- Otto IV by Andrew Higgins
Otto IV. 1175?–1218, Holy Roman emperor (1209–15) and German king, son of Henry the Lion, duke of Saxony. He was brought up at the court of his uncle King Richard I of England, who secured his election (1198) as antiking to Philip of Swabia after the death of Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI. Civil war in Germany ensued. The murder of Philip (June, 1208), who had just been recognized by Pope ...
- West Flanders by Lydia Vaughn
A province of W Belgium: the country's chief agricultural province. Capital: Bruges. Pop.: 1 135 802 (2004 est.). Area: 3132 sq. Km (1209 sq. Miles ...
- Arnold von Lübeck by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
Died 1212. A monk from Lübeck who wrote the Slavic Chronicle, which covers the years from 1171 to 1209 and is a continuation of Helmold’s Chronicle. The chronicle of Arnold von Liibeck provides information chiefly on the history of the Holy Roman Empire and the Polabian Slavs. It describes the last stage in the struggle of the Polabian Slavs against Germanic feudal aggression.WORKS Arnoldi ...
- Béziers by Caleb Guzman
City (1990 pop. 72,362), Hérault dept., S France, in Languedoc. A communications and industrial center with an important trade in wines and liqueurs, it has ironworks, breweries, and factories making a great variety of products. An episcopal see from the 4th cent. To 1802, Béziers was involved in numerous religious wars. During the Albigensian crusade (see under Albigenses ) it was taken (1209 ...
- Nezami by Layla Lawson
Or Nizami orig. Ilyas Yusuf Nizami Ganjawi(born C. 1141, Ganja, Seljuq empire—died 1209, Ganja) Greatest romantic epic poet in Persian literature. Little is known of his life, except that he spent it in what is now Azerbaijan. Only a handful of his qasidahs (odes) and ghazels have survived; his reputation rests on his great Khamseh (“The Quintuplet”), a group of five poems totaling 30,000 ...