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Cowes
(Encyclopedia)Cowes kouz [key], town, Isle of Wight, S England. A resort town with lovely promenades, it is...hearts
(Encyclopedia)hearts, card game played by three to six players with an ordinary deck. All the cards are dealt to the players. After a card is led, each hand must follow suit if possible. The object is to avoid accu...Bourdon, Sébastien
(Encyclopedia)Bourdon, Sébastien sābästyăNˈ bo͞ordôNˈ [key], 1616–71, French painter. Bourdon was active in Rome (1634–37), in Sweden (1652–54) as Queen Christina's court portrait painter, and in Pari...Carreño de Miranda, Juan
(Encyclopedia)Carreño de Miranda, Juan hwän kärāˈnyō dā mēränˈdä [key], 1614–85, Spanish baroque painter. A protégé of Velázquez, Carreño eventually succeeded his master as painter to the Spanish c...District of Columbia, University of the
(Encyclopedia)District of Columbia, University of the, at Washington, D.C.; coeducational; land-grant and federally supported; est. 1976 with the merger of three existing colleges; predominantly African American. I...Field of the Cloth of Gold
(Encyclopedia)Field of the Cloth of Gold, locality between Guines and Ardres, not far from Calais, in France, where in 1520 Henry VIII of England and Francis I of France met for the purpose of arranging an alliance...Gloucester, Thomas of Woodstock, duke of
(Encyclopedia)Gloucester, Thomas of Woodstock, duke of, 1355–97, English nobleman; youngest son of Edward III. He was betrothed (1374) to Eleanor, heiress of Humphrey de Bohun, earl of Hereford, and became earl o...John of Lancaster, duke of Bedford
(Encyclopedia)John of Lancaster, duke of Bedford: see Bedford, John of Lancaster, duke of. ...Aymer of Valence, earl of Pembroke
(Encyclopedia)Aymer of Valence, earl of Pembroke: see Pembroke, Aymer de Valence, earl of. ...Lancaster, John of, duke of Bedford
(Encyclopedia)Lancaster, John of, duke of Bedford: see Bedford, John of Lancaster, duke of. ...Browse by Subject
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