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Law Of Attraction: The Ultimate Guide To The Law Of Attraction
What is the Law of Attraction?
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1266: Encyclopedia - 1266
For broader historical context, see 1260s and 13th century.
1266 - Events.
1266 - Europe.
February 26 - In the Battle of Benevento, a...
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1266: Encyclopedia Ii - 1266 - Events
1266 - Europe.
February 26 - In the Battle of Benevento, an army led by Charles, Count of Anjou, defeats a combined German and Sicilia...
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Amiens Cathedral: Encyclopedia - Amiens Cathedral
The Cathedral of Our Lady of Amiens (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), or just Amiens Cathedral, is the tallest complete cathedra...
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1232: Encyclopedia - 1232
1232 - Births.
Arnolfo di Cambio, Florentine architect (died 1310)
Manfred of Sicily (approximate date; died 1266)
Bernard Saisset, Oc...
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Cremona: Encyclopedia Ii - Cremona - History
Cremona - Ancient city.
Cremona was originally a settlement of the Cenomani, a Gaul tribe. The today's city was founded in 218 BC by th...
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Beatrice Portinari: Encyclopedia - Beatrice Portinari
Although the details surrounding the life of Beatrice Portinari, pronounced bay'-a-treech-ey, (1266-1290) are subject to much dispute, th...
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Berke: Encyclopedia - Berke
Berke was the ruler of the Golden Horde from 1257 to 1266, in the aftermath of the reign of his brother Batu.
Berke was one of the sons o...
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Archbishop Of Caesarea: Encyclopedia - Archbishop Of Caesarea
The Archbishop of Caesarea was one of the major suffragans of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem during the crusades.
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1290: Encyclopedia - 1290
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1290 - Events.
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March 1 - The University of Coimbra is foun...
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Birger Jarl: Encyclopedia - Birger Jarl
Birger jarl ▶ (help·info) (English: "Earl Birger"), full name Birger Magnusson of Bjälbo (1210 – October 21, 1266), was a Swedish s...
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Castle: Encyclopedia - Castle
A castle (from the Latin castellum, diminutive of castra, a military camp, in turn the plural of castrum or watchpost), is a fort, a camp...
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Counts Of Burgundy: Encyclopedia - Counts Of Burgundy
This is a list of the counts of Burgundy (i.e., of the region known as "Franche-Comté", not to be confused with the Duchy of Burgundy) f...
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Benevento: Encyclopedia - Benevento
Benevento is a town and archiepiscopal see of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, 32 miles northeast of Naples. It is ...
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Byblos: Encyclopedia - Byblos
Byblos (βύβλος) is the Greek name of the Phoenician city Gebal (earlier Gubla);
Byblos - Ancient history.
It was known to the an...
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Cremona: Encyclopedia - Cremona
This article is about the city of Cremona. For the Italian mathematician see Luigi Cremona.
Cremona is a city in Northern Italy, situated...
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1307: Encyclopedia - 1307
1307 - Events.
July - The Knights Hospitaller begin their conquest of Rhodes.
September 5 - Pope Clement V confirms the Knights Hospit...
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1230: Encyclopedia - 1230
1230 - Events.
Kingdom of Leon unites with the Kingdom of Castile.
Approximate year of creation for the Carmina Burana poetry and song...
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Viterbo: Encyclopedia - Viterbo
Viterbo is an ancient town and comune in the Lazio region of central Italy, the capital of Viterbo province. It is approximately 100 kilo...
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Charles I Of Sicily: Encyclopedia - Charles I Of Sicily
Charles of Anjou (1227–1285), also Charles I of Sicily. He was King of Sicily 1262–1282 (and under that title, King of Naples 1282–...
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Wick Highland: Encyclopedia - Wick Highland
Wick is an estuary town in Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland, on the main highway (the A99-A9 road) linking John O Groats with ...
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Kellie Castle: Encyclopedia Ii - Kellie Castle - Early History
The earliest records of Kellie go back to 1150 where it is mentioned in a charter issued by King David I. The first known owner was Rober...
