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	Hugh the Great - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Hugh's first wife was Eadhild, a sister of the English king, Athelstan.
		On the death of Louis IV, Hugh was one of the first to recognize Lothair as his successor, and, at the intervention of Queen Gerberga, was instrumental in having him crowned.
		In recognition of this service Hugh was invested by the new king with the duchies of Burgundy (his suzerainty over which had already been nominally recognized by Louis IV) and Aquitaine.
	www.open-encyclopedia.com /Hugh_the_Great (388 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Hugh the Great
		Dalmatius, devoted to war and the chase, desired that Hugh should adopt the knightly calling and succeed to the ancestral estates; his mother, however, influenced it is said by a vision vouchsafed to a priest whom she consulted, wished her son to dedicate himself to the service of God.
		Hugh was entrusted to deal with the delicate case of the unworthy Archbishop Manasse of Reims, as well as with commissions in connection with the expedition of Count Evroul of Roucy against the Saracens in Spain.
		Hugh was subsequently engaged with the papal legate in Spain in the matter of ecclesiastical reform, and, as a result of his diligence and the high favour he enjoyed with Alphonsus VI of Castille, the Mozarabic was replaced by the Roman Ritual throughout that monarch's realm.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/07524a.htm (2823 words)

	THE GREAT HUGH - LoveToKnow Article on THE GREAT HUGH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Hughs first wife was Eadhild, a sister of the English king, ~thelstan.
		At the death of Raoul, duke of Burgundy, in 936, Hugh was in possession of nearly all the region between the Loire and the Seine, corresponding to the ancient Neustria, with the exception of the territory ceded to the Normans in 911.
		Hugh was one of the first to recognize Lothair as his successor, and, at the intervention of Queen Gerberga, was instrumental in having him crowned.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HU/HUGH_THE_GREAT.htm (365 words)

	Hugh the Great - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		At the death of Rudolph, duke of Burgundy, in 936, Hugh was in possession of nearly all the region between the Loire and the Seine, corresponding to the ancient Neustria, with the exception of the territory ceded to the Normans in 911.
		He took a very active part in bringing Louis IV (d'Outremer) from England in 936, but in the same year Hugh married Hedwige, (who was daughter of King Henry I of Germany and sister of the emperor Otto the Great) and soon quarrelled with Louis.
		In the Divine Comedy Dante meets the soul of Duke Hugh in Purgatory, lamenting the avarice of his descendants.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hugh_the_Great (437 words)

	Hugh the Great. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Hugh hoped to rule through this weak king who had been raised in England.
		Louis IV attempted to increase his strength, however, and his reign was marked by warfare between king and vassal, in which Hugh, excommunicated (948) at the insistence of Louis, was forced to submit (950).
		Although Hugh never held the title of king, his vast possessions made him the virtual ruler of France.
	www.bartleby.com /65/hu/HughGrea.html (159 words)

	Hugh the Great: bio and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Hugh's first wife was Eadhild, a sister of the English king, Athelstan (The first Saxon ruler who extended his kingdom to include nearly all of England (895-939)).
		When Louis fell into the hands of the Normans in 945, he was handed over to Hugh, who released him in 946 only on condition that he should surrender the fortress of Laon (additional info and facts about Laon).
		On the death of Louis IV, Hugh was one of the first to recognize Lothair (additional info and facts about Lothair) as his successor, and, at the intervention of Queen Gerberga, was instrumental in having him crowned.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/hu/hugh_the_great.htm (271 words)

	Hugh Magnus "the Great" CAPET "Count of Paris"
		Hugh was passed over as King by the electing officials in 923, but he could have easily assumed the crown, since he soon possessed vast territories from the inheritance of all his father's lands.
		Hugh tried to have him deposed and finally captured Louis in 945 and held him for a year before he was pressured to have him released.
		Hugh was excommunicated in 948 and finally submitted to Louis in 950.
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	The Great Fire of London. 1666.
		The Great Fire of London began on the night of September 2, 1666, as a small fire on Pudding Lane, in the bakeshop of Thomas Farynor, baker to King Charles II.
		The Great Fire, and the fire of 1676, which destroyed over 600 houses south of the river, changed the face of London forever.
		The one positive effect of the Great Fire was that the plague, which had ravished London since 1665, diminished greatly, due to the mass death of the plague-carrying rats in the blaze.
	www.luminarium.org /encyclopedia/greatfire.htm (650 words)

	Hugh The Great (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Grandparents are Michael and Teressa Blair and Rosie and Pete Ponder of Zavalla and Hugh Paul and Patricia Bordelon of Simmsport, La. Great-grandmothers are...
		Hugh Freeze, the former coach at Briarcrest Christian, serves as Ole Miss' assistant athletic director for external affairs, but has...
		Another "Hugh the Great" was Hugh of Cluny (1024 - 1109), abbot of Cluny, later canonized.
	www.wikiverse.org /hugh-the-great (513 words)

