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  • 11FRANKS — FRANKS, English family, with an important branch in America. BENJAMIN FRANKS (c. 1649–c. 1716), son of an Ashkenazi merchant from Bavaria, was born in London but moved to the West Indies in the last decade of the 17th century. His checkered… …

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  • 12The Byzantine Empire —     The Byzantine Empire     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Byzantine Empire     The ancient Roman Empire having been divided into two parts, an Eastern and a Western, the Eastern remained subject to successors of Constantine, whose capital was at …

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  • 13The Kingdom of Bavaria —     The Kingdom of Bavaria     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Kingdom of Bavaria     I. POLITICAL CONSTITUTION, AREA, POPULATION     The present Kingdom of Bavaria named after the German tribe called Boiarii has formed, since 1871, a constituent… …

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  • 14Franks casket — Запрос «Ларец Фрэнка» перенаправляется сюда; см. также другие значения. задняя и верхняя панели …

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  • 15FRANKS —    the name given in the 3rd century to a confederation of Germanic tribes, who subsequently grouped themselves into two main bodies called the Salians and the Ripuarians, the former dwelling on the Upper Rhine, and the latter on the Middle Rhine …

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  • 16The Frank and Walters — The Franks actuando en Cork en septiembre de 2009 Información artística Género(s) …

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  • 17Descent of Elizabeth II from the Franks — This line shows the means by which Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom is supposedly descended from Flavius Afranius Syagrius, a Roman proconsul in the 4th century AD. The line after Arnulf of Metz is attested by numerous sources and… …

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  • 18The Anglo-Saxon Church —     The Anglo Saxon Church     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Anglo Saxon Church     I. ANGLO SAXON OCCUPATION OF BRITAIN     The word Anglo Saxon is used as a collective name for those Teutonic settlers the foundation stock of the English race… …

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  • 19The Cross and Crucifix in Liturgy —     The Cross and Crucifix in Liturgy     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Cross and Crucifix in Liturgy     (1) Material Objects in Liturgical Use;     (2) Liturgical Forms connected with Them;     (3) Festivals Commemorative of the Holy Cross;… …

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  • 20The True Cross —     The True Cross     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The True Cross     (AND REPRESENTATIONS OF IT AS OBJECTS OF DEVOTION).     (1) Growth Of the Christian Cult;     (2) Catholic Doctrine on the Veneration of the Cross;     (3) Relics of the True… …

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