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Kingdom Of Mann And The Isles: Encyclopedia Ii - Kingdom Of Mann And The Isles - Extent
The Kingdom covered the islands of the northern Irish Sea and off the west coast of mainland Scotland. Specifically, this is:
The Isle o...
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Sento: Encyclopedia Ii - Sento - History Of The Sentō
The origins of the Japanese sentō and the Japanese bathing culture in general can be traced to the Buddhist temples in India, from where...
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Jewish Polish History Origins To 1600s: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Polish History Origins To 1600s - Early Period: 966-1385
Jewish Polish history origins to 1600s - Early history.
This article incorporates text from the public domain 1901-1906 Jewish Encyclop...
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List Of Mongol Khans: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mongol Khans - Yuan Dynasty
The Mongols under Kublai who fully conquered China had theoretical suzerainty over the entire Mongol Empire, but this became nominal even...
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Kingdom Of Scotland: Encyclopedia Ii - Kingdom Of Scotland - History
The Kingdom of Scotland was united in 843, by King Kenneth I of Scotland. Over the next 850 years it developed its own legal and educatio...
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Pskov: Encyclopedia Ii - Pskov - Early History
The name of the city, originally spelled Pleskov, may be loosely translated as "the town of purling waters". Its earliest mention comes i...
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Robin Hood: Encyclopedia Ii - Robin Hood - The Robin Hood Legend
The stories relating to Robin Hood are apocryphal, verging on the mythological. The modern image widely held today contrasts in many ways...
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Eleanor Of Castile: Encyclopedia Ii - Eleanor Of Castile - Marriage
In 1252, Alfonso X resurrected flimsy ancestral claims to the duchy of Gascony, in the south of Aquitaine, last possession of the Kingdom...
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List Of Estonian Rulers: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Estonian Rulers - Vaddjamå
(partly on the territory of Estonia)
Title: Elder (Vanem) (- 12th century)
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List Of Swedish Monarchs: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Swedish Monarchs - Monarchs Regents And Viceroys Of Sweden
For lists of the prehistoric kings of Sweden see
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Leiden: Encyclopedia Ii - Leiden - History
It is true that Leiden is an old town, but its claimed connection with Roman Lugdunum Batavorum is spurious; this Roman encampment would ...
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Lauterbach Hesse: Encyclopedia Ii - Lauterbach Hesse - History
Lauterbach was founded between 400 and 800 AD. In 812 the town was mentioned for the first time in a document of the church in Schlitz. I...
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List Of Swedish Monarchs: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Swedish Monarchs - Monarchs Regents And Viceroys Of Sweden
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Koszalin: Encyclopedia Ii - Koszalin - History
In 1214 Boguslaw II, duke of Pomerania has made a donation of Koszalin village by the Chelm Mt. in Kołobrzeg land (una villa ... Cussali...
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Kingdom Of Scotland: Encyclopedia Ii - Kingdom Of Scotland - History
The Kingdom of Scotland was united in 843, by King Kenneth I of Scotland. Over the next 850 years it developed its own legal and educatio...
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History Of The Jews In Poland 966-1572: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Poland 966-1572 - Early Period: 966-1385
History of the Jews in Poland 966-1572 - Early history.
The first Jews arrived in the territory of modern Poland in the 10th century. T...
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History Of Sheffield: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sheffield - Pre-anglo-saxon History Of The Sheffield Area
The Bytham River is now considered to have been the route taken by the first humans to colonise Britain, around or before 500,000 years a...
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History Of Cambridgeshire: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Cambridgeshire - Politics
The Isle of Ely formerly constituted an independent franchise in which the bishops exercised quasi-palatinate rights, and offences were h...
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Priory Of Sion: Encyclopedia Ii - Priory Of Sion - History
Priory of Sion - The Plantard Plot.
The Priory of Sion is an association that was founded in 1956, in the French town of Annemasse. As ...
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Viterbo: Encyclopedia Ii - Viterbo - History
Although Viterbo is very ancient, its precise origins are unknown. According to the notorious forger, Annio of Viterbo, it originated as ...
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Taranto: Encyclopedia Ii - Taranto - The Greek Period
Taranto - Foundation and splendour.
