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Joachim of Fiore
(Encyclopedia) Joachim of FioreJoachim of Fiorejōˈəkĭm [key], c.1132–1202, Italian Cistercian monk. He was abbot of Corazzo, Italy, but withdrew into solitude. He left scriptural commentaries…The Great One: For The Record
Center Wayne Gretzky, voted the greatest hockey player of all-time in a poll conducted by The Hockey News, retired after the 1998-99 season with four Stanley Cups, ten scoring titles and…Bec
(Encyclopedia) BecBecbĕk [key], former Benedictine abbey, near the village of Bec-Hellouin, Eure dept., N France, in Normandy. Founded in the 11th cent. by Lanfranc, and later directed by Anselm, who…Brewer's: Thousand Years as One Day
(A). (1 Peter iii. 8.) Precisely the same is said of Brahma. “A day of Brahma is as a thousand revolutions of the Yoogs, and his might extendeth also to a thousand more.” (Kreeshna:…John II, king of France
(Encyclopedia) John II (John the Good), 1319–64, king of France (1350–64), son and successor of King Philip VI. An inept ruler, he began his reign by executing the constable of France (whose office…Brétigny, Treaty of
(Encyclopedia) Brétigny, Treaty ofBrétigny, Treaty ofbrātēnyēˈ [key], 1360, concluded by England and France at Brétigny, a village near Chartres, France. It marked a low point in French fortunes in…Troyes, Treaty of
(Encyclopedia) Troyes, Treaty of, 1420, agreement between Henry V of England, Charles VI of France, and Philip the Good of Burgundy. Its purpose, ultimately unsuccessful, was to settle the issues of…Davout, Louis Nicolas
(Encyclopedia) Davout, Louis NicolasDavout, Louis Nicolaslwē nēkôläˈ däv&oomacr;ˈ [key], 1770–1823, marshal of France. One of Napoleon's ablest generals, Davout defeated a Prussian army at…Hale, Edward Everett
(Encyclopedia) Hale, Edward Everett, 1822–1909, American author and Unitarian clergyman, b. Boston, grad. Harvard, 1839. He was the nephew of Edward Everett. The pastor of a church in Worcester, Mass…hyperbole
(Encyclopedia) hyperbolehyperbolehīpûrˈbəlē [key], a figure of speech in which exceptional exaggeration is deliberately used for emphasis rather than deception. Andrew Marvell employed hyperbole…Trending
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