SOPHIA

sōfīˈə, Ger. zōfēˈä, 1630–1714, electress of Hanover, consort of Elector Ernest Augustus. She was the daughter of Frederick the Winter King and Elizabeth of Bohemia, who was the daughter of James I of England. In 1701, Parliament settled on her and her issue the succession to the English throne (see Settlement, Act of), and in 1714 her son, George I, became king of England. Sophia was noted for her wide intellectual interests.

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books on: Sophia  - 7082 results

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Russia under Two Tsars, 1682-1689: The Regency of Sophia Alekseevna
Book by C. Bickford O'Brien; University of California Press, 1952
Subjects: Russia--History--Sof?Eiia Alekseevna, 1682-1689
...courageous spirit than that of the Tsarevna Sophia. She had anticipated that Tsarevich ivans...issue profoundly moved the tsarevna. Sophia asked the patriarch to explain the sudden...But let both rule at least!" pleaded Sophia. Joachim protested. "Joint rule is...
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The Mosaics of St. Sophia at Istanbul: Preliminary Report on the Year's Work, 1931-1932
Book by Thomas Whittemore; Oxford University Press, 1933
Subjects: Mosaics
...July at Ankara, thoroughly examined the material presented to him and expressed approval. THE NARTHEX THE Narthex of St. Sophia is divided into vine bays with quadripartite vaults marked A to I on the Plan . Each bay gives access to the interior of the...
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The Intimate Letters of Hester Piozzi and Penelope Pennington, 1788-1821
Book by Oswald G. Knapp, Hester Lynch Piozzi; John Lane, 1914
Subjects: Pennington, Penelope Sophia Weston--1752?-1827
...and essayist. He was a thoroughly untrustworthy person, as Sophia seems to have discovered in time, though he was the only one...duplicity on his part towards herself. It is from her letters to Sophia that we get some information as to the latters more serious...
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Population Politics in Twentieth-Century Europe: Fascist Dictatorships and Liberal Democracies
Book by Maria Sophia Quine; Routledge, 1996
...Street, New York, NY 10001 1996 Maria Sophia Quine Phototypeset in Times by Intype...Cataloguing in Publication Data Quine, Maria Sophia. Population politics in twentieth-century...dictatorships and liberal democracies/Maria Sophia Quine. p. cm. Historical connections...
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Teacher's Professional Development and the Elementary Mathematics Classroom: Bringing Understanding to Light
Book by Sophia Cohen; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004
Subjects: Mathematics Teachers--Training Of, Mathematics--Study And Teaching (Elementary)
...Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cohen, Sophia R. Teachers professional development and the elementary mathematics classroom : bringing understandings to light / by Sophia R. Cohen p. cm. (Studies in mathematical thinking and...
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journal articles on: Sophia  - 1177 results

