzTimes' 2011 Expanded Critics' Poll voted Moran second place "Artist of the Year" and first place "Pianist of the Year"; the Charles Lloyd New Quartet, "Acoustic Group of the Year" and The Bandwagon fifth place in that category. In 2013, the New Quartet was second place in its category and Moran second in pianists.

paragraph: Moran won the Jazz Journalists Association's Up-n-Coming Jazz Musician award in 2003. The "Down Beat" critics' poll voted him Rising Star Jazz Artist, Rising Star Pianist, and Rising Star Composer for three years (2003–05). In 2005, he was named "Playboy" magazine's first Jazz Artist of the Year. In 2007, he was named a USA Prudential Fellow by United States Artists. In 2010, he was named a MacArthur Fellow.

paragraph: In 2013, Moran held residencies in SFJAZZ, Juilliard, and Molde Jazz Festival.

paragraph: Another full-length documentary, "Grammar" about "jazz through Jason Moran" and genre boundaries, is in the making, after first director Radiclani Clytus had found funding in a 2012 kickstarter campaign.

paragraph: In 2018, Moran received his first museum survey at the Walker Art Center and was written up as an artist-to-watch by Cultured Magazine.

paragraph: In 2018, Moran wrote the score for 'Between the World and Me' by Ta-Nehisi Coates which premiered at the Kennedy Center, where Moran is Artistic Director for Jazz.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: Moran married Alicia Hall, a mezzo-soprano and artistic collaborator, in 2003. They have worked on several projects together. They live in Harlem and have twins. He has an older and a younger brother. Two of his cousins, Tony and Michael Llorens, toured with Albert King playing piano and drums, and were recorded on "In Session".

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:As leader.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Soundtrack to Human Motion" (Blue Note, 1999)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Facing Left" (Blue Note, 2000)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Black Stars" (Blue Note, 2001)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Modernistic" (Blue Note, 2002)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Bandwagon" (Blue Note, 2003)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Same Mother" (Blue Note, 2005)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Artist in Residence" (Blue Note, 2006)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ten" (Blue Note, 2010)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "" (Blue Note, 2014)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Armory Concert" (Yes, 2016)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Thanksgiving at The Vanguard" (Yes, 2017)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Bangs" (Yes, 2017)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "MASS {Howl, eon}" (2017)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Looks of a Lot" (2018)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Music for Joan Jonas" (2018)

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Film soundtrack.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Two Three Time" (2002)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Five Deep Breaths" (2003)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "All We Know of Heaven" (2004)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Stutter" (2007)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "RFK in the Land of Apartheid" (2009)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Selma" (2014)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "13th" (2016)

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:As sideman.

paragraph: With Ralph Alessi

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Cognitive Dissonance" (CAM Jazz, 2010)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Baida" (ECM, 2013)

paragraph: With Don Byron

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ivey-Divey" (Blue Note, 2004)

paragraph: With Scott Colley

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Architect of the Silent Moment" (CAM Jazz, 2005 [2007])

paragraph: With Steve Coleman

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Sonic Language of Myth – Believing, Learning, Knowing " (RCA Victor, 1999)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Magnet" (2007)

paragraph: With Bunky Green

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Another Place" (Label Bleu, 2006)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Apex" (Pi Recordings, 2010)

paragraph: With Stefon Harris

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Cloud of Red Dust" (Blue Note, 1998)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Black Action Figure" (Blue Note, 1999)

paragraph: With Charles Lloyd

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Rabo de Nube" (ECM, 2007)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Mirror" (ECM, 2010)/small

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Athens Concert" (ECM, 2011)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Hagar's Song" (ECM, 2013)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Passin' Thru" (Blue Note, 2016)

paragraph: With Christian McBride

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Live at Tonic" (Ropeadope, 2005)

paragraph: With Paul Motian

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Lost in a Dream" (ECM, 2010) with Chris Potter

paragraph: With David Murray

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Blues for Memo" (Motema, 2017)

paragraph: With Greg Osby

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Further Ado" (Blue Note, 1997)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Friendly Fire" (Blue Note, 1998)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Banned in New York" (Blue Note, 1998)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Zero" (Blue Note, 1998)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "New Directions" (Blue Note 2000)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Symbols of Light (A Solution)" (Blue Note, 2001)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Inner Circle" (Blue Note, 2002)

paragraph: With Eric Revis

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Parallax" (Clean Feed, 2013)

paragraph: With Jenny Scheinman

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Crossing the Field" (Koch, 2008)

paragraph: With Walter Smith III

paragraph: BULLET::::- "III" (Criss Cross, 2010)

paragraph: With Otis Taylor

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Pentatonic Wars and Love Songs" (Telarc, 2009)

paragraph: With Henry Threadgill

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Old Locks and Irregular Verbs" (Pi Recordings, 2016)

paragraph: With Nasheet Waits

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Equality" (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2008)

paragraph: With Trio 3

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Refraction – Breakin' Glass" (Intakt, 2013)

paragraph: With Cassandra Wilson

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Loverly" (Blue Note, 2008)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Official website

paragraph: BULLET::::- Faculty page at New England Conservatory

paragraph: BULLET::::- MacArthur Fellow page

paragraph: BULLET::::- Artist page at Luhring Augustine Gallery

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jazz Discography Project

description: American jazz pianist, composer, educator

wikidata_label: Jason Moran

wikipedia_title: Jason Moran (musician)


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paragraph: Francis de Geronimo

paragraph: Saint Francesco de Geronimo, also Francis Jerome (17 December 1642 - 11 May 1716) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Jesuits. He was an energetic pastor who dedicated himself to missions across Naples either in large locations or in rural areas where he was known for succinct and concise preaching that resonated with all people regardless of their social status. But despite his love for the missions came a desire to be in the Far East for missions; he was pained when he was not allowed to join the Jesuit mission in Japan or India but continued to dedicate himself to preaching and teaching students. He is known to have written the ""Diu vi Salvi Regina"" which later was adopted as the national anthem of an independent Corsica in 1735.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Francesco de Geronimo was born in Grottaglie on 17 December 1642 as the eldest of eleven children to Giovanni Leonardo di Geronimo and Gentilesca Gravina. He led a pious childhood and at age twelve held the position of a sacristan and catechist at a house of the Theatines near his home.

paragraph: The reception of his First Communion made him hunger ever more for the frequent reception of the Eucharist. In 1658 he entered the college at Taranto which was under the care of the Jesuits after his parents decided to send him there after noticing his talents. He underwent his humanities and philosophical studies there and was so successful to the point that his local bishop sent him to Naples to attend lectures in both theological studies and canon law at the college of Gesù Vecchio.

paragraph: He received his ordination to the priesthood in Naples on 18 March 1666 from the Bishop of Pozzuoli Benito Sánchez de Herrera. He had to receive dimissorial letters from his archbishop (regarding studies) and a papal dispensation from Pope Alexander VII in order to be ordained under the age required. Until 1670 he was placed in charge of the pupils of the college of nobles in Naples where the students nicknamed him as "il santo prefetto". But he soon felt a strong inclination to join the Jesuits despite his father's opposition. His father sent him a long and vehement letter but his son answered it with great affection to induce his father to acquiesce to the will of God. He entered the Jesuit novitiate on 1 July 1670 and in 1671 after his probation was sent with an experienced missioner to get his first lessons in the art of preaching in the neighborhood of Otranto. From 1671 until 1674 he was labouring in towns and villages but was granted permission to complete his theological studies before being sent to reside at Gesù Nuovo in 1675. He would have preferred to serve in the missions of the Far East but his superiors told him to abandon the idea and to concentrate on his work there in Naples where he remained for the remainder of his life. He had wanted to go either to Japan or India but was refused this request.

