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Henry Arthur Jones

Subject: Performing arts, Theatre

(1851–1929), dramatist, achieved success with The Silver King (1882). A friend and contemporary of Pinero, Jones did much to re‐establish serious themes in the theatre. As a ...

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The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2013
Subject:
Art & Architecture, History, Early history (500 CE to 1500)
Length:
19,223 words
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...of investiture is to one sent by Pope Leo iii to Charlemagne as a token of his investiture as ‘Patrician and Duke of the Romans’, and the office of Gonfalonier (standard-bearer) of the Roman See can be traced back to the 11th century. When in 1004 Emperor Henry II enfeoffed his brother-in-law as Henry V, Duke of Bavaria ( reg 1004–26), it is said that he ‘gave the duchy with an ensign on a spear’ (Ganshof, p. 112), an act that would have been meaningless unless this was already known to be connected with the territory. (ii) Armory. Although the use of...

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