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Baia Mare
(Encyclopedia)Baia Mare bīˈä mäˈrĕ [key], Hung. Nagybánya, city, NW Romania, in Crişana-Maramureş....Byrhtnoth
(Encyclopedia)Byrhtnoth brīkhtˈnōth [key], d. 991, alderman of the East Saxons. Leader of the English forces in the battle of Maldon, he was killed in the battle and was buried at Ely. ...Aneurin
(Encyclopedia)Aneurin or Aneirin ənīˈrĭn [key], fl. c.600, Welsh bard whose reputed writings are contained in a 13th-century manuscript, The Book of Aneirin. Included in this manuscript is Y Gododdin, an elegia...Carloman, d. 754, mayor of the palace in the kingdom of Austrasia, brother of Pepin the Short
(Encyclopedia)Carloman, d. 754, mayor of the palace in the kingdom of Austrasia after the death (741) of his father, Charles Martel. Ruling with his brother, Pepin the Short, he carried on successful wars against t...Æthelbert, king of Kent
(Encyclopedia)Æthelbert ĕˈthəlbərt, ă– [key], d. 616, king of Kent (560?–616). Although defeated by the West Saxons in 568, he became the strongest ruler in England S of the Humber River. His wife, Bertha...Childeric I
(Encyclopedia)Childeric I chĭlˈdərĭk [key], c.436–481, Merovingian king of the Salian Franks (c.457–481), a Germanic tribe; son of Meroveus and father of Clovis I. Information on him is mostly legendary. Hi...Hereward the Wake
(Encyclopedia)Hereward the Wake hĕrˈĭwərd [key], fl. 1070, Anglo-Saxon rebel against William I. A thane, he apparently held land in Lincolnshire. In 1070 he sacked Peterborough with the aid of a Danish fleet an...Chichester
(Encyclopedia)Chichester chĭˈchĭstər [key], city and district, West Sussex, S England. Chichester is an ...Banér, Johan
(Encyclopedia)Banér, Johan yo͞oˈhän bänârˈ [key], 1596–1641, Swedish field marshal in the Thirty Years War. He served (1626–29) in Poland and Russia and accompanied (1630) Gustavus II of Sweden to German...Bedford, town, England
(Encyclopedia)Bedford, town and borough, central England, on the Ouse River. It is an important industrial center; diesel engines, pumps, turbines, agricultural machi...Browse by Subject
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