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Henry II, Spanish king of Castile and León

(Encyclopedia) Henry II or Henry of TrastámaraHenry IItrăstəmărˈə [key], 1333?–1379, Spanish king of Castile and León (1369–79), illegitimate son of Alfonso XI. After taking part in several…

Cranmer, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Cranmer, ThomasCranmer, Thomaskrănˈmər [key], 1489–1556, English churchman under Henry VIII; archbishop of Canterbury. A lecturer at Jesus College, Cambridge, he is said to have come…

Henry VIII, king of England

(Encyclopedia) Henry VIII, 1491–1547, king of England (1509–47), second son and successor of Henry VII. Henry was a supreme egotist. He advanced personal desires under the guise of public policy…

The Harry Potter Haiku Archive, Part VII

Wizardry poetry from our readers! On to the Haiku Archive, Parts I, II, III, IV, V, VI, and other kinds of Harry poems! All About Harry Haikus A quite sneaky rat…

Brackenridge, Henry Marie

(Encyclopedia) Brackenridge, Henry Marie, 1786–1871, American writer, b. Pittsburgh; son of Hugh Henry Brackenridge. Admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 1806, he moved to St. Louis, where he was a…

Brutus VI

Brutus VI27 December 1787AbstractThe Federalist writers apparently never responded to "BRUTUS." The following "Brutus" article was extracted from his sixth essay, The New-York Journal of…

Article VI

[Debts contracted under the confederation secured.—1.] All debts contracted and engagements entered into, before the adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States…

George VI

Name at birth: Albert Frederick Arthur George Saxe-Coburg-GothaCalled Albert as a young man, the future king George VI was the great-grandson of Queen Victoria and the second son of King George V.…

Clement VII, pope

(Encyclopedia) Clement VII, c.1475–1534, pope (1523–34), a Florentine named Giulio de' Medici; successor of Adrian VI. He was the nephew of Lorenzo de' Medici and was therefore first cousin of Pope…