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  Chapter Lays of Ancient Rome <i>to</i> Leander of L by Brewer's Readers Handbook
League (The), a league formed at Péronne in 1576, to prevent the accession of Henri IV.
League Caddee (The), or Ligue de la Maison de Dieu (1401), a confederation of the Grisons for the purpose of resisting domestic tyranny.
League of Augsburg (1686), a confederation of the house of Austria with Sweden, Saxony, Bavaria, the circles of Swabia and Franconia, etc., against Louis XIV.
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 AllRefer.com - League (French History) - Encyclopedia
League or Holy League, in French history, organization of Roman Catholics, aimed at the suppression of Protestantism and Protestant political influence in France.
In the war that followed (the War of the Three Henrys), the League and the king were technically allied, but the League assumed the right to dictate, forcing the king to leave Paris (1588) and to renew his previous concessions.
After the accession (1589) of Henry IV, the League controlled all the large cities, including Paris, and had the active support of Philip II of Spain, who sent Alessandro Farnese to Mayenne's aid.
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 Holy League on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Venice, the Swiss cantons, Ferdinand II of Aragón, Henry VIII of England, and Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I were the chief members of the league.
The Swiss, who did most of the fighting, routed the French at Novara (1513), but in the same year Julius II died and the league fell apart.
League's dark vision divides Catholics: dispute over TV show affords new visibility.
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 Crusaders To Face Army In Patriot League Quarterfinals :: Holy Cross to play on Friday night at the Hart Center.
HOLY CROSS IN THE RPI: The Crusaders are currently ranked 37th in the nation in the latest Ratings Percentage Index, according to Collegiate Basketball News.
Holy Cross is currently the top rated team in the Patriot League, coming in well ahead of Bucknell (75th,.5542) and American (147th,.5109).
Willard is a 1967 graduate of Holy Cross, and was a three-year letterwinner for the Crusaders.
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 Crusaders Face Bucknell In Patriot League Title Game :: Holy Cross looking for fourth league championship in the last ...
HOLY CROSS IN THE RPI: The Crusaders are currently ranked 45th in the nation in the latest Ratings Percentage Index, according to Collegiate Basketball News.
Holy Cross' 12 wins away from home so far this season are tied for the fourth-most in the nation, behind only Illinois (14-1 on the road), Pacific (13-1 on the road) and Oral Roberts (13-5 on the road).
HOLY CROSS ON TELEVISION: The Patriot League championship game against Bucknell will mark the eighth time the Crusaders have been shown on live television during the 2004-2005 season, as the contest will be televised live to a national audience on ESPN2.
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 Hoopville - Patriot League   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Friday against Holy Cross the Mountain Hawks scored a season low 39 points while shooting a dismal 29 percent from the floor.
Holy Cross (16-4, 6-1) Two key victories for the Crusaders over Lehigh and Bucknell this past weekend has placed them back on top the Patriot League.
After choosing the Holy Cross versus Lehigh contest last week (which turned out to be anything but), this week's Patriot League game of the week is Colgate (9-11, 4-3) at Lafayette (9-11, 3-4).
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 Holy League --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
To put an end to the league, which challenged his authority, Henry III had the duke de Guise assassinated (1588), an act that, rather than destroying the League, led to Henry's own assassination in 1589.
Although the basic reason behind the League's formation was the defense of the Catholic religion, political...
Italian league that, in the 12th and 13th centuries, resisted attempts by the Holy Roman emperors to reduce the liberties and jurisdiction of the communes of Lombardy in northern Italy.
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 Bison Women's Hoops Hosts League-Leading Holy Cross. :: Bucknell vs. Holy Cross Game Notes.
Holy Cross enters this evening's contest with the chance to clinch the top-seed at the Patriot League tournament next weekend.
HOLY CROSS, PART ONE: Senior Molly Creamer scored 21 of her game-high 33 points in the second half, but a hot shooting Holy Cross team was too much to overcome as the Bison women's basketball team fell, 86-76, to the Crusaders.
Holy Cross quickly built a 14-point lead, holding the Orange and Blue to just two points in the first five minutes of the second half.
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 AUEAGLES.COM: Eagles Outlasted By Holy Cross In League Final
WASHINGTON -- Holy Cross became just the second team in Patriot League history to win the league title on the road as it narrowly defeated regular season league champion American, 58-54, on Friday in a packed Bender Arena.
Holy Cross came back to grab the lead five minutes into the contest on a fastbreak layup by Brian Wilson.
Holy Cross grabbed the one-point advantage on its next posession and would not give up the lead the rest of the way as a three-pointer by Glenn Stokes with 16 seconds left could not get the Eagles any closer than two points.
www.american.edu /athletics/mbb/articles/3-8_mbb_pl_champs.htm   (467 words)

  
 Holy Cross Takes On Colgate For Patriot League Title :: Crusaders go for their 10th all-time league championship.
The last time Holy Cross won the regular season title was during the 2002-2003 season when the Crusaders went 24-8, won the PL Tournament, and earned a trip to the NCAA Tournament.
Holy Cross (19-10) defeated Navy 72-62 on Saturday at the Hart Center while defending champion Colgate upset #2 Lehigh, 65-60 on the Mountain Hawks' home court.
Maggie Fontana is second in the Patriot League at 85.9% (55-for-64) and leads the team with an 80.4% rate (90-for-112).
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 Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
Although the basic reason behind the League's formation was the defense of the Catholic religion, political reasons, notably the desire to limit the king's power, were not absent.
The League revived in importance in 1584, when the Protestant leader Henry of Navarre (later Henry IV) became heir of the crown.
To put a decisive end to the League, which was in control of much of France and which continued to challenge his authority, Henry III had the Duc de Guise assassinated (December 1588).
