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Maine, Sir Henry James Sumner
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...Sir Henry James Sumner Maine, 1822–88, English jurist...institutions, he viewed the history of laws as the most certain way of studying the history of civilization. He drew...influence on the study of the history of jurisprudence is incalculable......
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Naples, kingdom of
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......play an important part in the history of Naples. In 1139 Roger II...René's nephew, Charles of Maine. Charles VIII of France pressed...Sicilies.For the remaining history of Naples, annexed to Sardinia...61 (1961); B.Croce, History of the Kingdom of Naples......
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village
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......areas of the world throughout history. The Village CommunityThe...This community, noted in the history of many cultures, is thought...independently according to its specific history. For this reason village life...America.BibliographySee H. Maine, Village-Communities in......
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New Brunswick (province, Canada)
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......and Passamaquoddy Bay; and on the W by Maine. Its irregular coastline provides excellent...Brunswick, at Fredericton and Saint John. History and PoliticsThe Micmac, an indigenous people...Croix River (on Dochet Island, at the Maine border) by Champlain and the sieur de......
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Micmac
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......New Brunswick, Massachusetts, and Maine. French missionaries came into contact...were allies of the French throughout the history of New France. Contact with Europeans...recognized band being the Aroostook in Maine. See W. D. and R. S. Wallis, The......
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Mathews, Shailer
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......educator, and author, b. Portland, Maine, studied at Colby College, at Newton...professor and professor of New Testament history and interpretation (until 1905), professor...theology (1905–6), and professor of history and comparative theology (1906–33......
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potato
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......for whom it was a staple food. Its history is difficult to trace, partly because...potato was also important to the course of history in the 20th cent. in Europe, especially...climate; in the United States mostly in Maine and Idaho. Russia, Ukraine, Poland......
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Baptists
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......other American churches belonging to it. History of the Baptist ChurchesIn Holland a group...and one group emigrated c.1684 from Maine to Charleston, S.C. A group of Separate...America (1973); R. G. Torbet, A History of the Baptists (4th ed. 1975); W......
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Massachusetts Bay Company
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......extended its jurisdiction over Plymouth and Maine. See N. B. Shurtleff, ed., Records of...Andrews, The Colonial Period of American History, Vol. I (1934, repr. 1964); T. Hutchinson, The History of the Colony and Province of Massachusetts......
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Peabody, Elizabeth Palmer
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......after a period as governess in Hallowell, Maine, with her sister Mary, established a...giving up this school she wrote a series of history textbooks and became a successful lecturer on history. She assisted Bronson Alcott in his Temple......