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  • 91French nobility — The nobility ( fr. la noblesse) in France, in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, had specific legal and financial rights, and prerogatives.The first official list of these prerogatives was established relatively late, under Louis XI of… …

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  • 92Helena (1950 novel) — Helena , published 1950, is the sole historical novel of Evelyn Waugh. It follows the quest of Helena to find the relics of the cross on which Christ was crucified. Helena, a Christian, was the mother of the Roman emperor Constantine I.The book… …

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  • 93The Puritan — The Puritan, or the Widow of Watling Street is an anonymous Jacobean stage comedy, first published in 1607. It is often attributed to Thomas Middleton, but also belongs to the Shakespeare Apocrypha due to its title page attribution to W.S. .Date… …

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  • 94Confessio Amantis — ( The Lover s Confession ) is a 33,000 line Middle English poem by John Gower, which uses the confession made by an ageing lover to the chaplain of Venus as a frame story for a collection of shorter narrative poems. According to its prologue, it… …

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  • 95The Stolen Eagle — Rome episode title=The Stolen Eagle caption=Titus Pullo and Lucius Vorenus, the two main protagonists of the show. season=1 (2005) episode=1 (HBO; see BBC editing) air date=August 28, 2005 (HBO) November 2, 2005 (BBC) writer=Bruno Heller director …

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  • 96Commander United Kingdom Maritime Forces — or COMUKMARFOR is a senior post in the Royal Navy. The post is the highest sea going command in the Royal Navy and is part of the Fleet Battle Staff based in Portsmouth, part of Commander in Chief Fleet s staff. The commander has the rank of Rear …

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  • 97Jupiter's Darling — Infobox Album | Name = Jupiter s Darling Type = studio Artist = Heart Released = 22 June 2004 Recorded = Genre = Hard rock Length = 72:17 Label = Sovereign Producer = Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg sql=10 …

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  • 98Bahá'í prophecies — Throughout the Bahá í writings, future events have been prophesied. As is the case with most prophecies, some of them could be interpreted in several ways, and they are often only properly understood after the event has taken place.Historical… …

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  • 99Braggadocio, Missouri — Braggadocio is an unincorporated community in Pemiscot County, Missouri. It is located eight miles west of Caruthersville. The community was founded in 1847 and according to Ramsay, was named for the vainglorious knight and horse thief Sir… …

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  • 100Gala Galaction — Infobox Writer name = Gala Galaction imagesize = 220px caption = Omul unei lumi noi ( The Man of a New World ), 1920 portrait of Gala Galaction by Nicolae Tonitza pseudonym = birthdate = birth date|1879|4|16|mf=y birthplace = Dideşti deathdate =… …

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