A motte-and-bailey castle is a European fortification with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised area of ground called a motte, accompanied by a...
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Peter LaMotte (1929–2007) was a physician. LaMotte served as the first team physician of the New York Mets baseball team from their founding until 1974...
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Friedrich Heinrich Karl de la Motte, Baron Fouqué (German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç də la ˌmɔtfuˈkeː]); (12 February 1777 – 23 January 1843) was a German writer of...
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Francis Henry de la Motte, or François Henri de la Motte, was a French citizen and ex-French army officer executed in London for high treason on 27 July...
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Rebecca Brewton Motte (1737–1815) was a plantation owner in South Carolina and townhouse owner in its chief city of Charleston. She was known as a patriot...
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Weston Turville Castle (category Motte-and-bailey castles)
Weston Turville Castle is a motte-and-bailey in Buckinghamshire, England. It consists of a mound (a 'motte') with two enclosures (baileys). The castle...
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while in town, Peter comes across a gentleman who inquires about the La Motte family. Thinking the people inquiring about the La Motte family are creditors...
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environmental conservation and to British education in Ecuador. Christopher Peter Motte Harrison. For services to education in Burma and to UK-Burmese relations...
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Heroine of the fairy-tale novella Undine by German writer Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué (1777–1843) DMP · 92 93 Minerva – Minerva, goddess of wisdom and...
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Caroline Philippine von Briest (better known as Caroline de la Motte Fouqué; 7 October 1773 – 20 July 1831) was one of the most prolific German women...
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Hay-on-Wye (section Hay Motte/Hay Tump/Hay Urban)
lesser lordships, and gifted to the knights who contributed to the conquest. Motte and Baile castle construction would have occurred soon after the lordship...
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Helga de la Motte-Haber (born 2 October 1938) is a German musicologist focusing on the study of systematic musicology. Haber was born in Ludwigshafen...
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(2011-09-17). "Ingo mötte publiken". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 2017-06-13. Official website Media related to Peter Linde at Wikimedia Commons...
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Louis Howell LaMotte Jr. (1896–1984) was a business executive. Known by the nickname of "Red," LaMotte served in senior leadership positions at IBM during...
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extinct species is also placed in the genus: †Shepherdia weaveri (Hollick) LaMotte - Paleocene/Eocene Kachemak Bay, Alaska The berry is recognizable by being...
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adversary. The first keeps were made of timber and formed a key part of the motte-and-bailey castles that emerged in Normandy and Anjou during the 10th century;...
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Aldingham (redirect from Aldingham Motte)
visible is Aldingham Motte, which was begun as a ringwork before 1102 by Roger the Poitevin and was later enlarged into a motte and bailey castle by the...
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Cagliostro, an Italian adventurer; and the Count de La Motte, Jeanne de Valois' husband. Madame de La Motte tricked Rohan into buying the necklace as a gift...
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Oxford Castle (category Motte-and-bailey castles)
central Oxford in Oxfordshire, England. Most of the original moated, wooden motte and bailey castle was replaced in stone in the late 12th or early 13th century...
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in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. The first fortification on the site was a motte-and-bailey castle built in the late 11th century, which King Edward I of...
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before their bodies were eviscerated. The French spy François Henri de la Motte was hanged in 1781 for almost an hour before his heart was cut out and burned...
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was shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz. Roosevelt, vacationing in Isle La Motte, Vermont, traveled to Buffalo to visit McKinley in the hospital. When McKinley...
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Glass Come From?". USA Today. Demand Media. Retrieved November 6, 2014. La Motte, R (2009). Pure Sea Glass. Sea Glass Publishing. ISBN 978-0975324608. Dean...
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their 50% stake in club - report". RTE. Retrieved 1 February 2024. "La Motte". Retrieved 4 May 2023. "Appeal of Conscience Foundation Honors Christine...
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otherwise. The photograph in question was first published in 2014. Sportswriter Peter King wrote that the furor surrounding Pence had overshadowed Peyton Manning...
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Undine is a fairytale novella (Erzählung) by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué in which Undine, a water spirit, marries a knight named Huldbrand in order to...
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Brotchie, Alastair. Oulipo Compendium. London: Atlas, 1998. ISBN 0-947757-96-1 Motte, Warren F. (ed) Oulipo: A Primer of Potential Literature. University of...
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the South African wine and liquor industry, owning the L'Ormarins and La Motte wine estates and having a stake in Rupert & Rothschild Vignerons, the wine-making...
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it as a stronghold against marauding Vikings. The Normans constructed a motte and bailey castle, a stone curtain wall, and a great cathedral. A royal...
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