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61Lay brother — In the most common usage, lay brothers are those members of Catholic religious orders, particularly of monastic orders, occupied primarily with manual labour and with the secular affairs of a monastery or friary, in contrast to the choir monks of …
62N. S. Rajaram — Navaratna Srinivasa Rajaram (born 1943 in Mysore, India) is an Indian mathematician, who is however notable for his publications with the Voice of India publishing house focusing on the Indigenous Aryans controversy in Indian politics, in some… …
63Most Holy Synod — Headquarters of the Holy Synod of the Russian Empire in St. Petersburg …
64Visigothic Kingdom — Infobox Former Country native name = conventional long name = Visigothic Kingdom common name = Visigothic Kingdom continent = Europe region = Iberian Peninsula country = Spain government type = Monarchy event start = Visigoths was awarded land in …
65Science in the Age of Enlightenment — The scientific history of the Age of Enlightenment traces developments in science and technology during the Age of Reason, when Enlightenment ideas and ideals were being disseminated across Europe and North America. Generally, the period spans… …
66Richard Le Grant — ▪ archbishop of Canterbury also called Richard Grant, Richard Le Grand, or Richard Of Wethershed died Aug. 3, 1231, San Gemini, Duchy of Spoleto [Italy] 45th archbishop of Canterbury (1229–31), who asserted the independence of the clergy… …
67Lavant — • An Austrian bishopric in the southern part of Styria, suffragan of Salzburg Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Lavant Lavant † …
68Cross-dressing, sexuality, and gender identity of Joan of Arc — Emmanuel Frémiet s statue of Joan of Arc, in military attire, stands outside Place des Pyramides, Paris. Joan of Arc (Fr: Jeanne d Arc), a French revolutionary executed by the English for heresy in 1431, is a national heroine of France and a… …
69Introduction — To compose an encyclopedia of “medieval literature” of the world is a daunting prospect, since it involves a significant period of time (more than 1,000 years) and a remarkable number of literary traditions (European, Middle Eastern, Persian,… …
70world — [wʉrld] n. [ME < OE werold, world, humanity, long time, akin to OHG weralt < early WGmc comp. < * wera , man (see WEREWOLF) + * alth , an age, mankind (for IE base see OLD): basic sense “the age of man”] 1. a) the planet earth b) the… …
