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- King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: '''King Arthur''' is an important figure in the [[mythology]] of [[Great Britain]], wh...
7: ...nthemius]]. Unfortunately, Riothamus is a shadowy figure of whom we know little, and scholars are not ...
9: ...e reason for him to have become a major legendary figure.
11: ...to [[Leir of Britain | King Lear]]) or a possibly fictive person like [[Beowulf (character)|Beowulf]].
19: Arthur first appears in [[Welsh literature]]. In a survivin... - Adela of Normandy (2741 bytes)
7: ... accession to the [[England|English]] throne in [[1066]]. She was the favorite sister of King [[Henry I ...
9: ...d upon it. Stephen reluctantly left to join the [[First Crusade]], along with his brother-in-law [[Rob...
20: ... at her urging that he returned to the east to fulfill his vow of seeing [[Jerusalem]]. She was again ...
22: ...la quarrelled with her eldest son Guillaume, "''deficient in intelligence as well as degenerate''", an... - California (63989 bytes)
10: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
32: ...Zone = [[Pacific Standard Time Zone|Pacific]]: [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]-8/[[Daylig...
44: ...tate symbols please verify your changes against official California Government Code sections 420-429.8...
55: ... = [[Golden Trout]]; marine - [[Garibaldi (fish)|Garibaldi]] |
89: ...]]; see [[economy of California]]). The state's official nickname is "The Golden State" in reference t... - Comet (30542 bytes)
9: ...the solar wind than dust is, and follows magnetic field lines rather than an orbital trajectory. Whil...
11: ...cords the [[Norman conquest]] of [[England]] in [[1066]].{{hnote|Reading Museum, scene 1}}
21: Comets are classified according to their orbital periods. ''Short per...
33: Until [[1994]], comets were first given a provisional designation consisting of ...
35: ...}} So Halley's Comet, the first comet to be identified as periodic, has the systemic designation 1P/16... - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
3: ...within the Anglo-French unit" that was both battlefield and prize (Braudel 1984 p. 353).
5: ...chies. It is often viewed as one of the most significant conflicts in [[medieval warfare]].
8: ...d 150 years later in the [[Norman Conquest]] of [[1066]], defeating the [[Anglo-Saxon]] leadership and i...
13: The specific events that led up to the war in the early 14th ...
27: ...homage]] for this possession was a matter more difficult to resolve. Philip VI wanted Edward's recogni... - Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
3: == Definition ==
4: ...bringing pirates to [[justice]].<ref>{{cite news |first=M.Chiarugi |last=D.Archibugi |url=http://www.o...
9: [[File:Romtrireme.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Mosaic of a [[T...
12: ...ifty, and the pirates indeed raised the ransom to fifty talents. After the ransom was paid, Caesar rai...
14: The Senate finally invested [[Pompey]] with powers to deal with... - French language (40201 bytes)
19: ...er including second language speakers. It is an official or administrative language in various communi...
27: ...f the entire Gallic region for both mercantile, official and educational reasons, yet it should be rem...
52: ... [[Norman conquest|conquest]] of [[England]] in [[1066]], the [[Normans]] took their [[Norman language|l...
60: ...owing a period of unification, regulation and purification, the French of the 17th to the 18th centuri...
62: ...f foreign words and expressions. Some recent modifications include the change from ''software'' to ''... - Jury (14851 bytes)
3: ...[[finding of fact]] on a [[Law|legal]] question officially submitted to them, or to set a [[penalty]] ...
8: ...urors must be a specified size (usually twelve or fifteen), and since there is always the possibility ...
14: ...just. This is commonly referred to as [[jury nullification]]. When there is no jury ("bench trial"), t...
18: ...ncept can also be traced to [[Normandy]] before [[1066]], when a jury of nobles was established to decid...
22: ...tance, [[teacher]]s, [[Physician|doctor]]s, [[firefighter]]s, people who themselves work in the [[crim... - Bayeux Tapestry (13194 bytes)
2: ...in [[England]] after the [[Norman Conquest]] of [[1066]], and commemorates the events leading up to the ...
5: ...ders of the tapestry are filled with mythological figures, lions, dragons, and scenes from fables, and...
7: ...s. Soon afterward, the people of Bayeux, who were fighting for the Republic, needed cloth to cover the...
9: ... was known for their excellent embroideries, specifically the town of Canterbury. Also, the text the ...
11: ...ch as how the ships were beached, how arrows were fired, etc. The main artist must have been a French... - 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...
14: ...asion. With the assistance of King Henry, William finally secured control of Normandy by defeating the...
18: ...ux]] and [[Robert, Count of Mortain]] played significant roles in his life.
23: ...ng [[Edward the Confessor]] of England (January [[1066]]), William claimed the throne of England, assert...
25: ...[[Pevensey]] in [[Sussex]] on [[September 28]], [[1066]] and assembled a prefabricated wooden castle nea... - Viking (18085 bytes)
13: ... For the next 200 years, [[European]] history is filled with tales of Vikings and their plundering.
18: ...in his book ''Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum'', (volume four):
33: ...n, raised by a man who mourns the loss of all his five sons:
36: :''gat fimm syni.'' (had five sons.)
52: King [[Harald I of Norway]] finally was forced to make an expedition to the west... - 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: ...ys of north-western Europe. [[Rurik]] founded the first [[Russia]]n state with a capital at [[Novgorod...
10: ...e French language and culture into [[England]] in 1066, after the [[Norman Conquest]] of England.
17: ...owever, had well-defended coasts and heavily fortified ports and harbours. Pure thirst for adventure m...
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