Search results
|
Showing below 13 results starting with #1.
View (previous 20) (next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).
No article title matches
Page text matches
- King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...model for him, ever actually existed: in the earliest mentions and Welsh texts he is never given the t...
5: ...nd the extent and kind of power he wielded continues to rage.
7: ... and scholars are not certain whether the "Brettones" he led were [[Britain|Britons]] or [[Armorica|Br...
9: ... surrounding the historical career of Artorius makes this identification unlikely, as there seems to b...
11: ...ic deity devolved into a personage (citing sometimes a supposed change of the sea-god [[Lir]] into [[L... - Relic (11473 bytes)
1: ...sonal item of a [[saint]]. A [[shrine]] that houses a relic is called a [[reliquary]].
7: ...d chooses to do miracles through the sleeping bodies of His holy servants, or both. Also cited is the...
9: ...made relics much sought after during the Middle Ages.
11: ...several others, claims to possess the relic of [[Jesus]]' [[circumcision]] - the [[Holy Prepuce]].
13: ====Romano-Christian [[daemon]]s and the "virtue" of relics=... - Ponce De Leon (5480 bytes)
2: ...nown to have visited what is now the [[United States]] when he set foot in [[Florida]] in 1513.
4: ...e sailors brought with them and to which the natives had no immunity. Ponce de León, however, became ...
7: ...his newly found discoveries, the Spanish authorities refused to grant the same privilege to his son [[...
9: ...e los Castellanos'' of [[Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas]].
12: ...but was somewhere on the northeast coast of the present State of Florida. Ponce de León claimed "La F... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...r dm|31|12|N|29|15|E|}}, 208 km (129 miles) northwest of [[Cairo]]. The Canopic mouth of the [[Nile]]...
3: ...s of Egypt quickly became one of the greatest cities of the [[Hellenistic civilization|Hellenistic]] w...
5: ...right|Alexandria's state-of-the-art [[library]], designed by [[Christoph Kapellar]], was inaugurated i...
19: ...er's seers, and in particular [[Aristander of Telmessus]], interpreted this as an omen that the city w...
21: ...knowledge of their appearance, erects metal effigies on the beach which succeed in frightening the mon... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
1: ...i_pontifices_in_hac_basilica_sepulti.jpg|thumb|Popes buried in [[St. Peter's Basilica|St. Peter's]]]]
2: This is a '''list of Popes of the Roman Catholic Church'''.
4: ...ether a source counts [[#Notes on numbering of popes|Stephen II]].
6: ...Church|Universal Church]], [[Patriarch]] of the West, [[primate (religion)|Primate]] of [[Italy]], [[...
9: == List of popes == - Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
3: ...gustus, the pre-Augustan state is conventionally described as the [[Roman Republic]], since the struct...
5: ...and the [[Western Roman Empire]]. The end of the Western Empire is traditionally set in [[476]], when ...
7: ...zantine Empire]], [[Eastern Roman Empire]] and [[Western Roman Empire]], which are used interchangably...
9: ...ays of imperial majesty were common from the earliest days of the Empire.
11: ...]), the [[History of Russia|Russian/Kiev]] dynasties (see [[tsar|czars]]), and the [[German Empire]] (... - Venice (22017 bytes)
2: ..., as well as a very important center of commerce (especially the [[spice trade]]) and [[art]] in the [...
6: ...568]]. In the mid-[[8th century]], the Venetians resisted the empire-building efforts of [[Peppin III|...
8: ...rsenal]] was under construction in 1104; Venice wrested control of the [[Brenner pass]] from Verona in...
10: ...nd the citizens of such towns as [[Bergamo]], [[Brescia]], and [[Verona, Italy|Verona]] rallied to the...
12: ...sport the men, supplies, and (especially) war horses. - Vatican City (21873 bytes)
1: ...rs are coextensive with the [[Holy See]], the ecclesiastical seat of the [[Roman Catholic Church]] and...
3: ...dmund Cardinal Szoka]] of the [[United States]], respectively. The governance of the Holy See is sepa...
5: ...[Apostolic Palace]] and museums were built, predates [[Christendom]].
22: |'''[[Official language|Official languages]]''' || [[Latin]]<sup>1</sup>
33: |[[List of countries by area|Ranked 261st]] <br>[[1 E9 m2|0.44 km²... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
16: *[[Alessandro Achillini]], (1463-1512)
26: *[[Aedesius]], (d. 355)
27: *[[Aenesidemus]], (1st century BC){{fn|R}}
44: *[[Alcibiades]], (c. 450-404 BC)
51: *[[Alexander of Hales]], (d. 1245){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}} - Rome (33048 bytes)
38: ...ircle the nine largest italian cities: Milan, Naples, Turin, Bologna, Palermo Catania, Florence, Genoa...
40: ...]], the highest rate among all of [[Italy]]'s cities.
42: ...c]], [[Roman Empire]]), and later the [[Papal States]], [[Kingdom of Italy]] and [[Italy|Italian Repub...
45: ... Greek ''Ρώμη'' meaning braveness, courage; more probably the connection is with a...
49: ... and of traders traveling north and south on the west side of the [[peninsula]]. - George W. Bush (64926 bytes)
1: ...enator]] [[Prescott Bush]]), his father (former President [[George H. W. Bush]]), and his brother ([[J...
2: {{Infobox President | name=George Walker Bush
5: | order=43rd President
7: | date2=Present (Current Term will end on [[January 20]], [[20...
16: | party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] - Roman commerce (14626 bytes)
1: ... same time part of its backbone. Romans were businessmen and the longevity of their empire was due to ...
3: ...id most of the hard work. The slaves were themselves also the subject of commercial transactions. Thei...
5: ... [[Ancient Roman weights and measures|Roman measures]].
7: == Negotiatores, Mercatores and Pedlars ==
9: ...d cash for any booty coming from military activities. - Padua (12961 bytes)
1: ...4565.JPG|thumb|280px|Tronco Maestro Riviera: a pedestrian walk along a section of the "inland waterway...
2: ...ze'', and many bridges crossing the various branches of the [[Bacchiglione]], which once surrounded th...
4: Padua was where most of the action in [[Shakespeare]]'s play, ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'', t...
7: ...great hall, the ''Salone''. The new space was refrescoed by [[Nicolo' Miretto]] and [[Stefano da Ferra...
9: ...d close by is the [[Palazzo del Capitanio]], the residence of the Venetian governors, with its great d...
View (previous 20) (next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).