Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
A Levée underway in the Palace of Holyroodhouse, 1903.King Edward VII is seated on the throne, the Royal Company of Archers stand guard.. The levee (from the French word lever, meaning "getting up" or "rising") [1] was traditionally a daily moment of intimacy and accessibility to a monarch or leader, as he got up in the morning.
In the original prescript, its chief officer was the Grand Cyclops, who appointed two Nighthawks, a Grand Turk, a Grand Sentinel, Grand Magi and a Grand Ensign in addition to his Grand Scribe. [15] The Grand Cyclops, Grand Exchequer, Grand Magi (second officer) and Grand Monk (third officer) were elected by the body politic of the dens ...
The Peasants' Revolt, also named Wat Tyler's Rebellion or the Great Rising, was a major uprising across large parts of England in 1381.The revolt had various causes, including the socio-economic and political tensions generated by the Black Death in the 1340s, the high taxes resulting from the conflict with France during the Hundred Years' War, and instability within the local leadership of ...
The term "ordo amoris," first coined by ancient bishop and theologian St. Augustine in his work, "City of God," has been translated to mean "order of love" or "order of charity."
The phrase itself does not mean anything other than “bringing your A-game,” Mr. Lindsey explained. “This is insane,” Scarlett Johansson said on TODAY. “What is happening?”
Ariana Grande's seventh album is filled with references to the 2004 film 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'
The East is rising and the West is declining (Chinese: 东升西降; pinyin: Dōngshēng Xījiàng) is a term in Chinese political rhetoric which refers to geopolitical shifts in which the Eastern civilization, represented by the People's Republic of China, is rising and will gradually replace the declining Western civilization represented by the United States.
The Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (1st class) or the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays (2nd class) are awarded to a person who has made outstanding achievements in his/her position as Minister of State, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary, Senior Vice-Minister, Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives, Vice President of ...