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English Glossary

Racism

Radical: people who campaign for sweeping changes in politics and society. The word "radical" come from the Latin for "root"; radical revolutionaries wantd to "uproot" the government and introduce something completely new.

Radicalism: The belief that there should be great or extreme changes in society.

Raid

Rationing

Rearmament

Recession (economic --): a temporary decline or setback in economic activity or prosperity. A modern term for slump, or 'depression'.

Recruitment

Red Army

Red Scare

Regular clergy: monks and nuns who belong to religious order.

**Relished: ** get enjoyment from, take pleasure in.

Remilitarisation

Renaissance: the revival during the 15th and 16th centuries of classical art and learning.

Republic: a state run by elected representatives of the people.

Republicans

Reunification

Revolution

Roaring Twenties

Roman Catholic: someone who followed medieval Christian beliefs, with the Pope as the Head of the Church.

Romanitas: meaning "Roman-ness". The spread of the Roman way of life and the sense of identifying with Rome across the Roman Empire.

Rotation system (crop-):

Royalist: a supporter of the king and his policies.

Glosario en español

Recíproco/reciprocidad/recíprocamente:

Regalía:

Renacimiento:

Representación proporcional:

República:

Romanticismo: