Sade, Donatien Alphonse François, comte de
(Encyclopedia) Sade, Donatien Alphonse François, comte de dônäsyăNˈ älfôNsˈ fräNswäˈ kôNt də säd [key], 1740–1814, French writer and libertine. He is known as the marquis de Sade —the title he held...
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Wodrow, Robert
(Encyclopedia) Wodrow, Robert wo͝odˈrō [key], 1679–1734, Scottish ecclesiastical historian. His principal work is The History of the Sufferings of the Church of Scotland from the Restoration to the Revolution (...
La Trappe
(Encyclopedia) La Trappe: see Trappists.
Condamine, La
(Encyclopedia) Condamine, La: see Monaco.
Douglas, Sir James de, lord of Douglas
(Encyclopedia) Douglas, Sir James de, lord of Douglas, 1286?–1330, Scottish nobleman, called the Black Douglas and Douglas the Good; eldest son of William de Douglas, lord of Douglas. In the war of independence ag...
La Habana
(Encyclopedia) La Habana, Cuba: see Havana.
La Voisin
(Encyclopedia) La Voisin: see Poison Affair.
Voisin, La
(Encyclopedia) Voisin, La: see Poison Affair.
Benalcázar, Sebastián de
(Encyclopedia) Benalcázar or Belalcázar, Sebastián de sābästyänˈ dā bānälkäˈthär, bāläl– [key], c.1479–1551, Spanish conquistador. After accompanying Columbus on his third voyage (1498), Benalcáz...
La Granja
(Encyclopedia) La Granja, Spain: see San Ildefonso.
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