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Pope Adrian IV (Latin: Adrianus IV; born Nicholas Breakspear (or Brekespear); [1] c. 1100 [note 1] – 1 September 1159, also Hadrian IV) [3] was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 4 December 1154 to his death in 1159.
Sufism (Arabic: الصوفية, romanized: al-Ṣūfiyya or Arabic: التصوف, romanized: al-Taṣawwuf) is a mystic body of religious practice found within Islam which is characterized by a focus on Islamic purification, spirituality, ritualism, and asceticism. [1] Six Sufi masters, c. 1760
The portion of the novella that sees the Time Traveller in a distant future where the sun is huge and red also places The Time Machine within the realm of eschatology; that is, the study of the end times, the end of the world, and the ultimate destiny of humankind. [19]
Historiography is the study of the methods used by historians in developing history as an academic discipline, and by extension, the term historiography is any body of historical work on a particular subject. The historiography of a specific topic covers how historians have studied that topic by using particular sources, techniques of research ...
War has had a high cost on human life; it is estimated that during the 20th century, between 167 million and 188 million people died as a result of war. [466] War casualty data is less reliable for pre-medieval times, especially global figures.
France, Aquitaine and Poitiers in 1154 with the expansion of the Plantagenet lands. Eleanor's life can be considered as consisting of five distinct phases. Her early life extending to adolescence (1124–1137), marriage to Louis VII and Queen of France (1137–1152), marriage to Henry II and Queen of England (1152–1173), imprisonment to Henry's death (1173–1189) and as a widow until her ...
The Jesuits were strict disciplinarians and under their influence Mugabe developed an intense self-discipline, [4] while also becoming a devout Catholic. [9] Mugabe excelled at school, [ 10 ] where he was a secretive and solitary child, [ 11 ] preferring to read, rather than playing sports or socialising with other children. [ 12 ]