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See also: FERNANDEZ, DIEGO , a See also:Spanish adventurer and historian of the 16th See also:century. See also:Born at See also:Palencia, he was educated for the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church, but about 1545 he embarked for See also:Peru, where he served in the royal See also:army under Alonzo de See also:Alvarado. See also:Andres Hurtado de See also:Mendoza, See also:marquess of Canete, who became See also:viceroy of Peru in 1655, bestowed on Fernandez the See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office of chronicler of Peru; and in this capacity he wrote a narrative of the insurrection of Francisco Hernandez Giron, of the See also:rebellion of Gonzalo See also:Pizarro, and of the See also:administration of Pedro de la Gasca. The whole See also:work, under the See also:title Primera y segunda See also:pane de la Historia del Piru, was published at See also:Seville in 1571 and was dedicated to 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 See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip II. It is written in a clear and intelligible See also:style, and with more See also:art than is usual in the compositions of the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time. It gives copious details, and, as he had See also:access to the See also:correspondence and See also:official documents of the Spanish leaders, it is, although necessarily possessing See also:bias, the fullest and most See also:authentic See also:record existing of the events it relates.
A See also:notice of the work will be found in W. H. See also:Prescott's See also:History of the See also:Conquest of Peru (new ed., See also:London, 1902).
End of Article: FERNANDEZ, DIEGO
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