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The patriarch who wrote in Arabic
Eutychius, who would become the Melkite Patriarch of Alexandria, was born in Egypt during a period of cultural transformation. He earned distinction as one of the first Christian Egyptian writers to compose in Arabic rather than Coptic or Greek, reflecting the linguistic shift sweeping through the Islamic world. His chronicle became an invaluable historical source.
Reapers' War: Junta de Braços (Assembly of Estates) of the Principality of Catalonia summoned.
Reapers' War: Junta de Braços (Assembly of Estates) of the Principality of Catalonia summoned. It assumes the sovereignty and enacts a series of revolutionary measures which will lead to the Catalan Republic.
England's most brilliantly dissatisfied critic
Cyril Connolly was born in Coventry, England, and would become one of the twentieth century's most influential literary critics. As editor of Horizon during Britain's darkest hours, he championed new writing. His masterwork Enemies of Promise brilliantly diagnosed the obstacles to creative achievement with memorable wit and self-awareness.