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		Great monasteries were built for him, and great tracts of land were given him, by those who were anxious that he should pray for their souls.
		He was great as a general; his detection of trouble before the storm broke, his instant determination and rapidity of movements, his ever-ready munitions for battle and siege, made his later campaigns always successful.
		The years immediately after were years of great suffering, but the very suffering prepared the way for the progress of the future, because it made men willing to leave their own districts and to move into the coal and slate districts, where wages were high enough to enable them to live.
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	RETROSPECT OF THE HISTORY OF THE MISSION OF THE BRETHREN'S CHURCH IN LABRADOR FOR THE PAST HUNDRED YEARS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Great encouragement was derived from some of the striking passages of Scripture, which occurred in the Textbook during the voyage.
		Great attention was directed to the work of educating the young, and the steady persevering efforts of the missionaries were accompanied with very good results.
		To their great astonishment they were welcomed with kindly warmth, and the offer of aid to bring them ashore, where they were again surprised to find the women singing hymns at their work, and readily offering them whatever food was at their disposal.
	www.mun.ca /rels/morav/texts/brethren.html (16214 words)

	Search Results for "Hugh the Great" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		During the early part of his reign he was dominated by Hugh the Great.
		He was the son of Hugh the Great, to whose vast territories he succeeded in 956.
		...Otto I, Holy Roman emperor, or Otto the Great, 912-73, Holy Roman emperor (962-73) and German king (936-73), son and successor of Henry I of Germany.
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/65search?query=Hugh+the+Great (308 words)

	Hugh Capet
		Hugh supported his royal suzerain when Lothair and the emperor Otto II fought for the possession of Lorraine; but chagrined at the king's conduct in making peace in 980, he went to Rome to conclude an alliance with Otto.
		Hugh was worsted during the earlier part of this struggle, and was in serious straits, until he was saved by the wiles of his partisan Adalberon, Bishop of Laon, who in 991 treacherously seized Charles and handed him over to the king.
		Hugh and his bishops remained firm, and the dispute was still in progress when the king died at Paris on the 24th of October 996.
	www.nndb.com /people/171/000093889 (681 words)

	UK: Durham Cathedral and Castle
		The great window in the north wall is the climax of the composition, which, with its double tracery, is the finest piece of Gothic design in the cathedral.
		THE GREAT HALL The Great Hall of the Castle is now the dining hall of University College: it is one of the largest and most impressive of its kind in the country, being 45 feet high and over 100 feet long, even though shortened by Bishop Fox.
		Great periods of building alternated with periods of neglect, for when Prior John of Wessington, or Washington, was appointed in 1416, a vast amount of repair work was needed.
	whc.unesco.org /sites/nom/uk-370.htm (8719 words)

	Hugh Capet - Cunnan
		Hugh Capet (938-996) established Capetian Dynasty in France, extending up to Charles IV in 1328, when they ran out of direct male heirs.
		His father was Hugh the Great, duke of the Franks, whose first wife had been sister to Athelstan of England; on her death he married Hedwige, the sister of Emperor Otto the Great.
		His first ambition was to become a lay abbot, but on his father's death he inherited his position as the most powerful noble in the French kingdoms, and he was elected king after the death of both King Lothair and his son.
	cunnan.sca.org.au /wiki/Hugh_Capet (166 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Hugh Capet
		Hugh possessed towns and estates in the vicinity of Paris, Orléans, and in the district of Senlis and Chartres, Touraine and Anjou, but on the whole these were restricted domains, as his vassals on the borders of the Seine and the Loire contested his authority.
		When Hugh Capet requested the Holy See to legitimize the action of the council, John XVI was silent; later, under the influence of Germany, the pope refused formally to recognize the election of Gerbert.
		Apropos of Hugh Capet it is worthy of note that because the Dukes of France had in their possession the famous cope (cappa) of St. Martin, certain authors give to Hugh the Great and to his son Hugh the surname of Capet, which in history is reserved exclusively for the subject of this article.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/07515c.htm (765 words)

	Medieval Sourcebook: Abbot Suger: Life of King Louis the Fat
		Great champion and distinguished swordsman that he was, in the castle he was frequently struck and frequently struck others; yet he would neither withdraw nor permit himself to be repulsed until he had totally captured and reduced to cinders the whole castle up to the turret.
		Hugh, who had at first been delighted by the seize of Anselm, was now terrified of the prospect of losing him and the castle.
		Hugh recognised him by his great speed and brandished his lance often in his direction; but not daring to delay on account of his pursuers, he set off in flight.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/basis/suger-louisthefat.html (18816 words)

