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Barlaam and Josaphat
(Encyclopedia)Barlaam and Josaphat bärˈläəm, jōˈsəfăt [key], legend popular in medieval times. It corresponds in part to the legend of Buddha. Versions of the story have been found in nearly every language....Chinon
(Encyclopedia)Chinon shēnôNˈ [key], town (1993 est. pop. 8,961), Indre-et-Loire dept., W central France, in Touraine, on the Vienne River. Chinon was an important medieval town and many buildings (notably three ...Great Malvern
(Encyclopedia)Great Malvern môlˈvərn, môˈ– [key] or Malvern, town, Worcestershire, W central England, on ...Autun
(Encyclopedia)Autun ōtöNˈ [key], town, Saône-et-Loire dept., E central France, on the Arroux River. It is an industrial center producing metals, machinery, leather, cloth, timber, a...pinnacle
(Encyclopedia)pinnacle pĭnˈĭkəl [key], minor architectural motif of vertical tapering shape, usually crowning a pier, buttress, or gable. Although sometimes it appears in Renaissance design, as in the Certosa d...Legnica
(Encyclopedia)Legnica lĕgnēˈtsä [key], Ger. Liegnitz, city (1992 est. pop. 106,300), Dolnośląskie prov., SW Poland, on the Kaczawa River. A center of a vegetable-growing region, it also has manufactures of me...Barrow-in-Furness
(Encyclopedia)Barrow-in-Furness –fûrˈnĭs [key], city and district, Cumbria, NW England, on the tip of the Furness peninsula. T...Fujiwara Teika
(Encyclopedia)Fujiwara Teika fo͞oˈjēˈwäˈrä tāˈkä [key], 1162–1241, Japanese poet and literary theorist of the early medieval period. Son of the poet Shunzei, Teika ranks among the greatest of Japanese p...Gniezno
(Encyclopedia)Gniezno gənyĕzˈnô [key], Ger. Gnesen, city (1993 est. pop. 70,400), Wielkopolskie prov., central Poland. It is a railway junction and a trade and food-processing center; there is also light manufa...Veríssimo, Érico Lopes
(Encyclopedia)Veríssimo, Érico Lopes ĕˈrēko͝o lo͝opəs vərēsˈsēmo͝o [key], 1905–75, Brazilian writer. Veríssimo lectured and taught in the United States. He wrote (in English) Brazilian Literature (1...Browse by Subject
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