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21Manor house — This article is about a type of historical building. For other uses, see Manor house (disambiguation). Ightham Mote, a 14th century moated manor house in Kent, England …
22Hungary — /hung geuh ree/, n. a republic in central Europe. 9,935,774; 35,926 sq. mi. (93,050 sq. km). Cap.: Budapest. Hungarian, Magyarország. * * * Hungary Introduction Hungary Background: Hungary was part of the polyglot Austro Hungarian Empire, which… …
23Graf — For other uses, see Graf (disambiguation). Graf is a historical German noble title equal in rank to a count (derived from the Latin Comes, with a history of its own) or a British earl (an Anglo Saxon title akin to the Viking title Jarl). A… …
24Harry Turtledove's Darkness — The Darkness Series is a series of six fantasy novels by Harry Turtledove.* Into the Darkness (1999) * Darkness Descending (2000) * Through the Darkness (2001) * Rulers of the Darkness (2002) * Jaws of the Darkness (2003) * Out of the Darkness… …
25Russian nobility — Color photograph taken by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin Gorskii of a Russian noblewoman in 1905. The Russian nobility (Russian: Дворянство Dvoryanstvo) arose in the 14th century and essentially governed Russia until the October Revolution of 1917 …
26Thakore — Thakur, Thakore, Thakar, Thakrar, Thakhor etc., is an Indian feudal and colonial title in Hindi. A Thikana is the state or (more often) estate of a Thakur.A Thakurani is the wife of a Thakur.In Bengali Thakur is referred as a surname, title of… …
27Cardinal Richelieu — The Red Eminence redirects here. For Soviet statesman, see Mikhail Andreyevich Suslov. Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal de Richelieu Portrait of Cardinal Richelieu, 1637, Philippe de Champaigne 1st Chief Minister of the …
28Clan of Ostoja — The Clan of Ostoja was a powerful group of Knights and Lords in late medieval Europe. The clan encompassed several families in the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth, Upper Hungary (Slovakia), Hungary, Transylvania, Belorus, Ukraine and Prussia. The… …
29Sweden — /sweed n/, n. a kingdom in N Europe, in the E part of the Scandinavian Peninsula. 8,946,193; 173,732 sq. mi. (449,964 sq. km). Cap.: Stockholm. Swedish, Sverige. * * * Sweden Introduction Sweden Background: A military power during the 17th… …
30Droit du seigneur — Vasily Polenov: Le droit du Seigneur (1874). A Victorian artist s painting of an old man bringing his young daughters to their feudal lord. Droit du seigneur (/ …