paragraph: He first devoted himself to stirring up the religious enthusiasm of a congregation of workmen called the "Oratio della Missione" which had established at the professed house of the Jesuits in Naples. The main object of this association was to provide the mission priests with helpers. It was at the Oratorio that he succeeded in establishing a mont de piété; the capital was increased with the gifts of the associates. He was an energetic preacher and went visiting all the environs of Naples; his voice was loud and sonorous and could be heard at a great distance due to its distinctness.

paragraph: Whatever time was unoccupied with his missions he devoted to giving rural missions. He tried to establish an association of Saint Francis Xavier (whom he made his patron and model); or else a congregation dedicated to the Blessed Virgin. For just over two decades he preached her praises once a week in the Neapolitan church known as Santa Maria di Constantinoppli. He was often seen walking through the streets of Naples with an ecstatic look on his face and tears streaming. He had a reputation for being a miracle-worker with those who testified during the process of canonization attributing to him numerous wonders and cures of all kinds.

paragraph: In March 1715 - the start of Lent - he was giving a retreat to some students when he suddenly felt a racking fever so strong that he had to be carried out of the room to his bed. This ailment subdued over the course of the week and he resumed his usual duties despite his weakness which declined towards December. It was before Christmas that he felt so frail that his anxious superior sent him to Puzzuoli to recuperate.

paragraph: In March 1716 he was well enough to return to Naples where he stayed in the hospital wing. In mid-1716, he died from pleurisy after a fortnight of great pain. His remains were buried in a leaden coffin but when they were exhumed on 3 July 1736 it was discovered that they had turned to dust. The dust was collected and deposited into a coffin of wood lined with brass. Cardinal Orsini - the future Pope Benedict XIII - dedicated an entire sermon to him in the Benevento Cathedral.

paragraph: There is a chapel dedicated to him at Gesù Nuovo in Naples, and in 1934 Francesco Jerace sculpted the statue that honors him.

paragraph: Section::::Sainthood.

paragraph: Not long after the Jesuit died, the Naples archdiocese petitioned the Congregation for Rites to begin the sainthood process; the Nola and Benevento dioceses made similar requests.

paragraph: On 2 May 1758 he was proclaimed to be Venerable after Pope Benedict XIV declared in a formal decree that the late Jesuit priest had practiced the theological and cardinal virtues in a heroic fashion. He would have been beatified soon afterwards but the storm surrounding the suppression of the order led to the suspension of the beatification process. Pope Pius VII approved two miracles attributed to him and beatified him on 2 May 1806 in Saint Peter's Basilica, while the confirmation of two more miracles saw Pope Gregory XVI canonize Francesco de Geronimo as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church on 26 May 1839.

paragraph: Section::::Writings.

paragraph: Saint Francesco de Geronimo wrote little. Some of his letters have been used in biographical works and cited by other authors. The archives of the Jesuits contain a voluminous collection of his sermons.

paragraph: The account he wrote to his superiors of the fifteen most laborious years of his ministry dates from October 1693. He called it "Brevi notizie della cose di gloria di Dio accadute negli exercizi delle sacri missioni di Napoli da quindici anni in quâ, quanto si potuto richiamare in memoria". Giuseppe Boero published it in "S. Francesco di Girolamo, e le sue missioni dentro e fuori di Napoli", p. 67-181 (Florence, 1882).

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- For his writings, cf. Carlos Sommervogel, "Bibl. de la Compagnie de Jésus", new ed., III, column 1358

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Saints SQPN

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Jesuit Curia in Rome

paragraph: BULLET::::- Santi e Beati

alias:
Saint François de Geronimo
Saint Francesco di Geronimo
Girolamo, Saint Francesco
Saint Francis of Geronimo

description: Jesuit priest and missionary

wikidata_label: Francis de Geronimo

wikipedia_title: Francis de Geronimo


text: Bregenz

text: Austria

text: Rome

text: Italy

text: Jesuit

text: astronomer

text: Rome

text: Pius X

text: Vatican Observatory

text: Maria Elizabeth Hesselblad

text: Bregenz

text: Austria

text: Society of Jesus

text: Germany

text: Stella Matutina

text: Feldkirch

text: mathematics

text: astronomy

text: University of Bonn

text: University of Münster

text: Franco-Prussian War

text: typhoid fever

text: Otto von Bismarck

text: Jesuits

text: England

text: priesthood

text: United States

text: Sacred Heart College

text: Prairie du Chien

text: Wisconsin

text: astronomy

text: observatory

text: naturalized citizen

text: Georgetown University

text: Rothe–Hagen identity

text: Pope Pius X

text: Vatican Observatory

text: Rome

text: Hagen

text: Moon

text: List of craters on the Moon, G-K

text: Wisconsin Journal of History

categories: 1847 births,20th-century American Jesuits,1930 deaths,Austrian scientists,Austrian astronomers,19th-century American Jesuits,Austrian Jesuits,University of Bonn alumni,Catholic clergy scientists,People from Bregenz,Georgetown University faculty,Austro-Hungarian emigrants to the United States

paragraph: Johann Georg Hagen

paragraph: Johann (John) Georg Hagen (March 6, 1847 in Bregenz, Austria – September 5, 1930 in Rome, Italy), was an Austrian Jesuit priest and astronomer. Naturalized American citizen he was called to Rome by Pope Pius X in 1906 to be the first Jesuit director of the new Vatican Observatory. Father Hagen was also the spiritual director of Maria Elizabeth Hesselblad (1870-1957), who was baptized by him on August 15 1902 and eventually was canonized on June 5 2016 by pope Francis.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Johann Georg Hagen was born in Bregenz, Austria. He was the son of a school teacher.

paragraph: Section::::Entering the Jesuit Order.

paragraph: Johann entered the Society of Jesus, commonly known as the Jesuits, in Gorheim, Germany in 1863. He attended the Jesuit College Stella Matutina in Feldkirch, Austria and also studied mathematics and astronomy at the University of Bonn and the University of Münster. He volunteered for the ambulance service in the Franco-Prussian War, but was struck with typhoid fever.

paragraph: Section::::Expulsion.

paragraph: On July 4, 1872, Otto von Bismarck, chancellor of Germany, expelled the Jesuits from the German Empire. Johann left for England where he was eventually ordained into the priesthood.

paragraph: Section::::Emigration to US.

paragraph: In June 1880, he left England for the United States. There he began teaching at Sacred Heart College in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. There he cultivated his interest in astronomy and built a small observatory for making astronomical observations. In Wisconsin, he became a naturalized citizen.

paragraph: He was called to serve as the Director of the Georgetown University Observatory in 1888. There he continued his research and published numerous articles and texts. In mathematics, the Rothe–Hagen identity is named after him; it appears in his three-volume 1891 publication, "Synopsis of Higher Mathematics".

paragraph: Section::::Vatican Observatory.

paragraph: In 1906, John was called by Pope Pius X to take charge of the Vatican Observatory in Rome. He died in Rome in 1930.

paragraph: The crater Hagen, 55 km in diameter, on the far side of the Moon is named after him.

paragraph: Section::::Publications.

paragraph: BULLET::::- with G. A. Fargis:

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of craters on the Moon, G-K

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Roman Catholic scientist-clerics

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Wisconsin Journal of History, December 1941, page 180.

