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Lope de Rueda
(Encyclopedia)Lope de Rueda lōˈpā dā ro͞oāˈᵺä [key], 1510?–1565, Spanish dramatist. A precursor of the Golden Age of Spanish literature, Rueda was an actor and a manager as well as a playwright. He is s...Lorenzo de' Medici
(Encyclopedia)Lorenzo de' Medici. For the members of the Medici family thus named, use Medici, Lorenzo de'. ...Lorris, Guillaume de
(Encyclopedia)Lorris, Guillaume de: see Guillaume de Lorris. ...Niccoli, Niccolò de'
(Encyclopedia)Niccoli, Niccolò de' nēk-kōlôˈ dā nēkˈkōlē [key], 1363–1437, Italian humanist. One of the distinguished Florentine scholars in Cosimo de' Medici's circle, he wrote little but is remembered...Neri, Filippo de'
(Encyclopedia)Neri, Filippo de': see Philip Neri, Saint. ...Nerval, Gérard de
(Encyclopedia)Nerval, Gérard de zhārärˈ də nĕrvälˈ [key], 1808–55, French writer, an early romantic. His real name was Gérard Labrunie. His writings include translations of Faust (1828) and other German ...Néthou, Pic de
(Encyclopedia)Néthou, Pic de: see Aneto, Pico de. ...Musset, Alfred de
(Encyclopedia)Musset, Alfred de (Louis Charles Alfred de Musset) älfrĕdˈ də müsāˈ [key], 1810–57, French romantic poet, dramatist, and fiction writer. His first collection of poems, Contes d'Espagne et d'I...Ninon de Lenclos
(Encyclopedia)Ninon de Lenclos: see Lenclos, Ninon de. ...Niza, Marcos de
(Encyclopedia)Niza, Marcos de: see Marcos de Niza. ...Browse by Subject
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