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Sophia Peabody Hawthorne: A Life, Volume 1, 1809-1847
Journal article by Lucinda Damon-Bach; Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers, Vol. 25, 2008
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Reinventing the Peabody Sisters (Biography)--Book reviews, Sophia Peabody Hawthorne: A Life, vol. 1, 1809-1847 (Biography)--Book reviews, The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism (Biography)--Book reviews
Sophia Peabody Hawthorne: A Life, Volume 1...with Patricia Dunlavy Valentis biography of Sophia Peabody Hawthorne, these volumes provide...stricken companion to the famous author, Sophia Hawthorne emerges in Valentis volume "on...
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Sophia Lee and the Gothic of Female Community
Journal article by Megan Lynn Isaac; Studies in the Novel, Vol. 28, 1996
Subjects: English literature, 1775-1837 (Romantic period)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Lee, Sophia--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The Recess (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Women authors--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Women--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
Sophia Lee and the Gothic of female community...of women in history. Although the name Sophia Lee may have little prominence in the modern...circulated in reasonably distinguished circles. Sophia Lee was born in London in 1750. Her father...
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Writing at the Crossroads: Sophia Hawthorne's Civil War Letters to Annie Fields
Journal article by Julie E. Hall; Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers, Vol. 25, 2008
Subjects: Diarists--Records and correspondence, Diarists--Social aspects, Fields, Annie Adams--Records and correspondence, Fields, Annie Adams--Social aspects, Hawthorne, Sophia Peabody--Records and correspondence, Hawthorne, Sophia Peabody--Social aspects, Women authors--Records and correspondence, Women authors--Social aspects, Women writers--Records and correspondence, Women writers--Social aspects
Writing at the Crossroads: Sophia Hawthornes Civil War Letters to Annie...Writers and the Civil War, 1850-1872. Sophia Peabody Hawthorne met Annie Adams Fields...K. Gollin, Annie later remembered Sophia on this trip as "a second Scheherezade...
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Sophia: The Hidden Christ of Thomas Merton
Journal article by Paul F. Knitter; Theological Studies, Vol. 71, 2010
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Sophia: The Hidden Christ of Thomas Merton (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews
Sophia: The Hidden Christ of Thomas Merton. by Paul F. Knitter SOPHIA: THE HIDDEN CHRIST Or THOMAS MERTON. By Christopher...from 1958 to 1968, the period of his "awakening to Sophia." Illumining and deepening the unitive, nondualistic...
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Sophia: The Hidden Christ of Thomas Merton
Journal article by Ross Labrie; Christianity and Literature, Vol. 60, 2011
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Sophia: The Hidden Christ of Thomas Merton (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews
Sophia: The Hidden Christ of Thomas Merton. by Ross Labrie Sophia: The Hidden Christ of Thomas Merton. By Christopher...beginning of time. Pramuk considers divine wisdom or Sophia from two different angles, the presence of wisdom as...
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The Hagia Sophia
Magazine article by Elyse Franko; World and I, Vol. 22, September 2007
Subjects: Hagia Sophia Monument--History, Istanbul, Turkey (City)--Description and travel, Istanbul, Turkey (City)--History, Turkish history
The Hagia Sophia. by Elyse Franko The Hagia Sophia: Evidence of Istanbuls Conflicted Past Istanbul is a city...Nowhere is this struggle more apparent than in the Hagia Sophia--the "Church of Holy Wisdom", later turned into a mosque...
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Sophia Helps Users Overcome Challenges Related to Content Discovery and Recovery
Magazine article by Marji McClure; Information Today, Vol. 27, December 2010
Subjects: Enterprise search, Expansion, Northern Ireland, Software industry, Sophia Search Ltd
Sophia Helps Users Overcome Challenges Related...global spin on enterprise search. FOUNDER Sophia, a contextual enterprise search solution...scientific officer, joined forces to create Sophia when Patterson was the director of the University...
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Sophia Monitors the Press for Biased Reports on Arabs. It's a Full-Time Job
Magazine article by Lauren Booth; New Statesman, Vol. 130, December 17, 2001
Subjects: Palestine Liberation Organization--Officials and employees, Palestinian Arabs--Attitudes, Safieh, Afif--Attitudes, United States--Relations with Palestine Liberation Organization
Sophia monitors the press for biased reports on...activists met at "ArRum" in Clerkenwell. Sophia Desai, a lobbyist for Green Ribbon, the...Arab information" sites and, along with Sophia, monitors the British press for untrue...
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Sophia University
Magazine article by Robert M. Gates; U.S. Department of Defense Speeches, November 9, 2007
Subjects: Gates, Robert M.--Speeches, lectures and essays, Japanese foreign relations--Evaluation, Secretaries of defense--Speeches, lectures and essays, United States foreign relations--Evaluation, Universities and colleges--Appreciation, Universities and colleges--Japan
Sophia University. by Robert M. Gates As Delivered...introduction and this opportunity to be part of Sophia Universitys lecture series. As a historian...world. I was particularly impressed that Sophia University has more than 500 international...
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Sophia Lisovskaya at the Wigmore
Magazine article by David Alker; Musical Opinion, Vol. 125, September 2002
Sophia Lisovskaya at the Wigmore by David Alker Russian pianist Sophia Lisovskaya, who studied at the Royal Academy of Music, presented a rewarding recital at the Wigmore Hall on 1 May. Bachs First Partita BWV 852 opened up a faultless technique...
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Sophia So Good
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 24, 2005
Subjects: Loren, Sophia, Ponti, Carlo
Sophia So Good. Byline: MOIRA PETTY The taint...bombardments during World War II marked Sophia Lorens childhood in southern Italy. Deprivation...with tomatoes, onion and basil - the young Sophia knew that they had run out of money. I...
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SAUCY SECRETS OF MY DINNERS; Sophia Loren Bared Her Soul over an Exquisite pasta.Warren Beatty Cheated on Julie Christie after Dessert. in a Deliciously Indiscreet Diary, MICHAEL WINNER Spills the Beans on His Dinner Guests
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 16, 2010
Subjects: Beatty, Warren, Christie, Julie, Loren, Sophia, Winner, Michael Robert
SAUCY SECRETS OF MY DINNERS; Sophia Loren Bared Her Soul over an Exquisite pasta.Warren Beatty...world. I just said: Yes, hes quite good for a guest. sophia Loren IT WAS Sophia Lorens first day of filming in Antigua. The movie I was...
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And Finally. Sorry, Sophia but I'd Rather Look like Brigitte
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 1, 2009
Subjects: Bardot, Brigitte, Loren, Sophia
And Finally. Sorry, Sophia but Id Rather Look like Brigitte. Byline...youthful sex appeal. In the 1950s, when Sophia Loren and Brigitte Bardot were rivals...abandon the black eyeliner. And where Sophia can be relied on for a graceful quote...
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Director Descendant; Sophia Loren's Longed-For Second Son Has Filming in His Blood. Edoardo Ponti Tells Hermione Eyre All about His Mamma
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), November 12, 2010
Subjects: Loren, Sophia
Director Descendant; Sophia Lorens Longed-For Second Son Has Filming...He learned this not from his mother, Sophia Loren, but from his maternal grandmother...construction engineer, but the young Sophia was drawn to Romes film industry. My...
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Sean and Sophia Defy the Years
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), November 12, 2007
Subjects: Connery, Sean, Jolie, Angelina, Loren, Sophia, Paltrow, Gwyneth, Williams, Robbie
Sean and Sophia Defy the Years. SIR Sean Connery and Sophia Loren have pipped George Clooney, Jude Law and Sienna...Klass 2. Halle Berry 3. Jessica Simpson 4. Madonna 5. Sophia Loren 6. Jennifer Lopez 7. Angelina Jolie 8. Uma Thurman...
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encyclopedia articles on: Sophia  - 71 results

