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5 days ago · The Anschluss ( German: [ˈʔanʃlʊs] ⓘ, or Anschluß, [1] [a] lit. 'joining' or 'connection' ), also known as the Anschluß Österreichs ( pronunciation ⓘ, English: Annexation of Austria ), was the annexation of the Federal State of Austria into the German Reich on 13 March 1938. [2]
2 days ago · Vienna [9] [10] (German: Wien [viːn] ⓘ; Austro-Bavarian: Wean [veɐ̯n]) is the capital, most populous city, and one of nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. [11] [12] Its larger metropolitan area has a population of nearly 2.9 million, [13] representing nearly one-third of the ...
1 day ago · The stories surrounding St. Agnes’ life and death are varied. We know the place of her burial, her approximate age, and the place where she was martyred. Much less is known about her life, though there are many stories passed down since her martyrdom in the fourth century.
4 days ago · Mary was the main character in the 1833 eponymous novel Mary of Burgundy, or The Revolt of Ghent by George Payne Rainsford James. In the novel, she was depicted as the representation of maternalistic feudalism that the author espoused.
3 days ago · The Heiligenkreuz (“Holy Cross”) Abbey, founded in 1133 by St. Leopold III, owes its name to the presence of a relic of the True Cross, donated by Leopold V, duke of Austria, in 1188. Its geographical location, in the heart of the Viennese woods, half an hour from Vienna, as well as the exceptional preservation of its medieval architecture ...
5 days ago · Origin and growth. In 1996 Jimmy Wales, a successful bond trader, moved to San Diego, California, to establish Bomis, Inc., a Web portal company. In March 2000 Wales founded Nupedia, a free online encyclopaedia, with Larry Sanger as editor in chief.
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3 days ago · Movie ( 1985) • 39 total actors • 98 minutes. The cast of Agnes of God includes Jane Fonda as Dr. Martha Louise Livingston, Meg Tilly as Sister Agnes, Anne Bancroft as Mother Miriam Ruth, and more. The film revolves around a psychiatrist investigating the death of a young nun.