Taranto was founded in 708 BC by Spartan immigrants. It is the only Spartan colony, and its origin ...
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Wick Highland: Encyclopedia Ii - Wick Highland - Pulteneytown
Pulteneytown is now an area of Wick in on the south side of Wick River. Until 1902 Pulteneytown was administered quite separately from th...
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Portuguese Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Portuguese Empire - The Beginnings Of The Empire 1415-1580
The countries that we now know as Spain and Portugal spent the Middle Ages after 722 in an intermittent struggle called the Reconquista. ...
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Siena: Encyclopedia Ii - Siena - History Of Siena
Siena, like many other Tuscan hill towns, was first settled in the time of the Etruscans (circa 900BC to 400BC) when it was inhabited by ...
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Italian Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Italian Literature - Petrarch And After
Two facts characterize the literary life of Petrarch: classical research and the new human feeling introduced into his lyric poetry. Nor ...
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Sicily: Encyclopedia Ii - Sicily - History
The autochthonous peoples of Sicily, long absorbed into the population, were tribes known to Greek writers as the Elymians, the Sicani an...
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Palermo: Encyclopedia Ii - Palermo - Main Monuments
Palermo is among the richest cities of monuments in Italy, and perhaps in the world. It is also the main centre of Norman architecture in...
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Palermo: Encyclopedia Ii - Palermo - History
Palermo was founded in the 8th century BC by Phoenician tradesmen around a natural harbour on the north-western coast of Sicily. The Phoe...
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Eleanor Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - Eleanor Of England - Fiction
Eleanor appears as a major character in Sharon Kay Penman's novel "Falls the Shadow", where she is called Nell.
Eleanor is also the main...
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Angevin: Encyclopedia Ii - Angevin - Plantagenet
The first Angevin dynasty, known from the 12th century as the Plantagenet dynasty, came (with its Lancastrian and Yorkist branches) to ru...
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Marco Polo: Encyclopedia Ii - Marco Polo - The Voyage Of Niccolò And Maffeo Polo
The Polo name originally didn't belong to a family of explorers but to a family of traders. Marco Polo's father, Niccolò (also Nicolò i...
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Palermo: Encyclopedia Ii - Palermo - History
Palermo was founded in the 8th century BC by Phoenician tradesmen around a natural harbour on the north-western coast of Sicily. The Phoe...
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Frederick Ii Holy Roman Emperor: Encyclopedia Ii - Frederick Ii Holy Roman Emperor - Life
Frederick II Holy Roman Emperor - Early years.
Born in Jesi, near Ancona, Frederick was the son of the emperor Henry VI. Some old chron...
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House Of Capet: Encyclopedia Ii - House Of Capet - Capets Through History
Over the course of the preceding centuries, Capetians would spread throughout Europe, ruling every form of provincial unit from kingdoms ...
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Castle: Encyclopedia Ii - Castle - Medieval European Castles
The most common held image of a castle is generaly one of the Medieval European castles. Under its twofold aspect of a fortress and a res...
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Duns Scotus: Encyclopedia Ii - Duns Scotus - Theology
Perhaps the most influential point of Duns Scotus' theology was his defense of the Immaculate Conception of Mary. At the time, there was ...
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Vassals Of The Kingdom Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Ii - Vassals Of The Kingdom Of Jerusalem - Inheritance In The Kingdom Of Jerusalem
Lordships in the Kingdom of Jerusalem were usually hereditary, in principle, but in practice the circumstances were such that their holde...
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Dukes Of Pomerania: Encyclopedia Ii - Dukes Of Pomerania - Duchy Of Pomerania Western - Ksiestwo Pomorskie Zachodnie
After 1202 Pomeranian Duchy is divided into several duchies, most important being Wolgast and Szczecin duchies, united into one Pomerania...
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Empire Of Trebizond: Encyclopedia Ii - Empire Of Trebizond - Foundation
When Constantinople fell to the Fourth Crusade in 1204, the Empire of Trebizond was one of the three smaller Greek states that emerged fr...
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History Of Scotland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Scotland - Prehistoric Settlement
For more detail on this period see Prehistoric Scotland.
