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Volstead Act

(Encyclopedia)Volstead Act: see under Volstead, Andrew Joseph. ...

Cartan, Henri

(Encyclopedia)Cartan, Henri: see under Cartan, Élie Joseph. ...

Égalité, Philippe

(Encyclopedia)Égalité, Philippe: see Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d'. ...

Philippe Égalité

(Encyclopedia)Philippe Égalité: see Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d'. ...

Louis XIII, king of France

(Encyclopedia)Louis XIII, 1601–43, king of France (1610–43). He succeeded his father, Henry IV, under the regency of his mother, Marie de' Medici. He married Anne of Austria in 1615. Even after being declared o...

Heli

(Encyclopedia)Heli hēˈlī [key], in the New Testament, father of St. Joseph. ...

Joanna, in the Bible

(Encyclopedia)Joanna, in the New Testament. 1 Wife of Herod's steward Chuza. She was a follower of Jesus and was one who found the tomb empty. 2 Ancestor of St. Joseph. ...

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