The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General LiteratureWerner Company, 1895 |
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... King Charles of gariar Hungary , and for fourteen years Wallachia enjoyed complete inde- supre- pendence . Louis the Great succeeded for a while in restoring the macy . Hungarian supremacy , but in 1367 the voivode Vlad or Vladislav ...
... King Charles of gariar Hungary , and for fourteen years Wallachia enjoyed complete inde- supre- pendence . Louis the Great succeeded for a while in restoring the macy . Hungarian supremacy , but in 1367 the voivode Vlad or Vladislav ...
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... king of Poland , and the Venetian republic , of betraying the Porte's secrets , of preferring Tirgovist to Bucharest as a residence , of acquiring lands and palaces in Transylvania , of keeping agents at Venice and Vienna , in both of ...
... king of Poland , and the Venetian republic , of betraying the Porte's secrets , of preferring Tirgovist to Bucharest as a residence , of acquiring lands and palaces in Transylvania , of keeping agents at Venice and Vienna , in both of ...
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... king of the Visigoths . His successor , Amalaric , on his defeat by Clovis in 531 retired to Spain , leaving a governor in Septimania . In 719 the Saracens crossed the Pyrenees , and Septimania was held by them until their defeat by ...
... king of the Visigoths . His successor , Amalaric , on his defeat by Clovis in 531 retired to Spain , leaving a governor in Septimania . In 719 the Saracens crossed the Pyrenees , and Septimania was held by them until their defeat by ...
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... king's thegns , were his dishthegn , his bowerthegn , and his horsethegn or staller . In Normandy at the time of the Conquest a similar arrangement , imitated from the French court , had long been established , and the Norman dukes ...
... king's thegns , were his dishthegn , his bowerthegn , and his horsethegn or staller . In Normandy at the time of the Conquest a similar arrangement , imitated from the French court , had long been established , and the Norman dukes ...
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... king and queen consort together has been since the reigning family acceded to the throne.1 I. Department of the Lord ... king's most honourable household . " The whole business of purveyance and pre - emption was anciently managed by the ...
... king and queen consort together has been since the reigning family acceded to the throne.1 I. Department of the Lord ... king's most honourable household . " The whole business of purveyance and pre - emption was anciently managed by the ...
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