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  • 111Battle of the Catalaunian Plains — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Châlons caption= The Huns at the Battle of Chalons by Alphonse de Neuville (1836–85) partof=the Hunnic invasion of Gaul date=June 20, 451 place=Somewhere in the northeastern part of present day France… …

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  • 112The Rosary —     The Rosary     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Rosary     I. IN THE WESTERN CHURCH      The Rosary , says the Roman Breviary, is a certain form of prayer wherein we say fifteen decades or tens of Hail Marys with an Our Father between each ten,… …

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  • 113The Vatican as a Scientific Institute —     The Vatican Palace, as a Scientific Institute     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Vatican Palace, as a Scientific Institute     Regarded from the point of view of scientific productivity, the Vatican is the busiest scientific workshop in Rome.… …

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  • 114The Forever War (graphic novel) — The Forever War Cover of Volume I. The style and art quality of the cover are representative of the actual graphic novel. Mandella is standing in the foreground Publication information Pub …

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  • 115The Renaissance —     The Renaissance     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Renaissance     The Renaissance may be considered in a general or a particular sense, as     (1) the achievements of what is termed the modern spirit in opposition to the spirit which… …

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  • 116The Cantos — by Ezra Pound is a long, incomplete poem in 120 sections, each of which is a canto . Most of it was written between 1915 and 1962, although much of the early work was abandoned and the early cantos, as finally published, date from 1922 onwards.… …

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  • 117The Satanic Verses controversy — refers to the controversy surrounding Salman Rushdie s novel The Satanic Verses . In particular it involves the novel s alleged blasphemy or unbelief; the 1989 fatwa issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini ordering Muslims to kill Rushdie; and the… …

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  • 118The Church —     The Church     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Church     The term church (Anglo Saxon, cirice, circe; Modern German, Kirche; Sw., Kyrka) is the name employed in the Teutonic languages to render the Greek ekklesia (ecclesia), the term by which… …

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  • 119The School of Armagh —     The School of Armagh     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The School of Armagh     The School of Armagh seems to have been the oldest, and down to the time of the Anglo Norman invasion continued to be one of the most celebrated, of the ancient… …

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  • 120The Chronicles of Amber — is group of novels that comprise a fantasy series written by Roger Zelazny. The main series consists of two story arcs, each five novels in length. Additionally, there are a number of Amber short stories and other works. The Amber stories take… …

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