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(John Cantacuzene) (k n´´t ky z n´) (KEY) , c.1292–1383, Byzantine emperor (1347–54). He was chief minister under Andronicus III, after whose d...
1912–78, pope (1978), an Italian (b. Canale d’Agordo) named Albino Luciani; successor of Paul VI. Born into a poor, working-class family, he train...
1358–90, Spanish king of Castile and León (1379–90), son and successor of Henry II. He tried unsuccessfully to unite the Portuguese and Castilian...
(b pt st´ d lä säl´) (KEY) , 1651–1719, French educator, founder of the Christian Brothers, b. Reims. He became a priest and canon of the cathe...
(zhäk´´ r ´) (KEY) [Fr.,=collection of Jacques, which is, like Jacques Bonhomme, a nickname for the French peasant], 1358, revolt of the French p...
(fr ´dr kh l t´v kh yän) (KEY) , 1778–1852, German patriot. A high school teacher in Berlin, he was active in efforts to free Germany from Napole...