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Religion, Wars of

(Encyclopedia)Religion, Wars of, 1562–98, series of civil wars in France, also known as the Huguenot Wars. The immediate issue was the French Protestants' struggle for freedom of worship and the right of establis...

Kerr, Philip Henry

(Encyclopedia)Kerr, Philip Henry: see Lothian, Philip Henry Kerr, 11th marquess of. ...

Stanley, Edward Henry

(Encyclopedia)Stanley, Edward Henry: see Derby, Edward Henry Stanley, 15th earl of. ...

Australian literature

(Encyclopedia)Australian literature, the literature of Australia. Because the vast majority of early Australian settlers were transported prisoners, the beginnings of Australian literature were oral rather than wri...

Asquith, Herbert Henry

(Encyclopedia)Asquith, Herbert Henry: see Oxford and Asquith, Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st earl of. ...

Clément, Jacques

(Encyclopedia)Clément, Jacques zhäk klāmäNˈ [key], 1567–89, French Dominican monk, assassin of Henry III of France. An adherent of the League, he thought Henry a danger to the Church because of his recogniti...
 

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