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111Crusades — a series of military expeditions between the 11th and 14th centuries, in which armies from the Christian countries of Europe tried to get back the Holy Land (= what is now Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Egypt) from the Muslims. The soldiers who… …
112ballad — balladic /beuh lad ik/, adj. balladlike, adj. /bal euhd/, n. 1. any light, simple song, esp. one of sentimental or romantic character, having two or more stanzas all sung to the same melody. 2. a simple narrative poem of folk origin, composed in… …
113Henry I — 1. ( Henry the Fowler ) A.D. 876? 936, king of Germany 919 936: first of the Saxon kings. 2. ( Beauclerc ) 1068 1135, king of England 1100 35 (son of William the Conqueror). 3. 1008 60, king of France 1031 60. * * * known as Henry Beauclerc… …
114South Africa — Republic of, a country in S Africa; member of the Commonwealth of Nations until 1961. 42,327,458; 472,000 sq. mi. (1,222,480 sq. km). Capitals: Pretoria and Cape Town. Formerly, Union of South Africa. * * * South Africa Introduction South Africa… …
115Columbus, Christopher — Italian Cristoforo Colombo Spanish Cristóbal Colón born between Aug. 26 and Oct. 31?, 1451, Genoa died May 20, 1506, Valladolid, Spain Genoese navigator and explorer whose transatlantic voyages opened the way for European exploration,… …
116Brooke, Arthur — ▪ English poet Brooke also spelled Broke died 1563 English poet and author of The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet (1562), the poem on which Shakespeare (Shakespeare, William) based Romeo and Juliet. It is written in rhymed verse… …
117California Missions — • Divided into Lower or Old California and Upper California Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. California Missions California Missions …
118Parsis — • Small Zoroastrian community in India Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Parsis Parsis † …
119Richard Creagh — Richard Creagh † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Richard Creagh Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland, b. at Limerick early in the sixteenth century; d. in the Tower of London, in 1585. The son of a merchant, he followed the same calling in his youth …
120St. Francis of Assisi — St. Francis of Assisi † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Francis of Assisi Founder of the Franciscan Order, born at Assisi in Umbria, in 1181 or 1182 the exact year is uncertain; died there, 3 October, 1226. His father, Pietro… …
