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Praemunire
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Praemunire. The title of statutes (first passed in 1353, 1365, and 1393), which were designed to protect rights claimed...the offence, the writ, and the punishment. The statute of 1353 forbade the withdrawal from England of cases which should be...
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Sponlee, John de
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
...Castle, Berks., where he began the Vestry and Chapter House in 1350, built the Canons' Lodgings (1353), Treasury with vaulted porch (1353–4), Cloisters (1356), Spicery Gate (1357–8), New Gate and Belfry Tower...
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Kalmar, Union of
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
Kalmar, Union of (1397) The joining together of the crowns of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway. Margaret I (1353–1412), daughter of the King of Denmark and wife of Haakon VI of Norway (died 1387), defeated (1389) the King...
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Bartolo di Fredi
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
Bartolo di Fredi (active 1353; d Siena, 26 Jan. 1410). One of the leading Sienese painters of the late 14th century. He continued the narrative style of...
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Gaddi, Taddeo
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
...in Pistoia; the altarpiece he painted for the church (a polyptych of the Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints , completed 1353) is still in situ . Taddeo's best-known works were painted for S. Croce, Florence, notably the frescos devoted to the...
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Joan of Kent, princess of Wales
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
...Wales ( c. 1328–85). Joan was a daughter of Edmund, earl of Kent (d. 1330), and succeeded as countess in 1353. While considerably under age, she secretly married Thomas Holand. In his absence in Prussia, she soon contracted a second...
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Arundel, Thomas
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Arundel, Thomas (1353–1414), Abp. successively of York and Canterbury . He was a prominent politician, several times Chancellor of England...
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Rienzo, Cola di
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
...to flee in Dec. 1347. In 1350 Charles IV arrested him and sent him to Clement, who imprisoned him. Nevertheless, when in 1353 Cardinal Albornoz went to Rome to restore order, Innocent VI sent Rienzo with him, and he triumphantly entered the city in...
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Provisors, Statutes of
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Provisors, Statutes of. Four English laws, passed in 1351, 1353, 1365, and 1389, intended to check the practice of Papal ‘provision’ or nomination to vacant benefices...
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staple
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
...of merchants with exclusive right of purchase for certain classes of goods destined for export. An ordinance of Edward III in 1353, the Statute of the Staple , established staples in a number of English towns as well as at Carmarthen, Dublin, Waterford...
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