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Otto the Great
(Encyclopedia) Otto the Great: see Otto I, Holy Roman emperor.over-the-counter
(Encyclopedia) over-the-counter, method of buying and selling securities outside the organized stock exchange. Unlike an organized stock exchange, the over-the-counter market is composed of dealers…squaring the circle
(Encyclopedia) squaring the circle: see geometric problems of antiquity.Eric the Red
(Encyclopedia) Eric the Red, fl. 10th cent., Norse chieftain, discoverer and colonizer of Greenland according to the sagas. He left (c.950) Norway with his exiled father and settled in Iceland. A…farming the taxes
(Encyclopedia) farming the taxes: see farming, in taxation.Ferdinand the Catholic
(Encyclopedia) Ferdinand the Catholic: see Ferdinand II, king of Aragón.Conrad the Red
(Encyclopedia) Conrad the Red, d. 955, duke of Lotharingia (Lorraine; 944–53). A Franconian adherent of the German king Otto I (later Holy Roman emperor), he was made duke of Lotharingia and married…Constantine the Great
(Encyclopedia) Constantine the Great: see Constantine I, Roman emperor.Albert the Bear
(Encyclopedia) Albert the Bear, c.1100–1170, first margrave of Brandenburg (1150–70). He was a loyal vassal of Holy Roman Emperor Lothair II, who, as duke of Saxony, helped him take (1123) Lower…Geoffroy the Elder
(Encyclopedia) Geoffroy the Elder: see Geoffroy, Étienne François.Trending
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