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Beethoven, Ludwig The 39 Apartments of Ludwig van Beethoven.(Brief article)(Book review)(Children's review)
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March 22, 2007|
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Beethoven, Ludwig The 39 Apartments of Ludwig Van Beethoven. Jonah Winter. Illus. Barry Blitt.
New York: Schwartz & Wade/Random House, 2006. Unpaged. $15.95. "This tale needs the fanciful turns the author and artist bring to it. Both Winter and Blitt possess, besides wonderful names, plenty of imagination. For instance, how's this for fancy--after two centuries of research, experts are still without a clue as to how Beethoven's pianos made it from one place to ...
 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Word Wizard.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England)
; ...of which is correct. Can you identify the right definition? SCUTAGE 1) Inferior quality pottery clay which will not withstand high...paid in lieu of military service. ANSWER: No 3 is correct. Scutage was a tax on a knight.
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 "The Journal (Newcastle, England)")
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TIME OUT: Word Wizard.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Journal (Newcastle, England)
; ...of which is correct. Can you identify the right definition? SCUTAGE 1) Inferior quality pottery clay which will not withstand high...paid in lieu of military service. ANSWER: No 3 is correct. Scutage was a tax on a knight.
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MAGNA CARTA TODAY.
Magazine article from: Calliope
; ...TAXATION King John imposed heavy taxes on his barons. Called "scutages," they were fees paid in place of military service. To guard against this practice, they wrote, "No scutage or aid is to be levied in our realm except by the common counsel...
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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A Mir drop in the ocean; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England)
; ...Britain this tradition was prevalent in courtly circles in the past. It is implied in the Magna Carta's clause 12: 'No scutage nor aid shall be imposed on our kingdom . . . unless it is for the ransom of our person, to make our eldest son a knight...
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BUNHILL: A heavy-duty Budget, please, and bring back the window tax
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...arbitrary tax on the Post Office - did you know it has to pay whatever the mandarins tell it to, without the option?) q Hidage, scutage and tallage. Self-explanatory really. I suggest the Chancellor just announces them, and sees what happens. q Tonnage...
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Knights and Warhorses: Military Service and the English Aristocracy Under Edward III. (book reviews)
Magazine article from: History Today
; ...whether or not part of the familia, comprised the majority element in armies as opposed to strictly feudal troops and that scutage - money paid in lieu of military service - was perhaps the feudal system's most significant contribution to Anglo-Norman...
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Arms, Armies and Fortifications in the Hundred Years War. (book reviews)
Magazine article from: History Today
; ...whether or not part of the familia, comprised the majority element in armies as opposed to strictly feudal troops and that scutage - money paid in lieu of military service - was perhaps the feudal system's most significant contribution to Anglo-Norman...
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Testing times ahead as prince prepares for Eton exams
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...be able to name the case of the Latin word odorem and the gender of proelium; and to write about adulterine castles and scutage. When the Prince sits the Common Entrance Exam for 12 and 13-year-old prep school pupils next month, he will be faced...
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King of the keys; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England)
; ...for a quarter of the value of their property, gold and silver treasures were confiscated from churches and money raised from scutage (in lieu of a knight's military service) and carucage (a land levy). These are thought to have brought in 30 to 35 tons...
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FAMILY MATTERS.(King John, and the royal English family)
Magazine article from: Calliope
; ...heiresses or become the guardians of rich orphans. John's barons resented his policy of forcing them to pay frequent taxes ("scutages") instead of supplying soldiers for the campaigns against France. As a result, there were many defeats, and John earned...
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