- Leo X by WordNet
nounSon of Lorenzo de'Medici and pope from 1513 to 1521 who excommunicated Martin Luther and who in 1521 bestowed on Henry VIII the title of Defender of the Faith (1475-1521. ).synonyms: Giovanni de'Medici
- Leo X by Samuel Horton
Original name Giovanni de' Medici. 1475--1521, pope (1513--21): noted for his patronage of Renaissance art and learning; excommunicated Luther (1521 ...
- Luther by Dylan Davidson
Martin. 1483--1546, German leader of the Protestant Reformation. As professor of biblical theology at Wittenberg University from 1511, he began preaching the crucial doctrine of justification by faith rather than by works, and in 1517 he nailed 95 theses to the church door at Wittenberg, attacking Tetzel's sale of indulgences. He was excommunicated and outlawed by the Diet of Worms (1521) as a ...
- RFC 1521 by Dictionary of Computing
... messaging, standard) An RFC defining Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME). This RFC has been obsoleted by RFC 2045, RFC 2046, RFC 2047, RFC 2048, RFC 2049, and BCP0013. rfc:1521.
- Ponce de Leon, Juan by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
Born circa 1460 in Tierra de Campos, Palencia; died 1521 in Havana. Spanish conquistador.Ponce de León accompanied Columbus on his expedition to America in 1492–93. In 1508 the detachment he headed conquered Puerto Rico, of which he became governor, and in the same year he founded the city of San Juan. In 1513 he discovered the Florida Peninsula. He waged wars to exterminate the native Indian ...