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Tancred
Tancred (Tancred of Lecce) , b. 1130 or 1134, d. 1194, king of Sicily (1190-94), illegitimate son of Roger of Apulia and grandson of Roger II of Sicily. On the death of his cousin, William II of Sicily, Tancred was crowned (1190) king. The Sicilian crown was, however, claimed by Constance , who... Read more |
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Tancred (Crusader)
Tancred 1076-1112, Crusader. He became a Crusader in 1096 with his uncle Bohemond I . After distinguishing himself at Nicaea, he struck out into Cilicia and besieged Tarsus, but was deprived of the city, after its fall, by Baldwin ( Baldwin I of Jerusalem) and was forced to rejoin the main army.... Read more |
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Constance
Constance 1154-98, Holy Roman empress, wife of Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI ; daughter of King Roger II of Sicily. She was named heiress of Sicily by her nephew King William II. On his death, however (1189), the Sicilian nobles, wishing to prevent German rule in Sicily, chose Constance's nephew ... Read more |
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Sir Christopher Hatton
Sir Christopher Hatton 1540-91, English courtier. He became a favorite of Queen Elizabeth I, from whom he received offices, honors, and lands. Knighted in 1578, he acted as Elizabeth's spokesman in the House of Commons and, although not a lawyer, was lord chancellor from 1587 until his death. He... Read more |
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Bohemond I
Bohemond I , c.1056-1111, prince of Antioch (1099-1111), a leader in the First Crusade (see Crusades ); elder son of Robert Guiscard . With his father he fought (1081-85) against the Byzantine emperor Alexius I . When his father's duchy of Apulia passed to his younger brother Roger, Bohemond made... Read more |
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Benjamin Disraeli 1st earl of Beaconsfield
Disraeli, Benjamin, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (1804–81) British statesman and novelist, prime minister (1868, 1874–80). Disraeli was elected to Parliament in 1837. His brand of Toryism is expressed in the trilogy of novels Coningsby (1844), Sybil (1846), and Tancred (1847). Following... Read more |
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James Thomson (1700-1748)
James Thomson 1700-1748, Scottish poet. Educated at Edinburgh, he went to London, took a post as tutor, and became acquainted with such literary celebrities as Gay, Arbuthnot, and Pope. His most famous poem, The Seasons, was published in four parts, beginning with "Winter" (1726), which... Read more |
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Normans
Normans designation for the Northmen, or Norsemen , who conquered Normandy in the 10th cent. and adopted Christianity and the customs and language of France. Abandoning piracy and raiding, they adopted regular commerce and gave much impetus to European trade. They soon lost all connection with... Read more |
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Robert Guiscard
Robert Guiscard , c.1015-1085, Norman conqueror of S Italy, a son of Tancred de Hauteville (see Normans ). Robert joined (c.1046) his brothers in S Italy and fought with them to expel the Byzantines. In 1057 he succeeded his brother Humphrey as count of Apulia, and in 1059 Pope Nicholas II invested... Read more |
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Tancred, or the New Crusade
Tancred, or the New Crusade, a novel by B. Disraeli, published 1847.This is the last of the trilogy Coningsby—Sybil—Tancred. Much of the novel is devoted to an attempt to resolve the antagonism between Judaism and Christianity and to establish... |
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Tancred and Sigismunda
Tancred and Sigismunda, a tragedy by J. Thomson, published 1745, produced (with Garrick as Tancred) 1752. |
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Tancred and Gismund, The Tragedie of
Tancred and Gismund, The Tragedie of, or Gismond of Salerne, a play by R. Wilmot (fl. c.1566–1608) and others, published 1591 but dating from 1566 or 1568. Act II is by Henry Noel, Act IV by Hatton. The play is founded on a tale by Boccaccio (see Sigismonda). |
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Sigismonda
...Boccaccio's Decameron (iv. i), daughter of Tancred, prince of Salerno. Her father, having discovered...and Guiscardo’, and of Robert Wilmot's Tancred and Gismund. James Thomson's Tancred and Sigismunda (1745) deals with a different... |
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Disraeli, Benjamin, 1st earl of Beaconsfield
...Sybil (1845), a ‘condition of England’ novel, deplored the gulf between the ‘Two Nations’ of rich and poor: Tancred (1847) completed the trilogy. Disraeli had belonged to the otherwise aristocratic Young England group of political romantics... |
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Gismond of Salerne
Gismond of Salerne, see Tancred and Gismund. |
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Hatton, Sir Christopher
...alluded to by Sheridan, The Critic, ii. ii). Hatton was lord chancellor, 1587–91, and chancellor of Oxford University, 1588. He was the friend and patron of Spenser and Churchyard, and wrote Act IV of Tancred and Gismund. |
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Sybil, or The Two Nations
...or The Two Nations, a novel by B. Disraeli, published 1845.This is the second book of the trilogy Coningsby—Sybil—Tancred. It was written, like Coningsby, to celebrate the ideas of the ‘Young England’ Tories and was designed to describe... |
