AVIZ

ävēzhˈ, village, Portalegre dist., central Portugal, in Alto Alentejo. The Castilian order of the Knights of Calatrava assisted in driving the Moors from Portugal and in 1166 settled at Évora. Alfonso II granted (1211) them Aviz, and this branch of the order became separate and was known as the Order of Aviz, a strictly Portuguese organization. The knights played an important part in Portuguese history. After the death of Ferdinand I in 1383, his illegitimate brother, John, who was master of the Order of Aviz, led a revolution to prevent the crown from going to Beatriz of Castile. He himself became king as John I. Thus the house of Aviz was established on the throne. It was the most distinguished of Portuguese dynasties, reigning until 1580, when Portugal passed for a time under Spanish rule (see Portugal). Aviz is sometimes spelled Avis.

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Area Handbook for Portugal
Book by Eugene K. Keefe, David P. Coffin, Sallie M. Hicks, William A. Mussen, Robert Rinehart, William J. Simon; U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977
Subjects: Portugal
The House of Aviz Fernando reigned 1367-83 , last of the...Leonor Teles. Joao, grand master of Aviz, expelled the regent and was proclaimed...towns and the south where the Order of Aviz was one of the great landholders, backed...
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The Longest Voyage: Circumnavigators in the Age of Discovery
Book by Robert Silverberg; Ohio University Press, 1997
Subjects: Explorers, Voyages Around The World
...both by the King of Castile and by Joao of Aviz, the illegitimate half- brother of the late king. John of Gaunt backed Joao of Aviz, to whom he was related by marriage...Aljubarrota; soon afterward, Joao of Aviz became King Joao I of Portugal and cemented...
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The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing Biblical, Historical, Doctrinal, and Practical Theology and Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Biography from the Earliest Times to the Present Day
Book by J. J. Herzog, Albert Hauck, Samuel Macauley Jackson; Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1908
...pp. 191 sqq., 202-215, 578, Leipsic, 1894. AVIZ, aViz , ORDER OF: An association of knights founded about 1145...and after 1211, when Alfonso II gave them the town of Aviz 75 m. n.e. of Lisbon , they were known as the "Brethren...
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The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing Biblical, Historical, Doctrinal, and Practical Theology and Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Biography from the Earliest Times to the Present Day - Vol. 1
Book by Albert Hauck, Samuel Macauley Jackson; Funk and Wagnalls, 1908
Subjects: Theology--Encyclopedias
...202-215, 578, Leipsic, 1894. AVIZ, a"viz, ORDER OF: An association...when Alfonso II gave them the town of Aviz 75 m. n.e. of Lisbon , they were known as the "Brethren or Knights of Aviz." Their constitution, which, besides...
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Renaissance and Reformation - Vol. 4
Book by James A. Patrick; Marshall Cavendish, 2007
Subjects: Reformation--Encyclopedias, Renaissance--Encyclopedias
...illegirimare half bi-otli(:i-, John of Aviz (rcigncd 1 JH)-14.L\), then claimcd...of national identity, supporred John of Aviz. He also enjoyed the supporr of England...ce. In the F<>Ilowing year John or Aviz sualed the alliance b; marrying 1hilippa...
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Differing Dynamics of Semipresidentialism across Euro/eurasian Borders: Ukraine, Lithuania, Poland, Moldova, and Armenia
Journal article by Kimitaka Matsuzato; Demokratizatsiya, Vol. 14, 2006
Subjects: Consolidation, Constitutions, Politics, Studies
...decision by the Parliament to introduce a parliamentary system, on July 11, 2005, the Constitutional Court adopted a ruling (aviz) that the presidents proposal for constitutional amendments did not go beyond the limits set by the constitution and obliged...
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Possessing the Sacred: Monarchy and Identity in Philip II's Relic Collection at the Escorial
Journal article by Guy Lazure; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 60, 2007
Subjects: Kings and rulers--History, Kings--History, Philip II, King of Spain--History, Spanish monarchy--History
...annexed Portugal (1580). He had the body of Saint Mancio, first Bishop of Evora--which was, incidentally, the seat of the Aviz dynasty to which the Habsburg succeeded--brought to the Escorial, on the pretence that he had been born on the Portuguese...


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Secret [Pounds Sterling
Newspaper article; April 30, 2006
...evening when the Brazilian accepted a longstanding invitation to be guest of honour at a prestigious dinner at the Restaurant Aviz. Last month the guest was former Portuguese president, Jorge Sampaio. On Thursday, Portugals secretary for sport, Laurentino...
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McCartney,me.And a Return to Portugal's Most Notorious Resort
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), October 21, 2007
Subjects: Real estate industry, Resorts
...a not very good three-way pun. First, it sounded like my surname. Second, the royal family in Portugal used tobe called Aviz. And the French variation, avis, means a note or notice, sohouse of note. Its at the end of a little terrace of four and...


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encyclopedia articles on: Aviz  - 6 results

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Aviz
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
AVIZ avezh , village, Portalegre dist., central Portugal...settled at Evora . Alfonso II granted (1211) them Aviz, and this branch of the order became separate and was known as the Order of Aviz, a strictly Portuguese organization. The knights...
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John I , King of Portugal
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Peter I. He was made (1364) grand master of the Knights of Aviz and exercised his influence in opposition to Leonor Teles, the...Castile. This provoked a popular national revolt, led by John of Aviz, who murdered Ourem, and Nun Alvares Pereira . The Castilians...
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Portugal
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the long alliance of Portugal with England. John founded the Aviz dynasty and his reign (1385 1433) commenced the most glorious...Sebastianism (a messianic faith) persisted into the 19th cent. The Aviz dynasty, founded by John I, disappeared with the death of Henry...
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Avis
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
AVIS see Aviz , Portugal. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Knight
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Knights Templars , Knights Hospitalers , Teutonic Knights , Livonian Brothers of the Sword , Knights of Calatrava, and Knights of Aviz . Secular orders, patterned loosely on the religious ones, but not limited to landless knights, also grew up, principally...
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