People lived in Scotland for at least 8500 years before recorded history dealt w...
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Genizah: Encyclopedia Ii - Genizah - The Cairo Genizah
See also main article Cairo Geniza.
The discovery by Professor Rabbi Solomon Schechter, on May 13, 1896, of a fragment of the original He...
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Battle Of Benevento: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Benevento - Prelude
Charles reached Rome in 1265, but was temporarily halted by financial embarassments. Manfred, however, did not take the field against him...
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Sicilian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Sicilian Language - Early Influences
The fact that Sicily is the largest island in the middle of the Mediterranean and that virtually all the peoples of the Mediterranean (an...
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David Vii Ulu: Encyclopedia Ii - David Vii Ulu - Life
He was an illegitimate son of King Giorgi IV Lasha by a non-noble woman. Fearing that David would pretend to the throne, his aunt, Queen ...
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Cremona: Encyclopedia Ii - Cremona - History
Cremona - Ancient city.
Cremona was originally a settlement of the Cenomani, a Gaul tribe. The today's city was founded in 218 BC by th...
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William Of Saint-amour: Encyclopedia Ii - William Of Saint-amour - William's Biography
William was born in Saint-Amour, then part of the Duchy of Burgundy, in c.1200. Under the patronage of the Comte de Savoie, he was active...
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Benevento: Encyclopedia Ii - Benevento - History
Benevento - Benevento in antiquity.
The site was the chief town of the Samnites, who took refuge here after their defeat by the Roman R...
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Zalaegerszeg: Encyclopedia Ii - Zalaegerszeg - History
The area was already inhabited in the Upper Paleolithic, according to archaeological findings (the oldest ones in Zala county.) Later the...
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Beatrice Portinari: Encyclopedia Ii - Beatrice Portinari - Beatrice's Relationship With Dante Alighieri
Dante first met Beatrice in Florence, his home city, when he was nine years old and she was eight. This meeting occurred roughly around 1...
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1290: Encyclopedia Ii - 1290 - Events
1290 - Europe.
March 1 - The University of Coimbra is founded in Lisbon, Portugal by King Denis of Portugal; it moves to Coimbra in 13...
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County Of Jaffa And Ascalon: Encyclopedia Ii - County Of Jaffa And Ascalon - History
Jaffa was fortified by Godfrey of Bouillon after the First Crusade in 1100, and was unsuccessfully claimed by Daimbert of Pisa, the first...
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Birger Jarl: Encyclopedia Ii - Birger Jarl - Biography
Birger was born in 1210 (exact date uncertain) as the son of Magnus Minnesköld of Bjälbo and Ingrid Ylva, nephew to the Earl Birger Bro...
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Castle: Encyclopedia Ii - Castle - Medieval European Castles
Under its twofold aspect of a fortress and a residence, the medieval castle is inseparably connected with the subjects of fortification (...
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Clan Grant: Encyclopedia Ii - Clan Grant - History
Clan Grant is a Scottish clan which inhabited land in Northern Scotland since 1316, although the clan is known to have existed farther ba...
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Charles I Of Sicily: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles I Of Sicily - Biography
Charles I of Sicily - Early Life.
Charles was born in 1227, shortly after the death of his father, King Louis VIII. In his will, his fa...
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Byblos: Encyclopedia Ii - Byblos - Ancient History
It was known to the ancient Egyptians as Keben and Kepen (probably pronounced */g-b-l/). The Greeks apparently called it Byblos because i...
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Dukes Of Silesia: Encyclopedia Ii - Dukes Of Silesia - Duchies Of Lower Silesia
Dukes of Silesia - Duchy of Wrocław.
1177/1195-1201 Boleslaus I the Long (Boleslaw I Wysoki)
1201-1238 Henry I the Bearded (Henryk I ...
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Sicilian School: Encyclopedia Ii - Sicilian School - Style And Subject-matter
Though the Sicilian School is generally considered conventional in theme or content it rather "stands out for his refined lexicon, near t...
