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Guiscard

(Encyclopedia) Guiscard, Norman rulers in Sicily: see Robert Guiscard; Roger I.

Top 10 Concert Tours

The following table lists name of the tour, artist, years, and actual gross, not adjusted for inflation. RankArtistTour…

Idrisi

(Encyclopedia) IdrisiIdrisiĭdrēˈsē [key] or EdrisiIdrisiĕ– [key], in full Abu Abdallah Muhammad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Abdallah Ibn Idris Al-Hammudi Al-Hasani Al-Idrisi, b. 1099?, d. after 1154, Arab…

Tancred, king of Sicily

(Encyclopedia) Tancred (Tancred of Lecce)Tancredtăngˈkrĭd;, lĕˈchā [key], b. 1130 or 1134, d. 1194, king of Sicily (1190–94), illegitimate son of Roger of Apulia and grandson of Roger II of Sicily.…

Taizé Community

(Encyclopedia) Taizé CommunityTaizé Communitytāzāˈ [key], ecumenical Christian community based in Taizē, Burgundy, France. The community was founded by Roger Schutz, 1915–2005, a Swiss Protestant…

Normans

(Encyclopedia) Normans, designation for the Northmen, or Norsemen, who conquered Normandy in the 10th cent. and adopted Christianity and the customs and language of France. Abandoning piracy and…

Keyes, Roger John Brownlow Keyes, 1st Baron

(Encyclopedia) Keyes, Roger John Brownlow Keyes, 1st BaronKeyes, Roger John Brownlow Keyes, 1st Baronkēz [key], 1872–1945, British admiral. In World War I he achieved his greatest fame as commander…