catspaw
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catspaw. 1. A twisting
hitch made in the
bight of a rope to form two eyes, through which the hook of a
tackle is passed for hoisting purposes.
2. The name given to a ruffle on the water indicating a breath of wind during a calm. Old sailors, on seeing a catspaw on the surface while becalmed, would frequently rub the ship's
backstay (as though fondling a cat) and whistle to induce the wind to come to the ship.
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Drama at the Courts of Henrietta Maria.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 12/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Britland. Drama at the Courts of Henrietta Maria. Cambridge: Cambridge University...Karen Britland's analysis of Henrietta Maria's shaping of the iconography...counters previous critical views of Henrietta Maria that see her as politically heedless...
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Griffey, Erin, ed., Henrietta Maria: Piety, Politics and Patronage.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Parergon; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; Griffey, Erin, ed., Henrietta Maria: Piety, Politics and Patronage...thriving industry in studies of Henrietta Maria's court. This volume is primarily...raises some interesting aspects of Henrietta Maria's attempts to influence the...
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Henrietta Maria, Charles I's Indomitable Queen. (The Media Bookwatch). (book review)
Magazine article from: History Review; 3/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; Henrietta Maria, Charles I's Indomitable Queen...pounds sterling] ISBN 0 7509 1882 9 Henrietta Maria was the founder member of an unfortunate...husbands and led them to disaster. Henrietta Maria was arguably the stupidest and most...
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Drama at the Courts of Queen Henrietta Maria.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England; 1/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; Drama at the Courts of Queen Henrietta Maria, by Karen Britland. Cambridge...Drama at the Courts of Queen Henrietta Maria is an admirable work, revisionist...presents a positive reading of Henrietta Maria's intelligence, self-awareness...
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Opening the queen's closet: Henrietta Maria, Elizabeth Cromwell, and the politics of cookery.
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 6/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Charles I (1600-49), Queen Henrietta Maria, and young Prince Charles dining...enhanced the image of Charles I and Henrietta Maria. Court portraiture, poetry...widely-circulated image of Henrietta Maria in seventeenth-century England...
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Henrietta Maria; piety, politics and patronage.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 2/1/2009; 543 words
; 9780754664208 Henrietta Maria; piety, politics and patronage. Ed. by Erin Griffey. Ashgate...and gender in the early modern world DA396 The French princess Henrietta Maria became the queen of Charles I of England. Their happy marriage...
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Henrietta Maria: Charles I's Indomitable Queen.(Review)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 9/1/2001; 532 words
; Henrietta Maria: Charles I's Indomitable Queen. Alison Plowden. Sutton Publishing...life both in England and in her native France. She concludes that Henrietta Maria, so hated by Protestant fanatics in her lifetime as the force behind...
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Henrietta Maria and the English civil wars.(book)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 8/1/2006; 437 words
; 0754639428 Henrietta Maria and the English civil wars. White, Michelle Anne. Ashgate Publishing...In this study, White assesses the influence exercised by Queen Henrietta Maria over her husband Charles I during the English Civil Wars. Her...
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The great race: two rival ships left England in 1631 in competition to find the passage to the Orient. Perhaps sailing via Hudson Bay wasn't the best idea.(Captain Luke Foxe commanded the Charles and Thomas James captained the Henrietta Marie)(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: The Beaver: Exploring Canada's History; 2/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...London ship, named the Charles, after the King. Thomas James was selected as captain of the Bristol ship, the Henrietta Maria, named after the Queen. Each captain was given an identical letter of state signed by King Charles I and addressed...
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Maria Jose, Last Queen of Italy,Dies at 94; Ruled for Just 27 Days
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/29/2001; 624 words
; Maria Jose of Savoy, 94, the widow of Italy...Vittorio Emanuele. She was born Princess Maria Jose Charlotte Henrietta Gabriella of Saxony-Coburg at Ostend...its zenith, Crown Prince Umberto and Maria Jose were largely excluded from public...
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Henrietta Maria
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
Henrietta Maria (1609–69), queen of Charles I. Charles married Henrietta Maria, youngest daughter of Henri IV of France, in May 1625 after his Spanish...
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Henrietta of England
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Henrietta of England (Henrietta Anne), 1644-70, duchesse d'Orléans, called...Louis XIV of France. The daughter of King Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria of England, she was taken (1646) to France when civil war...
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Sir Kenelm Digby
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...release he went to France and became chancellor to Queen Henrietta Maria . In 1645 he tried unsuccessfully to gain papal support...the Restoration (1660) he remained chancellor to Henrietta Maria but was forbidden at the court. Digby conducted scientific...
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Charles I
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...France was arranged for the hand of Louis's sister, Henrietta Maria. Charles became king on March 27, 1625. His marriage...Buckingham's death, too, Charles fell in love with Henrietta Maria, and they were ever after a devoted couple. Charles...
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Charles I (England) (1600–1649; Ruled 1625–1649)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...the pair secretly went to Spain to woo Infanta Donna Maria, the sister of Philip IV (ruled 1621 – 1665...court. He came under the malign influence of his wife, Henrietta Maria (1609 – 1669), a French Catholic who wanted...
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