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1998 British Academy of Film and Television Awards
The 1998 BAFTA Awards, the British equivalent of our Oscar and Emmy awards (combined into one ceremony), were presented April 19, 1998 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. These are the…June 2016 Current Events: World News Slideshow
U.S. News | Disasters & Science News Here's a slideshow depicting the major world news events of June 2016. 1. Novak…Brewer's: Baldwin
The youngest and comeliest of Charlemagne's paladins; and the nephew of Sir Roland. Baldwin. (in Jerusalem Delivered). The restless and ambitious Duke of Bologna, leader of 1,200 horse…Brewer's: Forbears
Ancestors, predecessors —i.e. those born before the present generation. (Anglo-Saxon, fór-béran.) “My name is Græme, so please you,—Roland Græme, whose forbears were designated of…Brewer's: Durandana
or Durindana. Orlando's sword, given him by his cousin Malagigi. It once belonged to Hector, and was made by the fairies. It could cleave the Pyrenees at a blow. N. B.—In French romance…Brewer's: Mitaine
Godchild of Charlemagne; her parents were Mita and Miton, Count and Countess of Rennes. She went in search of Fear fortress, and found that it only existed in the minds of the fearful,…Brewer's: Theseus
(2 syl.). Lord and governor of Athens, called by Chaucer Duke Theseus. He married Hippolita, and as he returned home with his bride, and Emily her sister, was accosted by a crowd of female…Brewer's: Trout
is the Latin troct-a, from the Greek troktes, the greedy fish (trogo, to eat). The trout is very voracious, and will devour any kind of animal food. “[Roland] was ... engaged in a keen and…Brewer's: Marseillaise
(3 syl.). The grand song of the French Revolution. Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, an artillery officer in garrison at Strasbourg, composed both the words and the $$$ for Dietrich mayor of…Brewer's: Marsiglio
or Marsilius. A Saracen king who plotted the attack upon Roland, under “the tree on which Judas hanged himself.” With a force of 600,000 men, divided into three armies, he attacked the…Trending
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