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... Lord Macartney was despatched on a formal mission by King George III he was disconcerted to be told that the banners TO CHINA decorating the state barges which had been sent to meet him bore the EMBASSY inscription in Chinese , Embassy ...
... Lord Macartney was despatched on a formal mission by King George III he was disconcerted to be told that the banners TO CHINA decorating the state barges which had been sent to meet him bore the EMBASSY inscription in Chinese , Embassy ...
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... lord promised his vassal food , clothing and protection in return for life - long obedience . It became customary for the lord also to accord his vassal a benefice in the form of land . The vassal would kneel before his lord and pledge ...
... lord promised his vassal food , clothing and protection in return for life - long obedience . It became customary for the lord also to accord his vassal a benefice in the form of land . The vassal would kneel before his lord and pledge ...
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... Lord 296 Abu Bekr 240 Abu Safyan 239 , 240 Acte 75 Adonis , Cult of 17 , 28 Aesculapius 19 Agrippa 70 Agrippina 75 Alaric , the Visigoth 122 Alboin , the Lombard 125 Alcuin 131 , 135 , 137 Alexandria 55 Alexander the Great 22 , 51- 7 ...
... Lord 296 Abu Bekr 240 Abu Safyan 239 , 240 Acte 75 Adonis , Cult of 17 , 28 Aesculapius 19 Agrippa 70 Agrippina 75 Alaric , the Visigoth 122 Alboin , the Lombard 125 Alcuin 131 , 135 , 137 Alexandria 55 Alexander the Great 22 , 51- 7 ...
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