(Encyclopedia) Jerusalem, Latin Kingdom of, feudal state created by leaders of the First Crusade (see Crusades) in the areas they had wrested from the Muslims in Syria and Palestine. In 1099, after…
Scene IVA room in Angelo's houseEnter AngeloAngeloWhen I would pray and think, I think and pray
To several subjects. Heaven hath my empty words;
Whilst my invention, hearing not my tongue,…
(Encyclopedia) Ibn KhaldunIbn Khaldunĭˈbən khäld&oomacr;nˈ [key], 1332–1406, Arab historian, b. Tunis. He held various offices under the rulers of Tunis and Morocco and served (1363) as…
(Encyclopedia) AvizAvizävēzhˈ [key], village, Portalegre dist., central Portugal, in Alto Alentejo. The Castilian order of the Knights of Calatrava assisted in driving the Moors from Portugal and in…
Act IIIScene IA room in the prisonEnter Duke Vincentio disguised as before, Claudio, and ProvostDuke VincentioSo then you hope of pardon from Lord Angelo?ClaudioThe miserable have no other…
(Encyclopedia) Louis IX or Saint Louis, 1214–70, king of France (1226–70), son and successor of Louis VIII. His mother, Blanche of Castile, was regent during his minority (1226–34), and her regency…
to whom Tasso dedicated his Jerusalem Delivered, was Alfonso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Alfonso XI of Castile,Alfonsine Tables…
Werfrith, Bishop of Worcester; Ethelstan and Werwulf, two Mercian priests; Plegmund (a Mercian), afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury; Asser a Welshman; Grimbald, a great French scholar,…
So called from monteros d'Espinoza (mountaineers), who once formed the interior guard of the palace of the Spanish king. The way they came to be appointed is thus accounted for:- Sanchica…
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