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81David Bentley Hart — This article forms part of the series Orthodoxy in the Americas History Orthodoxy in the Americas timeline Orthodoxy in the Americas bibliography Byzantines on OCA autocephaly Li …
82Osberht of Northumbria — Osberht (died 21 March 867) was king of Northumbria in the middle of the 9th century. Sources on Northumbrian history in this period are limited. Osberht s descent is not known and the dating of his reign is problematic. Contents 1 Chronicles 2… …
83Duchy of Rome — A greatly reduced Duchy of Rome (3) in 717. The Duchy of Rome (Latin: Ducatus Romanus) was a Byzantine district in the Exarchate of Ravenna. Like other Byzantine states in Italy, it was ruled by an imperial functionary with the title dux. These… …
84extort — verb a) To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the… …
85Julius Caesar Scaliger — or Giulio Cesare della Scala (April 23, 1484 ndash; October 21, 1558), was an Italian scholar and physician spending a large part of his career in France. He employed the techniques and discoveries of Renaissance humanism to defend… …
86A Cure for Cancer — Infobox Book | name = A Cure for Cancer title orig = translator = image caption = Dust jacket from the first edition author = Michael Moorcock illustrator = cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = Jerry Cornelius… …
87Breton Nationalist Party — The Breton Nationalist Party ( Parti nationaliste breton , or PNB) was a French political party that advocated independence for Brittany. It existed from 1911 to 1914. OriginsIt was founded in October 1911 under the patronage of a committee of… …
88Tancred, Prince of Antioch — Tancred † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Tancred Prince of Antioch, born about 1072; died at Antioch, 12 Dec., 1112. He was the son of Marquess Odo and Emma, probably the daughter of Robert Guiscard. He took the Cross in 1096 with the Norman …
89backstory — (BAK.stoh.ree) n. An underlying narrative that provides the background or historical context for a novel, screenplay, or other story. Also: back story, back story. Example Citation: Further blurring the distinction between reality and fiction,… …
90despoil — v 1. plunder, pillage, rob, spoliate, Archaic. spoil, Chiefly Scot. reive; ravage, harry, rape, maraud, ravish, depredate; raid, forage, ransack, sack, loot, gut, fleece, rifle; desecrate, defile, outrage, violate. 2. devastate, lay waste,… …
