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Bookselling is the trading of books of a very ancient date. The early poets and orators recited their effusions in public to encourage their hearers to possess written copies of their poems or orations. Frequently they were taken down viva voce(Latin for "live voice"), and transcripts sold to such to persons wealthy enough to purchase. Bookselling - History. Bookselling - Greek and Roman Booksellers. In the book of Jeremiah the prophet is represented as dictating to Baruc ...

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1303 - Births. Saint Birgitta, Swedish saint (died 1373) Gegeen Khan, Mongol emperor of China (died 1323) 1303 - Deaths. October 11 - Pope Boniface VIII Daniel of Russia, first prince of Moscow 1303 - Other. Avoirdupois system of weights and measures introduced to England and Wales. An earthquake destroys the Lighthouse of Alexandria in Egypt, one of the seven wonders of the worldIncluding:

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Surrounding but excluding the national capital Berlin, Brandenburg is one of Germany's sixteen Bundesländer (federal states). Lying in the east of the country, in its current form it is one of the new states created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany. The capital is Potsdam. Historically Brandenburg was an independent state which grew to become the core of modern Germany (see below). The state of Brandenburg was named after the town of Brandenburg (Slavic: Brennabor). Including:

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Lebor Gabála Érenn (The Book of the Taking of Ireland) is the Middle Irish title of a loose collection of poems and prose narratives recounting the mythical origins and history of the Irish race from the creation of the world down to the Middle Ages. An important record of the folkloric history of Ireland, it was compiled and edited by an anonymous scholar in the 11th century, and might be described without exaggeration as a mélange of mythology, legend, history, folklore, Christian historiography, political propagand ...

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The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance between England (succeeded by the United Kingdom) and Portugal is the oldest alliance in the world which is still in force. It was signed in 1373. This alliance, which goes back to the Middle Ages, has served both countries, despite the common Portuguese complaint that England has profited from her alliance with her weaker ally. It is worth noting, however, that for a long time Portugal was the stronger ally and that both countries have profited from this (now largely unused) alliance. It was very ...

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2 Population sans doubles comptes, i.e. not counting those people already counted in another commune (such as students and military personal). Angoulême is a town and commune in southwestern France, préfecture (capital city) of the Charente département. Angoulême - History. Angoulême (Iculisma) was taken by Clovis from the Visigoths in 507, and plundered by the Normans in the 9th century. In 1360 it was surrendered by the Treaty of Brétigny ...

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Bristol is a unitary authority with city and ceremonial county status in South West England. Bristol is England's eighth, and the United Kingdom's eleventh, most populous city. As such, it is one of England's core cities. For half a millennium Bristol was the second largest English city after London, until the rapid rise of Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham, in the 1780s. From its earliest days, its prosper ...

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Brunswick-Lüneburg was a historical state within the Holy Roman Empire. As the name implies, the main cities of this state were Brunswick and Lüneburg. Brunswick-Lüneburg - Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg. The state emerged from the inheritance of the first Saxon state of Henry the Lion in the late 12th century. Henry was deposed by the Emperor as Duke of Saxony, but retained various Lower Saxon lands which were inherited by his children as the Duchies of Brunswick and Lüneburg. The first duke of ...

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The Wittelsbach family is a European royal family and a German dynasty from Bavaria. Wittelsbach - Reign in Germany. The Wittelsbach family was the ruling dynasty of the German duchy of Bavaria from 1180 to 1918 and of the Rhine Palatinate from 1214 until 1805; in 1815 the latter territory was partly incorporated into Bavaria, which had been elevated to a kingdom by Napoleon in 1806. The family provided two Holy Roman Emperors: Louis IV (1314-1347) and Charle ...

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Constantine VI of Armenia (died 1373) ruled the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia from 1362 to 1373. He was the son of Hethum of Neghir, a nephew of Hethum I of Armenia. Constantine came to the throne on the death of his cousin Constantine V of Armenia. Constantine was the second husband of Marie of Armenia, daughter of Oshin of Corycos and Jeanne of Anjou. (Constantine V had been her first husband.) Constantine formed an alliance with Peter I of Cyprus, offering him the port and castle of Corycus. On Peter's death in 1369, Co ...