	New Catholic Dictionary: Saint Hugh the Great (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The improvement he effected in Cluny induced many cloisters to seek affiliation with his abbey, and these together with the monasteries he founded in Spain formed a powerful weapon in the hands of the popes in their struggle against imperial interference.
		Hugh's reforming efforts won the approbation of the popes from Leo IX to Paschal II, and especially of Gregory VII, with whom he temporarily reconciled Henry IV.
		Through his assistance the Mozarabic Liturgy was replaced by the Roman in Castile, whose sovereign, Ferdinand the Great, made his kingdom tributary to Cluny.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/ncd04062.htm (203 words)

	Hugh the Great on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Hugh Laurie longed to emulate his father, a brilliant doctor and Olympic rowing gold.
		But Hugh was a loser as a rower...
		Say goodbye to mud and drugs A rock festival used to mean great music and greater chaos; then the Chablis set moved in, with their designer tents and massage zones.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/H/HughG1rea.asp (532 words)

	Hugh The Great -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Hugh was called Le Gros because of his great bulk and Lupus because of his ferocity.
		His great task was to reduce to order the petty nobles of the royal domain,...
		Pella, the capital of ancient Macedonia, was the birthplace of Alexander the Great.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9041421 (801 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Hugh the Great
		Grant, Hugh, born in 1960, British motion-picture actor, best known for his humorous performances in romantic comedies.
		Hugh Capet (938?-996), king of France, and founder of the Capetian dynasty, son of Hugh the Great, count of Paris, whom he succeeded in 956.
		Draw a great circle that is perpendicular to both of them.
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	Medieval Sourcebook: The Crusaders at Constantinople 1096-97
		While they were thus commanding the Governor, Hugh, as it is said, came from Rome into Longobardy; and leaving Bari toward Illyricum, be was caught by a most awful storm and lost the greater number of his ships, together with their oarsmen and passengers.
		And, behold, at the meeting Hugh, Drogo, William Carpenter, and Clarebold, set free by the Emperor, were present, rejoicing because of the arrival of the Duke and of his multitudes, and meeting the embrace of the Duke and of the others with many a kiss.
		On the next day, Hugh set out to meet Godfrey and counselled him to make peace with the Emperor, if he did not want to try the warlike skill of the latter anew, to his own hurt, but especially to pledge that be would keep inviolate his faith to the Emperor.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/source/cde-atcp.html (6999 words)

	St. Hugh
		Hugh, the eldest son of a French count of Burgundian background, had so clear a calling to become a Benedictine monk that he entered the monastery of Cluny when only 14.
		Hugh also founded a monastery for nuns, presided over initially by his sister; and he opened a hospital for lepers, where he loved to wait on the sick personally.
		Hugh the Great was canonized only 11 years after his death.
	www.stthomasirondequoit.com /SaintsAlive/id756.htm (533 words)

	Duke of France Hugh Capet "the Great"
		Also called "Hugh the white", "Hugh le Grand", or "Hugues le Blanc".
		Hugh and Louis IV were engaged in a struggle for power in France until 945 when Hugh incarcerated him.
		After a year he was released and Hugh finally submitted to him in 951, after being excommunicated by French and German councils as well as the Pope.
	burnsfamily.org.nz /genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I1840&tree=Burns (73 words)

	BMG - Great Western Malting Co.
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	JoBlo's Movie Club - Reviews: X-Men 2
		Xavier does some grand telepathic things that inexplicably affect everyone (it seems pointless to ask what the hell is going on), Jean Grey begins her totally inexplicable transformation, and tons of lovely fight sequences clog up a lack of plot.
		Hugh [Jackman] proved he IS Wolverine, and Alan [Cumming] justified his choice as Nightcrawler (originally I wasn't happy about his casting).
		Hugh Jackman gives us every side of Wolverine; the quiet side, the badass side, the emotional side, and of course the vicious, unstoppable, bloodthirsty animal side.
	www.joblo.com /forums/showthread.php?threadid=51799 (6040 words)

	Patron Saints Index: Saint Hugh of Cluny
		His father wanted him to become a knight and secular leader; his mother was advised of a vision recieved by a local priest that her son was destined for religious life.
		When Hugh seemed more inclined to the Church than the hunt, his father sent him to his grand-uncle Hugh, Bishop of Auxerre for education.
		Fought secular investiture, simony, and corruption among the clergy.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/sainth19.htm (173 words)

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		Hugh the Great and the duke of Lorraine were riding at the head, the count of St. Gilles and the venerable b'ishop of Puy followed.
		Moreover, their panic was so great that about 2,000 were suffocated at the gate of the city.
		At length, as the intolerable atrocity of this great crime aroused the devotion of all the Christians to avenge the insult offered to their Creator, it was, by the common consent of all, agreed that we should all, after asking assistance from heaven, arrange ourselves in order, and give battle to these treacherous people.
	www.shsu.edu /~his_ncp/Cruslet.html (10924 words)

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