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 Holy Cross Takes On Colgate For Patriot League Title :: Crusaders go for their 10th all-time league championship.
Holy Cross vs. Colgate in the Tournament: Holy Cross is 29-5 all-time in Patriot League post-season play, and has won nine Championship titles.
Holy Cross battled back and went on an 8-0 run over the next 1:13 to cut the lead to one, 47-46.
Holy Cross was the only school in District I with two players named to the Academic All-America squad.
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 Crusaders Set To Play Lehigh On Sunday :: Holy Cross prepares for Patriot League semifinals.
Holy Cross then stepped up on the defensive end, holding Army to just two points the rest of the way, as it pulled away to finally win by 34 points.
Holy Cross' 12 wins away from home so far this season are tied for the second-most in the nation, behind only top-ranked Illinois (14-0 on the road).
Holy Cross defeated Lehigh in the semifinals in 2001 (69-57) and 1991 (95-90 in overtime), in addition to winning in the quarterfinals in 1996 (81-66).
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 League on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
or Holy League, in French history, organization of Roman Catholics, aimed at the suppression of Protestantism and Protestant political influence in France.
It was foreshadowed as early as 1561 by the formation of the triumvirate of Anne, duc de Montmorency ; François, 2d duc de Guise (see under Guise, family); and Marshal Saint-André.
League has new leadership as ninth season begins President has served as PGA Tour executive
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 College of the Holy Cross | Athletics | Athletics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Holy Cross scholar-athletes strive to honor the College’s legendary winning tradition.
As a founding member of the NCAA Division I Patriot League, Holy Cross prides itself on making the academic performance and personal development of each student central goals.
As a reflection of this commitment, Holy Cross is recognized nationally for our high scholar-athlete graduation rates.
www.holycross.edu /departments/athletics/website/mbasketball.htm   (80 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Holy League (French History) - Encyclopedia
Holy League, in Italian history, alliance formed (1510–11) by Pope Julius II during the Italian Wars for the purpose of expelling Louis XII of France from Italy, thereby consolidating papal power.
Venice, the Swiss cantons, Ferdinand II of AragOn, Henry VIII of England, and Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I were the chief members of the league.
• Maximilian I, 1459¢#150;1519, Holy Roman emperor and German king
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 Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Holy League (The).   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Shaw, G.B. Stein, G. Stevenson, R.L. Wells, H.G. Reference > Brewer’s Dictionary > Holy League (The).
   There was another league so called in the reign of Henri III.
of France, in 1576, under the auspices of Henri de Guise, “for the defence of the Holy Catholic Church against the encroachments of the reformers.” The Pope gave it his sanction, but its true strength lay in Felipe II.
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 Holy Cow! Fantasy Baseball   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
This league is a true test of how well you know baseball.
In the past I have given out the league ID and password with hopes that the people entering would be honest enough to come through with the measly entry fee.
Unfortunately, some never do, and I'm stuck trying to get those slackers to either come up with the money or drop their players so that the paying members can utilize them.
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 National Champions League: Holy Cross enters ‘Sweet Sixteen’   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
DUMAGUETE CITY -- The Holy Cross of Davao Crusaders opens its bid in the 2003 Champions’ League on Nov. 17 against the University of the East Warriors at the Makati Coliseum.
The Crusaders earned the right to play in the Champions’ League when it ruled the Southern Leg finals with an 88-69 rout of the West Negros College Mustangs.It was a sweet revenge for the Crusaders who lost to the Mustangs in the UniGames in Cavite.
The sweet 16 in the Champions League are St. Francis College, Adamson University, Ateneo De Manila, Jose Rizal College, University of Manila, San Sebastian College, Letran, Far Easthern University, Las Pinas College, and University of the East, University of San Juan Recolletos, University of Visayas, San Beda College and Holy Cross of Davao College.
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 Holy League
KICKOFF 2002; Patriot League preview; All eyes on Lehigh; Holy Cross likes role as an underdog.(Sports) (The Boston Herald)
PATRIOT LEAGUE; Holy Cross keeps focus on Lehigh.(Sports) (The Boston Herald)
HOLY FAMILY NABS METRO LEAGUE TITLE (Denver Rocky Mountain News)
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 Find in a Library: The vindication, or, The parallel of the French Holy-League and the English League and Covenant ...
Find in a Library: The vindication, or, The parallel of the French Holy-League and the English League and Covenant turn'd into a seditious libell against the King and His Royal Highness by Thomas Hunt and the authors of the Reflections upon the pretended parallel in the play called The Duke of Guise
The vindication, or, The parallel of the French Holy-League and the English League and Covenant turn'd into a seditious libell against the King and His Royal Highness by Thomas Hunt and the authors of the Reflections upon the pretended parallel in the play called The Duke of Guise
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 Encyclopedia: Holy League (Mediterranean)
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 Lutheran Woman's Missionary League at Holy Faith Lutheran Church   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Lutheran Woman's Missionary League at Holy Faith Lutheran Church
Gloria Dei is the name of the local chapter of the Lutheran Woman's Missionary League at Holy Faith.
All women of Holy Faith are invited to join in the festivities of devotion, song, beverages, and of course, cookies.
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 ipedia.com: Catholic League Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Throughout history there have been many alliances and organization known as the Catholic League, including: Catholic League - Civil rights group in the Unites States.
Catholic League (USA) - Civil rights group in the Unites States.
This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name.
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 WHKMLA : War of the Holy League, 1510-1516
WHKMLA : War of the Holy League, 1510-1516
The war is a continuation of the War of the League of Cambrai in a new constellation; while the former saw a powerful alliance opposing and defeating Venice, the Holy Alliance, formed on the initiative of Pope Julius II.
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