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Vincennes, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) VincennesVincennesvĭnsĕnzˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 19,859), seat of Knox co., SW Ind., on the Wabash River; inc. 1814. The city is the center of an extensive farm area. Its many…

Valois, royal house of France

(Encyclopedia) ValoisValoisvälwäˈ [key], royal house of France that ruled from 1328 to 1589. At the death of Charles IV, the last of the direct Capetians, the Valois dynasty came to the throne in the…

For the Record

Dust off your turntable. Vinyl is back.   Related Links Top 10 Vinyl Albums, 2015 Top 10 Vinyl Albums, 2014 Top 10 Vinyl Albums, 2013 Top 10 Vinyl Albums, 2012…

1 Timothy: 5

1 Timothy Chapter 5 1 Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; 2 The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity. 3…

Utopia: Of Their Traffic

Of Their Trades, and Manner of Life Of the Travelling of the Utopians Of Their Traffic "But it is now time to explain to you the mutual intercourse of this people, their commerce, and…

Jesse James

Jesse James was one of the most famous outlaws of the American West. Young Jesse learned a lot about guerrilla activities during the U.S. Civil War, fighting and sabotaging the Union army in the…

Sture

(Encyclopedia) StureSturestüˈrə [key], noble family that played a leading role in Sweden in the 15th and 16th cent. Sten Sture, the elder, c.1440–1503, was chosen regent in 1470. In the battle of…

Storm King Art Center

(Encyclopedia) Storm King Art Center, sculpture park and museum in Mountainville, N.Y., some 55 mi (89 km) north of New York City. Founded in 1960, it comprises 500 acres (202 hectares) of lawns,…

Soyer

(Encyclopedia) Soyer, three brothers, American painters, emigrated with their family from Russia in 1912. Two were twins, Raphael Soyer, 1899–1987, and Moses Soyer, 1899–1974, b. Borisoglebsk. They…