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Religion, Wars of

(Encyclopedia)Religion, Wars of, 1562–98, series of civil wars in France, also known as the Huguenot Wars. The immediate issue was the French Protestants' struggle for freedom of worship and the right of establis...

Kerr, Philip Henry

(Encyclopedia)Kerr, Philip Henry: see Lothian, Philip Henry Kerr, 11th marquess of. ...

Stanley, Edward Henry

(Encyclopedia)Stanley, Edward Henry: see Derby, Edward Henry Stanley, 15th earl of. ...

Asquith, Herbert Henry

(Encyclopedia)Asquith, Herbert Henry: see Oxford and Asquith, Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st earl of. ...

Clément, Jacques

(Encyclopedia)Clément, Jacques zhäk klāmäNˈ [key], 1567–89, French Dominican monk, assassin of Henry III of France. An adherent of the League, he thought Henry a danger to the Church because of his recogniti...

Bohun, Henry de, 1st earl of Hereford

(Encyclopedia)Bohun, Henry de, 1st earl of Hereford bo͞on, hĕˈrəfərd [key], 1176–1220, English nobleman. Although King John granted him the marcher lordship of Hereford in 1199, Henry was one of the barons w...
 

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