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- King Arthur (22450 bytes)
9: ...cal career of Artorius makes this identification unlikely, as there seems to be little reason for him ...
15: ...may have influenced the later legends, like the [[Scots]] king [[Aedan mac Gabran]], who had a son called...
29: ...t he with his company of riders may be seen by moonlight in the forests of Britain or Brittany or Savo...
93: ...orth a read and the Authors notes at the end are enlightening. "There is a sword and there is a stone,...
110: ...n series ''Justice League'' and ''Justice League Unlimited'' featuring related characters Morgan Le Fa... - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
3: ...the singular or plural, although pipers most commonly talk of "pipes" and "the bagpipe".
16: ...ed either by a blowpipe or a set of bellows; the inlet to the bag normally has a one-way [[valve]] whi...
20: ...lown. Sometimes the term is also somewhat mistakenly used to describe the general sound produced by a...
25: ...ar 1000; the tune used by [[Robert Burns]] for "[[Scots Wha Hae]]", "Hey Tutti Taiti", is traditionally s...
33: ...l known are the [[Great Highland Bagpipe]]s (commonly abbreviated GHBs), which were developed in [[Sco... - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
27: ... at home. She was the first (and as of 2005 the only) female member of the royal family to actually s...
66: .... This is one reason why it is considered highly unlikely that she will ever [[abdicate]]. Like her mo...
70: The only public issue on which Elizabeth makes her views ...
98: ... II]] these proceedings were deemed to have been unlawful.
102: ...re Trudeau]] stated: "I was always impressed not only by the grace she displayed in public at all time... - Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
5: ...ne was sent to a convent to be educated; she was only fourteen when she was married (1533), at [[Marse...
7: ...[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]], was only too glad of the opportunity to strengthen his in...
11: ...5. His wife, [[Mary I of Scotland|Mary, Queen of Scots]], little disposed to meddle with politics on her... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
10: ...nce removed [[Mary I of Scotland|Mary I, Queen of Scots]], who lived at approximately the same time.
13: ...w Castle]] and many of the prerogatives normally only given to a [[Prince of Wales]], sometimes leadin...
15: ...ation was undoubtedly due to her mother, who not only consulted the Spanish scholar [[Juan Lu�Vives]...
21: ...all [[Europe]], furthermore, regarded her as the only true heir and daughter of Henry VIII, although s...
26: ...t the marriage between her mother and father was unlawful, thus making her illegitimate. She also bec... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
2: ...140px|Mary I of Scotland; known as Mary, Queen of Scots]]
7: ...8]], [[1587]]), better known as '''Mary, Queen of Scots,''' was the ruler of [[Scotland]] from [[December...
9: ...whose reign coincided with that of Mary, Queen of Scots.
12: She was born at [[Linlithgow Palace]], West Lothian, [[Scotland]], on [[...
14: ...tionable. Females and female lines could inherit only after extinction of male lines. - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
11: ...[British honours system|honours and dignities]]. Only eight peerage dignities, one [[earl|earldom]] an...
16: Elizabeth was the only surviving child of King [[Henry VIII of England]...
27: ... I of Scotland|Mary Stuart]], later Mary Queen of Scots. For the remainder of her reign, the staunchly [[...
33: ...in, [[Matthew Parker]], to become Archbishop. He only accepted out of loyalty to [[Anne Boleyn]]'s mem...
41: ... inheiretted from her father [[Henry VIII]] were only hers until she wed. - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
15: ...r was the future Mary II. Anne and Mary were the only children of the Duke and Duchess of York to surv...
26: ...s Anne, [[heir apparent]] to the Throne, was the only individual remaining in the line of succession e...
35: ...1st Baron Godolphin]]. The Whigs—who were, unlike the Tories, vigorous supporters of the War of ...
38: ...right to own property in England into jeopardy), unless Scotland either repealed the Act of Security o...
57: ...the [[Royal Assent]] from a bill (in this case, a Scots militia bill). Preocuppied with her health (she s... - Mary II of England (12093 bytes)
11: ...visor. Although her parents bore eight children, only Mary and her younger sister [[Anne of Great Brit...
20: ...ard]]—in June [[1688]], for the son would, unlike Mary and Anne, be raised a Roman Catholic. Som...
24: ...e the title of King. But Philip II remained King only during his wife's lifetime, and restrictions wer...
26: ...the sole and full exercise of the regal power be only in and executed by the said Prince of Orange in ...
38: ...Princess Anne's children had died, and it seemed unlikely that William would remarry. Thus, it was dee... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
22: ...pieces which had also belonged to [[Mary Queen of Scots]] and [[Catherine de Medici]]. The large collecti...
25: ... supposed to do on their wedding night. They had only a very vague idea of sex and this increased the ...
36: ...-Auguste and Marie-Antoinette's life changed suddenly at 3 o'clock in the afternoon of 10th May [[1774...
