The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 - 908 pages |
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... king's offer , preferring to return to Geneva . There from 1715 he rendered valuable assistance to a society that ... King William appears in his elaborate defence of the Revolution , as well as in his history of the conspiracy of 1696 ...
... king's offer , preferring to return to Geneva . There from 1715 he rendered valuable assistance to a society that ... King William appears in his elaborate defence of the Revolution , as well as in his history of the conspiracy of 1696 ...
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... King of France , by a concordat between Pope Leo X. and Francis I. , to appoint abbés commendataires to 225 abbeys , that is , to most of the abbeys in France . This kind of appointment , whereby the living was com- mended to some one ...
... King of France , by a concordat between Pope Leo X. and Francis I. , to appoint abbés commendataires to 225 abbeys , that is , to most of the abbeys in France . This kind of appointment , whereby the living was com- mended to some one ...
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... king . If he gave a command , the monk receiving it was also to kneel . No monk might sit in his presence , or leave it without his permission . The highest place was naturally assigned to him , both in church and at table . In the East ...
... king . If he gave a command , the monk receiving it was also to kneel . No monk might sit in his presence , or leave it without his permission . The highest place was naturally assigned to him , both in church and at table . In the East ...
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... king . In the scandalous divorce suit of the Lady Frances Howard against the Earl of Essex , the archbishop persistently opposed the dissolu- tion of the marriage , though the influence of the king and court was strongly and ...
... king . In the scandalous divorce suit of the Lady Frances Howard against the Earl of Essex , the archbishop persistently opposed the dissolu- tion of the marriage , though the influence of the king and court was strongly and ...
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... King James II . having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the king- dom , by breaking the original contract between king and people , and , by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons , having violated the fundamental laws ...
... King James II . having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the king- dom , by breaking the original contract between king and people , and , by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons , having violated the fundamental laws ...
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