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The fur trade is a worldwide industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal fur. Since the establishment of a world fur market in the early modern...

The Count of St. Germain (French: Comte de Saint Germain; French pronunciation: [kɔ̃t də sɛ̃ ʒɛʁmɛ̃]; c. 1691 or 1712 – 27 February 1784) whose real name...

The Aeneid has been analyzed by scholars of several different generations and schools of thought to try to determine the political commentary that Virgil...

The counts of Albon (French: comtes d'Albon) were members of the medieval nobility in what is now south-eastern France. Guigues IV, Count of Albon (d....

Landsberg is a town in the Saalekreis in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany The town is located between the cities of Halle, about 19 km (12 mi) in the...

The equal-field system (Chinese: 均田制度; pinyin: Jūntián Zhìdù) or land-equalization system was a system of land ownership and distribution in China used...

RK Kvarner Rijeka (Rukometni Klub Kvarner Rijeka) was a handball club from Rijeka, Croatia, formed in 1963. It was later incorporated into Kvarner Kostrena...

Joseph Michael Gandy ARA (1771–1843) was an English artist, visionary architect and architectural theorist, most noted for his imaginative paintings depicting...

Count Aleksander August Zamoyski (1770 - 6 December 1800) was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic). Aleksander became the 11th Ordynat of Zamość estate. He died...

El Hawawish (Arabic: الحواويش) is the ancient necropolis (cemetery) for the city of Akhmim in the 9th Nome of Upper Egypt (UE09), in modern the Sohag Governorate...

Joan Haslip (1912–1994) was an author of historical books, often focusing on European royalty. She was born in London and educated in London, Paris, and...

Joan Mary Eileen Ingpen (née Williams; 3 January 1916 – 29 December 2007) was a classical music and opera talent manager and agent. Ingpen is credited...

Richer of Senones (sometimes in French: Richer le Lorrain) (circa 1190–1266) was a monk and chronicler of Senones Abbey in Lorraine, a traveller and one...

Lieselotte Thoms-Heinrich (born Lieselotte Lehmann; 29 October 1920 – 14 July 1992) was a journalist and officially mandated feminist. Between 1968 and...

Saint Flavian of Ricina (Italian: San Flaviano di Ricina) is venerated as a martyr and bishop by the Catholic Church. Tradition holds that he was a bishop...

In Greek mythology, Clysonymus (Ancient Greek; Κλύσωνυμος Klysonymos) was the son of Amphidamas of Opuntus and a childhood friend of Patroclus. The latter...

Bärbel Mohr (5 July 1964 – 29 October 2010) was a German author. From 1998, she published 20 German books (self-help books, children books, stories) –...

Astrid Synnøve Gunnestad (19 August 1938 – 18 May 2016) was a Norwegian journalist and radio presenter. She was born in Asker. She started her journalistic...

Propination laws were a privilege granted to Polish szlachta that gave landowners a monopoly over profits from alcohol consumed by their peasants. Propination...

St Paul's Church is a Church of England church in Winchmore Hill, London Borough of Enfield. It was originally consecrated in 1827 as a chapel-of-ease...