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  • 11Tories — Tory To ry, n.; pl. {Tories}. [ Properly used of the Irish bogtrotters who robbed and plundered during the English civil wars, professing to be in sympathy with the royal cause; hence transferred to those who sought to maintain the extreme… …

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  • 12Tory — To ry, n.; pl. {Tories}. [ Properly used of the Irish bogtrotters who robbed and plundered during the English civil wars, professing to be in sympathy with the royal cause; hence transferred to those who sought to maintain the extreme… …

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  • 13Geoffrey le Scrope — Sir Geoffrey le Scrope KB (c. 1280 ndash; December 2, 1340) was an English lawyer, and Chief Justice of the King s Bench for four periods between 1324 and 1338. He was the son of Sir William le Scrope, who was bailiff to the earl of Richmond in… …

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  • 14tory — n. (Eng. Politics.) Conservative, adherent of the crown, supporter of royal and ecclesiastical authority …

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  • 15History of Bavaria — The history of Bavaria stretches from its earliest settlement and its formation as a stem duchy in the 6th century through its inclusion in the Holy Roman Empires to its status as an independent kingdom and, finally, as a large and significant… …

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  • 16English Reformation — The English Reformation was the series of events in 16th century England by which the Church of England first broke away from the authority of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church.These events were, in part, associated with the wider process of …

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  • 17Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Wrocław — The Archdiocese of Wrocław (Polish: Archidiecezja wrocławska; German: Erzbistum Breslau; Czech: Arcidiecéze vratislavská; Latin: Archidioecesis Vratislaviensis) is a Latin Rite archdiocese of the Catholic Church named after its capital Wrocław in …

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  • 18Bourbon-Busset — The Bourbon Busset family is an illegitimate branch of the direct House of Bourbon, being thus part of the Capetian dynasty. It has been regarded as an illegitimate branch, and non dynastic since decisions by Louis XI of France. Possibly it is… …

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  • 19Royal Swedish Opera — The Kungliga Teatern ( Royal Theatre ) or Royal Swedish Opera is the national stage for opera in Sweden. The building lies in the center of Stockholm, on the eastern side of Gustav Adolfs torg. The opera company was founded by King Gustav III and …

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  • 20First Stadtholderless Period — The First Stadtholderless Period or Era (1650 1672) (Dutch Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk ) is the period in the history of the Dutch Republic in which it reached the zenith of its economic, military and political Golden Age. The term has… …

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