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(Encyclopedia) romance [O.Fr.,=something written in the popular language, i.e., a Romance language]. The roman of the Middle Ages was a form of chivalric and romantic literature widely diffused…
American Music TimelinePart V: 1930-1960 by David Johnson 1932 1936 1944 1948 1954 1959 Next: 1960s 1932 Blues pianist Thomas A. Dorsey, "father of gospel music," writes song "…
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(Encyclopedia) sword, weapon of offense and defense in personal combat, consisting of a blade with a sharp point and one or two cutting edges, set in a hilt with a handle protected by a metal case or…
(Encyclopedia) blazonryblazonryblāˈzənrē [key], science of describing or depicting armorial bearings. The introduction, since the Middle Ages, of artificial rules and fanciful medieval terms has…
(Encyclopedia) purgatorypurgatorypûrgˈətôrˌē [key] [Lat.,=place of purging], in the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church, the state after death in which the soul destined for heaven is purified.…
WHAT MAKES A PARSI? HOW DO PARSIS WORSHIP? FIND OUT MOREZarathustra lived around the 13th century BCE in Iran. He taught that people should choose between the opposing forces of good and evil.…
