University of Maine, state university system of Maine, U.S. It comprises seven coeducational institutions, including the University of Southern Maine. The University of Maine is a land-grant and sea-grant university based in Orono. It offers a wide range of undergraduate, graduate, and professional

The Maine Woods, collection of three autobiographical narratives by Henry David Thoreau. Each of the essays recounts the details of an excursion in Maine. The collection, edited by the clergyman and writer William Ellery Channing, Thoreau’s friend and frequent touring companion, was issued

destruction of the Maine, (February 15, 1898), an incident preceding the Spanish-American War in which a mysterious explosion sank the U.S. battleship Maine in the harbor of Havana. The destruction of the Maine was one of a series of incidents that precipitated the United States’ intervention in

Until 1820 Maine was a district of Massachusetts, and its early symbols were based on that connection. The pine tree emblem that had been adopted for the Massachusetts naval flag in April 1776 was prominently featured in the coat of arms of Maine when it became a state. Pine trees were important to

Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, duke du Maine was an illegitimate son of King Louis XIV of France who attempted without success to wrest control of the government from Philippe II, Duke d’Orléans, who was the regent (1715–23) for Louis XIV’s successor, Louis XV. The eldest surviving child of Louis XIV by

Sir Henry Maine was a British jurist and legal historian who pioneered the study of comparative law, notably primitive law and anthropological jurisprudence. While professor of civil law at the University of Cambridge (1847–54), Maine also began lecturing on Roman law at the Inns of Court, London.

Sir Henry Maine was a British jurist and legal historian who pioneered the study of comparative law, notably primitive law and anthropological jurisprudence. While professor of civil law at the University of Cambridge (1847–54), Maine also began lecturing on Roman law at the Inns of Court, London.

University of Maine, state university system of Maine, U.S. It comprises seven coeducational institutions, including the University of Southern Maine. The University of Maine is a land-grant and sea-grant university based in Orono. It offers a wide range of undergraduate, graduate, and professional

livestock farming: Beef cattle breeds: …fourth important breed is the Maine–Anjou, which is the largest of the French breeds.

Pays de la Loire: of Mayenne, Sarthe, Maine-et-Loire, Vendée, and Loire-Atlantique. Pays de la Loire is bounded by the régions of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté to the northwest, Normandy to the north, Centre to the east, and Nouvelle-Aquitaine to the south. The Bay of Biscay in the Atlantic Ocean lies to the

Paris: Modern business quarters: The centrepiece of the Maine-Montparnasse district is a 59-story office tower on the site of the old Montparnasse railway station. A more compact station was built one street away on the avenue du Maine, where the rails are hidden on three sides by buildings 15 to 18 stories high.…

country music: Country music politics: …radio stations, after lead singer Natalie Maines criticized U.S. Pres. George W. Bush during a concert. A feud also ensued between the group and singer Toby Keith, who had released the patriotic “Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue (The Angry American)” in the wake of the September 11 attacks…

country music: Country music politics: …radio stations, after lead singer Natalie Maines criticized U.S. Pres. George W. Bush during a concert. A feud also ensued between the group and singer Toby Keith, who had released the patriotic “Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue (The Angry American)” in the wake of the September 11 attacks…

mainframe, digital computer designed for high-speed data processing with heavy use of input/output units such as large-capacity disks and printers. Mainframes have been used for such applications as payroll computations, accounting, business transactions, information retrieval, airline seat

Mainichi shimbun, national daily newspaper, one of Japan’s “big three” dailies, which publishes morning and evening editions in Tokyo, Ōsaka, and three other regional centres. The newspaper had as its origin the Nihon Rikken Seitō shimbun (“Japan Constitutional Government Party Newspaper”), which

Monasterboice, ruins of an ancient monastic settlement founded by Buitre (died 521) 5 miles (8 km) north of Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland. The relics, dating from the 5th to the 12th century, comprise two churches, a round tower (one of the highest in Ireland), three sculptured crosses, two

Lake Mainit, lake on the border of Surigao del Norte and Agusan del Sur provinces, northeastern Mindanao, Philippines. The country’s fourth largest lake, it has an area of 58 square miles (150 square km). Its outlet is the Tubay River, which flows southward before entering Butuan Bay of the

Shetland Islands: Among the settlements on Mainland, the largest island, is Scalloway, a fishing port. Lerwick, also on Mainland, is the islands’ largest town and commercial and administrative centre.

