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Orderic was five, his
parents sent him to an
English monk,
Siward by name, who kept a
school in the
Abbey of SS
Peter and Paul at Shrewsbury.
Orderic...
- The Most
Honourable Order of the Bath is a
British order of
chivalry founded by King
George I on 18 May 1725.
Recipients of the
Order are
usually senior...
- The
Order of
Australia is an
Australian honour that
recognises Australian citizens and
other persons for
outstanding achievement and service. It was established...
- was
baptized a
Christian probably at the same time as his father,
which Orderic Vitalis stated was in 912, by Franco,
Archbishop of Rouen.
William succeeded...
- The Most
Excellent Order of the
British Empire is a
British order of chivalry,
rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with
charitable and...
- The Most
Noble Order of the
Garter is an
order of
chivalry founded by
Edward III of
England in 1348. The most
senior order of
knighthood in the British...
- the instigator. See: The
Gesta Normannorum Du**** of
William of Jumièges,
Orderic Vitalis, and
Robert of Torigni, Ed. & Trans.
Elizabeth M.C. Van Houts,...
-
courtheuse ("short stockings"). The
chroniclers William of
Malmesbury and
Orderic Vitalis wrote that his
father had
derisively called him brevis-ocrea ("short...
- (Audio help · More
spoken articles) The
Order of
Canada (French:
Ordre du Canada) is a
Canadian national order and the second-highest
honour for merit...
- The
Order of
Preachers (Latin: Ordo Prædicatorum,
abbreviated OP),
commonly known as the
Dominican Order, is a
Catholic mendicant order of pontifical...
