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Encyclopedia - Aegean Civilization: Encyclopedia - Aegean Civilization
Aegean civilization is the general term for the prehistoric civilizations in Greece and the Aegean. It was formerly called "Mycenaean" be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Epidemic Typhus: Encyclopedia Ii - Epidemic Typhus - Development Of The Vaccine
The first major step in the development of the vaccine was Charles Nicolle's 1909 discovery that lice were the vectors for epidemic typhu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aegean Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Aegean Civilization - History Of Aegean Civilization
In the absence of written records, only a summary history can be derived from monuments and archaeological remains. But the decipherment ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Provost Civil: Encyclopedia Ii - Provost Civil - The Provost In France
The word prévôt (provost) in old French law had many applications. In conformity with its etymology (praepositus) it could be applied t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Étienne Pasquier: Encyclopedia Ii - Étienne Pasquier - Recherches De La France
Pasquier's historical work is seen as an important predecessor to modern historiography, although he is indebted to the methods of other ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - County Of The City Of Coventry: Encyclopedia Ii - County Of The City Of Coventry - History
Coventry was originally a part of the English county of Warwickshire. However during the medieval period Coventry became an important cit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marc Dutroux: Encyclopedia Ii - Marc Dutroux - Abductions And Arrest
Some of the following describes the events as alleged by the prosecution. Julie Lejeune (age 8) and Mélissa Russo (age 8) were kidnapped...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - High Treason In The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - High Treason In The United Kingdom - Offences
Common law knew no clear definition of treason. Instead, it was for the King and his judges to determine if an offence constituted treaso...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marc Dutroux: Encyclopedia Ii - Marc Dutroux - Pedophilia?
The media has characterised Dutroux as a pedophile. The four psychiatrists and a psychologist who have evaluated Dutroux have said that h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marc Dutroux: Encyclopedia Ii - Marc Dutroux - The Trial
Dutroux's trial began on March 1, 2004, some seven and a half years after his initial arrest. It was a trial by jury and up to 450 people...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marc Dutroux: Encyclopedia Ii - Marc Dutroux - Shortcomings Of The Investigation Public Outcry
Authorities were criticised for various aspects of the case. Perhaps most notably, police searched Dutroux's house on December 13, 1995 a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marc Dutroux: Encyclopedia Ii - Marc Dutroux - Before The Kidnappings
Dutroux was the eldest of five children; his parents, both teachers, emigrated to the Belgian Congo and returned to Belgium in 1960. They...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aegean Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Aegean Civilization - Distinctive Features
The uniqueness of Aegean civilization has never been in doubt, since its remains came to be studied seriously. For a time the surviving r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aegean Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Aegean Civilization - Evidence Of Aegean Civilization
For details of monumental evidence the articles on Crete, Mycenae, Tiryns, Troad, Cyprus, etc., must be consulted. The most representativ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aegean Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Aegean Civilization - Commerce
Commerce was practised to some extent in very early times, as is proved by the distribution of Melian obsidian over all the Aegean area a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aegean Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Aegean Civilization - The Discovery Of Aegean Civiliation
The curtain-wall and towers of the Mycenaean citadel, its gate with heraldic lions, and the great "Treasury of Atreus" had borne silent w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - High Treason In The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - High Treason In The United Kingdom - Liability
As a general rule, no British criminal court has jurisdiction over the Sovereign, from whom they derive their authority. As Sir William B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - High Treason In The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - High Treason In The United Kingdom - Trial
Peers and their wives and widows were formerly entitled to be tried for treason and for felonies in the House of Lords or the Lord High S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - High Treason In The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - High Treason In The United Kingdom - Procedures
Certain special rules procedures have historically applied to high treason cases. The Privilege of the Peerage and Parliamentary privileg...   » Read the article