Tancred, Count of Syracuse — Tancred (fl. 1104) was the Count of Syracuse and a member of the Hauteville family. He was appointed by his relative Roger I of Sicily to govern one of the first and only feudal counties created in Sicily after the Norman conquest. His… … Wikipedia
Hauteville family — The family of the Hauteville (French: Maison de Hauteville , Italian: Casa d Altavilla ) was a petty baronial Norman family from the Cotentin which rose to prominence in Europe, Asia, and Africa through its conquests in the Mediterranean,… … Wikipedia
Roger I of Sicily — at the battle of Cerami (1063), in which he was victorious against 35,000 Saracens. Roger I (c. 1031 1040[1] – June 22, 1101), called Bosso and the Great Count, was the Norman Count of Sicily from 1071 to 1101. He was the last great leader of the … Wikipedia
Prince — Prince, from the Latin root princeps , is a general term for a monarch, for a member of a monarch s or former monarch s family, and is a hereditary title in some members of Europe s highest nobility. The female equivalent is a princess.Historical … Wikipedia
ancient Greek civilization — ▪ historical region, Eurasia Introduction the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BC. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific… … Universalium
football — /foot bawl /, n. 1. a game in which two opposing teams of 11 players each defend goals at opposite ends of a field having goal posts at each end, with points being scored chiefly by carrying the ball across the opponent s goal line and by place… … Universalium
List of Nobel laureates by university affiliation — This list of Nobel laureates by university affiliation shows the university affiliation (either as a student, alumnus or faculty) of winners of the Nobel Prize. Universities are listed in order of number of affiliated Nobel Prize winners, from… … Wikipedia
SPORTS — There is no evidence of sports among the Jews during the obscure period between the close of the Bible and the Maccabean periods. At the beginning of this latter period, in the second century B.C.E., circumstances conspired to make sporting… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
List of cultural references in The Divine Comedy — The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri is a long allegorical poem in three parts or canticas (or cantiche ), Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise), and 100 cantos, with the Inferno having 34, Purgatorio 33, and Paradiso 33 … Wikipedia
1938 in music — Events* January 16 ** Benny Goodman plays the first jazz concert at Carnegie Hall. ** Béla Bartók s Sonata for two pianos and percussion is premiered in Basel. ** First recording of Mahler s Ninth, a live performance by the Vienna Philharmonic… … Wikipedia
