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5 days ago · The Louroux Priory, also known as Château du Louroux, is located in the commune of Louroux in the French department of Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire region. It was founded in the 12th century by the Marmoutier Abbey. At the time, the Benedictine monastery was one of nine priories belonging to the Touraine abbacy and located in the Tours ...
2 days ago · Earls Palatine of Chester. Wales. Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester (1181–1232) John of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon (1232–1237) Edward I of England (1254–1264) Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (1264–1265) Alphonso, Earl of Chester (1273–1284)
1 day ago · About Wikipedia; Contact us; Donate; Contribute Help; Learn to edit; Community portal; Recent changes; ... 1310s. 1319 in art – Death of Duccio di Buoninsegna; 1318 ...
1 day ago · The origins of the English monarchy lie in the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries. In the 7th century, the Anglo-Saxons consolidated into seven kingdoms known as the Heptarchy. At certain times, one king was strong enough to claim the title bretwalda ( Old English for "over-king").
1 day ago · The English word Christmas is a shortened form of 'Christ's Mass'. The word is recorded as Crīstesmæsse in 1038 and Cristes-messe in 1131. Crīst (genitive Crīstes) is from the Greek Χριστός (Khrīstos, 'Christ'), a translation of the Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (Māšîaḥ, 'Messiah'), meaning 'anointed'; and mæsse is from the Latin missa, the celebration of the Eucharist.
- Gift-giving, family and other social gatherings, symbolic decoration, feasting etc.
- Church services
- Christians, many non-Christians
- Commemoration of the nativity of Jesus
2 days ago · A Cultural History of Climate. London, Polity Press, 2009, ISBN: 9780745645292; 280pp.; Price: £17.99. I received the invitation to review this book during the same week – 16-20 November 2009 – that over 1,000 emails to and from climate scientists in the Climatic Research Unit at my university found their way into the public domain.
2 days ago · NBA.com. The National Basketball Association ( NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada). It is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada and is considered the premier professional basketball league in the world.