description: Austrian Jesuit priest and astronomer

wikidata_label: Johann Georg Hagen

wikipedia_title: Johann Georg Hagen


text: artist

text: neo expressionist

text: Palencia

text: Fine Arts

text: University of Salamanca

text: Anthropology of Art

text: Art Director

text: Pachá

text: electronic music artists

text: 3D animation

text: video art

text: installation art

text: dadaism

text: comics

text: punk

text: collage

text: prehistoric paintings

text: Allen Jones

text: Royal Academy of Arts

text: Istituto Europeo di Design

text: Video Installations

text: Robert Arató

text: Beat Generation

text: XXL Art Project, 2012

text: One Ibiza, Art Gallery

text: Label: Modern Electrics

text: Official Website of the artist

categories: Modern sculptors,University of Salamanca alumni,21st-century Spanish painters,Pop artists,1975 births,Modern painters,21st-century Spanish sculptors,Spanish male painters,Contemporary artists

paragraph: Jesus de Miguel

paragraph: Jesus de Miguel (; January 9, 1975) is a prominent: Spanish artist, closer to the neo expressionist style born in Palencia, Spain.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: He graduated in Fine Arts at the University of Salamanca in 1999 after having studied also Anthropology of Art at the same university. He has been Art Director of Flower Power since 2000. Flower Power is the artistic and musical initiative that has been held in Pachá for more than 30 years.

paragraph: In 2000 with his partner Al Velilla he released his own label Modern Electrics. They have boosted the work of electronic music artists such as Nacho Marco, Jay Tripwire and Kiko Navarro.

paragraph: Its many facets range from sculpture, to musical creation, 3D animation, video art, and installation art, with styles taken from dadaism, comics, punk, collage and even prehistoric paintings. Allen Jones the famous British artist, member of the Royal Academy of Arts, commented on Jesus de Miguel, after attending his exhibition at Think Creative Hub

paragraph: "He is an artist who uses different pictorial expressions in an exceptional way. It is very difficult to make such a large individual exhibition and, at the same time, to be so homogeneous and complete. Bravo!"

paragraph: Section::::Solo Shows.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2000 "Rockymarcianoseretira" in the Istituto Europeo di Design

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2002 Grial, Ibiza.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2005 "Psycolabis" Pachá Hotel, Ibiza.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2006 Silly short films. Video sample. La Nave, Ibiza

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2007-2009 Artistic Direction and Video Installations in "Home Video Festival Ibiza", "HOVI"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2007-2010 Miguel E. Young Art Gallery. Ibiza

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2010-2011 Club Roca Llisa, Ibiza

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2011 Exhibitions Hall at Can Jeroni, Ibiza.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2013 Storm and Tide, Madrid

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2014 Pictures & MAD furniture at La Maison, Ibiza

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2015 Think Creative Hub, Ibiza

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2015 "Universal White Glue" Club Diario de Ibiza, Ibiza

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2016 Art Exhibition in Casa Portmany. Dalt Vila, Ibiza

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2017 Es polvorí. Dalt Vila, Ibiza.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2017 "Continuous unnecessary information" B12 Gallery, Ibiza.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2018 Solo Show at SushiPoint, Ibiza

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2018 Qué pinto aquí. Individual Exhibition. Velázquez, 12, Madrid

paragraph: Section::::Living Art.

paragraph: BULLET::::- July, 2nd 2017: Creating some paintings by “four hands” with artist Robert Arató.

paragraph: BULLET::::- July, 13th 2017: Tribute to the Beat Generation in the 'Flower Power Beat Experience Festival', with the collaboration of the French artist Silvio Magaglio.

paragraph: Section::::External links and references.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jesus de Miguel exhibits his paintings during P Art Ibiza Gallery 4th Anniversary, 2017

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jesus de Miguel and his poetical artwork, 2016

paragraph: BULLET::::- XXL Art Project, 2012

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ibiza Style Magazine. Enero 2012. Cover and pages 38-39.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Interviewed in Ibiza Style TV. February, 2012

paragraph: BULLET::::- One Ibiza, Art Gallery

paragraph: BULLET::::- Label: Modern Electrics

paragraph: BULLET::::- Official Website of the artist

wikidata_label: Jesus de Miguel

wikipedia_title: Jesus de Miguel


text: A. P. Tureaud

text: World's Columbian Exposition

text: Phillis Wheatley Club

text: Susan B. Anthony

categories: Educators from Louisiana,Year of birth missing,1921 deaths,People from New Orleans,American suffragists

paragraph: Sylvanie Williams

paragraph: Sylvanie Francoz Williams (died August 12, 1921) was an African-American educator and clubwoman based in New Orleans.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Sylvanie Francoz was born in New Orleans, the daughter of François Francoz and Sarah Francoz. The date of her birth varies in sources, from 1847 to 1855; her obituary places her birthdate around 1849. She trained as a teacher at Peabody Normal School.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Sylvanie F. Williams worked as a school administrator, principal of the Fisk School Girls' Department from 1883 to 1896, and of the Thomy Lafon School from 1896 to 1921. The latter school was burned down during rioting in 1900, but rebuilt under her leadership. Among the students under her care were A. P. Tureaud, who became a prominent civil rights lawyer. Williams prepared a report on the educational, economic, and cultural conditions of black residents of New Orleans, to be presented at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893.

paragraph: Williams was founder and president of the Phillis Wheatley Club, a prominent organization for black women in New Orleans. The club sponsored a nursing school, a hospital, and a free clinic for African-Americans in New Orleans; they also conducted sewing bees to make clothing for orphans. She was also active in creating the first public playground for African-American children in New Orleans. A writer in her lifetime called Sylvanie Williams "a fine example of the resourcefulness and noble influence that a cultivated woman can and will give to the uplift of her race." She was a vice-president of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (NACW) when it was founded in 1896.

paragraph: Williams supported women's suffrage, including black women's suffrage. In 1903 she attempted to attend the annual meeting of the National American Women's Suffrage Association (NAWSA), when it was held in New Orleans, but was barred because of her race. Instead, Williams welcomed a visit to the Phillis Wheatley Club from white suffrage leader Susan B. Anthony, and she spoke with Anthony about the place of black women in the suffrage movement.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life and legacy.

paragraph: Sylvanie Francoz was married to Connecticut-born musician and educator Arthur P. Williams. She was widowed when he died in 1920. She died in 1921, aged about 72 years. A New Orleans elementary school is named for Sylvanie Williams.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Nicolle Muller Dunnaway, "Flowers in Their Beauty: The Phyllis Wheatley Club of New Orleans" (2011 doctoral dissertation, Southeastern Louisiana University, Department of History and Political Science).

wikidata_label: Sylvanie Williams

wikipedia_title: Sylvanie Williams


text:
speed skater
1992 Winter Olympics
1994 Winter Olympics

categories: Olympic speed skaters of the United States,American female speed skaters,Speed skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics,Speed skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics,1965 births,Living people,Sportspeople from St. Louis

paragraph: Angela Zuckerman

paragraph: Angela Zuckerman (born March 24, 1965) is an American speed skater. She competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics and the 1994 Winter Olympics.

