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...John VIII, Byzantine emperor, (John Palaeologus), 1390-1448, Byzantine emperor (1425-48), son and successor of Manuel II. When he acceded, the Byzantine Empire had...
12) Magnificent (The). Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...Persia (*, 531-579). The golden period of Persian history was 550-628. 1 Lorenzo de Medici (1448-1492). 2 Robert, Duc de Normandie, also called Le Diable (*, 1028-1035)....
13) Nicholas of Cusa. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...(Nicolaus Cusanus), 1401?-1464, German humanist, scientist, statesman, and philosopher, from 1448 cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. The son of a fisherman, Nicholas...
14) Queen's College (Oxford). Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...to Queen Philippa, whose confessor he was. 1 Queen s College (Cambridge), founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou, consort of Henry VI. Refounded by Elizabeth Woodville....
15) Dumfries, town, Scotland. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...hosiery, knitwear, rubber goods, and canned milk. Dumfries was sacked by the English in 1448, 1536, and 1570. Robert I is said to have killed John Comyn before the...
16) George of Podebrad. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...or the moderate Hussites, in the wars between Hussites and Catholics. He seized Prague (1448) during the minority of King Ladislaus V, was elected (1452) governor...
17) Concor'dat. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...I. and Pope Leo X. to abolish the "pragmatic sanction;" and the Germanic Concordat of 1448 between Frederick III. and Pope Nicholas V. 1...
18) Nicholas V, pope. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Basel, Council of). By a conciliatory policy Nicholas gained the Concordat of Vienna (1448) with Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III. It undid much of the damage to...
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...was stirred up by the labours of her husband to lay the foundations of Queen s College (1448), where her good work was preserved and completed by Elizabeth Woodville...
20) Velikiye Luki. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...the 12th cent., the city was controlled first by Novgorod, then by Lithuania, and, from 1448, by Moscow. During the Livonian war it was captured by Stephen Bathory...
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