The New Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 2Encyclopædia Britannica, 1992 - 32 pages |
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Page 288
... France , duc d'Orléans . In 1498 his grandson became king of France as Louis XII , and Blois passed to the crown . Gaston de France , duc d'Orléans , held Blois as an appanage from 1626 to 1660. Subsequently , Louis XIV gave it to his ...
... France , duc d'Orléans . In 1498 his grandson became king of France as Louis XII , and Blois passed to the crown . Gaston de France , duc d'Orléans , held Blois as an appanage from 1626 to 1660. Subsequently , Louis XIV gave it to his ...
Page 361
... France . In November 1302 Boniface had issued an even more fundamental declara- tion concerning the position of the papacy in the Christian world , the bull Unam Sanctam ( " One Holy " ) , which has become the most widely known of all ...
... France . In November 1302 Boniface had issued an even more fundamental declara- tion concerning the position of the papacy in the Christian world , the bull Unam Sanctam ( " One Holy " ) , which has become the most widely known of all ...
Page 426
... France in 1327. He took part in several mil- itary campaigns , including those at Courtrai ( 1302 ) and Mons - en - Pévèle ( 1304 ) , and twice was put at the head of proposed crusades that never took place . He was made the king's ...
... France in 1327. He took part in several mil- itary campaigns , including those at Courtrai ( 1302 ) and Mons - en - Pévèle ( 1304 ) , and twice was put at the head of proposed crusades that never took place . He was made the king's ...
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John Hoppner c 1800 in the Salford | 234 |
To make the best use of the Britannica | 260 |
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