wikidata_label: Angela Zuckerman

wikipedia_title: Angela Zuckerman


text:
painting
Still Life
North America
Europe
Australia
Japan
(Gérard Louis-Dreyfus
Sony Music
TD Bank Group
Oita Prefectural Museum of Art
Toronto Life
The Toronto Star
Globe And Mail
The Star
Morandi
Morandi'
Peter Goddard
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Seattle Weekly
Outsider Art Fair
naive art
ART TORONTO
Lincoln Journal
Frankie Magazine
Examiner
Chicago Tonight
Daily Beast
The Daily Yomiuri
Huffington Post
New York Times
Boston Herald
Art In America
The Boston Globe
The Globe and Mail
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Seattle Weekly
Toronto Star
The Globe & Mail
Lola Magazine
Canadian Living Magazine
Toronto Life

categories: 21st-century Canadian painters,1961 births,Canadian women painters,Artists from Ontario,Living people,People from North Bay, Ontario

paragraph: Holly Farrell

paragraph: Holly Farrell (born 6 December 1961) is a Canadian painter who has been painting since 1995.

paragraph: Nostalgia drives her subject matter, Still Life being her main focus. Farrell considers her Still Life paintings to be simple meditations on people and places she has known - there is a sense of the portrait in everything that she paints. Farrell's subjects are the common, everyday tools of our day to day existence - things that many of us are able to project our own experiences onto.

paragraph: Farrell says:

paragraph: ""Homely is how I would describe most of my subjects. It’s how I feel when I look at my paintings, whether I am connecting to something, someone, or some time.  A clear line is drawn to people who are closest to me. My cookbook series is an homage to my mother…memories of her baking pies, roasting roasts – memories of her standing behind the counter of our family diner, lipstick on cigarettes and coffee cups.  Chairs, bowls, clocks…other domestic tools…functional things that now hold special meaning, allowing us to reach back for a moment and maybe experience a bit of the past." Holly Farrell - 2017""."

paragraph: Farrell's work has been exhibited in Canada, the U.S., England, and Japan. Her paintings are in corporate and private collections throughout North America, Europe, Australia and Japan including: BMO, Canada; William Louis-Dreyfus Family Collection (Gérard Louis-Dreyfus), U.S.A., Sony Music, Japan, TD Bank Group, and OPAM (Oita Prefectural Museum of Art), Japan.

paragraph: She lives with her husband and three cats in Toronto, Ontario.

paragraph: Section::::Painting.

paragraph: Farrell began to paint at 30. She exhibited her first paintings at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition in 1992. Between 1992 and 2000 she focussed on honing her drawing and painting skills, while building a following in Toronto. By 2005 Farrell had gained attention by such publications as Toronto Life, The Toronto Star, and the Globe And Mail. The Star's Peter Goddard had this to say about Farrell's 2003 show:

paragraph: ""Yet her works share with his (Morandi's) sense of discovery, as if you've never seen what you're seeing as quite as memorable as they now seem. It's as if the artists added something unseen to their mass. Gravity's pull on them feels much greater than it should be. Like Morandi's, Farrell's work denies any critical attempt to mine them for symbolic content. If they're about childhood, no analysts allowed. Same too, with the objects she uses - or the objects she comes upon. Her paintings act as spies, seemingly catching their subject unprepared."

paragraph: - Peter Goddard, 2003.

paragraph: With the advent of the internet Farrell expanded her reach to connect with galleries and clients in the U.S. She participated in Folk Fest Art Fair in Atlanta Georgia where she connected with Karen Light, owner of Garde Rail Gallery. Light exhibited Farrell's work in shows at Garde Rail Gallery in Seattle, garnering reviews from the Seattle Post Intelligencer as well as Seattle Weekly. Light was also instrumental in introducing Farrell's paintings to the New York Outsider Art Fair.

paragraph: Not always comfortable with the label of 'outsider', Farrell prefers 'self-taught' or naive art. Her technique she learned through trial and error - culled from years of practise - employing both acrylics and oils, and always trusting to instinct. Farrell says she is not always certain why she paints what she paints. Sometimes the connection to a subject seems a vague shadow...but knows at the end of painting, she will have found the reason.

paragraph: In 2016 Farrell was interviewed for an article on self-taught artists by Danielle Bravado of Art Brut online magazine. She was asked how she felt about being an 'outsider artist'. She responded by explaining: ""In my mind, the outsider artist starts out creating with no or few skills or tools and somehow finds a way to pull something together, a way to express how they feel - it's like suddenly you can speak. I feel that way when I work. There wasn't much of a dialogue in my life before I began to paint. I was floundering. Traditionally trained artists, in my mind, start out with a bigger skill set. The real education, self-taught, outsider, traditional, or otherwise, comes in the making of art. I think that formally trained artists have a better sense of intention...they go into art school because they want to be artists, they have some kind of expectation, confidence.""

paragraph: Though Farrell primarily focusses on Still Life, she has also occasionally delved into the realms of Portraiture and Landscape painting.

paragraph: Section::::Notable exhibitions.

paragraph: March 2019, "Nothing Begins Today", Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto

paragraph: November, 2018, “Random Harvest”, Clark Gallery, Lincoln

paragraph: February 2017, "Homely”, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto

paragraph: July 2016, “Doll And Book Paintings”, Megumi Ogita Gallery, Tokyo

paragraph: October 2015,“Books”, Clark Gallery, Lincoln

paragraph: February 2014, “Clowns”, Packer Schopf Gallery, Chicago

paragraph: September 2013, “New Paintings”, Clark Gallery, Lincoln

paragraph: March 2012, “Book Shop”, Megumi Ogita Gallery, Tokyo

paragraph: December 2010, “Tammy”, Megumi Ogita Gallery, Tokyo

paragraph: June 2010, “Even Closer”, Katharine Mulherin Gallery, Toronto

paragraph: December 2009, “New Paintings”, Chase Gallery, Boston

paragraph: March 2009, “Home and Sea”, Megumi Ogita Gallery, Tokyo

paragraph: January 2009, “New Paintings”, Winsor Gallery, Vancouver

paragraph: February 2008, “New Paintings” Katharine Mulherin Gallery, Toronto

paragraph: September 2007, “New Paintings”, Clark Gallery, Lincoln

paragraph: April 2007, “New Paintings” Garde Rail Gallery, Seattle

paragraph: Section::::Articles, interviews, and reviews.

paragraph: White Hot Magazine, ART TORONTO versus ARTBO, October 2018

paragraph: Art Collector's Magazine (Japan), August 2016

paragraph: Vogue, Japan, July 2016

paragraph: Brut Force, Expressively Inspired: The Desire To Create For Two Self-taught Artists, June 2016

paragraph: Savant Garde, May 2015

paragraph: Life As A Human, February 2015

paragraph: Examiner, Artist Holly Farrell, article on book paintings, December 2014

paragraph: Lincoln Journal, September 2014

paragraph: Culture Catch, “Pushing Against the Boundaries”, May 2014

paragraph: art ltd., (review), May 2014

paragraph: Frankie Magazine, “Throwback Thursday”, March 2014

paragraph: Examiner, “Toronto Artist Sends In The Clowns” (interview), February 2014

paragraph: Chicago Tonight, “The Jokers Are Wild”, February 2014

paragraph: Creative Block, Danielle Krysa, (artist profile), February 2014

paragraph: Zinc, December 2013

paragraph: Daily Beast, “Outsider Art Fair: 10 Artists To Buy Now”, February 2013

paragraph: Arts Observer, “Outsider Art Fair”, January 2013

paragraph: Tokyo Art Beat, (review), March 2012

paragraph: Home Build Life Design, February 2012

paragraph: Arts Observer, “Outside Art Fair”, January 2012

paragraph: Eyes Toward The Dove, “Outsider Art Fair”, January 2012

paragraph: Design Sponge, December 2010

paragraph: The Daily Yomiuri, “Another Face For Tammy” (review), November 2010

paragraph: Magenta Magazine, “Holly Farrell Even Closer” (review), Fall 2010

paragraph: Blog TO, “Even Closer” (review), July 2010

paragraph: Huffington Post, “Inside The Outsider Art Fair”, February 2010

paragraph: New York Times, “OAF: A Survey of a Field Hard to Define”, February 2010