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Hagia Sophia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HAGIA SOPHIA ha j sofe , ha je , Gr.,=Holy Wisdom or Santa Sophia, Turkish Aya Sofia, originally a Christian church...and now converted into a museum. Architecture Hagia Sophia is the supreme masterpiece of Byzantine architecture...
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Sophia Dorothea
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SOPHIA DOROTHEA sofi dor the , 1666 1726, electress...George I of England); sometimes called Sophia Dorothea of Celle. Married to George in...George, later George II of England, and Sophia Dorothea, who became the wife of Frederick...
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Sophia Alekseyevna
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SOPHIA ALEKSEYEVNA so fy lyiksya y vn , 1657 1704...V. Gallitzin (see under Gallitzin ). Sophia wished to be crowned czarina in her own...deposed Ivan, exiled Gallitzin, and had Sophia confined in a convent. After an attempted...
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Loren, Sophia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LOREN, SOPHIA sofe loren , 1934 , Italian film actress, b. as Sophia Scicoloni. She grew up in the slums of Naples. With...1977). In the autobiographical television movie Sophia Loren: Her Own Story (1980), she played herself...
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Sophia Charlotte
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SOPHIA CHARLOTTE zofe a sharlot , 1668 1705, first queen of Prussia, second wife of King Frederick I , daughter of Electress Sophia of Hanover, and sister of King George I of England. She was noted for her literary and philosophical interests...
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