The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 19Grolier, 1988 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 66
... kings with their realm , enabling them to supervise closely such local administrative officers as the sheriffs of the shires . The power of the English kings was almost absolute by the late 12th century . But the reign ( 1199-1216 ) of King ...
... kings with their realm , enabling them to supervise closely such local administrative officers as the sheriffs of the shires . The power of the English kings was almost absolute by the late 12th century . But the reign ( 1199-1216 ) of King ...
Page 372
... king's forces , despite the opposition of the duke of York , the king's brother . Monmouth held military commands on the Continent in the 1670's and in 1679 put down a Scottish insurrec- tion at Bothwell Bridge . In the early 1680's ...
... king's forces , despite the opposition of the duke of York , the king's brother . Monmouth held military commands on the Continent in the 1670's and in 1679 put down a Scottish insurrec- tion at Bothwell Bridge . In the early 1680's ...
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... king's mistress . She replaced La Vallière as the king's mistress in 1667 . The children she bore the king were legiti- mated by Louis . The youngest daughter , Fran- çoise Marie , Mlle . de Blois , later married Phi- lippe II , duke d ...
... king's mistress . She replaced La Vallière as the king's mistress in 1667 . The children she bore the king were legiti- mated by Louis . The youngest daughter , Fran- çoise Marie , Mlle . de Blois , later married Phi- lippe II , duke d ...
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