paragraph: Boston Herald, Holly Farrell at Chase Gallery, December 2009

paragraph: Art In America, (review), March 2009

paragraph: The Boston Globe, “We Direct Your Attention”, February 2009

paragraph: NOW Magazine, March 2008

paragraph: The Globe and Mail, February 2008

paragraph: Seattle Post Intelligencer, Regina Hackett, 2007

paragraph: Enroute Magazine, July 2007

paragraph: Seattle Weekly, (review), April 2007

paragraph: Seattle Magazine, Editor's Picks, May 2006

paragraph: Toronto Star, “Still Life With Meditation” (review), December 2003

paragraph: BRAVO! TV, “The Artist’s Life” (artist profile), November 2003

paragraph: The Globe & Mail, “Art Al Fresco: Up Close & Personal”, (artist profile), July 2000

paragraph: Century Home Magazine, (artist profile), May 2000

paragraph: Lola Magazine, Shotgun Reviews, (review), Summer 1999

paragraph: Canadian Living Magazine, “Easy Painting”, June 1998

paragraph: Toronto Life, (review), May 1998

description: Canadian painter

wikidata_label: Holly Farrell

wikipedia_title: Holly Farrell


text: Latin

text: AD

text: Carthage

text: Naples

text: Carthage

text: deacon

text: Augustine of Hippo

text: Vandals

text: Genseric

text: Arianism

text: Gaudiosus of Naples

text: Italy

text: Goths

text: Catacombs of San Gennaro

categories: Italian Roman Catholic saints,Saints from the Vandal Kingdom,People of Africa (Roman province),Year of birth unknown,5th-century Christian saints,450 deaths

paragraph: Quodvultdeus

paragraph: Quodvultdeus (Latin for "what God wills", died 450 AD) was a fifth-century church father and bishop of Carthage who was exiled to Naples. He was known to have been living in Carthage around 407 and became a deacon in 421 AD. He corresponded with Augustine of Hippo, who served as Quodvultdeus' spiritual teacher. Augustine also dedicated some of his writings to Quodvultdeus.

paragraph: Quodvultdeus was exiled when Carthage was captured by the Vandals led by King Genseric, who followed Arianism. Tradition states that he and other churchmen (such as Gaudiosus of Naples) were loaded onto leaky ships that landed at Naples around 439 AD and Quodvultdeus established himself in Italy. He would go on to convert dozens of Arian Goths to Orthodoxy in his lifetime.

paragraph: One of the mosaic burial portraits in the Galleria dei Vescovi in the Catacombs of San Gennaro depicts Quodvultdeus.

paragraph: Section::::Writings.

paragraph: Some of his writings have survived, including "On the Symbol", a book that has been translated into English.

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Quodvultdeus of Carthage : "The Creedal Homilies : conversion in fifth-century North Africa", Thomas Macy Finn (translation and commentary), New York : Newman Press, 2004, p. 137.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Opera Omnia by Migne Patrologia Latina with analytical indexes

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lewis E 20 De quattuor virtutibus caritatis (On the four virtues of charity) at OPenn

description: Italian-Tunisian saint

wikidata_label: Quodvultdeus

wikipedia_title: Quodvultdeus


text: D.D.

text: English

text: President

text: Corpus Christi College, Oxford

text: Christian

text: theologian

text: M.A.

text: D.D.

text: Fellow

text: John Potter

text: Bishop of Oxford

text: Archbishop of Canterbury

text: Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University

text: Archdeacon of Oxford

text: Christian apologetics

text: theology

categories: 1783 deaths,Presidents of Corpus Christi College, Oxford,1701 births,Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Oxford,Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford,Archdeacons of Oxford,Vice-Chancellors of the University of Oxford,Lady Margaret Professors of Divinity

paragraph: Thomas Randolph (academic)

paragraph: Thomas Randolph D.D. (1701–1783) was an English academic, President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and Christian theologian.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Randolph graduated M.A. and D.D. at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he became a Fellow in 1723. He attracted the attention of John Potter, then Bishop of Oxford, who, after he became Archbishop of Canterbury in 1737, gave several preferments to Randolph. He became noted as an orthodox Anglican theologian, and in 1748 was elected President of Corpus. In 1756, he was Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, until 1759. He was Archdeacon of Oxford from 1767 to 1783.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: He published a number of works on Christian apologetics and theology, including:

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Christian's faith a rational assent : in answer to a pamphlet, entituled, Christianity not founded on argument, &c." (1744)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Party-zeal censur'd. In a sermon preach'd before the University of Oxford , at St. Mary's, on Sunday, January 19, 1752" (1752)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Summary view of the laws relating to subscriptions, &c. : With remarks, humbly offered to the consideration of the British Parliament" (1771)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "An answer to a pamphlet, entituled, Considerations on the propriety of requiring a subscription to articles of faith" (1774)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Vindication of the worship of the Son and the Holy Ghost against the exceptions of Mr. Theophilus Lindsey from Scripture and antiquity : being a supplement to a treatise formerly published and entitled a Vindication of the doctrine of the Trinity" (1775)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A View of Our Blessed Saviour's Ministry and the Proofs of His Divine Mission Arising from Thence: Together with a Charge, Dissertations, Sermons, and Theological Lectures, Volume 1" (1784)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A View of Our Blessed Saviour's Ministry and the Proofs of His Divine Mission Arising from Thence: Together with a Charge, Dissertations, Sermons, and Theological Lectures, Volume 2" (1784)

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Concise Dictionary of National Biography"

wikidata_label: Thomas Randolph

wikipedia_title: Thomas Randolph (academic)


text: Long Island

text: New York

text: guitarist

text: bassist

text: studio musician

text: Orange 9mm

text: Helmet

text: Bush

text: Rival Schools

text: Institute

text: Gavin Rossdale

text: High Desert Fires

text: Blur

text: bass

text: guitar

text: Katy Perry

text: Junior Sanchez

text: guitar

text: Peter Green

text: Fleetwood Mac

text: Dave Stewart

text: Pharrell

text: N*E*R*D

text: Blue Man Group

text: guitar

text: Band of Susans

text: Richard Lloyd

text: Television

text: Robert Fripp

text: High Desert Fires'

text: Light is the Revelation

text: soundtrack

text: Orange 9mm

text: guitar

text: bass

text: "Aftertaste"

text: Dave Sardy

text: Nigel Pulsford

text: guitarist

text: Institute

text: Distort Yourself

text: "WANDERlust"

text: Bob Rock

text: "Love Remains The Same"

text: Adult Pop Songs

text: (Billboard)

text: The Sea of Memories

text: The Sound of Winter

text: Man on the Run

text: The Only Way Out

text: Aftertaste

text: Size Matters

text: Monochrome

text: Seeing Eye Dog

text: Distort Yourself

text: WANDERlust

text: The Sea of Memories

text: Man on the Run

text: Black and White Rainbows

text: High Desert Fires

text: Light is the Revelation

text: Bush Fansite

text: Institute Fansite

categories: People from Long Island,American rock guitarists,Helmet (band) members,Living people,Bush (British band) members,1973 births,American punk rock guitarists,21st-century American guitarists,American male guitarists

paragraph: Chris Traynor

paragraph: Chris Traynor (born June 22, 1973, in Long Island, New York) is an American guitarist, bassist and studio musician. He has played with Orange 9mm, Helmet, Bush, Rival Schools, Institute, Gavin Rossdale, and High Desert Fires.

