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- Inquisition, (capitalized I) as broadly used, refers to the judgment ... to the modern mindset. However, the notion of religious liberty and of freedom ...22 KB (3,262 words) - 22:52, 5 February 2023
- eastern Europe in 1912–1913, in the course of which the Balkan League (Kingdom ... independence in 1878, and the re-emergence of a Croatian state in 1868 awoke ...22 KB (3,406 words) - 05:53, 26 August 2023
- Augustine of Canterbury (birth unknown, died May 26, c. 604) was a ... He was the prior of the abbey of St Anthony in Rome when he was sent ...8 KB (1,136 words) - 19:07, 22 December 2022
- “few,” and arkho, “rule” ) is a form of government in which political ... aristocracies, which were ruled by members of a noble class, or with plutocracies ...13 KB (1,935 words) - 00:19, 18 November 2022
- is the capital and most populous city of the Italian region of Tuscany ... more than 2000 years. Initially a small city of moneylenders and textile merchants ...28 KB (4,082 words) - 17:40, 28 March 2024
- at its capital in Constantinople. Much of this territory had first fallen ... There is no consensus on the starting date of the Byzantine period ...39 KB (5,978 words) - 19:13, 24 November 2023
- A Passion play is a dramatic presentation depicting the Passion of ... elaborate and sometimes featured hundreds of actors, were highly popular ...20 KB (2,912 words) - 09:02, 18 November 2022
- in the late twelfth century as the Poor Men of Lyons, a band organized by ... Today, there are several active congregations of Waldensians in Europe ...32 KB (4,791 words) - 23:19, 17 January 2024
- 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
- PNG|400px|right|thumb|Hypothesized map of human migration based on Mitochondrial ... prehistory and human history. The movement of populations in modern times ...28 KB (4,050 words) - 16:22, 23 December 2022
- , Nikolaos, "victory of the people") was Bishop of Myra ... modern day Demre in the Antalya province of Turkey, and his death date ...19 KB (3,124 words) - 00:48, 23 December 2022
- Cannes is a French commune located in the department of Alpes-Maritimes ... with monastic Christianity, although most of the city’s growth has occurred ...16 KB (2,525 words) - 19:24, 25 November 2023
- Gothic fiction began in the United Kingdom with The Castle of Otranto ... Prominent features of gothic fiction include terror (psychological ...19 KB (2,806 words) - 12:13, 24 January 2023
- E. – after 39 C.E.), was a Jewish princess of the Herodian Dynasty and queen ... The granddaughter of Herod the Great, Herodias was first married to ...11 KB (1,741 words) - 11:05, 22 January 2024
- order during the Middle Ages and much of the modern era. Formed at the end of the twelfth century in Acre, Palestine, the medieval ...34 KB (5,036 words) - 15:01, 30 April 2023
- (Latin: imperium Francorum), Frankish Kingdom (Latin: regnum Francorum ... The idea behind the Holy Roman Empire was of a Christian Europe united ...50 KB (7,783 words) - 08:59, 6 October 2022
- The legends of Prester John (also Presbyter John), popular in Europe ... At first, Prester John was imagined to be in India, with tales of ...29 KB (4,428 words) - 22:39, 30 November 2022
- originally a Phoenician colony, later part of the Carthaginian empire, the ... Evidence suggests that Leptis was an important center of agricultural ...13 KB (2,009 words) - 21:59, 25 October 2022
- #039;a dinastia) was the ruling family of Georgia. Their ascendancy lasted ... This period of time, particularly the reigns of David IV (1089-1125 ...21 KB (3,136 words) - 05:41, 26 August 2023
- 1565) was a Ottoman admiral as well as Bey of Algiers; Beylerbey of the Mediterranean; ... he lived out his life in the context of what many regarded as permanent ...33 KB (5,326 words) - 18:45, 6 November 2022
