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- Adela of Normandy (2741 bytes)
7: ...ren. She was a high-spirited and educated woman, with a knowledge of [[Latin]].
9: ...tantly left to join the [[First Crusade]], along with his brother-in-law [[Robert Curthose]].
20: ... Orderic Vitalis praises her as a "''wise and spirited woman''" who ably governed her husband's estate...
22: ...ged to the Church at [[Cluny]]. Adela quarrelled with her eldest son Guillaume, "''deficient in intell...
24: ... Lucia-Mahaut was drowned in the wreck of the [[White Ship]] alongside her husband. She lived long eno... - Isabella of Jerusalem (7928 bytes)
3: ...l I Comnenus]], who had received the town and territory of [[Nablus]] from her husband the king. Isabe...
5: ...air and lovely". A marriage was arranged for her with the 17-year-old [[Humphrey IV of Toron]] in [[11...
9: ...macy shadowed Isabella's half-sister Sibylla's position for the entire period. In order to prepare for...
11: ...h Sibylla and Isabella were considered equally entitled to succeed.
13: ...ow, that both Baldwin IV and Baldwin V were dead, it was easier to resurrect that legal grounds for th... - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
1: ...:ELEANOROFAQUITAINE.jpg|right|frame|Eleanor of Aquitaine]]
3: '''Eleanor of Aquitaine''' ([[Bordeaux]], [[France]], c. [[1124]] &nd...
6: ...means ''other Aenor'' in the ''langue d'oc'', but it became ''El顮or'' in the northern ''langue d'oil...
8: ... hawking, and hunting. She became heiress to [[Aquitaine]], the largest and richest of the provinces t...
10: ...crystal vase]] that is on display at the Louvre. Within a month of their marriage, [[Louis VI of Franc... - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
1: [[Image:DiderotVanLoo.jpg|thumb|right|''Portrait of Diderot'' by [[Louis-Michel van Loo]], 1767]]
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5: ... as the author of the essay ''Regrets on Parting with My Old Dressing Gown'', upon which many an artic...
7: ... had affairs with the writer Madame Puisieux and with Sophie Voland, to whom he was constant for the r...
10: ... ''Inquiry Concerning Virtue and Merit'' (1745), with some original notes of his own. He composed a vo... - Marie de France (1845 bytes)
1: ...e|Anglo-Norman]] in which her works are composed, it is supposed that she was raised in [[Normandy]]. ...
3: ...e de France was a member of their court. The identity now known as "poet Marie de France" could be sam...
7: ...rie de France: Text and Context''. Athens: University of Georgia Press, c1987.
9: ...r S. Loomis (ed.). Clarendon Press: Oxford University. 1959. ISBN 0198115881
14: *[[Anglo-Norman literature]] - Attila the Hun (23655 bytes)
2: ...], led by Attila (right, foreground), ride into [[Italy]].]]
3: ...e western emperor [[Valentinian III]] from his capital at [[Ravenna]] in [[452]].
5: ... is remembered as the epitome of cruelty and rapacity. Some histories lionise him as a great and noble...
9: ...endid state of readiness for combat, amazing mobility, and weapons like the [[Hun bow]].
11: .... Nothing is known about his childhood; the supposition that at a young age he was already a capable l... - New Year's Eve (4555 bytes)
4: ...ge)|champagne]] is also a major part of the festivities.
6: ...ise making is a major part of the celebration in cities such as [[Sydney]], [[Paris]] and [[London]]. ...
15: ===United Kingdom===
17: .... [[Bideford]] in North Devon is also famous for its New Years celebrations.
19: ===United States=== - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
1: {{dablink|For the singer and songwriter of the same name, see [[Voltaire (band)]].}}
4: ...]] [[The Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]] [[writer]], [[deism|deist]] and [[philosophy|philosopher...
8: ...art or D'Aumard. Both parents were of [[Poitou|Poitevin]] extraction, but the Arouets were long estab...
10: ...ansenism|Jansenist]] and had a poor relationship with François.
12: ...ough he deprecated the education he had received, it formed the basis of his considerable [[knowledge]... - Coton de Tulear (4396 bytes)
4: ...s, black lips, and a medium-length muzzle tipped with a black nose.
6: ...relatively little brushing. The Coton sheds very little, and rarely bothers people who suffer from chr...
8: ...; and tricolor. A tricolor adult is mostly white with champagne patches and a faint, irregular "dustin...
13: ...is very intelligent and studies its human family with great care. The Coton is an alert, lively compan...
19: Cotons are hearty dogs and, with acclimation, frolic in desert heat or winter sno... - Christmas around the world (98033 bytes)
10: ... other individuals celebrate Christmas-like festivities even though they do not consider themselves Ch...
12: ...n powers with (nominal) [[Christian]] cultural heritage.
14: ... Christmas decorations, signs, and other symbolic items have become increasingly prevalent during the ...
20: ... specials popular in the Western countries. In addition, increasing numbers of stores and buildings ar...
27: ...w Year's celebrations. Christmas often coincides with the [[Winter Solstice]] as celebrated in India (...
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