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Dukes, Leopold
(Encyclopedia) Dukes, Leopold, 1810–91, Hungarian Hebrew scholar. He made a collection of rabbinical proverbs and wrote on the history of Jewish literature, notably of Hebrew poetry in the Middle…Spezia, La
(Encyclopedia) Spezia, LaSpezia, Lalä spĕtˈsyä [key], city (1991 pop. 101,442), capital of La Spezia prov., in Liguria, NW Italy, on the Gulf of La Spezia (an arm of the Ligurian Sea) and at the…Middle-earth Timeline
From the Creation of Middle-earth to the War of the Ring by Laura Hayes The events in this period are covered by The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. The quest to retake Erebor, the…fabliau
(Encyclopedia) fabliau, plural fabliauxfabliau,both: fäblēōˈ [key], short comic, often bawdy tale in verse that deals realistically and satirically with middle-class or lower-class characters.…Middle-earth Timeline
From the creation of Middle-earth to the War of the Ring by Laura Hayes The Second Age of Middle-earth saw the glory of Númenor, the rise of Sauron, and the forging of the Rings of Power…Middle-earth Timeline
From the creation of Middle-earth to the War of the Ring by Laura Hayes The awakening of Man, the Elves' struggle against Morgoth, and the love of Beren and Lúthien. These tales are to be…Pilgrims' Way
(Encyclopedia) Pilgrims' Way, ancient English road that ran from Hampshire to Kent, over the Sussex Downs. It is so called because it may have been used during the Middle Ages by pilgrims who came to…Egersund
(Encyclopedia) Egersund Egersund āˈgərs&oobreve;n [key], town, Rogaland co., S Norway, a modern fishing port on…Lundy Isle
(Encyclopedia) Lundy Isle, 3 mi (4.8 km) long, off Devon, SW England, at the mouth of the Bristol Channel. Granite was quarried there for centuries. Inhabited in prehistoric times, Lundy Isle was a…Rorschach
(Encyclopedia) RorschachRorschachrôrˈshäkh [key], town (1990 pop. 9,535), St. Gall canton, NE Switzerland, on Lake Constance. A prosperous commercial town in the Middle Ages, Rorschach is a resort…Trending
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