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Coryate, Thomas
(Encyclopedia) Coryate or Coryat, ThomasCoryate or Coryat, Thomasboth: kôrˈēət [key], 1577?–1617, English traveler. Grotesque in appearance, he became part of the household of Henry, the oldest son…Valera, Diego de
(Encyclopedia) Valera, Diego deValera, Diego dedyāˈgō dā välāˈrä [key], 1412?–1488?, Spanish adventurer and writer. Reared at the Castilian court, he was page to John II and later became one of his…Brewer's: Hundred Years' War
(The). The struggle between France and England, beginning in the reign of Edward III., 1337, and ending in that of Henry VI., 1453. “Sons les regnés de Philippe VI. (de Valois), de Jean II…William Shakespeare: Troilus and Cressida, Act V, Scene VI
Scene VIAnother part of the plainsEnter AjaxAjaxTroilus, thou coward Troilus, show thy head!Enter DiomedesDiomedesTroilus, I say! where's Troilus?AjaxWhat wouldst thou?DiomedesI would correct…King James I
King James VI of Scotland became King James I of England in 1603. He was the first monarch of the House of Stewart (or Stuart) and succeeded Queen Elizabeth I, the last monarch of the House of Tudor…Normandy
(Encyclopedia) NormandyNormandynôrˈməndē [key], Fr. NormandieNormandynôrmäNdēˈ [key], region and former province, NW France, bordering on the English Channel. It now includes five departments—Manche…Isaac I
(Encyclopedia) Isaac I (Isaac Comnenus)Isaac Iīˈzək kŏmnēˈnəs [key], c.1005–1061, Byzantine emperor (1057–59), first of the Comnenus dynasty. Proclaimed emperor by the army, he deposed Michael VI,…Lippe, former state, Germany
(Encyclopedia) LippeLippelĭpˈə [key], former state, N central Germany, between the Teutoburg Forest and the Weser River. It was incorporated in 1947 into the state of North Rhine–Westphalia. Detmold…Charles VII, Holy Roman emperor
(Encyclopedia) Charles VII, 1697–1745, Holy Roman emperor (1742–45) and, as Charles Albert, elector of Bavaria (1726–45). Having married a daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Joseph I, he refused to…Kerch
(Encyclopedia) KerchKerchkyĕrch [key], city (1989 pop. 174,000), E Crimea. It lies on the Kerch Strait of the Black Sea and at the eastern end of the Kerch Peninsula, a strip of land between the Sea…Trending
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