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Search Results: "rev-richard-barham

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Acre, St. Jean D'
a strong place and seaport in syria, at the foot of mount carmel, taken, at an enormous sacrifice of life, by philip augustus and richard coeur de lion in 1191, held out against bonaparte in 1799; its ancient name ptolemaïs.
Arthur, Prince, Duke of Brittany
heir to the throne of england by the death of his uncle richard i.; supplanted by king john.
Aymon, the Count of Dordogne
the father of four sons, renaud, guiscard, alard, and richard, renowned in the legends of chivalry, and particularly as paladins of charlemagne.
Baldwin
archbishop of canterbury; crowned richard coeur de lion; accompanied him on the crusade; died at acre in 1191.
Blight's Disease
a disease in the kidneys, due to several diseased conditions of the organ, so called from dr. richard bright, who first investigated its nature.
Blondel
a troubadour of the 12th century; a favourite of richard coeur de lion, who, it is said, discovered the place of richard's imprisonment in austria by singing the first part of a love-song which richard and he had composed together, and by the voice of richard in responding to the strain.
Bordeaux
A great industrial and commercial city, and chief seat of the wine trade in France and the third seaport on the Garonne; cap. of the dep. of Gironde;
Bosworth
a town in leicestershire, near which richard iii. lost both crown and life in 1485, an event which terminated the wars of the roses and led to the accession of the tudor dynasty to the throne of england in the person of henry vii.
Brown, Jones, and Robinson
three middle-class englishmen on their travels abroad, as figured in the pages of punch , and drawn by richard doyle.
Cameronians
A Presbyterian body in Scotland who derived their name from Richard Cameron, contended like him for the faith to which the nation by covenant had bound
Chains
chief town of the french dep. of haute vienne, where richard coeur de lion was mortally wounded in 1199 by a shot with an arrow.
Coeur de Lion
a surname on account of their courage given to richard i. of england, louis viii. of france, and boselas i. of poland.
Conrad, Marquis of Tyre
threw himself into tyre when beset by saladin, and held it till richard coeur de lion and philip augustus arrived; was assassinated by emissaries of the old man of the mountain in 1192.
Cooke, George Frederick
an actor, famous for his representation of richard iii.; stood in his day next to kemble in spite of his intemperate habits (1756-1811).
Crusades, the
Military expeditions, organised from the 11th century to the 13th, under the banner of the Cross for the recovery of the Holy Land from the hands of
Doyle, Dr. Conan
Novelist, nephew of Richard and grandson of John, born in Edinburgh; studied and practised medicine, but gave it up after a time for literature, in which
Ecclesiastical Polity, the Law of
a vindication of the anglican church against the puritans, written by richard hooker; the most splendid and stately piece of literary prose that exists in the language.
Edward IV.
King of England (1461-1483), son of Richard, Duke of York, and successor to the Lancastrian Henry VI., whom he defeated at Towton; throughout his reign
Edward V.
king of england for three months in 1483, son of the preceding; deposed by his uncle, richard, duke of gloucester; was ultimately murdered in the tower, along with his young brother (1470-1483).
Ethelred II.
the unready, a worthless king of saxon england (979-1016), married emma, daughter of richard, duke of normandy, a step which led in the end to the claim which issued in the norman conquest (968-1016).
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