85: ...me impatient with the jeweller and snapped, "Not only have I never commissioned you to make a jewel &h...
117: ...ds were massacred. She and her ladies-in-waiting only narrowly escaped with their lives before the cro... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
18: ... soldiers versus only a little over 20 French and Scots. This allowed the Royal army to now attempt a ma...
33: ...nfirmed that this was based on a distortion: she only objected to being tried by pro-English clergy wh...
38: ...] cemetery and threatened with summary execution unless she signed a confession and agreed to wear a d...
43: ...ree surviving members of Jeanne d'Arc's family. Unlike the original trial, the appellate process incl...
47: ...imprisonment, Joan of Arc wore clothing more commonly worn by men. Her motive is given in her own word... - Rose (15436 bytes)
25: ...xception of ''[[Rosa sericea]]'' which often has only four), usually white or pink, in a few species y...
29: ...vily browsed by [[deer]]. A few species of roses only have vestigial thorns that have no points.
67: The [[rose hip|hips]] are sometimes eaten, mainly for their vitamin C content. They are usually pr...
82: ...' - There are also a few smaller classes (such as Scots, Sweet Brier) and some climbing classes of old ro...
114: Roses are commonly portrayed by [[artist]]s. The [[France|French]] ... - Heraldry (23465 bytes)
9: The word "[[Crest (heraldry)|crest]]" is commonly used to refer to a coat-of-arms. However, in her...
22: ...of arms''</td><td>''A shield, traditionally used only by a man''</td></tr>
28: ...her rare tinctures. The names of the tinctures mainly come to us from French. The first rule of herald...
69: ...redundancy by referring to a particular tincture only once in the blazon, but the College of Arms has ...
92: ...sual, like wild men or [[Saracen]]s. If you show only the head of an animal, cut off at the neck, it i... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...were primarily hung on walls or used on tables. Only with the opening of trade routes in the 17th cen...
16: ...ut forming a knot. Because of the loom structure only five colors can be used to create the design. Mo...
19: ...ment in linen weaving. [[Mary Stewart]] Queen of Scots is known to have been an avid embroiderer. 16th ...
63: ... can be used to cover a floor. They are usually only used in commercial settings and often are not af... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
51: *<small>[[Scots language|Lowland Scots]]: ''Unitit Kinrick o Great Breetain an Northren ...
64: ...ch includes the mainland of Great Britain, the mainland of [[Ireland]], and the smaller islands associ...
91: ...use of Commons|House of Commons]], the lower and only directly elected house in Britain's [[bicameral]...
93: ...he Commons with a small number chosen from the mainly appointed upper house, the [[British House of Lo...
97: ...e modern United Kingdom, the monarch's role is mainly, though not exclusively, ceremonial. Her Majesty... - Pennsylvania (32594 bytes)
38: ...ng metropolitan area, and [[Pittsburgh]], a busy inland [[river port]] and major center for educationa...
61: ...gnificant populations of [[Germany|German]] and [[Scots-Irish]] settlers who helped to shape colonial Pen...
86: ...y, the Pittsburgh police magistrate court is the only true city-level court in the state.
115: Pennsylvania's saltwater "shore" line, only 89 miles by official US figures, is the shortest...
151: ...ge city of [[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania]], and the [[Scots-Irish]] [[Presbyterians]], who settled on the fro... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
18: ... died before doing so, and Francis was left with only a fifth of that money. Having started with insu...
23: ...ent part in urging the execution of Mary Queen of Scots. About this time he seems again to have approach...
107: ...t.library.adelaide.edu.au/aut/bacon_francis.html Online editions of Bacon's works] - List of Renaissance figures (6600 bytes)
23: ...Catherine Jagellonica of Poland]] (duchess of [[Finland]], queen of [[Sweden]])
39: **[[Mary, Queen of Scots]] - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
13: ...X of France|Louis X]], died in [[1316]], leaving only a daughter, [[Joan II of Navarre|Joan II]], who ...
15: ...nd not a daughter of Louis X), but precedent for only male heirs had been set. When Philip V died in [...
17: ... The war was a complete failure for England, and only [[Bordeaux]] and a narrow coastal strip now rema...
19: ...gest son of Philip IV, died in [[1328]], leaving only an infant daughter yet to be born. The senior li...
21: ...was his closest living male relative and was the only surviving male descendant of the senior line of ... - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
3: The '''Age of Enlightenment''' refers to the [[18th century]] in [[...
4: ...fers to a historical intellectual movement, "The Enlightenment." This movement advocated [[rationalism...
6: ...itical]] theories of the age. However, prominent Enlightenment philosophers such as [[Voltaire]] and [...
10: ...riod). Furthermore, [[Romanticism]] followed the Enlightenment.
11: == History of Enlightenment philosophy ==
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