Mainland, central and largest of the Orkney Islands of Scotland, which lie off the northern tip of the Scottish mainland. The shores of this irregularly shaped island are deeply indented (from north and south, respectively) by the inlets of Kirkwall Bay and Scapa Flow, reducing its width to less

elephant: …elephant includes three subspecies: the Indian, or mainland (E. maximus indicus), the Sumatran (E. maximus sumatranus), and the Sri Lankan (E. maximus maximus). African elephants have much larger ears, which are used to dissipate body heat.

serow: mainland serow is extremely variable. The head, neck, and long mane are grizzled black, and the fur may turn rusty red on the shoulders, flanks, and lower thighs. There is a varying amount of white on the muzzle, throat, chest, and mane. Weight is about…

mainline Protestantism, in American Protestantism, a group of historically prominent churches and denominations that are theologically, and often politically, liberal and pluralistic. The term is generally used to distinguish these traditions from evangelical Protestants and predominantly Black

mainline Protestantism, in American Protestantism, a group of historically prominent churches and denominations that are theologically, and often politically, liberal and pluralistic. The term is generally used to distinguish these traditions from evangelical Protestants and predominantly Black

drug use: Means of administration: …popping” (subcutaneous route) to “mainlining” (intravenous route), each step bringing a more intense experience and a higher addiction liability. With mainlining, the initial thrill is more immediate. Within seconds a warm glowing sensation spreads over the body, most intense in the stomach and intestines, comparable to sexual release. This…

sail: …termed the foremast and the mainmast; when the aftermast is considerably smaller they are named the mainmast and the mizzenmast. In all three-masted vessels the names of the masts are foremast, mainmast and mizzenmast.

Mainpuri, city, southwestern Uttar Pradesh state, northern India. It lies in the alluvial plain of the Ganges-Yamuna Doab, about 60 miles (96 km) east of Agra. Mainpuri and the surrounding territory were part of the kingdom of Kannauj (Kanauj) and became splintered politically when the kingdom fell

watch: Mechanical watches: The mainspring, the element that drives the watch, consists of a flat spring-steel band stressed in bending or coiling; when the watch, or other spring-driven mechanism, is wound, the curvature of the spring is increased, and energy is thus stored. This energy is transmitted to the…

Andrew Garfield: Roles from the 2020s: …a social media influencer in Mainstream (2020), Gia Coppola’s satire about Internet culture, and as Jim Bakker in The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021), the story of the infamous televangelist couple. While Garfield was filming the latter, his mother died from pancreatic cancer, and he later spoke about how he…

feminism: Dissension and debate: The first was liberal, or mainstream, feminism, which focused its energy on concrete and pragmatic change at an institutional and governmental level. Its goal was to integrate women more thoroughly into the power structure and to give women equal access to positions men had traditionally dominated. While aiming…

intellectual disability: Care and education: Mainstreaming—the integration of children from special education classes with those in the regular program—is an attempt to acquaint intellectually disabled children with normal school routines, an often laudable goal which can nevertheless create daunting educational challenges for teachers as well as for intellectually disabled and…

harbours and sea works: Maintenance: Methods of underwater scaling and painting, or the use of limpet dams with which small areas can be covered with watertight enclosures inside of which people can work under compressed air, allow a limited measure of attention to be given to the bottom plating…

Françoise d’Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon was the second wife and untitled queen of King Louis XIV of France. She encouraged an atmosphere of dignity and piety at court and founded an educational institution for poor girls at Saint-Cyr (1686). She was born at Niort, in Poitou, perhaps in the same

Françoise d’Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon was the second wife and untitled queen of King Louis XIV of France. She encouraged an atmosphere of dignity and piety at court and founded an educational institution for poor girls at Saint-Cyr (1686). She was born at Niort, in Poitou, perhaps in the same

Mainz, city, capital of Rhineland-Palatinate Land (state), west-central Germany. It is a port on the left bank of the Rhine River opposite Wiesbaden and the mouth of the Main River. It was the site of a Celtic settlement where the Romans established (14–9 bce) a military camp known as Mogontiacum

Rhine River: The economy: …put into effect by the Mainz Convention of 1831, which also established the Central Commission of the Rhine. This first treaty was simplified and revised in the Mannheim Convention of 1868, which, with the extension in 1918 of all privileges to ships of all countries and not merely the riverine…

