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- King Arthur (22450 bytes)
2: [[Image:Arthur3487.jpg|right|framed|Victorian image of '''King Arthur''' in plate...
7: Some members of this school, most notably Geoffrey Ashe and Leon Fleuriot, have argued for identif...
19: ..., chief giver of feasts, with his tall blades red from the battle which all men remember."
25: ...r's soldiers; Arthur was awarded a herd of cattle from Cadoc as [[wergeld]] for his men; Cadoc deliver...
29: ...tury]] at Cadbury Castle, and in several parts of France. - Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
1: ...fealty from a vassal, possibly Melisende herself, from the [[Melisende Psalter]]]]
3: ...) was [[Kingdom of Jerusalem|Queen of Jerusalem]] from [[1131]] to [[1153]].
9: ...the [[Count of Boulogne|County of Boulogne]] in [[France]]. Melisende was the heir of this dynasty, an...
13: ...son of previous marriage, [[Geoffrey of Anjou|Geoffrey]] was in these same years married to Empress Ma...
15: ...d of his crusader knights Fulk excluded Melisende from granting titles and other forms of patronage, a... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...ngland]] and [[King of Ireland|Queen of Ireland]] from [[17 November]] [[1558]] until her death. Somet...
9: ...th impatience by her counsellors, often saved her from political and marital misalliances. Like her fa...
11: ...the number of [[Privy Council|Privy Counsellors]] from thirty-nine to nineteen, and later to fourteen.
16: ...as addressed as Lady Elizabeth and lived in exile from her father as he married his succession of wive...
18: ...th Elizabeth and remained her confidante and good friend for life. She had been appointed to Elizabeth... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
12: ... later when the Duchess of Marlborough was banned from court during the [[War of the Spanish Successio...
15: ...nce of Sarah Jennings, who would become her close friend and one of her most influential advisors. Jen...
19: ...rth to a son ([[James Francis Edward Stuart|James Francis Edward]]) in [[1688]], for a Roman Catholic ...
22: ...ffices. Lady Marlborough was subsequently removed from the Royal Household, leading Princess Anne to a...
24: ...mplete trust of her brother-in-law, who refrained from making her his Regent during his military campa... - Ada Lovelace (5406 bytes)
19: ... at the Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Hucknall, Nottingham. - Judi Dench (3254 bytes)
11: ...ly spent seasons in repertory in [[Oxford]] and [[Nottingham]]. In [[1961]] she joined the [[Royal Shakespeare... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
10: ...t mon droit]] (Royal motto)<br>([[French language|French]]: God and my right)''<sup>2</sup></small> |
56: ...r, although there is also a nominal frontier with France in the middle of the [[Channel Tunnel]]. The ...
62: ...d). This political usage of "Great Britain" dates from the personal union of the Crowns of Scotland an...
64: The [[British Isles]] is a term frequently used to refer to the [[archipelago]] whic...
71: ...nce]] of [[Ulster]], immediately opted out of the Free State and to remain in the UK. The nomenclature... - Spinning Jenny (3557 bytes)
8: ... the spindle end to the wheel end on a horizontal frame, and the operator could roll it back and forth...
12: ... and smashed his machines, forcing him to flee to Nottingham in 1767. There he set up shop producing jennies i...
16: ...ing jenny with [[Richard Arkwright]]'s [[spinning frame]] and again dramatically increasing yarn produ... - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: A '''castle''' (from the [[Latin]] ''castellum'', diminutive of ''ca...
2: ...expanded into pleasure dwellings and power houses from the late 15th century, their "castle" designati...
10: ...st and foremost castles were places of protection from an invading enemy, a place of retreat. This can...
11: ...e weapons, built in otherwise hostile territories from which to control surrounding lands.
14: ...nd control of a region. A castle was a stronghold from which a lord or baron could control surrounding... - Francis Drake (14963 bytes)
1: [[Image:FrancisDrake.jpg|framed|Sir Francis Drake, c. [[1540]]–[[1596]].]]
2: ...to [[circumnavigation|circumnavigate]] the globe, from [[1577]] to [[1580]] and was knighted on his re...
7: ...n from a portrait painted quite late in his life. Francis was the eldest or second eldest of twelve ch...
9: ...orced to flee to [[Kent]]. At about the age of 13 Francis took to the sea on a cargo bark, becoming ma...
12: ...a few days before, nearly costing Drake his life. From then on, he devoted the rest of his life to wor... - Cuban Missile Crisis (13015 bytes)
1: ... '''Cuban Missile Crisis Gooney''' was a tense confrontation between the [[Soviet Union]] and the [[Un...
7: ...USSR and would provide little warning of a launch from Cuba.
9: ...edy's administration had received repeated claims from Soviet diplomats that there were no missiles in...
13: ...— first, to defend this new Communist state from an American or American-sponsored invasion, and...
21: ...g with the [[Quarantine Speech]] of [[1937]] by [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]. - Clumber Spaniel (3882 bytes)
38: ...y 17 to 20 inches (43-51 cm) in height but weighs from 55 to 85 pounds (35-38.5 kg). The Clumber has h...
41: ...aiding kitchen counters, cabinets, and even the refrigerator. Puppies can be especially destructive.
47: ...gham]] castle. The breed was shown in [[England]] from 1859 onward. - Bicycle (44267 bytes)
3: ...cle]]'' features oversized tires, a sturdy frame, front shock absorbers, and handlebars oriented perpe...
5: ...[land vehicle]] with two [[wheel]]s attached to a frame, one behind the other. First introduced in [[1...
13: ...up by [[Louis Baudry de Saunier]], a 19th century French bicycle historian.
15: ... rode his [[1816]] machine while collecting taxes from his tenants. He patented his ''draisine'', a nu...
17: ... could push more firmly, and further enlarged the front wheel to increase the potential for speed. Sho...
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