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- Pope Urban II (1042 – July 29, 1099) born Otho of Lagery (alternatively: ... At the outset, he had to reckon with the presence of the powerful ...16 KB (2,600 words) - 13:42, 3 May 2023
- The history of Sicily has seen it usually controlled by greater powers—Roman ... Roger died in 1101, and his son, Roger II of Sicily, was ultimately able ...33 KB (4,974 words) - 07:53, 18 July 2024
- Adelard of Bath (Latin: Adelardus Bathensis) (1116? - 1142?) was a ... Adelard was a pioneer of the scientific renaissance of the twelfth ...13 KB (1,951 words) - 05:50, 15 June 2023
- Sicily is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in ... For much of its existence, Sicily has stood at a crossroads of international ...34 KB (5,061 words) - 14:33, 27 January 2023
- November 16, 1272) was the son and successor of John Lackland as King of England ... He assumed the crown under the regency of the popular William Marshal ...14 KB (2,076 words) - 22:21, 8 February 2022
- [[image:Richard coeurdelion g.jpg|thumb|right|Richard I of England]] Richard I (September 8, 1157 – April 6, 1199) was king of England ...37 KB (6,079 words) - 04:23, 10 December 2022
- Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090 - August 21, 1153) was a French abbot ... he was supported by the Norman King Roger II of Sicily. He was thus too strong ...26 KB (4,066 words) - 16:03, 29 September 2023
- Eleanor of Aquitaine, Duchess of Aquitaine and Gascony and Countess ... Her contemporaries included Hildegard of Bingen, Heloise, (Peter Abelard ...39 KB (6,271 words) - 00:13, 13 February 2024
- as the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes ... system which eventually made it the target of a zealous, impoverished French ...33 KB (5,056 words) - 22:12, 3 March 2025
- as politically impractical because Roger II of Sicily was an enemy of Conrad ... to give Louis any Byzantine troops. Roger II of Sicily had just invaded Byzantine ...44 KB (6,838 words) - 00:35, 6 March 2024
- Hubert Walter (c. 1160-1205 C.E.) was the Archbishop of Canterbury ... a precursor for the modern "Justice of the Peace," based on selecting ...32 KB (4,938 words) - 21:51, 4 February 2025
- best remembered for creating the character of James Bond and chronicling ... over spiritual values. Set in the context of the Cold War, of good vs. evil ...25 KB (3,786 words) - 14:37, 28 November 2024
- Italy from 1922 to 1943 under the leadership of Benito Mussolini. German Nazism ... Fascism led to Italy's support of Hitler's Germany during ...34 KB (5,027 words) - 22:09, 13 December 2024
- John (December 24, 1166 – October 18, 1216) reigned as King of England ... his unpopularity with the popularity of his brother, Richard I, for ...28 KB (4,489 words) - 01:18, 7 February 2025
- Saint Anselm of Canterbury (1033 – April 21, 1109) was an Italian ... He developed a sophisticated analysis of language (thus foreshadowing ...33 KB (5,289 words) - 05:15, 31 July 2023
- The Moors were the medieval Muslim inhabitants of al-Andalus (the ... The Fall of Granada in 1492 saw the end of the Muslim presence in ...36 KB (5,663 words) - 09:43, 1 June 2025
- The continent of Africa was the cradle of human life. Each stage in ... European attitudes towards Africa changed with the Christianization ...64 KB (9,792 words) - 07:51, 18 July 2024
- Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the ... Dwight D. Eisenhower was appointed commander of Supreme Headquarters Allied ...85 KB (12,450 words) - 21:54, 26 January 2022
- Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, a country in ... Constance, being the daughter of Roger II of Sicily. He was known in his ...115 KB (16,683 words) - 18:29, 12 June 2025
- was an American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme ... becoming a law professor at the University of Virginia. In the early 1970s ...85 KB (12,298 words) - 05:39, 11 August 2023
