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121Switzerland — /swit seuhr leuhnd/, n. a republic in central Europe. 7,248,984; 15,944 sq. mi. (41,294 sq. km). Cap.: Bern. French, Suisse. German, Schweiz. Italian, Svizzera. Latin, Helvetia. * * * Switzerland Introduction Switzerland Background: Switzerland s …
122Italy — • In ancient times Italy had several other names: it was called Saturnia, in honour of Saturn; Enotria, wine producing land; Ausonia, land of the Ausonians; Hesperia, land to the west (of Greece); Tyrrhenia, etc. The name Italy, which seems to… …
123BODIN, Jean — (1529/30 1596) Jean Bodin was the first political theorist of the early modern period to emphasize the concept of sovereignty. In his Six Books of the Republic (1576), Bodin examined difficult conditions in his native France and called for the… …
Renaissance and Reformation 1500-1620: A Biographical Dictionary
124heraldry — heraldist, n. /her euhl dree/, n., pl. heraldries. 1. the science of armorial bearings. 2. the art of blazoning armorial bearings, of settling the rights of persons to bear arms or to use certain bearings, of tracing and recording genealogies, of …
125political system — Introduction the set of formal legal institutions that constitute a “government” or a “ state.” This is the definition adopted by many studies of the legal or constitutional arrangements of advanced political orders. More broadly defined,… …
126office — A right, and correspondent duty, to exercise a public trust. A public charge or employment. An employment on behalf of the government in any station or public trust, not merely transient, occasional, or incidental. The most frequent occasions to… …
127Sue v Hill — Infobox Court Case name=Sue v Hill court=High Court of Australia date decided=23 June 1999 full name=Sue v Hill Anor; Sharples v Hill Anor citations=Cite Case AU|CLR|199|462|1999, Cite Case AU|HCA|30|1999 judges=Gleeson CJ, Gaudron, McHugh,… …
128Emperor of Japan — Tenno redirects here. For other uses, see Tenno (disambiguation). Emperor of Japan 天皇 Monarchy Imperial …