Berthold Von Henneberg was an archbishop-elector of Mainz, imperial chancellor and reformer, who worked unsuccessfully for an increase in the powers of the clerical and lay nobility at the expense of the Holy Roman emperor. Berthold was elected archbishop of Mainz in 1484 and played a leading role

godparent: …last formally prohibited by the Council of Mainz (813). For a long time there was no fixed rule as to the necessary or allowable number of sponsors, and sometimes the number actually assumed was large. By the Council of Trent (1545–63), however, it was decided that one only, or at…

Maio Island, island of Cape Verde, in the Atlantic Ocean, between the islands of Boa Vista and Santiago, about 400 miles (640 km) off the West African coast. It rises to an altitude of 1,430 feet (436 metres). The main economic activities are agriculture (corn [maize], beans, potatoes) and salt

villanella: …master of the genre was Giovan Tommaso di Maio (died c. 1550); its most important composer was Gian Domenico da Nola (died 1592). Although the villanella was a reaction against the madrigal, some of the best examples were written by such composers of madrigals as Adriaan Willaert, Orlando di Lasso,…

majolica, tin-glazed earthenware produced from the 15th century at such Italian centres as Faenza, Deruta, Urbino, Orvieto, Gubbio, Florence, and Savona. Tin-glazed earthenware—also made in other countries, where it is called faience or delft—was introduced into Italy from Moorish Spain by way of

Burgundian Romanesque style: …great abbey church at Cluny (the third abbey church built on that site), which was constructed from 1088 to about 1130 and was the largest church built during the European Middle Ages. It represented a huge elaboration of the early Christian basilica plan and served as a close model for…

Romanian literature: The 20th century: …Junimea (“Youth”), the literary circle Titu Maiorescu founded in 1863, reacted against the prevailing interest in literary form at the expense of content and pointed toward a later reassessment of the uses of literature. Playwright Ion Luca Caragiale died in 1912 but was relevant to the 20th century as the…

Maipo Volcano, volcanic peak in the Central Andes Mountains of South America. It rises to an elevation of 17,270 feet (5,264 metres) on the Chile-Argentina border, 65 miles (105 km) southeast of Santiago, Chile. It is one of the most active of the border volcanoes. An eruption in 1826 resulted in

Battle of Maipú, (April 5, 1818), during the South American wars of independence, a victory won by Argentine and Chilean rebels, commanded by José de San Martín, leader of the resistance to Spain in southern South America, over Spanish royalists, near Santiago, Chile. The six-hour battle left 2,000

Native American dance: Religious expression in dance: …masked beasts of the former Maipure puberty dance, mauari, threatened a pubescent girl and her cortege and had to be subdued magically.

Maiquetía, city and port, northern Distrito Federal (Federal District), northern Venezuela. It lies on the narrow strip of land between the coastal hills and the Caribbean Sea just west of La Guaira. Founded in 1670 along the old supply road from La Guaira to Caracas, the city was home to most of

Caracas: Transportation: Maiquetía Airport, located 10 miles (16 km) by road from Caracas on the coast, provides international connections as well as domestic flights to all parts of the republic. Two smaller airports, La Carlota and Francisco de Miranda, also serve the city. La Guaira and, to…

Simon Marius was a German astronomer who named the four largest moons of Jupiter: Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. All four are named after mythological figures with whom Jupiter fell in love. He and Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei both claimed to have discovered them, about 1610, and it is

Willem Schouten: …1615, an Amsterdam merchant, Isaac Le Maire, mounted an expedition to find a new route to the Pacific. His son Jakob and veteran sea captain Schouten led the voyage that set sail in May 1615 with two ships—the second piloted by Schouten’s brother Jan. By December they reached the far…

Jean Mairet was a classical French dramatist, the forerunner and rival of Pierre Corneille. Mairet’s characters, his verse, and his situations were freely borrowed by his contemporaries. Before Corneille, he brought to the stage the famous Cornelian figures Sophonisbe and Pulchérie, and he

Maironis was a poet considered to be the bard of the Lithuanian national renaissance. Maironis, a Roman Catholic priest, studied at the theological seminary in Kaunas and at the theological academy in St. Petersburg in 1888–92 and returned there as an inspector and professor of moral theology

Evelyn M. Witkin was an American geneticist whose groundbreaking research on mutagenesis (the induction of mutations) in bacteria provided insight into mechanisms of DNA repair, the fundamental process by which living organisms maintain their genetic integrity in order to survive. Witkin’s

