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Cornwell, David John Moore
(Encyclopedia)Cornwell, David John Moore: see le Carré, John. ...Clement III, antipope
(Encyclopedia)Clement III, antipope: see Guibert of Ravenna. ...Medici, Alessandro de'
(Encyclopedia)Medici, Alessandro de' mĕˈdĭchē, Ital. māˈdēchē [key], 1510?–37, duke of Florence (1532–37); probably an illegitimate son of Lorenzo de' Medici, duke of Urbino. His prominence began when ...Clement V, pope
(Encyclopedia)Clement V, 1264–1314, pope (1305–14), a Frenchman named Bertrand de Got; successor of Benedict XI. He was made archbishop of Bordeaux by Boniface VIII, who trusted him; surprisingly, he was also i...Clement VII, antipope
(Encyclopedia)Clement VII, antipope (1378–94): see Robert of Geneva. ...York, Cardinal
(Encyclopedia)York, Cardinal: see Stuart, Henry Benedict Maria Clement. ...Vienne, Council of
(Encyclopedia)Vienne, Council of, 1311–12, 15th ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church, held at Vienne, France. It was convened by Pope Clement V at the behest of Philip IV of France as a further move in...Edgeworth, Richard Lovell
(Encyclopedia)Edgeworth, Richard Lovell, 1744–1817, Anglo-Irish educational theorist, b. Bath, England, educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and at Oxford; father of Maria Edgeworth. A member of the literary cote...Fort Dodge
(Encyclopedia)Fort Dodge, city (2020 pop. 24,871), seat of Webster co., central Iowa, on the Des Moines River; settled c.1846; inc. 1869. Fort Clarke was built on the...Killarney
(Encyclopedia)Killarney, town (1991 pop. 7,274), Co. Kerry, SW Republic of Ireland. The town, which has mineral-water bottling, footwear, lace, hosiery, woolens, and ornamental ironwork industries, is also a touris...Browse by Subject
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