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BOLESLAUS III ., See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Poland (1086-1139), the son of See also:Wladislaus I. and See also:Judith of Bohemia, was See also:born on the 23rd of See also:December Io86 and succeeded his See also:father in 1102. His earlier years were troubled continually by the intrigues of his natural See also:half-See also:brother Zbigniew, who till he was imprisoned and blinded involved Boleslaus in frequent contests with Bohemia and the See also:emperor See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry V. The first of the See also:German See also:wars began in 1109, when Henry, materially assisted by the Bohemians, invaded See also:Silesia. It was mainly a See also:war of sieges, Henry sitting down before Lubusz, See also:Glogau and See also:Breslau, all of which he failed to take. The Poles avoided an encounter in the open See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field, but harried the Germans so successfully around Breslau that the, See also:plain was covered
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with corpses, which Henry had to leave to the See also:dogs on his disastrous See also:retreat; hence the See also:scene of the See also:action was known as " the field of dogs." The See also:chief See also:political result of this disaster was the See also:complete See also:independence of Poland for the next See also:quarter of a See also:century. It was during this See also:respite that Boleslaus devoted himself to the See also:main business of his life—the subjugation of See also:Pomerania (i.e. the maritime See also:province) with the view of gaining See also:access to the See also:sea. Pomerania, protected on the See also:south by virgin forests and almost impenetrable morasses, was in those days inhabited by a valiant and See also:savage See also:Slavonic See also:race akin to the See also:Wends, who clung to paganism with unconquerable obstinacy. The See also:possession of a seaboard enabled them to maintain fleets and build relatively large towns such as See also:Stettin and See also:Kolberg, whilst they ravaged at will the territories of their See also:southern neighbours the Poles. In self-See also:defence Boleslaus was obliged to subdue them. The struggle began in Iro9, when Boleslaus inflicted a terrible defeat on the Pomeranians at Nackel which compelled their temporary submission. In 1120–1124 the See also:rebellion of his See also:vassal See also:Prince Warceslaus of Stettin again brought Boleslaus into the See also:country, but the resistance was as stout as ever, and only after 18,000 of his followers had fallen and 8000 more had been expatriated did Warceslaus submit to his conqueror. The obstinacy of the resistance convinced Boleslaus that Pomerania must be christianized before it could be completely subdued; and this important See also:work was partially accomplished by St See also:Otto, See also:bishop of See also:Bamberg, an old friend of Boleslaus's father, who knew the Slavonic See also:languages.
In 1124 the southern portions of the See also:land were converted by St Otto, but it was only under the See also:threat of extermination if they persisted in their evil ways that the See also:people of Stettin accepted the faith in the following See also:year. In 1128, at the See also:council of See also:Usedom, St Otto appointed his See also:disciple See also:Boniface bishop of Julin, the first Pomeranian See also:diocese,nand the See also:foundation of a better See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order of things was laid. In his later years Boleslaus waged an unsuccessful war with See also:Hungary and Bohemia, and was forced to claim the See also:mediation of the emperor See also:Lothair, to whom he did See also:homage for Pomerania and See also:Rugen at the See also:diet of See also:Merseburg in 1135. He died in 1139.
See See also:Gallus, Chronicon, ed. Finkai (See also:Cracow, 1899) ; Maksymilian Gumplowicz, Zur Geschichle .Polens See also:im Mittelalter (See also:Innsbruck, 1898).
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