Cape Maisí, cape, eastern Cuba, jutting out from the Purial Mountains to form the easternmost extremity of the island. To the southeast, across the Windward Passage, lies Cheval Blanc Point, Haiti, at a distance of approximately 35 miles (56 km); 30 miles to the northeast is Matthew Town, on Great

history of the Low Countries: Upper Paleolithic (35,000–10,000 bp): The open site of Maisières Canal in Hainaut province, Belgium, is exceptional for its preservation of glacial fauna (from about 28,000 bp) in later river deposits. Several late Magdalenian sites (hunting stands) were discovered in southern (Belgian and Dutch) Limburg. A wide uninhabited area separated the Magdalenian sites from…

Austronesian languages: Aberrant languages: …forth repeatedly, as with the Maisin language of southeastern Papua New Guinea (now generally regarded as an Austronesian language with heavy contact influence from Papuan languages). Other controversial or aberrant languages are Arove, Lamogai, and Kaulong of New Britain, Ririo and some other languages of the western Solomons, Asumboa of…

Comédie-Française, national theatre of France and the world’s longest established national theatre. After the death of the playwright Molière (1673), his company of actors joined forces with a company playing at the Théâtre du Marais, the resulting company being known as the Théâtre Guénégaud. In

Ahmed Sefrioui: A second novel, La Maison de servitude (1973; “The House of Servitude”), deals with the conflict raised by the demands of the Islamic faith and of poetry, love, and revolution.

Rhône-Poulenc SA, former French chemical manufacturer and leading producer of organic chemicals, synthetic fibres, and pharmaceuticals. It merged with Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft in 1999 to create the French-German pharmaceutical firm Aventis. The company originated as a dyestuffs manufacturer in

Gorée Island: The Maison des Esclaves (“Slave House”), which was constructed in 1786, includes displays of slavery artifacts, and the Fort d’Estrées (built in the 1850s) is the site of a historical museum. There are also museums of women’s history and of the sea. In 1978 Gorée Island…

Victor, Baron Horta: His chief work is the Maison du Peuple, Brussels (1896–99), which was the first structure in Belgium to have a largely iron and glass facade. In its auditorium the iron roof beams are both structural and decorative.

French literature: Politics subordinate to other concerns: Mauriac, Bernanos, and others: …Guilloux in his autobiographical novel, La Maison du peuple (1927; “The House of the People”). Guilloux’s Le Sang noir (1935; Bitter Victory) is an even bleaker depiction of provincial life, as experienced by a schoolmaster. In Les Hommes de bonne volonté (1932–46; Men of Good Will) the Unanimist Jules Romains…

Brussels: City layout: …its north by the ornate King’s House (Maison du Roi/Broodhuis; almost entirely rebuilt during 1873–95), which contains the Brussels City Museum. The area surrounding the Grand’ Place, known as the Îlot Sacré (“Sacred Isle”), includes the late 19th-century Stock Exchange. Perhaps the most famous curiosity of this quarter is the…

education: Female education: …a school in 1686 at Saint-Cyr near Versailles—a higher school principally for orphan girls descended from noble families. Besides such basic subjects as reading and writing, the girls were prepared for their future lives as wives and mothers or as members of genteel professions. In 1692 this school was taken…

Anouk Aimée: …appearance at age 14 in La Maison sous la mer (1946; “The House on the Sea”), in which her character was named Anouk. After making an impression as a Juliet figure in Les Amants de Vérone (1949; The Lovers of Verona), a role written especially for her by Jacques Prévert…

Guy de Maupassant: Mature life and works of Guy de Maupassant: La Maison Tellier (1881; “The Tellier House”), a book of short stories on various subjects, is typical of Maupassant’s achievement as a whole, both in his choice of themes and in his determination to present men and women objectively in the manifold aspects of life.…

taxidermy: …of such commercial houses as Maison Verreaux in Paris, founded by a naturalist and explorer, which furnished great numbers of exhibits to museums. The influence of Verreaux was superseded by that of Ward’s Natural Science Establishment in Rochester, N.Y., where a group of young enthusiasts, notably Carl Akeley (q.v.), devoted…

