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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...
13: ...brosius Aurelianus]], led the forces battling the Saxons at the battle of [[Mons Badonicus]].
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... - List of people by name: Ae (1061 bytes)
6: *[[AElfric|Ælfric]], (circa 955-1020), the Grammarian, English ab...
12: ...]], (ruled 477-514), Bretwalda, king of the South Saxons - Middle Ages (21063 bytes)
1: ... Middle Ages of Western Europe are commonly dated from the end of the [[Western Roman Empire]] ([[5th ...
6: ...ern European historians. That term has now fallen from favor, partly to avoid the entrenched stereotyp...
8: ... lost. Administrative, educational and military infrastructure quickly vanished, leading to the rise o...
12: ...oon converted, following the example of the pagan Frank [[Clovis I]]. The interaction between the cult...
14: ...ying cultural influence, preserving its selection from Latin learning, maintaining the art of writing,... - Medieval art (6359 bytes)
3: ...he [[Islamic art history|Middle East]] and North Africa. It includes the major art movements, national...
15: ''Early Christian art'' covers the period from about 200 (before which no distinct Christian f...
17: ...|Celtic speaking]] peoples of Ireland and Britain from about the 5th century, with the Roman withdrawl...
19: ...ples during the [[V?rwanderung|Migration period]] from about 300-900 (to be completed).
25: ...om 600-900 and the development of regional styles from 900-1500. - Glass (26176 bytes)
1: ...iginally, which can be seen in its [[conchoidal]] fracture.
3: ...n Empire|Roman]] historians as ''glaesum.'' Anglo-Saxons used the word ''glaer'' for amber.
18: ...nto other shapes and colors as shown in this ball from the [[Verrerie of Brehat]] in [[Brittany]].]]
22: ...plify]] transmitted signals by [[laser]] emission from within the glass itself.
26: Glass is sometimes created naturally from volcanic [[magma]]. This glass is called [[obs... - Romania (19812 bytes)
57: ...g a derivate of the word "[[Ancient Rome|Roman]]" from [[Latin]]). Also, "''Ţara Rom⮥ască'...
62: ...er Emperor [[Trajan]] in two campaigns stretching from [[101]] to [[106]], and the core of their kingd...
70: ... thus recovering Bessarabia and northern Bukovina from the Soviet Union and taking part in the ensuing...
72: ...equired the CDR to resign en masse after 200 days from a mixed coalition government (some members had ...
164: ...tructural reform programme, but reform remained a frustrating stop-and-go process until [[2000]], when... - March (3907 bytes)
8: ... 1 was only instituted as [[New Year's Day]] in [[France]] in [[1564]]. [[United Kingdom|Great Britain...
11: ...f days and the eventual namesake of [[Lent]]. The Saxons also called March Rhed-monat (for their goddess [...
14: **french ''mars'' - Pope Gregory I (3938 bytes)
40: ... [[604]]) was [[pope]] of the [[Catholic Church]] from [[September 3]], [[590]] until his death.
44: ...[Augustine of Canterbury]] to convert the [[Anglo-Saxons]] in [[Britain]]. He is also known in the East as...
49: *''Commentary on Job'', frequently known even in English-language histories ...
51: *Some 850 letters have survived from his Papal ''Register'' of letters. This collect...
63: *[http://christdesert.org/noframes/scholar/benedict/st.gregory.html Article abou... - Amulet (8206 bytes)
5: ...[[Arabic language|Arabic]] ''tilasm'', ultimately from [[Greek language|Greek]] ''telesma'') consists...
10: ... see people with more than one [[Buddha]] hanging from their necks; in [[Bolivia]] and some places in ...
18: ...drawings with [[kabbalah|cabbalistic]] signs), [[Afro-American]] syncretic religions, like [[Voodoo]],...
24: Deriving from the ancient [[Celts]], the [[clover]], if it ha...
31: ...urable to communicate with [[demon]]s and to show friendship towards them. - Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
1: ...non-state actors. Piracy should be distinguished from [[privateer]]ing, which was a legitimate form o...
12: ...1.8-2]) says this happened earlier, on his return from Nicomedes's court. Velleius Paterculus (''Roman...
20: ... responsibility of eliminating [[Frankish]] and [[Saxons|Saxon]] pirates who had been raiding the coasts o...
27: ...se in 844. Vikings even attacked coasts of North Africa and Italy. They also plundered all the coasts ...
29: ... of the [[Balearic Islands]] in the 10th century. From 824 to 961 [[Arab]] pirates in [[Crete]] raided... - Germanic tribes (16394 bytes)
3: ... a name for non-Germanic peoples, ''*[[walha]]'', from which the local names [[Wales|Welsh]], [[Valais...
5: ...peoples of [[Italy]], the various tribes remained free, led by their own hereditary or chosen leaders.
10: ...s called the [[Nordic Bronze Age]] and had spread from southern Scandinavia into northern Germany. The...
12: Linguists, working backwards from historically-known [[Germanic languages]], sugg...
