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  CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope Innocent III
They proceeded to a second election, and on 11 December, 1205, cast their votes for the royal favourite, John de Grey, whom the king had recommended to their suffrages.
He prepared a crusade against the Moors and lived to see their power broken in Spain at the battle of Navas de Tolosa, in 1212.
He protected the people of Norway against their tyrannical king, Sverri, and after the king's death arbitrated between the two claimants to the Norwegian throne.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/08013a.htm   (4264 words)

  
 GERMANIA: Visigoths, Ostrogoths, Vandals, Vikings, Orkney, etc.
Odoacer returned the Imperial Regalia to Constantinople and legally became an official of the Emperor Zeno.
In 1471 the rule of the Islands was taken directly by King James III of Scotland.
This might seem to be rather far from anything, but it put the fleet in a position, at the entrance to the North Sea, to intercept the German High Seas Fleet whatever it might do.
www.friesian.com /germania.htm   (6326 words)

  
 Prayer - Prayer Times, Pray, Bible Study, Bible Verses, Online Bible   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Ceremonies commence with ritual drumming followed by a procession in which participants dressed in ancient regalia carry in special symbols to welcome the spirit of Confucius.
In the capital city, Taipei, the celebration is modeled on the ancient pattern in which Literati bureaucrats performed the main rituals.
The emperor spent that day and night in the so-called Hall of Abstinence, a large complex to the west of the main north-south axis and about halfway between the Altar of Heaven to the south and the Hall of Harvest Prayer at the north of the compound.
www.prayer.net /modules.php?name=News&new_topic=10   (2763 words)

  
 History
Print version at Z1605.H67 RR Royal Historical Society Bibliography: the History of Britain, Ireland, and the British Overseas.
This dictionary presents English, Scottish, Welsh, and Irish monarchs, from mythical and Romano-British rulers to the House of Windsor.
Extended entries give information on themes such as Coronations and Regalia, and on significant royal residences or traditions like Sandringham House and touching for the King's Evil.
www.lib.uchicago.edu /e/su/hist   (7633 words)

  
 M.E. Sharpe, Inc. - Book Information
Description: Throughout history, royal dynasties have dominated countries and empires around the world.
Waldemar I, the Great; Wang Kon; Wanli; Warfare; Weddings, Royal; Wei Dynasties; Welsh Kingdoms; Wen Ti (Wendi); Wenceslas; Wessex, Kingdom of; Wilderness, royal links to; Wilhelm II; Wilhelmina; William and Mary; William I; William I, the Conqueror; William II (William Rufus); Windsor, House of; Witchcraft and sorcery; Wu Tse-T'ien (Wu Zetian) (Wu Zhao)
It is thorough and comprehensive, and covers individual monarchs from all continents and historical periods; royal dynasties (families); kingdoms and nations; and topics such as oaths, polygamy, taxation, myth and folklore, cooks, and etiquette.
www.mesharpe.com /mall/resultsa.asp?Title=World+Monarchies+and+Dynasties   (630 words)

  
 Historama.com | The Online History Shop - Online Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
A research site run by Kurt Monsen chronicalling the Norwegian military experience before and during the German occupation - from both sides of the fence, Allied and Axis.
Contains articles written by experts like Hugh Page-Taylor on political and military issues of that time, including specific Allied and collaborationist units, plus biographical and militaria resources.
Though misleadingly titled, the page is about the military dress and appearance of soldiers belonging to each of the three Royal Fusilier battalions which comprised the Jewish Legion (and then the First Judean Regiment), 1917-1919.
www.historama.com /resources.html   (3200 words)

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