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  • 1France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …

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  • 2The Reformation —     The Reformation     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Reformation     The usual term for the religious movement which made its appearance in Western Europe in the sixteenth century, and which, while ostensibly aiming at an internal renewal of the …

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  • 3The Holocaust — Holocaust and Shoah redirect here. For other uses, see Holocaust (disambiguation) and Shoah (disambiguation). Selection on …

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  • 4France–Turkey relations — Top level strategic relations between the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of France started during the reigns of Süleyman the Magnificent and the Valois king François I in the first quarter of the 16th century, at a time when the French King was… …

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  • 5The Iron Heel — Infobox Book name = The Iron Heel title orig = translator = image caption = Book Cover based on the overthrow of the Socialist President Salvador Allende of Chile author = Jack London illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language …

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  • 6The Line of Beauty — Infobox Book | name = The Line of Beauty title orig = translator = image caption = author = Alan Hollinghurst illustrator = cover artist = country = UK language = English series = subject = genre = Gay, historical novel publisher = Picador Books… …

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  • 7Colonial government in the Thirteen Colonies — The organization and structure of British colonial governments in America shared many attributes. While each of the Thirteen Colonies destined to become the United States had its own history and development, there emerged over time some common… …

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  • 8Louis XV of France — Infobox French Royalty|monarch name=Louis XV title=King of France and Navarre caption=Louis XV by Hyacinthe Rigaud (1730) reign=1 September 1715 ndash; 10 May 1774 coronation=25 October 1722, Reims titles= HM The King HRH The Dauphin of Viennois… …

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  • 9The Seal of Confession —     The Law of the Seal of Confession     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Law of the Seal of Confession     In the Decretum of the Gratian who compiled the edicts of previous councils and the principles of Church law which he published about 1151,… …

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  • 10Day of the Tiles — La Journée des tuiles en 1788 à Grenoble, 1890 painting by Alexandre Debelle. The Day of the Tiles (French: Journée des Tuiles) is an event that took place in the French town of Grenoble on 7 June 1788. It was among the first of the revolts which …

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