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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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Albert of Saxony
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...arts in 1351. He quickly achieved renown as a teacher on the faculty of arts at Paris and was made rector of the university in 1353. During most of the period of Albert ’ s study and teaching at Paris, the most influential figure on the faculty...
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Skep, Skip
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms
Skep, Skip a quantity of grain, 1100; of malt or charcoal (usually twelve bushels). Examples : skep of bread, 1470; of chaff, 1846; of charcoal, 1353; of corn, 1380; of grain, c . 1100; of malt; of sand, 1669; of vegetables, 1824.
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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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wool staple
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
...English export, wool, so that he could be guaranteed the tax due on it at the customs point. By the Ordinance of the Staple (1353) 15 British staple towns were established, but in 1363 Calais was made the wool staple through which all wool exports had to...
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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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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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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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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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