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- King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ... bellorum'' ("war leader") and High [[Medieval]] Welsh texts often call him ''amerauder'' ("[[emperor]...
2: ...ate armour with visor raised and with jousting shield]]
5: ...f his power and the extent and kind of power he wielded continues to rage.
7: ...of the [[Roman Emperor]] [[Anthemius]]. Unfortunately, Riothamus is a shadowy figure of whom we know l...
9: ...career of Artorius makes this identification unlikely, as there seems to be little reason for him to h... - Adela of Normandy (2741 bytes)
5: '''Adela of Blois''' (c. [[1067]] - [[March 8]], [[1137]]...
7: ... accession to the [[England|English]] throne in [[1066]]. She was the favorite sister of King [[Henry I ...
9: ... the cross until Adela insisted upon it. Stephen reluctantly left to join the [[First Crusade]], along...
11: Adela and Stephen's children were:
20: Adela was regent for her husband during his extended a... - California (63989 bytes)
11: ...estCity = [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] |
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84: ...ake note of the name of the footnote that immediately precedes yours in the article body. - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ...bed as "dirty snowballs", comets are composed largely of frozen [[carbon dioxide]], [[methane]] and [[...
5: Comets are believed to originate in a cloud (the [[Oort cloud]])...
9: ...e solar wind than dust is, and follows magnetic field lines rather than an orbital trajectory. While ...
11: ...cords the [[Norman conquest]] of [[England]] in [[1066]].{{hnote|Reading Museum, scene 1}}
13: ...age:Cometorbit.png|thumb|400px|Comets have highly elliptical orbits. Note the two distinct tails.]] - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
3: ...h unit" that was both battlefield and prize (Braudel 1984 p. 353).
5: ... roles of nobles and peasants, and overall key developments in the early growth of nations and new mon...
8: ...d 150 years later in the [[Norman Conquest]] of [[1066]], defeating the [[Anglo-Saxon]] leadership and i...
10: ...ven up the dream of one day reconquering their homeland in Normandy; it was a very rich land and Engla...
13: ...e|Philip IV]] died, leaving three male heirs. The eldest son, [[Louis X of France|Louis X]], died in [... - Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
1: ...t does not normally include crimes on board a vessel among passengers or crew. The term has been used ...
4: ...e first example of universal jurisdiction. Nevertheless today the [[international community]] is facin...
10: ...]] and [[Tyrrhenians]] were known as pirates, as well as [[Ancient Greece|Greeks]] and [[Ancient Rome|...
12: ...esar]] was kidnapped by [[Cilicia]]n pirates and held prisoner in the [[Dodecanese]] islet of [[Farmak...
20: ... had been raiding the coasts of [[Armorica]] and Belgic [[Gaul]]. - French language (40201 bytes)
3: ... [[Comoros]], [[Djibouti]], [[Mauritius]], [[Seychelles]].
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25: ...ce was inhabited largely by a [[Celtic languages|Celtic]] people that the Romans referred to as [[Gaul...
27: ...th a Celtic etymology remain in French today (largely place and plant names and words dealing with rur...
37: ...er much of northern Gaul. The French language developed on the basis of the mutually comprehensible f... - Jury (14851 bytes)
6: ...ems]] which require a jury, panels are initially selected at random from the adult population of the d...
8: ...ber of jurors must be a specified size (usually twelve or fifteen), and since there is always the poss...
10: ...). Since a jury is intended to be an impartial panel capable of reaching a verdict, there are often pr...
18: ...ilar concepts, notably ancient [[Judea]] whose panel of judges called the [[Sanhedrin]] served a simil...
21: ==Selection== - Bayeux Tapestry (13194 bytes)
2: ...in [[England]] after the [[Norman Conquest]] of [[1066]], and commemorates the events leading up to the ...
5: ...eted in 1077, 11 years after the famous battle of 1066. The borders of the tapestry are filled with myt...
7: ...planned attack on England. When this plan was cancelled, the tapestry was returned to Bayeux. The to...
9: ... dyes. The colours of muted brick, rust, mustard yellow, olive-green, dark brown and off-white can be ...
11: ... one artist designed it. However, most scholars believe that the designer was a man. The tapestry de... - William I of England (8753 bytes)
7: ...conquest by winning the [[Battle of Hastings]] in 1066 in what has become known as the [[Norman Conquest...
12: ...ueen [[Emma of Normandy|Emma]], wife of King [[Ethelred the Unready]] and later of King [[Canute the G...
14: ...y secured control of Normandy by defeating the rebel Norman barons at [[Caen]] in the [[Battle of Val-...
16: ...e produced four sons and six daughters (see list below).
23: ...ld made the promise under duress and so may have felt free to break it. - Viking (18085 bytes)
6: Vikings travelled westward; [[Varangian]]s travelled eastward.
15: ...Russia]] and along the [[Baltic]] coast. Stories tell of raids in the [[Mediterranean]] and as far eas...
19: ...co. Ipsi enim piratae, 'quos illi Wichingos as appellant, nostri Ascomannos regi Danico tributum solvu...
29: ... of participants in expeditions collecting [[Danegeld]] in England, and at least two rune stones menti...
37: :''Fell ᠆? (He fell on the [[Fyrisvellir]]) - Viking Age (10637 bytes)
2: ... the name of the period between [[793]] A.D and [[1066]] A.D in [[Scandinavia]]. This corresponds to the...
4: ... of England attempted by [[Harald H岤r夥]] in [[1066]].
6: ...[[longship]]s used by the Scandinavians were uniquely suited to both deep and shallow waters, and thus...
10: ...e French language and culture into [[England]] in 1066, after the [[Norman Conquest]] of England.
12: ==Timeline==
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