paragraph: Traynor has performed live with the British rock band Blur, recorded bass and guitars on Katy Perry's "Use Your Love" with producer Junior Sanchez, and recorded guitars for Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac, producer Dave Stewart, and Pharrell of N*E*R*D. Traynor has also done studio soundtrack work with Blue Man Group, and with critically acclaimed indie rock band Rival Schools.

paragraph: Traynor has studied guitar with Mark Lonergan from Band of Susans, Richard Lloyd of the rock band Television, Robert Fripp's Guitar Craft, and bluegrass phenomenon Michael Daves.

paragraph: Traynor is currently living in Los Angeles and is touring with Bush. He is also in the process of releasing High Desert Fires' debut album Light is the Revelation. He continually writes for soundtrack and television music.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:1992–1996 Orange 9mm.

paragraph: He cut his teeth in the early 90's post-hardcore scene. As a founding member of the highly influential band Orange 9mm, Traynor developed a unique style of guitar and bass in the studio. Alongside Chaka Malik, Traynor went on to record 3 albums with the band including "Orange 9mm", "Driver Not Included" and "Tragic". Before the touring for their third album began, Traynor departed to play with another highly popular band Helmet.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:1996–2006: Helmet.

paragraph: Traynor moved on to become an official member of the seminal rock band Helmet on their fourth studio record, "Aftertaste". He was recruited for the supporting tour of "Aftertaste" which was recorded by their three remaining members prior to Traynor's arrival. He had worked on and off with the band for ten years throughout the band's breakup and reuniting before finally departing himself in 2006.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:2001-2002 Bush.

paragraph: While on tour with Helmet, Traynor was noticed by producer Dave Sardy, and recommended as a potential new guitarist in 2002 for the multi-platinum selling rock band Bush. Bush's original guitarist, Nigel Pulsford, had recently retired to spend more time with his family. Traynor joined the band and filled in for him on tour. Bush disbanded after the tour ended.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:2003 Rival Schools.

paragraph: In between Helmet's down time and the fall of Bush, Traynor joined up with Rival Schools. Rival Schools longtime guitarist, Ian Love, had left the band in 2002 making way for Traynor. They recorded a bunch of songs together, but never released an album. By September 2003 the band split and Traynor along with bandmate Cache Tolman headed off to do a new project with a familiar friend, Gavin Rossdale.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:2003–2005 Institute.

paragraph: After touring as a member of Bush, Traynor and singer Gavin Rossdale began writing songs for a different project, which would later become Institute. Their first and only studio album titled "Distort Yourself" received only mild success on the airwaves. They toured throughout the United States as well as Europe before finally calling it quits in 2005.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:2005–2010 Gavin Rossdale.

paragraph: The culmination of the time Traynor spent with Rossdale resulted in the release of Rossdale's solo record "WANDERlust", produced by Bob Rock and featuring the hit single "Love Remains The Same" that reached number 2 on the US Adult Pop Songs (Billboard) and remained there for 4 weeks. The song was number 1 on iTunes rock chart and sold nearly 2 million copies worldwide. "WANDERlust" had nationwide success in the United States. Traynor toured in support of "WANDERlust" in 2008 and 2009.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:2010–present Bush.

paragraph: In May 2010, it was announced that Bush had reunited, with Traynor rejoining. "The Sea of Memories" was released in 2011 featuring the single The Sound of Winter. "The Sound of Winter" achieved moderate commercial success on several North America charts. On 18 October 2011 it topped the Alternative Songs chart knocking off "Walk" by the Foo Fighters. Not only was it the band's fifth #1 hit single on the chart (their first in 12 years, since 1999's "The Chemicals Between Us"), but it also became the first self-released single to reach #1 on the Alternative radio chart.[5][6] On 19 November it topped the Rock Songs chart, becoming their first #1 song on the chart.[7] In 2014 the band's 6th studio album, "Man on the Run", was released featuring the single "The Only Way Out" which peaked at #11 on the Active Rock Charts.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- With Orange 9mm

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1994 "Orange 9mm"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1995 "Driver Not Included"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1996 "Tragic"

paragraph: BULLET::::- With Helmet

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1997 "Aftertaste" (Live guitarist)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2004 "Size Matters"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2006 "Monochrome"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2010 Seeing Eye Dog

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2010

paragraph: BULLET::::- With Institute

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2005 "Distort Yourself"

paragraph: BULLET::::- With Gavin Rossdale

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2008 "WANDERlust"

paragraph: BULLET::::- With Bush

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2011 "The Sea of Memories"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2014 "Man on the Run"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2017 "Black and White Rainbows"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2019 "The Mind Plays Tricks on You"

paragraph: BULLET::::- With High Desert Fires

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2015 "Light is the Revelation"

paragraph: BULLET::::- With Fleetwood Mac

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2002 "The Best Of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac Albatross"

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bush Fansite

paragraph: BULLET::::- Institute Fansite

description: American musician

wikidata_label: Chris Traynor

wikipedia_title: Chris Traynor


text: Newberg

text: Oregon

text: Centralia

text: Washington

text: Industrial Workers of the World

text: World War I

text: veteran

text: lynched

text: Centralia Massacre

text: self-defense

text: American Legion

text: murder

text: drafted

text: Spruce Production Division

text: Centralia, Washington

text: lumberjack

text: Industrial Workers of the World

text: Armistice Day

text: American Legion

text: France

text: Ralph Chaplin

text: The CENTRALIA CONSPIRACY

text: First Red Scare

categories: Industrial Workers of the World members,People murdered in Washington (state),People from Newberg, Oregon,People from Centralia, Washington,1919 deaths,American murder victims,1890 births

paragraph: Wesley Everest

paragraph: Nathan Wesley Everest (December 29, 1890 in Newberg, Oregon — November 11, 1919 in Centralia, Washington) was an American member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and a World War I era veteran. He was lynched during the Centralia Massacre after killing Dale Hubbard in what the union called self-defense, though the American Legion called it murder.

paragraph: Everest was drafted into the army in November 1917 and was a member of the Spruce Production Division in Vancouver, Washington, which supplied timber for building airplanes, railroad cars, and other vital wartime equipment. Everest spent much of his time in the Vancouver stockade for refusing to salute the American flag. Contrary to virtually all published accounts, Everest never served in France and was never sent overseas. After serving during World War I, Everest worked in Centralia, Washington as a lumberjack. He also was a member of the Industrial Workers of the World.

paragraph: Section::::The Centralia Affair.

paragraph: During the celebration of Armistice Day in 1919, members of the American Legion stormed the IWW Union Hall, although it is debated who initiated the incident. The American Legion claimed that they were fired upon before they attacked the hall. The IWW claimed that the Legion attacked before they fired. The result was a fight that resulted in deaths of six men, while others were wounded. After firing from inside the IWW hall, Everest ran out the back door and was pursued by a mob. He killed Dale Hubbard before he was overpowered, beaten, and dragged to the town's jail. It was said that, during the incident, Everest uttered the words, "I fought for democracy in France and I'm going to fight for it here. The first man that comes in this hall, why, he's going to get it."

paragraph: During the evening of November 11, Everest was turned over to the lynch mob by jail guards, taken to a bridge over the Chehalis River, lynched and then shot. The next day his body was cut down and lay in the river bottom until sunset, when his body was returned to the jail. There it lay with the rope still around his neck, in full view of the IWW members rounded up after the shootings. Later his body was buried in the paupers graveyard. No one was charged with the crime even if those involved in the lynching were well-known to townsfolk in Centralia.

