Search results for "King" - New World Encyclopedia
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- tunic. Leo pioneered what became the king-making role of Popes, although ... indicating that he recognized the Frankish king, with whom Adrian I had enjoyed ...12 KB (1,984 words) - 20:06, 25 October 2022
- Turgot was to be an administrator under King Louis XV in 1772, and later ... At the time of King Louis XVI's trial, the Girondists had, however ...12 KB (1,721 words) - 08:34, 10 March 2023
- such as Montezuma (1755), with a libretto by King Frederick. None of his pieces are often performed today, though his passion Der Tod Jesu (The Death ...2 KB (357 words) - 19:19, 26 November 2023
- four permanent electors to advise the new king, in his inexperience, at the ... were assassinated in 1427 by Maxtla the new king of Tepanec, it was his uncle ...6 KB (967 words) - 16:11, 9 February 2024
- seven kings reigned for a period of 155 years. King Mingyinyo (1486-1531) founded the First Toungoo Dynasty (1486-1599) at Taungoo (Kaytumadi), far ...18 KB (2,701 words) - 04:45, 1 May 2023
- Arthur is a legendary British "king" of mythical proportions. Although his historicity is controversial, he ranks as one of the most ...21 KB (3,215 words) - 11:02, 16 August 2023
- Jezebel was the wife of King Ahab and thus Queen of Israel in the mid ninth century B.C.E., portrayed as the most wicked woman in the Bible. ...16 KB (2,494 words) - 03:03, 1 August 2022
- of stories to her malevolent husband, King Shahryar (Šahryār), to delay ... must prove her fidelity and loyalty to her king, who suspects that all women ...16 KB (2,579 words) - 15:31, 30 April 2023
- the only shrine that could be so used. King Asoka was most diligent in ... in that year (the twelfth year of King Asoka's reign), the right ...10 KB (1,612 words) - 20:37, 17 April 2023
- After the death of King Wenceslaus of Bohemia, who had allowed the ... Supporters of Hus became a potent force and even King Wenceslaus of ...17 KB (2,645 words) - 21:21, 9 February 2024
- In each county, the list opened with the holding of the king himself ... : "After this had the king a large meeting, and very deep consultation ...15 KB (2,383 words) - 16:43, 29 January 2024
- Crown served "at the pleasure of the King," public officials were ... engender intolerable injustice, as the King's ministers would be ...16 KB (2,527 words) - 18:47, 4 October 2023
- Allen, Buster Bailey and many others (King Porter Stomp, 1933). During ... alumni, as well as Ray Charles and B.B. King, to name a few. He toured ...5 KB (863 words) - 03:26, 29 July 2022
- order of the Queen"); meaning even the King needed express permission to enter. ... the former botanical garden of the king, the remaining facade was ...10 KB (1,468 words) - 01:37, 24 November 2022
- Images exist depicting Nefertiti and the king riding together in a chariot ... ritual or state ceremony he conducted as king at his capital at Amarna honoring ...18 KB (2,906 words) - 16:08, 11 November 2022
- was reportedly rebuilt and fortified by King Solomon. Structures thought ... Egypt and the Kingdom of Judah, in which King Josiah, fell while opposing ...12 KB (1,897 words) - 21:46, 28 October 2022
- should then get permission from his king, though for obvious reasons ... * Mendis, N.K.G. (2001). The Questions of King Milinda: An Abridgement ...9 KB (1,341 words) - 02:11, 18 April 2023
- Gojong, the Gwangmu Emperor (July 25, 1852 – January 21, 1919), reigned 1863-1907 served as the twenty-sixth and final king of the five-century ...17 KB (2,290 words) - 20:45, 31 December 2021
- signed at Runnymede, June 15, 1215, by John, King of England. ... a toll on a road or bridge. This pledged to the King. Today, charters ...19 KB (2,837 words) - 07:42, 13 January 2023
- Jewish faith. As God's agent—and the king's—he is empowered to ... 5), could hardly have been written by that king as it appears in Ezra, in ...13 KB (2,057 words) - 07:29, 17 November 2023