16: ...bogs]]. Their technology for gaining [[iron ore]] from local sources may have helped them expand into ... - Jury trial (20452 bytes)
3: ..., is a [[jury]], made up of [[citizen]]s selected from among a pool that has been [[sortition|randomly...
5: ... referred to as a "petit jury", to distinguish it from a grand jury, used for [[indictment]]s.
9: ...gate crimes without a bias. These juries differed from the modern sort by being self-informing; instea...
11: ...lve land disputes using juries. A jury of twelve free men were assigned to arbitrate in these dispute...
13: ...size of Clarendon]]. Under the assize, a jury of free men was charged with reporting any crimes that ... - Bayeux Tapestry (13194 bytes)
2: ... is, a weaving), but is [[embroidery]], and dates from [[1077]]. It is currently to be found in a spe...
5: ... mythological figures, lions, dragons, and scenes from fables, and is 77 yards (roughly 70 meters) lon...
7: ... their wagons. As such, the tapestry was removed from the cathedral and used to cover an ammunition w...
9: ...Matilda of Flanders]], and her ladies. Indeed, in France it is occasionally known as "La Tapisserie de...
11: ...ere fired, etc. The main artist must have been a Frenchman, and a veteran at that. He probably had f... - Charlemagne (11466 bytes)
2: ...January 28]], [[814]]) was king of the [[Franks]] from [[771]] to [[814]], nominally King of the [[Lom...
5: ...lemagne was born out of wedlock, and he inherited from his parents. Another date is given in the ''Ann...
8: Arguably the founder of the [[Frankish Empire]] in [[Western Europe]], Charlemagne...
12: ...]], leaving Charlemagne the leader of a reunified Frankish kingdom. Charlemagne was engaged in almost ...
28: ...hree kingdoms would be the foundations of later [[France]] and the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
3: ... they exerted influence upon Western civilization from its very beginnings.
5: ...known as the second Reich to indicate its descent from the medieval empire. By the same reasoning, [[A...
12: ...ptive work about the Germanic people at the Roman frontier on the Rhine]]
13: ...ic peoples thrust into [[Celts|Celtic]] territory from [[Schleswig-Holstein]], advancing to the [[Oder...
15: ...nz]], [[Mainz]] and elsewhere to secure the Rhine frontier. In 9 AD a Roman army led by [[Publius Quin... - Viking (18085 bytes)
4: ... [[British Isles]], and other parts of [[Europe]] from the late [[8th century]] to the [[11th century]...
12: ...1231.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A composite image made from several sides of the [[Ledberg Runestone]] havi...
13: ...the ''[[Anglo Saxon Chronicle]]'', a group of men from Norway sailed to [[Isle of Portland|Portland]],...
15: ...e [[Danelaw]]). They travelled up the rivers of [[France]] and [[Spain]], and gained control of areas ...
33: ...nts. The following example is in [[fornyr𩳬ag]] from the [[H? Runestone]] in Sweden, raised by a man... - Longship (3972 bytes)
8: Our best evidence for longship construction comes from ship-burials. It was common in Viking society f...
10: ...ilde]] harbor) is 35m in length, and the longship from [[Hedeby]] harbour has the largest length/width...
14: ...led, while no sailing [[longship]] has been found from [[Sweden]], only rowing ships, a type less effe...
18: ...elsh]] ''llong'' is commonly assumed to be a loan from a term for these ships that the British populat...
30: ... [http://w1.570.telia.com/~u57013916/ The ''Ormen Friske'' disaster – a warning against construc... - Easter (31700 bytes)
2: ...ad after his death by [[crucifixion]] (see [[Good Friday]]), which Christians believe happened at abou...
4: ... language|German]], the holiday's name is derived from ''Pesach'', the [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] name...
6: ...ter" and "Ostern", are not etymologically derived from ''Pesach'' and are instead related to ancient n...
69: ...such as the one developed by mathematician [[Carl Friedrich Gauss]].
81: ...er]] and the [[Crucifixion]]. Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday are sometimes referred to ... - First Crusade (34670 bytes)
2: ...side of [[Europe]]. Both [[knight]]s and peasants from many different nations of [[western Europe]], w...
5: ...ral, and of the First Crusade in particular, stem from events earlier in the [[Middle Ages]]. The brea...
7: ...Sardinia]], freeing the coasts of Italy and Spain from [[Muslim]] raids.
12: ... were politically and, to some extent, culturally fragmented at the time of the First Crusade, which c...
16: ...rusalem to the Seljuks in 1076, but recaptured it from the Ortoqids in 1098 while the crusaders were o... - Fennel (5358 bytes)
2: {{Taxobox image | image = [[Image:Fennel-free.jpg|250px|Foeniculum vulgare]] | caption = }}
14: ...ut is more aromatic and sweeter. Its flavor comes from [[anethole]], an aromatic compound that also fl...
17: ... these are on filiform pedicels. The [[fruit]] is from 4-9 mm long, half as wide or less, and grooved.
32: ...y aromatic anise-flavored spice that is the dried fruit (not seed).of the fennel plant. The "seeds" ar...
34: Indians often chew on plain saunf as a mouth-freshener.
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