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During the early modern period, the Holy Roman Empire was divided into imperial circles (Latin: Circuli imperii, German: Reichskreise; singular: Circulus...

A ranked society in anthropology is one that ranks individuals in terms of their genealogical distance from the chief. Another term for a "ranked society"...

The Cantiaci or Cantii were an Iron Age Celtic people living in Britain before the Roman conquest, and gave their name to a civitas of Roman Britain. They...

Beatrice Cenci (Italian: [beaˈtriːtʃe ˈtʃɛntʃi]; 6 February 1577 – 11 September 1599) was a Roman noblewoman imprisoned by her father, who repeatedly raped...

This is a list of fictional monarchs – characters who appear in fiction as the monarchs (kings, queens, emperors, empresses, etc.) of real-life countries...

Branko Schmidt (born 21 September 1957) is a Croatian film director. His 2012 film Cannibal Vegetarian was selected as the Croatian entry for the Best...

Muriel George (29 August 1883 – 22 October 1965) was an English singer and film actress. She appeared in 55 films between 1932 and 1955. She also appeared...

Lada Kaštelan (born 2 May 1961) is a Croatian dramatist and screenwriter. Between 1987 and 2007, Kaštelan worked as a dramaturge at the Croatian National...

The neodamodes (Greek: νεοδαμώδεις, neodamōdeis) were helots freed after passing a time of service as hoplites in the Spartan army. The date of their first...

Vladimir Vidrić (April 20, 1875 – September 29, 1909) was a Croatian poet, and is considered one of the major figures of Croatian secessionist poetry....

James William Gilbart (1794–1863) was an English banker and author. He was the General Manager of the London and Westminster Bank 1833–1859, one of the...

Albert (Albert I) (before 1131 – 29 September 1162), Count of Chiny, son of Otto II, Count of Chiny, and Adélaïs of Namur. He succeeded his father before...

Eudice Shapiro (1914–2007) was a violinist, chamber musician and violin professor. Shapiro was born in Buffalo, New York, in 1914. Shapiro began studying...

Dr. Gordon H. Torrey (December 4, 1919 – March 28, 1995), of Maryland, was a stamp collector active within the Washington, D.C., area, and at the national...

Agnes von Konow (5 March 1868 - 15 May 1944), was a Finnish activist for the protection of animals. She was the founder of the Finnish society for the...

The Tomb of the Known Soldier is a grave site in Myrtle Hill Cemetery in Rome, Georgia, United States, dedicated to a soldier killed in World War I, Private...