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Charlemagne
King of the Franks, first Holy Roman Emperor
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Charlemagne () or Charles the Great (2 April 748 – 28 January 814), numbered Charles I, was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and Emperor of the Romans from 800. During the Early ...
Date of birth: 2 April 742
Date of death: 28 January 814
Nationality: French
Occupation: Royalty
Gender: Male
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Glebe
Area of land within an ecclesiastical parish used to support a parish priest
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Glebe (also known as church furlong, rectory manor or parson's close(s)) is an area of land within an ecclesiastical parish used to support a parish priest. The land may be owned by the church, or its ...
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Anchorite
Person who withdraws from society to lead an intensely religious lifestyle
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An anchorite or anchoret (female: anchoress; adj. anchoritic; from Ancient Greek: ἀναχωρητής, anachōrētḗs, "one who has retired from the world", from the verb ἀναχωρέω, anachōréō, signifying "to withdraw" ...
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Alodia
Medieval Nubian Kingdom
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Alodia, also known as Alwa (Greek: Aρουα, Aroua; Arabic: علوة, ʿAlwa), was a medieval Nubian kingdom in what is now central and southern Sudan. Its capital was the city of Soba, located near mo ...
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The Brothers, or Brethren of the Free Spirit, was a lay Christian movement which flourished in northern Europe in the 13th and 14th centuries. Antinomian and individualist in outlook, it came into conflict ...
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Vidame was a feudal title in France, a term descended from mediaeval Latin vicedominus. Like the avoué or advocatus, the vidame was originally a secular official chosen by the bishop of the diocese—with ...
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Makuria
Nubian kingdom in present-day Northern Sudan and Southern Egypt
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Makuria (Old Nubian: ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲟ, Dotawo; Greek: Μακογρια, Makouria; Arabic: المقرة, al-Muqurra) was a Nubian kingdom located in what is today Northern Sudan and Southern Egypt. Makuria originally covered ...
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Nobatia
Medieval kingdom in Lower Nubia
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Nobatia or Nobadia (Greek: Νοβαδἰα, Nobadia; Old Nubian: ⲙⲓⲅⲓⲧⲛ︦ ⲅⲟⲩⲗ, Migitin Goul) was a late antique kingdom in Lower Nubia. Together with the two other Nubian kingdoms, Makuria and Alodia, it succeeded ...
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