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Young England
...Robert Peel, and dissolved with his fall in 1846. Disraeli wrote of the movement in Coningsby (1844), Sybil (1845), and Tancred (1847). It was not difficult to ridicule. Lord John Manners believed that a reintroduction of the practice of touching... |
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Coningsby
...political novel by B. Disraeli, published 1844. Disraeli declares that his purpose in the trilogy Coningsby—Sybil—Tancred was to describe the influence of the main political parties on the condition of the people, and to indicate how those conditions... |
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Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, Il
Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, Il (The combat of Tancred and Clorinda). Dramatic madrigal by Monteverdi to text by Tasso...narrator comments upon the action, which is acted or danced by Tancred and Clorinda. A feature of the score is the earliest-known... |
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Roger
...Reformation, though it has continued in regular use to the present day. Roger, Count of Sicily (c.1031–1101), son of Tancred, recovered Sicily from the Arabs. His son, also called Roger, ruled Sicily as king, presiding over a court noted for its... |
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Tankerton
Tankerton Kent. Tangerton 1240. Probably ‘farmstead or estate of a man called Tancred or T(h)ancrad’. OGerman pers. name + OE tūn. |
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Disraeli, Benjamin, 1st earl of Beaconsfield
...Sybil (1845), a ‘condition of England’ novel, deplored the gulf between the ‘Two Nations’ of rich and poor; Tancred (1847) completed the trilogy. Disraeli had belonged to the otherwise aristocratic Young England group of political romantics... |
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Tankersley
Tankersley Barns. Tancresleia 1086 (DB). ‘Woodland clearing of a man called Tancred or T(h)ancrad’. OGerman pers. name + OE lēah. |
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Guiscard, Robert
Guiscard, Robert (c.1015–85) Norman warrior. He was the son of Tancred de Hauteville, and with his brother Roger established himself in southern Italy. In 1053 they defeated the forces of Pope Leo... |
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Love, honour, and duty in James Thomson's Tancred and Sigismunda (1745).(Book...
...Honour, and Duty in James Thomson's Tancred and Sigismunda (1745) by Sandro Jung James Thomson's Tancred and Sigismunda juxtaposes notions of heroic...Siffredi, the late King's adviser, and Tancred, the heir to the throne, who are guided... |
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Heartbreak houses; Fed up with the yob culture, the last resident of Tancred...
...is the last resident to move out of Tancred Road, Anfield . . . finally driven out...culture. He said: "As people moved out of Tancred Road the houses were boarded up and that...Frank Hill takes a lonely walk along Tancred Road, Anfield, which was his home for... |
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Racing: Good Times for Tancred
...months due to foot and mouth restrictions. And local hope Tancred Times can give punters cause for celebration with victory in...outing, is best ignored. Catterick is a very fast track and Tancred Times is made the nap selection to make full use of her early... |
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Terrific Tancred's 11-goal spree.
ACE poacher Paul Tancred scored an amazing 11 times as Deeping went goal crazy against a depleted Nomads side. With Nomads struggling at the bottom end... |
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Quote by Tancred on Voice.(Quotation)
QUOTE: "There is no index so sure as the voice." --Tancred SUBJECT: Voice |
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Last man standing; After 56 years, Frank Hill followed every one of his...
...organised traffic-stopping parties. Now Tancred Road in Anfield, Liverpool, holds nothing...arsonists. Mr Hill, 80, moved into Tancred Road in 1945 with his mother. He bought...which has bought many of the properties in Tancred Road, said it plans to begin a programme... |
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Love and Honour in James Thomsons Tancred and Sigisinunda (1745)
...THOMSON JUNG, SANDRO. "Love and Honour in James Thomson's Tancred and Sigismunda (1745)," RECTR, 17 (Summer and Winter...Although judged Thomson's best tragedy by Samuel Johnson, Tancred and Sigismunda has been nearly forgotten. Mr. Jung exhumes... |
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Reports outline myeloma study results from T.M. Tancred et al.
...level plasmacytosis overexpressed collagen IV," wrote T.M. Tancred and colleagues. The researchers concluded: "Our findings...process. (J Histochem Cytochem 57:239-247, 2009)'." Tancred and colleagues published their study in the Journal of Histochemistry... |
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GDT censured on withdrawal.(GD Tancred Financial Services )
...on income withdrawal can have dire consequences for clients in their retirement' The FSA has publicly censured adviser GD Tancred Financial Services for failing to explain and document the risks of income withdrawal to customers with pension pots of less... |
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Le Glorieux, Beau Zam Cofavorites in Tancred
Le Glorieux of France heads a three-horse international challenge in the $740,000 H.E. Tancred Stakes at Rosehill race course Saturday. Le Glorieux, winner of last year's Japan Cup and Washington, D.C. International... |
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