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| | |  1376: Encyclopedia - CuirassCuirass (French cuirasse, Latin coriaceus, made of leather, from corium, the original breastplate being of leather), the plate armour, whether formed of a single piece of metal or other rigid material or composed of two or more pieces, which covers the front of the wearer's person. In a suit of armour, however, since this important piece was generally worn in connection with a corresponding defence for the back, the term cuirass commonly is understood to imply the complete body-armour, including both the breast an ...
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| | | | 1376: Encyclopedia - Catherine of Siena Saint Catherine of Siena (Siena, Italy, March 25, 1347 – April 29, 1380 in Rome) was a Dominican Tertiary or lay-affiliate of the Dominican Order. Catherine was the 23rd child out of 25 (her twin, the 24th, died at birth); her parents were Giacomo di Benincasa, a cloth-dyer, and his wife, Lapa. At the age of seven she consecrated her virginity to Christ; in her sixteenth year she took the habit of the Dominican Tertiaries. As a tertiary, Catherine lived at home rather than in a convent, and she practiced austerities there which a pr ...
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| | | | 1376: Encyclopedia II - Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom - History of the Royal Arms The Coat of Arms of England, gules three lions passant gardant in pale or, was introduced by King Richard I in the 1190s. In 1328, King Edward III claimed the French throne through his mother Isabella, styling himself "of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King." The French rejected this claim on the grounds that the throne could pass through the male line only, due to Salic law. Edward III expressed his claim by quartering the arms of England with the arms of France, azure a semy of fleurs-de-lis or; to indicate the importance he pla ...
See also:Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom, Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom - Present coat except in Scotland, Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom - Present coat as used in Scotland, Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom - History of the Royal Arms, Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom - Blazon Read more here: » Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom: Encyclopedia II - Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom - History of the Royal Arms |
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| | | | 1376: Encyclopedia II - Richard II of England - Second crisis of 1397-99 and Richard's deposition In 1397 Richard decided to rid himself of the Lords Appellant who were confining his power, on the pretext of an aristocratic plot. Richard had the Earl of Arundel executed and Warwick exiled, while Gloucester died in captivity. Finally able to exert his autocratic authority over the kingdom, he purged all those he saw as not totally committed to him, fulfilling his own idea of becoming God’s chosen prince.
Richard, however, was still childless. The heir to the throne was Roger Mortimer the Earl of March, grandson of Lionel of Antwe ...
See also:Richard II of England, Richard II of England - Richard's minority, Richard II of England - First crisis of 1387-88, Richard II of England - A fragile peace, Richard II of England - Second crisis of 1397-99 and Richard's deposition, Richard II of England - Association with Geoffrey Chaucer Read more here: » Richard II of England: Encyclopedia II - Richard II of England - Second crisis of 1397-99 and Richard's deposition |
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