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Topic: Boleslav III of Bohemia


  
  Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Bohemia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Bohemia (Czech: Čechy; German: Böhmen, Russian: Bogemiya) is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western and middle thirds of the Czech Republic.
Bohemia's borders are marked with mountain ranges such as the Šumava, the Ore Mountains or Giant Mountains as part of the Sudeten mountains.
With Bohemia's conversion to Christianity in the 9th century, close relations were forged with the East Frankish kingdom, then part of the so-called Carolingian empire, later the nucleus of the Holy Roman Empire of which Bohemia was an autonomous part from the 10th century.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Bohemia   (1186 words)

  
 Bohemian History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Bohemia is a territory and former kingdom located in the western part of today's Czech Republic.
Bohemia's early political development was slow because there was no strict rule for succession to the throne.
The Bohemian throne subsequently passed to John of Luxembourg, the founder of the Bohemian branch of the Luxembourg dynasty.
www.newbohemian.com /bohemian-history.php   (262 words)

  
 WHKMLA : History of Poland - Christianization
Son BOLESLAV THE BOLD grasped power and subjugated the Wislans, Slezans, Opolans and Golensitians, which until then were subject to Bohemia.
Crookedmouth (1138), the SENIORATE CONSTITUTION weakened the Polish state, as it was partitioned among the brothers, the eldest being regarded the head of the family.
Boleslav II., by the acquisition of the relics of ST. ADALBERT, was able to elevate GNIESZNO into an ecclesiastic centre, and the city's designation as seat of Poland's ARCHBISHOPRIC in 1000 meant the establishment of an independent Polish church organization, a step critical for Poland's political independence.
www.zum.de /whkmla/region/eceurope/christpol.html   (608 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Numismatics
Coins are also very frequently used to commemorate enfeoffments, and these bear a representation of the liege lord from whom the kneeling vassal receives the gonfalon.
A Polish bracteate perpetuates the memory of a pilgrimage of Duke Boleslav III to the tomb of St. Adalbert in Gnesen.
A denier of Ladislaus I of Bohemia shows the repulsive head of Satan with a descriptive legend on one side, and on the other a church.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/11152a.htm   (6873 words)

  
 TIMELINE 12th CENTURY page of ULTIMATE SCIENCE FICTION WEB GUIDE
1145: Al-Khowarizmi's Algebra translated from Arabic to Latin by Robert of Chester [Helleman, p.77] 1147: St.Bernard of Clairvaux preaches, stirs Christendom to start the Second Crusade, which is led by King Louis VII of France and King Conrad III of Germany.
1172: Agnes, daughter of Italian Count Amadeus III of Savoy, dies.
1173: Alice, daughter of Italian Count Humbert III of Savoy, dies.
www.magicdragon.com /UltimateSF/timeline12.html   (5788 words)

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