paragraph: As a result of the shootings, seven IWW members were sentenced to prison terms of 25 to 40 years. The last prisoner was released in 1939.

paragraph: Section::::Castration Controversy.

paragraph: Many books about the Centralia case state that Everest was castrated while being driven to his lynching. The first published account of castration appeared four months later in Ralph Chaplin's publication, The CENTRALIA CONSPIRACY. The IWW members who saw Everest's body in the jail after the lynching said nothing about mutilation in interviews with the press at the time. The coroner's jury, who met on November 13 without County Coroner Dr. David Livingstone, was likewise silent. The IWW defense lawyers said nothing about castration during the three-month trial. Those who placed his body in the coffin said nothing about castration at the time. A 1930 account of the Centralia case, published by the Council of Churches, concluded that the castration story "has not been clearly established."

paragraph: After Everest's body was returned to the jail following his lynching, a man (presumably a police officer) examined his body and filed a police report dated November 12. The report includes a set of fingerprints and a description of the body, including the color of his eyes and hair. It estimates Everest's height and weight. Then it notes: "No scars that could be located on the body outside where rope cut neck[.] hole that looked like bullet hole[.] Prints taken in the Jail at Centralia, Wash. room very dark to see any thing on the body in line [of] scars: rope was still around the neck of the man."

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- First Red Scare

paragraph: BULLET::::- Murder of workers in labor disputes in the United States

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Wesley Everest, IWW Martyr, Pacific Northwest Quarterly, October 1986, pages 122-129, by Tom Copeland: http://libcom.org/files/Wesley%20Everest,%20IWW%20martyr.pdf

paragraph: BULLET::::- John Dos Passos, "Paul Bunyan", in: U.S.A.: 1919, New York 1932, ed. 1996, pp. 747–750

description: American murder victim

wikidata_label: Wesley Everest

wikipedia_title: Wesley Everest


text:
Byzantine Emperor
Andronikos Doukas Angelos
Asia Minor
Euphrosyne Kastamonitissa
Theodora Komnene
Alexios I Komnenos
Irene Doukaina
Komnenoi
Niketas Choniates
Andronikos I Komnenos
Nicaea
Prousa
Constantinople
Stephen Hagiochristophorites
Hagia Sophia
Eudokia Angelina
Stefan
Stefan Nemanja
Serbia
Conrad of Montferrat
Margaret of Hungary
Béla III
Kiev
Holy Roman Empire
Italy
Provence
Norman
Sicily
William II
Battle of Demetritzes
Balkans
Alexius III
Acre
Cyprus
Isaac Komnenos
Saladin
Theodore Kastamonites
Constantine Mesopotamites
Vlach-Bulgarian uprising
Vlach-Bulgarian Empire
Asen dynasty
Alexios Branas
Venice
Manuel I
Frederick I Barbarossa
Third Crusade
Byzantine Empire
Philippopolis
Bulgaria
one occasion
battle of Arcadiopolis
Alexios Angelos
Fourth Crusade
Alexios IV Angelos
Alexios Doukas "Mourtzouphlos"
Alexios Branas
Theodore Mangaphas
Pseudo-Alexios II
Nicomedia
Andronicus I Comnenus
Hagia Sophia
Constantinople
Lefkada
Kefallonia
Zakynthos
Normans
Vlach - Bulgarian Empire
Asen
Peter
Cilicia
Armenians
Cyprus
Franks
Speyer Cathedral
Palaiologos
Anna-Euphrosyne Angelina
Roman the Great
Irene Angelina
Roger III of Sicily
Philip of Swabia
Alexios IV Angelos
Margaret of Hungary
John Angelos
Syrmia
Bacs
Béla IV of Hungary
List of Byzantine emperors
Foreign policy of the Angeli
Nicetas Choniates

categories: 1156 births,12th-century Byzantine emperors,Christians of the Fourth Crusade,1204 deaths,Angelid dynasty,Eastern Orthodox monarchs,Christians of the Third Crusade,13th-century Byzantine emperors

paragraph: Isaac II Angelos

paragraph: Isaac II Angelos (, "Isaakios II Angelos"; September 1156 – January 1204) was Byzantine Emperor from 1185 to 1195, and again from 1203 to 1204.

paragraph: His father Andronikos Doukas Angelos was a military leader in Asia Minor (c. 1122 – aft. 1185) who married Euphrosyne Kastamonitissa (c. 1125 – aft. 1195). Andronikos Doukas Angelos was the son of Constantine Angelos and Theodora Komnene (b. 15 January 1096/1097), the youngest daughter of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and Irene Doukaina. Thus Isaac was a member of the extended imperial clan of the Komnenoi.

paragraph: Section::::Rising by revolt.

paragraph: Niketas Choniates described Isaac's physical appearance: "He had a ruddy complexion and red hair, was of average height and robust in body"

paragraph: During the brief reign of Andronikos I Komnenos, Isaac was involved (alongside his father and brothers) in the revolt of Nicaea and Prousa. Atypically, the Emperor did not punish him for this disloyalty, and Isaac remained at Constantinople.

paragraph: On 11 September 1185, while Andronikos was absent from the capital, his lieutenant Stephen Hagiochristophorites moved to arrest Isaac. Isaac killed Hagiochristophorites and took refuge in the church of Hagia Sophia. Andronikos was a capable ruler in some ways but was hated for his cruelty and his efforts to keep the aristocracy obedient. Isaac appealed to the populace, and a tumult arose that spread rapidly over the whole city. When Andronikos returned he found that he had lost popular support, and that Isaac had been proclaimed emperor. Andronikos attempted to flee by boat but was apprehended. Isaac handed him over to the people of the City, and he was killed on 12 September 1185.

paragraph: Section::::First reign.

paragraph: Isaac II Angelos strengthened his position as emperor with dynastic marriages in 1185 and 1186. His niece Eudokia Angelina was married to Stefan, son of Stefan Nemanja of Serbia. Isaac's sister Theodora was married to the Italian marquis Conrad of Montferrat. In January 1186 Isaac himself married Margaret of Hungary (renamed Maria), daughter of King Béla III. Hungary was one of the Empire's largest and most powerful neighbours, and Margaret also had the benefit of high aristocratic descent, being related to the royal families of Kiev, the Holy Roman Empire, Italy, Provence, and earlier Byzantine dynasties.

paragraph: Isaac inaugurated his reign with a decisive victory over the Norman King of Sicily, William II, at the Battle of Demetritzes on 7 November 1185. William had invaded the Balkans with 80,000 men and 200 ships towards the end of Andronikos I's reign. Elsewhere Isaac's policy was less successful. In late 1185, he sent a fleet of 80 galleys to liberate his brother Alexius III from Acre, but the fleet was destroyed by the Normans of Sicily. He then sent a fleet of 70 ships, but it failed to recover Cyprus from the rebellious noble Isaac Komnenos, thanks to Norman interference. This fleet was misinterpreted by many in the Holy Land as naval support for the Muslim offensive in accordance with Isaac's alliance with Saladin. However the theory of a supposed alliance between Isaac and Saladin against the Third Crusade has been debunked by the historian Jonathan Harris.

paragraph: Isaac's administration was dominated by two figures: his maternal uncle Theodore Kastamonites, who became virtually a co-emperor and handled all civil government until his death in 1193; and his replacement, Constantine Mesopotamites, who acquired even more influence over the emperor.

