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- Joan of Burgundy (June 24, 1293 – September 12, 1348), also known ... Joan's significant patronage of learning sustained the tradition ...12 KB (1,804 words) - 05:59, 5 April 2024
- | royal house =Capetian House of Burgundy | dynasty =Affonsine ... Afonso I, King of Portugal, more commonly known as Afonso Henriques ...16 KB (2,347 words) - 19:49, 28 September 2020
- 3, 1368 – October 21, 1422) was King of France (1380–1422) and a ... feud between the Royal family and the house of Burgundy led to chaos and anarchy ...11 KB (1,689 words) - 00:35, 5 December 2023
- Hugh Capet (c. 940 – October 24, 996) was the first King of France ... Capet is regarded as the founder of the Capetian dynasty. The direct ...14 KB (2,184 words) - 12:17, 4 February 2023
- Prouvènço in Mistralian norm) is a region of southeastern France, located ... The coastal area of Provence was settled by Greeks and Phoenicians ...13 KB (1,926 words) - 08:21, 2 December 2022
- Edward IV (April 28, 1442 – April 9, 1483) was King of England from ... administrator, who enjoyed the respect of his men. Most of those whom ...25 KB (3,839 words) - 16:21, 9 August 2023
- so in official use) was an important ruling house of Europe and is most well ... Vienna, the elegant, artistic, and intellectually creative capital ...24 KB (3,568 words) - 13:21, 24 January 2023
- The Wars of the Roses (1455-1485) was a series of civil wars fought ... The Wars were fought largely by the landed aristocracy and armies ...33 KB (5,447 words) - 22:07, 18 November 2022
- a Franco-Flemish composer and music theorist of the late Medieval music/early ... From the evidence of his will, he was probably born in Beersel, in ...17 KB (2,745 words) - 03:20, 25 February 2023
- The city of Berne, the capital of Switzerland, was founded in the ... functions. It is also headquarters of the international postal, telegraph ...18 KB (2,738 words) - 17:14, 29 September 2023
- monastery or convent, under the government of an abbot or an abbess, who ... European abbeys were the important centers of learning and literacy, which ...20 KB (3,198 words) - 04:41, 14 June 2023
- The Dominican Order, originally known as the Order of Preachers, is ... Aquinas, Albertus Magnus, St. Catherine of Siena, and Girolamo Savonarola ...21 KB (3,178 words) - 17:16, 30 January 2024
- ) (May 21, 1527 – September 13, 1598) was King of Spain from 1556 ... his empire across continents, creating one of the vastest empires ever known ...35 KB (5,314 words) - 03:19, 24 November 2022
- lord, and a leading figure in the politics of his era. The acknowledged but ... #039;s actions greatly advanced the domain of the Papal States after his ...13 KB (1,980 words) - 00:09, 4 December 2023
- (Latin: regnum Francorum, "Kingdom of the Franks"), Frankish ... The idea behind the Holy Roman Empire was of a Christian Europe united ...50 KB (7,783 words) - 08:59, 6 October 2022
- Henry VI (December 6, 1421 – May 21, 1471) was King of England from ... One consequence of the fluidity of the political situation, with Henry ...21 KB (3,320 words) - 23:17, 8 February 2022
- Joan of Arc, also Jeanne d'Arc Joan of Arc's name was written ... – May 30, 1431), is a national heroine of France and a saint of ...41 KB (6,624 words) - 13:42, 1 August 2022
- The Order of Cistercians (OCist; Cistercienses ), sometimes called the White Monks (from the color of their habit ...26 KB (4,063 words) - 22:24, 10 December 2023
- Massachusetts. It is the largest member of the Seven Sisters. Smith is also a member of the Five Colleges consortium, which allows ...19 KB (2,939 words) - 21:18, 30 January 2023
- center, as well as the administrative heart of the European Union (EU). All ... Brussels has grown from a seventh century chapel into a metropolis ...30 KB (4,219 words) - 04:45, 22 November 2023
