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| | BIGpedia - England - Encyclopedia and Dictionary Online |
 | | Since the promulgation of the 1284 Statute of Rhuddlan and the Acts of Union 1536-1543 Wales has shared a legal identity with England as the joint entity of England and Wales. | | | Elizabeth's successor, James I was already king of Scotland (as James VI); and this personal union of the two crowns was followed a century later by the Act of Union 1707 which finally unified England, Scotland and Wales to form the core of the present-day United Kingdom. | | | It does, however, have a legal identity separate from those of Scotland and Northern Ireland, as part of the entity "England and Wales." England's largest city, London, is also the capital of the United Kingdom. |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: England (Before the Reformation) |
| | This was ingeniously contrived by the outrageous pretence that the clergy had collectively incurred the penalties of Præmunire by recognizing Wolsey's legislative jurisdiction; though this, of course, had been exercised with the royal knowledge and authority. | | | Gregory, however, seems at the same time to have called upon the King of England to do homage for his kingdom, regarding the payment of Romescot as an acknowledgment of vassalage, as in some cases, e.g. | | | In cases when the pall was brought to England instead of being conferred at the papal court, archbishops like St. Anselm and Ralph d'Escures went to meet it bare foot. |
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| | NewHampshire.com: News: UNH profs unveil New England encyclopedia |
| | Edited by UNH professors Burt Feintuch and David Watters, the 1,300-entry tome was 13 years in the making and is set to be released officially by Yale University Press on Sept. 28. | | | DURHAM — The University of New Hampshire unveiled the 1,564-page Encyclopedia of New England yesterday, the first major reference book that attempts to detail the region’s culture and history. | | | For the latest news, visit the New Hampshire Union Leader. |
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http://www.newhampshire.com/articles/showularticle.cfm?id=60650
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