(Encyclopedia) Armagnacs and Burgundians, opposing factions that fought to control France in the early 15th cent. The rivalry for power between Louis d'Orléans, brother of the recurrently insane King…
Scene VIThe sameEnter a Scrivener, with a paper in his handScrivenerThis is the indictment of the good Lord Hastings;
Which in a set hand fairly is engross'd,
That it may be this day read…
(Encyclopedia) Louis XI, 1423–83, king of France (1461–83), son and successor of Charles VII.
A born diplomat, Louis skillfully checked his foreign and domestic enemies and set up an efficient…
(Encyclopedia) King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929–68, American clergyman and civil-rights leader, b. Atlanta, Ga., grad. Morehouse College (B.A., 1948), Crozer Theological Seminary (B.D., 1951), Boston…
Jacob Hall, in the reign of Charles II., greatly admired by the Duchess of Cleveland. Richer, the celebrated rope-dancer at Sadler's Wells (1658). Signora Violante, in the reign of Queen…
(Encyclopedia) King Philip's War, 1675–76, the most devastating war between the colonists and the Native Americans in New England. The war is named for King Philip, the son of Massasoit and chief of…
(Encyclopedia) Saint-DenisSaint-DenissăN-dənēˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 90,806), Seine–Saint-Denis dept., N central France. It is an industrial suburb N of Paris. Metals, chemicals, machinery,…
Scene IISandal CastleEnter Richard, Edward, and MontagueRichardBrother, though I be youngest, give me leave.EdwardNo, I can better play the orator.MontagueBut I have reasons strong and…
(Encyclopedia) Robert I, c.865–923, French king (922–23), son of Count Robert the Strong and younger brother of King Eudes. He inherited from Eudes the territory between the Seine and the Loire…
Scene VAnother part of the fieldFlourish. Enter King Edward IV, Gloucester, Clarence, and soldiers; with Queen Margaret, Oxford, and Somerset, prisonersKing Edward IVNow here a period of…
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