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The Huguenots are French Protestants, a product of turmoil during the early sixteenth century. The Huguenot community oscillated between celebration and persecution in France. On August 24, 1572, while celebrating Saint Bartholomew's Day, thousands of Huguenots were massacred. After decades of fighting occurred, an edict of peace was issued, which largely remained in place until October 18, 1685 when Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes. Many...

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Intrappolato in una terra in cui l'inverno è perenne, Andred di Ithvale, un cavaliere temprato dal fuoco delle molte battaglie combattute, cerca la sua arma perduta, una spada che non deve essere brandita da nessun altro. Ma, ben presto, il suo viaggio attraverso il gelo di questo inverno che sembra non finire mai si trasformerà in un percorso di redenzione marcato da una scia di sangue che conduce alla porta del castello di Maloinverno...

Excerpt from Story of the Huguenots: A Sixteenth Century Narrative Wherein the French, Spaniards and Indians Were the ActorsThis is a simple story of the Century in which Flor ida made its appearance in written history, of other times and manners, of men whose forms the writer has sought to once more 2call upon the stage of Life's strange theatre, if only like the ghosts at Macbeth's feast to de nounce the crimes and cruel statecraft which sta...

This book describes and analyses the attitudes and techniques which English judges adopt - or ought to adopt - when confronted with problems arising from the conduct of foreign policy by the executive.

F.A. Mann is considered to be one of the finest British lawyers of this century, esteemed both as an international jurist and as a practicing solicitor. He combined a thriving and prestigious practice with a prolific output of writing and teaching, with much of his work centering on the interrelationship of international and national law. This work represents some of the finest of his writing on such diverse topics as Anglo-American Legal Harm...

It will be seen by the historical facts given in this Story of the Huguenots that they were the first martyrs to civil and religious liberty on the North American Continent, arriving as they did nearly half a century before the landing of the Puritans at Plymouth. Their trials, sufferings, and the tragic deaths of many of them, while not resulting in establishing a permanent settlement, sanctified the land to liberty, although more than two hu...

Excerpt from Story of the Huguenots: A Sixteenth Century Narrative Wherein the French, Spaniards and Indians Were the Actors This is a simple story of the century in which Florida made its appearance in written history, of other times and manners, of men whose forms the writer has sought to once more call upon the stage of Life's strange theatre, if only like the ghosts at Macbeth's feast to denounce the crimes and cruel statecraft which stai...

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