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121Ælfwald of East Anglia — Ælfwald was the son of Ealdwulf and became king of the East Angles upon his father s death, ruling from c.713 to 749.Although the 36 years of Ælfwald s reign fell short of Ealdwulf s 49, it was still a considerable achievement. The two reigns… …
122Guðrúnarkviða — I, II and III are three different heroic poems in the Poetic Edda with the same protagonist, Gudrun.In Guðrúnarkviða I , Gudrun finds her dead husband Sigurd. She cries and laments her husband with beautiful imagery.In Guðrúnarkviða II , she… …
123Francesco Bracciolini — (November 26, 1566 August 31, 1645) was an Italian poet.He was born of a noble family in Pistoia in 1566. On his removing to Florence he was admitted into the academy there, and devoted himself to literature. At Rome he entered the service of… …
124Battle of Saint-Mathieu — Part of the War of the League of Cambrai Contemporary picture of the Breton flagship Marie la Cordelière (or …
125Pope, Alexander — (1688 1744) Poet, was b. in London, of Roman Catholic parentage. His f. was a linen merchant, who m. as his second wife Edith Turner, a lady of respectable Yorkshire family, and of some fortune, made a competence, and retired to a small… …
126Huddesford, George — (1749 1809) The youngest son of George Huddesford, doctor of divinity, president of Trinity College, Oxford, he was educated at Winchester College and graduated M.A. from New College, Oxford, in 1780. A pupil of Sir Joshua Reynolds, he had… …
127Constantine II of Scotland — Constantine II King of Alba Reign 900–943 Predecessor Donald II Successor Malcolm I …
128Doggerel — is a derogatory term for verse considered of little literary value. The word probably derived from dog, suggesting either ugliness, or unpalatability (as in food fit only for dogs).[1] Contents 1 Etymology 2 Variants 3 …
