The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General LiteratureWerner Company, 1895 |
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... possessed a market and a church . Mary queen of Scots stayed a night at Rotherham while a prisoner , as did also Charles I ... possession of by the Royalists in detachment of the Parliamentary forces . The townships of Rother- ham and ...
... possessed a market and a church . Mary queen of Scots stayed a night at Rotherham while a prisoner , as did also Charles I ... possession of by the Royalists in detachment of the Parliamentary forces . The townships of Rother- ham and ...
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... keep called Joan of Arc's Tower still stands .. On the other hand , nothing remains of the castle erected by Henry V. of England when he took possession of Rouen in 1418 after a sau guinary siege ; he proposed making it one of his 12 ROUEN.
... keep called Joan of Arc's Tower still stands .. On the other hand , nothing remains of the castle erected by Henry V. of England when he took possession of Rouen in 1418 after a sau guinary siege ; he proposed making it one of his 12 ROUEN.
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... possession of the Genoese from 1380. The diocese of Rovigno was merged in 1008 in the bishopric of Parenzo ; but its church continued to have the title of cathedral . Rovigno passed definitively into the hands of the Venetians in 1830 ...
... possession of the Genoese from 1380. The diocese of Rovigno was merged in 1008 in the bishopric of Parenzo ; but its church continued to have the title of cathedral . Rovigno passed definitively into the hands of the Venetians in 1830 ...
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... possession of important rights , which were maintained under his suc- cessors . His reign is memorable chiefly because he was the founder of the greatness of the house of Hapsburg . In 1281 his first wife died , and in 1284 he married ...
... possession of important rights , which were maintained under his suc- cessors . His reign is memorable chiefly because he was the founder of the greatness of the house of Hapsburg . In 1281 his first wife died , and in 1284 he married ...
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... possessions of the abbey of Hersfeld in the year 800. After passing through the possession of the German emperor and of the rulers of Orlamünde and Weimar , it came into the hands of the dukes of Schwarzburg in 1355. Its town rights ...
... possessions of the abbey of Hersfeld in the year 800. After passing through the possession of the German emperor and of the rulers of Orlamünde and Weimar , it came into the hands of the dukes of Schwarzburg in 1355. Its town rights ...
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