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Alfonso X Of Castile: Encyclopedia Ii - Alfonso X Of Castile - Family
In 1246, Alfonso X married Violante of Aragon, the daughter of King James I of Aragon and Yolande of Hungary. Because of her young age (V...
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Alfonso X Of Castile: Encyclopedia Ii - Alfonso X Of Castile - Family
In 1246, Alfonso X married Violante of Aragon, the daughter of King James I of Aragon and Yolande of Hungary. Because of her young age (V...
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Angevin: Encyclopedia Ii - Angevin - Plantagenet
An·ge·vin (ăn'jə-vĭn) The first Angevin dynasty, known from the 12th century as the Plantagenet dynasty, came (with its Lancastrian ...
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Archbishop Of Turku: Encyclopedia Ii - Archbishop Of Turku - History
Influenced by Papal bulls Swedish magnates in the 12th century set up crusadeing expeditions to convert the heathens in the eastern Balti...
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Earl Of Derby: Encyclopedia Ii - Earl Of Derby - The Stanley Creation
The Stanley family was descended from Adam de Aldithley who accompanied William the Conqueror to England. One of his descendants married ...
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Portuguese Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Portuguese Empire - The Beginnings Of The Empire 1415-1580
The countries that we now know as Spain and Portugal spent the Middle Ages after 722 in an intermittent struggle called the Reconquista. ...
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Jacques De Molay: Encyclopedia Ii - Jacques De Molay - Grand Master
After the fall of Acre, the Franks who were able retreated to Cyprus, this including Jacques de Molay and Thibaud Gaudin, the 22nd Grand ...
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Early Swedish History: Encyclopedia Ii - Early Swedish History - Christianization And Struggle For Power
Under his son and successor Olof, surnamed Skötkonung, Christianity was fully established in Sweden. Olaf Tryggvason, the king of Norway...
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1260s: Encyclopedia Ii - 1260s - War And Politics
1260s - Europe.
1260 - The Baltic Samogatians and Curonians defeat the Teutonic knights in the Battle of Durbe.
1263 - October - Kin...
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1270s: Encyclopedia Ii - 1270s - War And Politics
1270s - Europe.
1271 - July 2 - Kings Otakar II of Bohemia and Stephen V of Hungary sign the first Peace of Pressburg, settling terri...
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Aubusson Creuse: Encyclopedia Ii - Aubusson Creuse - Places To Visit
Aubusson Creuse - Musee Departmental de la Tappisserie.
Created in 1981, the museum exhibits nearly 600 years of tapestry creation and ...
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William Of Saint-amour: Encyclopedia Ii - William Of Saint-amour - William's Biography
William was born in Saint-Amour, then part of the Duchy of Burgundy, in c.1200. Under the patronage of the Count of Savoy, he was active ...
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Dynasty: Encyclopedia Ii - Dynasty - Dynasties By Region
Dynasty - Asia.
House of Theemuge (1117-1388)
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(1558-1573) Interregnum
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Baibars: Encyclopedia Ii - Baibars - Biography
He was a commander of the Mamluks in around 1250, when he defeated the Seventh Crusade of Louis IX of France. He was still a commander un...
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Sicily: Encyclopedia Ii - Sicily - History
The autochthonous peoples of Sicily, long absorbed into the population, were tribes known to Greek writers as the Elymians, the Sicani an...
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Eleanor Of Castile: Encyclopedia Ii - Eleanor Of Castile - Limited Political Influence
Contemporary evidence shows clearly that Eleanor had no impact on the political history of Edward's reign. Even in diplomatic matters her...
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History Of Sheffield: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sheffield - Anglo-saxon And Norman Sheffield
Following the departure of the Romans parts of the Sheffield area may have come under the control of the Celtic kingdom of Elmet, with th...
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Eleanor Of Castile: Encyclopedia Ii - Eleanor Of Castile - Legacy
That Edward remained single until he wed Marguerite of France in 1299 is often cited to prove he cherished Eleanor's memory. In fact he c...
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Early Swedish History: Encyclopedia Ii - Early Swedish History - Kalmar Union
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In 1388, at the request of the Swedes themselves, Albert was driven out by Queen Margaret of Denmark and at a conv...
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