Dominique Rolin: The monologues of La Maison, la forêt (1965; “The House, the Forest”) offer a bleak, Samuel Beckett-like vision of elderly parents, and Maintenant (1967; “Now”) focuses on the mother figure. In both Le Corps (1969; “The Body”) and Les Eclairs (1971; “The Flashes”) Rolin investigates the time-space coordinates…

Maison-Carrée, Roman temple at Nîmes, France, in remarkably good repair. According to an inscription, it was dedicated to Lucius and Gaius Caesar, adopted sons of Augustus; it was probably built before the death of Marcus Agrippa, Augustus’s friend and the boys’ father, about 12 bc. The

Antoine Héroët was a Renaissance court poet whose works are representative of the amalgam of Platonism and Christian humanism that produced the modern concept of Platonic love. A member of the court surrounding Margaret of Angoulême, sister of Francis I and later queen of Navarre, Héroët is chiefly

Montreal: Early settlement: …named Ville-Marie by its founder, Paul de Chomedey, sieur (lord) de Maisonneuve, in May 1642. He built dwellings, a chapel, a hospital, and other structures, protecting the settlement against Indian attack with a stockade. Indeed, the community was under constant attack from the Iroquois, who were aligned with the British…

François Mansart: The château of Maisons.: …château of Maisons (now called Maisons-Laffitte, in the chief town of the département of Yvelines) is unique in that it is the only building by Mansart in which the interior decoration (graced particularly by a magnificent stairway) survives. The symmetrical design of the building (as well as the mansard roof)…

Isaac-Louis Le Maistre de Sacy, important figure in the Jansenist religious movement in France, a member of the Arnauld family

David Kimhi was a European scholar of the Hebrew language whose writings on Hebrew lexicography and grammar became standard works in the Middle Ages and whose reputation eclipsed that of both his father, Joseph Kimhi, and his brother, Moses, a grammarian. As a boy David Kimhi learned his father’s

Joseph Kimhi was a European grammarian, biblical exegete, and poet who, with his sons, Moses and David, made fundamental contributions to establishing Hebrew-language studies. Through his many translations into Hebrew of works written in Arabic by Spanish Jews, Kimhi came to play a principal part

Antoine Le Maistre, important figure in the Jansenist religious movement in France, a member of the Arnauld family

Casimir-Léon Maistre was a French soldier and explorer who took part in the first thorough European exploration of Madagascar and led expeditions into previously unexplored regions of Central Africa, thereby extending French influence there. After serving as second in command of a French mission

Joseph de Maistre was a French polemical author, moralist, and diplomat who, after being uprooted by the French Revolution in 1789, became a great exponent of the conservative tradition. Maistre studied with the Jesuits and became a member of the Savoy Senate in 1787, following the civil career of

World War I: The Western Front, June–December 1917: In October General P.-A.-M. Maistre’s 10th Army, in the Battle of Malmaison, took the ridge of the Chemin des Dames, north of the Aisne to the east of Soissons, where the front in Champagne joined the front in Picardy south of the Somme.

Portuguese literature: Drama and the novel: Laurence Sterne and French author Xavier de Maistre. Many, however, preferred to follow the lead of Herculano, including Oliveira Marreca, Arnaldo Gama, and Pinheiro Chagas. Popular successes among historical novels were A mocidade de D. João V (1852; “The Youth of D. João V”) by Luís António Rebelo da Silva…

Lorenzo Maitani was an Italian architect and sculptor primarily responsible for the construction and decoration of the facade of Orvieto Cathedral. Maitani established his reputation in Siena and was called to supervise the construction at Orvieto in 1308 when the unprecedented height and span of

Maitengwe River, river in southern Africa that rises southwest of Bulawayo, Zimb., and flows generally westward, forming the Botswana-Zimbabwe border. In northeastern Botswana it joins with the Tutumi River to form the Nata River, northeast of the Makgadikgadi

Maithil Brahman, caste of Brahmans in Bihār, India (the area of the ancient kingdom of Mithilā), well known for their orthodoxy and interest in learning. The names of these Brahmans are usually followed by the appellation Miśra; many great scholars have been members of this caste, notably Vācaspati

Maithili language, with Magadhi (Magahi) and Bhojpuri, one of the three main languages of Bihar state. It is an Indo-Aryan language of the Indo-European language family. Maithili is the language of old Mithila (the area of ancient Videha, now Tirhut), which is dominated by orthodoxy and the Maithil

Buddhism: Origins: The second phase is the maithuna, or sexual coupling. Unlike the ordinary sexual act, which gives only momentary pleasure, the maithuna is considered a technique to attain enlightenment and eternal bliss because the initiate has already realized the voidness of all things, allowing perfect control over emotions and a complete…

Julio Herrera y Reissig: Los maitines de la noche (1902; “The Matins of the Night”) and Poemas violetas (1906; “Violet Poems”), among other volumes, were recognized by critics for their vividly imaginative evocation of commonplace scenes of everyday life as well as for their innovative use of language. Although…

Maitland, city, eastern New South Wales, Australia, in the Hunter River valley. It is located on the New England Highway, about 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Newcastle. Founded as a settlement for convicts (1818–21), it was called in turn The Camp, Molly Morgan Plains, and Wallis Plains. A second

Sir Richard Maitland, Lord Lethington: …by the foundation of the Maitland Club in 1828 to continue such study.

Sir Richard Maitland, Lord Lethington: …Scottish poetry known as the Maitland Folio MS. (begun about 1570), and his daughter added others while she compiled the smaller anthology called the Maitland Quarto MS. (1586). The 183 leaves of the folio and the 138 leaves of the quarto also contain a selection of works by Robert Henryson,…

William Maitland was a Scottish statesman and staunch supporter of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots. In the conflict between Scotland’s Protestant nobility and the Roman Catholic Mary, Maitland often defied the queen when her actions threatened to undermine her chances of remaining in power. His

Sir Richard Maitland, Lord Lethington: …the smaller anthology called the Maitland Quarto MS. (1586). The 183 leaves of the folio and the 138 leaves of the quarto also contain a selection of works by Robert Henryson, William Dunbar, Gavin Douglas, and other important poets of the period. Maitland’s service to Scottish history and literature was…

Frederic William Maitland was an English jurist and historian of English law whose special contribution was to bring historical and comparative methods to bear on the study of English institutions. Educated at Eton and at Trinity College, Cambridge, Maitland studied law at Lincoln’s Inn, London,

James Maitland, 8th earl of Lauderdale was a Scottish politician and economic writer. Lauderdale was educated at the universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow. He was elected to the House of Commons (1780, 1784) where, in spite of his abilities, he ran into difficulties due to his volatile temper. He

John Maitland, 1st Lord Maitland was the lord chancellor of Scotland from 1587 to 1595 and chief adviser to King James VI (later James I of Great Britain and Ireland). His father was the poet and statesman Sir Richard Maitland of Lethington, East Lothian, and his brother, William Maitland, was a

John Maitland, duke of Lauderdale was one of the chief ministers of King Charles II of England (reigned 1660–85); he earned notoriety for his repressive rule in Scotland during Charles II’s reign. The son of a Scottish lord, Maitland signed the Solemn League and Covenant (1643), pledging to protect

Orillia: …or “bank”), was suggested by Sir Peregrine Maitland, lieutenant governor of Upper Canada (1818–28), who had served in Spain. The town site was surveyed in 1839, a few years after an earlier settlement called The Narrows had been established. Orillia Corporation built the first municipally owned hydroelectric plant in Canada…

Sir Richard Maitland, Lord Lethington was a Scottish poet, lawyer, statesman, and compiler of one of the earliest and most important collections of Scottish poetry. “Manly Maitland,” as he was called in an epitaph, was the son of Sir William Maitland of Lethington. He studied law at the University

William Maitland was a Scottish statesman and staunch supporter of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots. In the conflict between Scotland’s Protestant nobility and the Roman Catholic Mary, Maitland often defied the queen when her actions threatened to undermine her chances of remaining in power. His

algae: Toxicity: …other algal toxins, ciguatoxin and maitotoxin are concentrated in finfish rather than shellfish. Levels as low as one part per billion in fish can be sufficient to cause human intoxication.

Maitraka dynasty, Indian dynasty that ruled in Gujarat and Saurashtra (Kathiawar) from the 5th to the 8th century ce. Its founder, Bhatarka, was a general who, taking advantage of the decay of the Gupta empire, established himself as ruler of Gujarat and Saurashtra with Valabhi (modern Vala) as his

Jan van Scorel was a Dutch humanist, architect, engineer, and painter who established the painting style of the Italian Renaissance in Holland, just as his teacher Jan Gossaert did in Brussels. Scorel studied with several local artists, but by 1517 he was in Utrecht working with Gossaert, who