The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideLittle, Brown, 1875 |
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... established in the government , but the Spanish provinces were lost to the empire by the erection of an independent caliphate of Cordova , under Abderrahman . On the death of Abul - Abbas , ALMANSUR succeeded to the throne , and founded ...
... established in the government , but the Spanish provinces were lost to the empire by the erection of an independent caliphate of Cordova , under Abderrahman . On the death of Abul - Abbas , ALMANSUR succeeded to the throne , and founded ...
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... established here by Van Robais , a Dutchman , under the patronage of the minister Colbert , as early as 1669 ; and since that time Abbeville has continued to be one of the most thriving manufacturing towns in France . Besides black ...
... established here by Van Robais , a Dutchman , under the patronage of the minister Colbert , as early as 1669 ; and since that time Abbeville has continued to be one of the most thriving manufacturing towns in France . Besides black ...
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... established of this order alone . The Benedictine rule , spreading with the vigour of a young and powerful life , absorbed into itself the older monastic foundations , whose discipline had too usually become dis- gracefully relaxed . In ...
... established of this order alone . The Benedictine rule , spreading with the vigour of a young and powerful life , absorbed into itself the older monastic foundations , whose discipline had too usually become dis- gracefully relaxed . In ...
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... established at Clugny . By the end of the 12th century the number of monasteries affiliated to Clugny in the various coun- tries of Western Europe amounted to 2000. The monas- tic establishment of Clugny was one of the most extensive ...
... established at Clugny . By the end of the 12th century the number of monasteries affiliated to Clugny in the various coun- tries of Western Europe amounted to 2000. The monas- tic establishment of Clugny was one of the most extensive ...
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... established on the site by Thomas Sutton A.D. 1611 . Friars . An article on monastic arrangements would be incom- plete without some account of the convents of the Mendi- Mendicant cant or Preaching Friars , including the Black Friars ...
... established on the site by Thomas Sutton A.D. 1611 . Friars . An article on monastic arrangements would be incom- plete without some account of the convents of the Mendi- Mendicant cant or Preaching Friars , including the Black Friars ...
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