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John XXI
John XXI d. 1277, pope (1276-77), a Portuguese named Pedro Giuliano; successor of Adrian V. Known generally as Peter of Spain (Petrus Hispanus), he is the only Portuguese pope. Peter's reputation as a scholastic philosopher was widespread, and he was the reputed author of an extensively used book o... Read more
Gregory X
Gregory X d. 1276, pope (1271-76), an Italian named Tebaldo Visconti, b. Piacenza; successor of Clement IV. After Clement IV's death the cardinals took 34 months to elect a pope. Gregory was archdeacon of Liège when elected and neither a cardinal nor a priest. At the time he was in the Holy ... Read more
Majorca
Majorca , Span. Mallorca , island (1991 pop. 602,074), 1,405 sq mi (3,639 sq km), Spain, largest of the Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean. Palma is the chief city. Majorca is mountainous in the northwest, rising to 4,739 ft (1,444 m) in the Puig Major; the south and east form a gently rollin... Read more
Augsburg
Augsburg , city (1994 pop. 264,764), capital of Swabia, Bavaria, S central Germany, a major industrial center on the Lech River. The major industries include the manufacture of textiles, clothing, machinery, computers, electronic equipment, motor vehicles, and airplanes. The city is an important rai... Read more
Balearic Islands
Balearic Islands , Span. Baleares , archipelago, off Spain, in the W Mediterranean, forming Baleares prov. (1990 pop. 767,918) of Spain; also an autonomous region since 1983. Palma is the capital. The chief islands are Majorca, Minorca, and Ibiza. Noted for their scenery and their mild climate, the... Read more
Fès
Fès or Fez , Arab. Fas, city (1994 pop. 772,028), N central Morocco. In a rich agricultural region, it is connected by rail to Casablanca, Tangier, and Algeria. The city is noted for its Muslim art and its handicraft industries. It gave its name to the brimless felt caps that were forme... Read more
Llywelyn ap Gruffydd
Llywelyn ap Gruffydd , d. 1282, Welsh prince, grandson of Llywelyn ap Iorwerth . He succeeded (1246) his uncle, David II, as ruler of North Wales and in 1247, with his brother Owen as coruler, did homage to Henry III of England, surrendering to him a large part of their territory. In 1256, having o... Read more
Ramón Lull
Ramón Lull , or Raymond Lully, c.1232-1316?, Catalan philosopher, b. Palma, Majorca. Of a wealthy family, he lived in ease until c.1263, when he had a religious experience and was fired with ambition to convert Muslims to Christianity. He studied Arabic language and literature and founded... Read more
Peter III
Peter III (Peter the Great), 1239?-1285, king of Aragón and count of Barcelona (1276-85) and king of Sicily (1282-85); son and successor of James I. In 1280 he established Aragonese influence on the northern shores of Africa. From his marriage (1262) to Constance, daughter and heir of Manfr... Read more
Sung
Sung , dynasty of China that ruled 960-1279. It was divided into two periods: Northern Sung (907-1126) with its capital at Kaifeng and Southern Sung (1127-1279) with its capital at Hangzhou. The first emperor, Chao K'uang-yin , consolidated several warring states and established a domain that inclu... Read more

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Popes since AD 1000
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...61 Alexander IV 1261–64 Urban IV 1265–68 Clement IV 1271–76 Gregory X 1276 Innocent V 1276 Adrian V 1276–77 John XXI 1 1277–80 Nicholas III 1281–85 Martin IV 1285–...
Innocent V
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Innocent V d. 1276, pope (1276), a Savoyard named Peter of Tarentaise; successor of Gregory X . He was a Dominican and studied at Paris under St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Albertus Magnus. He became an eminent theologian and composed a standard...
Peter III
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...1239-1285) was king of Aragon and count of Barcelona from 1276 to 1285 and king of Sicily from 1282 to 1285. He was one of...Hungary, Peter (or Pedro) III inherited the crown of Aragon in 1276, after his father's extensive conquests had increased both...
Guido Guinizzelli
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Guido Guinizzelli The Italian poet Guido Guinizzelli (c. 1230-1276) is considered a precursor of Dante and the originator of the...time of exile in Monselice, where he died before Nov. 14, 1276. The chronology of Guinizzelli's collection of canzoni and...
Majorca
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...hogs and sheep are raised, and lead, marble, and copper are mined. For the history of Majorca before 1276, see Balearic Islands . In 1276 the kingdom of Majorca was formed from the inheritance of James I of Majorca. It comprised the Balearic...
Michael VIII
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...hostility toward Charles of a new pope, Gregory X (reigned 1271-1276), Michael cultivated the Pontiff as a buffer to Angevin ambitions...and introduced Michael's ally Pedro III of Aragon (reigned 1276-1285) as ruler of the island. Charles's power was shattered...
Edward I
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...reign in his attempts to control Wales. Prince Llewelyn at first refused to attend Parliament but submitted to the English in 1276. This submission did not last long, however, and Edward was forced to take up arms, killing Llewelyn in 1282 and bringing...
Raymond Lull
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...means of deducing the universal truths according to algebraic signs, as it did later for Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz. In 1276 Lull founded the College of Miramar in Majorca, which trained men in the study of Arabic and prepared missionaries for service...
Rudolf I
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...electoral princes turned to Rudolf. Rudolf's first task as emperor was to quell Bohemian power, which he accomplished in 1276 at Vienna and again at the battle of Marchfeld in 1278, thus permanently defeating the possibility of Bohemian domination of...
Wen T'ien-hsiang
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...was placed in charge of the capital itself. Promoted to right grand councilor, he was sent to negotiate with General Bayan in 1276, but his recalcitrant attitude and evident determination to save the dynasty led the Mongol general to keep him a prisoner and...

