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5 days ago · An Age of Kings: Fifteen-part televised series of Shakespeare's history plays from Richard II to Richard III (the two tetralogies). Broadcast on the BBC in 1960
- Paula Anne Goodall
- 2019
2 days ago · In an elective monarchy, monarchs are elected or appointed by some body (an electoral college) for life or a defined period. Four elective monarchies exist today: Cambodia, Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates are 20th-century creations, while one (the papacy) is ancient.
14 hours ago · To the editor — In an age when politics are characterized by division, polarization and self-focused agendas, our community and our state benefit from having people of integrity, humility, and
6 days ago · France from 1180 to 1328. The kings and the royal government. The age of Gothic cathedrals and Scholastic theology was also an age of splendour for the French monarchy. Royal authority was greatly strengthened by Louis VII’s successor, Philip II (Augustus; reigned 1180–1223), who could claim descent from Charlemagne through his mother.
3 days ago · Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) becomes the King of Gondor. While peace seems to have returned, there is still some question about what comes next. The Lord of the Rings trilogy takes place at the end of the Third Age of Middle-earth, with the Fourth beginning immediately afterward.
2 days ago · Umayyad Hispania at its greatest extent in 719 AD. Caliphate of Córdoba c. 1000 AD, at the apogee of Almanzor. Al-Andalus[a] (Arabic: الأَنْدَلُس) was the Muslim -ruled area of the Iberian Peninsula. The term is used by modern historians for the former Islamic states in modern-day Gibraltar, Portugal, Spain, and Southern France.
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2 days ago · The Viking Age (about 800–1050 CE) was the period during the Middle Ages when Norsemen known as Vikings undertook large-scale raiding, colonising, conquest, and trading throughout Europe and reached North America.
