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Filmer, Sir Robert
(Encyclopedia)Filmer, Sir Robert, d. 1653, English royalist political writer, author of Patriarcha; or, The Natural Power of Kings (pub. posthumously in 1680), a defense of the divine right of monarchs by an exposi...Cabral, Amilcar
(Encyclopedia)Cabral, Amilcar amēlˈkär kəbräl [key], 1924–73, revolutionary leader of Guinea-Bissau. Returning ...Normans
(Encyclopedia)Normans, designation for the Northmen, or Norsemen, who conquered Normandy in the 10th cent. and adopted Christianity and the customs and language of France. Abandoning piracy and raiding, they adopte...Keyes, Roger John Brownlow Keyes, 1st Baron
(Encyclopedia)Keyes, Roger John Brownlow Keyes, 1st Baron kēz [key], 1872–1945, British admiral. In World War I he achieved his greatest fame as commander of the Dover patrol when he raided Zeebrugge and Ostend ...Robert Guiscard
(Encyclopedia)Robert Guiscard gēskärˈ [key], c.1015–1085, Norman conqueror of S Italy, a son of Tancred de Hauteville (see Normans). Robert joined (c.1046) his brothers in S Italy and fought with them to expel...Croker, John Wilson
(Encyclopedia)Croker, John Wilson krōˈkər [key], 1780–1857, British Tory politician and author, b. Ireland. He was a member of Parliament from 1807 to 1832 and secretary of the admiralty from 1810 to 1830. The...Lynch, Charles
(Encyclopedia)Lynch, Charles, 1736–96, American Revolutionary soldier, b. near the site of Lynchburg, Va. A member (1767–76) of the Virginia house of burgesses, he took a prominent part in the preparations for ...Shelby
(Encyclopedia)Shelby, city (1990 pop. 14,669), seat of Cleveland co., W N.C., in a fertile piedmont farming (cotton, grain, soybeans, livestock) area; inc. 1843. There is dairy processing, and plastic and metal pro...Roger of Wendover
(Encyclopedia)Roger of Wendover, d. c.1236, English chronicler, a monk of St. Albans. As historiographer of St. Albans, he began the Flores historiarum (see Matthew of Westminster), a general chronicle starting wit...Kemble, Adelaide
(Encyclopedia)Kemble, Adelaide: see under Kemble, Roger. ...Browse by Subject
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