paragraph: The oppressiveness of his taxes, increased to pay his armies and finance his marriage, resulted in a Vlach-Bulgarian uprising late in 1185. The rebellion led to the establishment of the Vlach-Bulgarian Empire under the Asen dynasty. In 1187 Alexios Branas, the victor over the Normans, was sent against the Bulgarians but turned his arms against his master and attempted to seize Constantinople, only to be defeated and slain by Isaac's brother-in-law Conrad of Montferrat. Also in 1187 an agreement was made with Venice, in which the Venetian Republic would provide between 40 and 100 galleys at six months' notice in exchange for favorable trading concessions. Because each Venetian galley was manned by 140 oarsmen, there were about 18,000 Venetians still in the Empire even after Manuel I's arrests.

paragraph: The Emperor's attention was next demanded in the east, where several claimants to the throne successively rose and fell. In 1189 the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa sought and obtained permission to lead his troops on the Third Crusade through the Byzantine Empire. But Isaac was suspicious that Barbarossa wished to conquer Byzantium: the reasons for this suspicious attitude were the diplomatic contact of Frederick with the Bulgarians and the Serbians, foes of the Byzantine Empire during this period, also Barbarossas previous feud with Manuel. The rumors of 1160s about a German invasion in the Byzantine Empire were still remembered in the Byzantine court during Isaacs reign. In retaliation Barbarossa's army occupied the city of Philippopolis and defeated a Byzantine army of 3,000 men that attempted to recapture the city. The Byzantine troops managed to harrash successfully and constantly the Crusaders but a group of Armenians revealed to the Germans the strategic plan of the Byzantines, the Crusaders who owned superior numbers caught them unprepared. Thus compelled by force of arms, Isaac II was forced to fulfill his engagements in 1190. By 1196 Isaac II had allowed the once powerful Byzantine navy to decline to only 30 galleys.

paragraph: The next five years were disturbed by continued warfare with Bulgaria, against which Isaac led several expeditions in person. In spite of their promising start these ventures had little effect, and on one occasion in 1190 Isaac barely escaped with his life. The Byzantines suffered yet another major defeat in the battle of Arcadiopolis in 1194. Isaac organized yet another offensive against Bulgaria in 1195 in cooperation with the Kingdom of Hungary, but Alexios Angelos, the Emperor's older brother, taking advantage of Isaac's absence from camp on a hunting expedition, proclaimed himself emperor and was readily recognised by the soldiers as Emperor Alexios III. Alexios then canceled the expedition. Isaac was blinded and imprisoned in Constantinople.

paragraph: Section::::Second reign.

paragraph: After eight years of captivity, Isaac II was raised from the dungeon to the throne once more after the arrival of the Fourth Crusade and the flight of Alexios III from the capital. Both his mind and body had been enfeebled by confinement, and his son Alexios IV Angelos was associated on the throne as the effective monarch.

paragraph: Heavily beholden to the crusaders, Alexios IV was unable to meet his obligations and his vacillation caused him to lose the support of both his crusader allies and his subjects. At the end of January 1204 the influential court official Alexios Doukas "Mourtzouphlos" took advantage of riots in the capital to imprison Alexios IV and seize the throne as Emperor Alexios V. At this point Isaac II died, allegedly of shock, while Alexios IV was strangled on 28 or 29 January.

paragraph: Section::::Usurpers.

paragraph: Several pretenders rose up and attempted to wrest the throne from Isaac during his reign. These included:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Alexios Branas

paragraph: BULLET::::- Theodore Mangaphas

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pseudo-Alexios II

paragraph: BULLET::::- Basil Chotzas – initiated a rebellion at Tarsia, near Nicomedia. Initially he had some success, but before long he was seized, blinded, and cast into prison.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Isaac Comnenus (nephew of Andronicus I Comnenus) – escaped from prison and fled to Hagia Sophia, where he proceeded to incite a mob. Eventually captured, he was suspended in the air and tortured in order to obtain the names of his accomplices. His internal organs suffered severe damage and he died the next day.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Constantine Tatikios – secretly established a group of 500 individuals who hid in Constantinople. Though they managed to escape detection for some considerable time, he was informed against, captured, and blinded.

paragraph: Section::::Historical reputation.

paragraph: Isaac has the reputation as one of the most unsuccessful rulers to occupy the Byzantine throne. Surrounded by a crowd of slaves, mistresses, and flatterers, he permitted his empire to be administered by unworthy favourites, while he squandered the money wrung from his provinces on costly buildings and expensive gifts to the churches of his metropolis. During his reign the Empire lost Lefkada, Kefallonia, and Zakynthos to the Normans in 1185. In the same year the Vlach - Bulgarian Empire was restored after the rebellion of the brothers Asen and Peter, thus losing Moesia and parts of Thrace and Macedonia. After that Cilicia was retaken by the Armenians, and Cyprus wrested from the empire by the Franks.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: The identity of Isaac II's first wife is unknown, but her name, Herina (i.e., Irene), is found on the necrology of Speyer Cathedral, where their daughter Irene is interred. ("However, it would have been extremely unusual for a mother and daughter to bear the same name, unless the mother's name was monastic.") Isaac's wife may have been a member of the Palaiologos family. A possible foreign origin is also given to her due to having the same name as her daughter. Their third child was born in 1182 or 1183 and she was dead or divorced by 1185, when Isaac remarried. Their children were:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Anna-Euphrosyne Angelina, married to Roman the Great.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Irene Angelina, married first to Roger III of Sicily and secondly to Philip of Swabia.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Alexios IV Angelos.

paragraph: By his second wife, Margaret of Hungary (who took the baptismal name "Maria"), Isaac II had two sons:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Manuel Angelos (b. after 1195 – d. 1212), he was evidently the elder son, being contemplated in 1205 to ascend the Byzantine throne

paragraph: BULLET::::- John Angelos (b. ca. 1193 – d. 1259). He migrated to Hungary and ruled over Syrmia and Bacs (1227–42) as a vassal of king Béla IV of Hungary.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Byzantine emperors

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Foreign policy of the Angeli from "A History of the Byzantine Empire" by Al. Vasilief

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Angold, Michael, "The Byzantine Empire: A Political History, 1025–1204", 2nd edition (London and New York, 1997)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Brand, C.M., "Byzantium Confronts the West, 1180–1204" (Cambridge, MA, 1968)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Nicetas Choniates, "Historia", ed. J.-L. Van Dieten, 2 vols. (Berlin and New York, 1975); trans. as "O City of Byzantium, Annals of Niketas Choniates", by H. J. Magoulias (Detroit; Wayne State University Press, 1984).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Harris, Jonathan, "Byzantium and the Crusades" (London: Bloomsbury, 2nd ed., 2014).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Harris, Jonathan, 'Collusion with the infidel as a pretext for military action against Byzantium', in "Clash of Cultures: the Languages of Love and Hate", ed. Sarah Lambert and Helen Nicholson (Turnhout, 2012), pp. 99–117

paragraph: BULLET::::- Head, C. (1980) "Physical Descriptions of the Emperors in Byzantine Historical Writing", Byzantion, Vol. 50, No. 1 (1980), Peeters Publishers, pp. 226-240

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hiestand, Rudolf, 'Die Erste Ehe Isaaks II Angelus und Seine Kinder', "Jahrbuch der Osterreichischen Byzantinistik", 47 (1997).

description: Byzantine emperor

wikidata_label: Isaac II Angelos

wikipedia_title: Isaac II Angelos