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Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343 – October 25, 1400) was an English author, poet, philosopher, bureaucrat (courtier), and diplomat. Chaucer is best known as the author of The Canterbury Tales. He is sometimes credited with being the first author to demonstrate the artistic legitimacy of the vernacular English language, rather than French or Latin. Geoffrey Chaucer - Life. Chaucer was born around 1343 probably in London, although the exact date and location is not known. His father and grandfather were bot ...

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Charles V the Wise (French: Charles V le Sage) (January 31, 1338 – September 16, 1380) was king of France (1364 to 1380) and a member of the Valois Dynasty. Born at Vincennes, Île-de-France, France, son of King Jean II and Bonne of Luxembourg. He was the first French heir to use the title dauphin after the region of Dauphiné was acquired by his father. He was crowned ...

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Charles IV (May 14, 1316 – 29 November 1378), of the House of Luxembourg, King of the Romans (as Charles (Karl) IV, 1344 – 1378), Holy Roman Emperor (Charles IV, 1355 – 1378), King of Bohemia (Charles (Karel) I 1346 – 1378), Count of Luxemburg (1346 – 1353), Margrave of Brandenburg (1373 – 1378). He was born as Wenceslaus, later changed his name to Charles at his confirmation. Charles IV Holy Roman Emperor - Life. From 1333 Charles started to administer his father's Crown l ...

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Lebanon This article is part of the series: Politics of Lebanon Constitution President: Emile Lahoud Prime Minister: Fouad Siniora Parliament Speaker of the Parliament Political parties Elections edit Hezbollah (Arabic ‮حزب الله‬, meaning Party of God, for other designations or alternative spellings, see 'name' part of this article) is a Shi'a Islamist group in Le ...

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Saint Birgitta, also known as St. Bridget of Sweden (1303 – July 23, 1373), was a saint, mystic, pilgrim, and founder of the Bridgettine Order. The most celebrated saint of Sweden and the northern kingdoms, was the daughter of Birger Persson, governor and lawspeaker of Uppland, and one of the richest landowners of the country. In 1316 she was married to Ulf Gudmarson, lord of Närke, to whom she bore eight children, one of whom was afterwards honoured as St. Catherine of Sweden. Birgitta’s saintly and charitab ...

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1342 - Events. May - Pope Clement VI elected John III Comnenus becomes emperor of Trebizond Louis becomes king of Sicily and duke of Athens Constantine IV becomes king of Armenia Patriarch of Antioch transferred to Damascus under Ignatius II Kitzbühel becomes part of Tyrol Louis I becomes king of Hungary 1342 - Births. January 15 - Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (died 1404) November 10 - Henry Percy ...

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1415 - Events. Friedrich I Hohenzollern (b. 1372; d. 20 Sep 1440) becomes Burgrave of Nuremberg March 14 - Jan Hus travels to the Council of Constance to propose reforms for the church May 5 - the Council of Constance condemns the writings of John Wycliffe and asks Jan Hus to recant in public his heresy; after his denial, he is tried for heresy, excommunicated then sentenced to be burned at the stake July 4 - Pope Gregory XII officially closes the Council of Constance Jul ...

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1396 - Events. September 25 - Bayazid I defeats Sigismund of Hungary and John of Nevers at the Battle of Nicopolis. The Ottomans capture the Bdin (Vidin) Empire, the only remaining independent Bulgarian state. 1396 - Births. July 31 - Philip III, Duke of Burgundy (died 1467) Alfonso V of Aragon (died 1458) John de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros (died 1421) Elizabeth Gousell, English noblewoman (died 1491) Ambroise de Lore, ...

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In a letter of safe-conduct dated 1357, allowing him to go to the University of Oxford for study, he is described as archdeacon of Aberdeen. He is named in a similar letter in 1364 and in another in 1368 granting him permission to pass to France, probably for further study, at the University of Paris. In 1372 he was one of the auditors of exchequer, and in 1373 a clerk of audit in the king's household. In 1375 (he gives the date, and his age as 60) he composed what is commonly considered as his best known poem, The Brus, for which he ...

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