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Henry of Ghent
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ...Henry of Ghent (d. 1293), theologian. A master of Paris by 1276, he combined an active university teaching career with ecclesiastical...critic of the privileges granted to the Mendicant Orders. Between 1276 and 1292 he produced extensive Quodlibeta , his Summa, Quaestiones...
Arnald of Villanova
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Montpellier ca. 1260; the ascription to him of training under John Casamicciola at the University of Naples between 1267 and 1276 rests on the doubtful authenticity of the Breviarium practice traditionally included among his works. By 1281 Arnald had become...
Bernard of Le Treille (Trilia)
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...taught at Montpellier (1266, 1268), Avignon (1267, 1274), Bordeaux (1271), Marseilles (1272), and Toulouse(1273, 1276). He returned to the priory of St.-Jacques in Paris to lecture on the Sentences in 1279, then continued teaching there...
Coppo di Marcovaldo
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists ...and Child Enthroned (called the Madonna del Bordone ) for S. Maria dei Servi, Siena (still in situ), and between 1265 and 1276 he is documented several times working at Pistoia Cathedral, which has a Crucifix that is assumed to be one of two he was commissioned...
Giles (Aegidius) of Rome
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...very young. He pursued his studies in paris where he was a disciple of Thomas Aquinas and became baccalarius sentenliarius in 1276. In march 1277 É tienne Tempier, the bishop of Paris, delivered his famous condemnation of Aristotelianism and Averroism...
Lull, Ramon
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...popes for his proposed colleges. During Lull ’ s lifetime only James II of Mallorca established such a foundation (1276, the year of his accession); when he lost Mallorca to his elder brother, Peter III of Aragon, the college at Miramar apparently...
Llywelyn ap Gruffydd
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...conceded recognition. Llywelyn misjudged Edward I in refusing to fulfil his obligations as the king's vassal. The war of 1276–7 was a disaster for Llywelyn, who was confined once more to west Gwynedd by the treaty of Aberconwy (1277...
Beverley, Robert of
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...have assured him a secure place in the history of English architecture. He was no mean sculptor, either, and was responsible for the image of King Henry III (1276) from which the famous effigy was copied. Bibliography J. Harvey (1987)
Mesa Verde, Prehistoric Ruins of
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...dwellers flourished in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, and severe drought probably forced them to abandon the mesa canyons in 1276. BIBLIOGRAPHY Ferguson, William M. The Anasazi of Mesa Verde and the Four Corners. Niwot, Colo.: University Press of Colorado...
Siger of Brabant
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ...that year St Thomas Aquinas wrote his De Unitate Intellectus contra Averroistas , which was directed chiefly against him. In 1276 he was cited for heresy by Simon du Val, Inquisitor of France; it is not known whether he was acquitted or had already fled...

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Diplomacy and Trade in the Chinese World, 589-1276.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
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SPINSTER, 62, JAILED FOR HASSLING SAMARITANS; Lonely pest's 1276 calls to helpline.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 6/15/2006; 443 words ; ...Stinchcombe was also given a two-year ASBO banning her from calling Samaritans. She admitted harassing helpline staff by making 1276 calls between March 2005 and January this year. Sentencing her at North Avon Magistrates' Court, judge David Parsons said...
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PRESIDENT BUSH SIGNS H.R. 1594, H.R. 2786, H.R. 6098, H.R. 7178, S. 906, S. 1276, AND S. 2304 INTO LAW
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 10/14/2008; 577 words ; ...mercury, and requires the Department of Energy to designate and manage an elemental mercury long-term disposal facility; S. 1276, the "Methamphetamine Production Prevention Act of 2008," which specifies methods, when sellers of certain pharmaceuticals...