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• King of the Wends — The title of King of the Wends denoted sovereignty or claims over once Slavic lands of southern coasts of the Baltic Sea, those otherwise called Mecklenburg, Holstein and Pomerania, and was from 12th century to 1972 used by Kings of Denmark and… …   Wikipedia

• Wends — The term Wends ( de. Wenden, Winden, da. Vendere, sv. Vender) is used in Germanic languages for Slavs living near or within Germanic (later German) settlement areas after the migration period. Therefore, this term does not describe a homogeneous… …   Wikipedia

• The Slavs —     The Slavs     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Slavs     I. NAME     A. Slavs     At present the customary name for all the Slavonic races is Slav. This name did not appear in history until a late period, but it has superseded all others. The… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• The Long Ships — or Red Orm (original Swedish Röde Orm ) is a best selling Swedish novel written by Frans Gunnar Bengtsson 1894 1954. The novel is divided into two parts, published in 1941 and 1945, with two books each.It is one of the most widely read books in… …   Wikipedia

• Wends dialect — Infobox Language name=Wends nativename=madžarskih/prekmurskih slovenski narečje states=Slovenia, Hungary and emigrant groups in various countries speakers=70 thousand familycolor=Indo European fam2=Balto Slavic fam3=Slavic fam4=South Slavic… …   Wikipedia

• Wends — Wends, n. pl.; sing. {Wend}. (Ethnol.) A Slavic tribe which once occupied the northern and eastern parts of Germany, of which a small remnant exists. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• The Enchanted Pig — is a Romanian fairy tale, collected in Rumanische Märchen and also by Petre Ispirescu in Legende sau basmele românilor . Andrew Lang included it in The Red Fairy Book . [Andrew Lang, The Red Fairy Book ,… …   Wikipedia

• The Nature of Rationality — is an exploration of practical rationality written by Robert Nozick and published in 1993. It views human rationality as an evolutionary adaptation. Its delimited purpose and function may be responsible for biases and blind spots, possibly… …   Wikipedia

• King of the Goths — The title of King of the Goths ( sv. Götes konung, da. Gothernes konge / De Gothers konge, la. gothorum rex) was for many centuries borne by both the Kings of Sweden and the Kings of Denmark, denoting sovereignty or claimed sovereignty over the… …   Wikipedia

• WENDS —    a horde of savage Slavs who, about the 6th century, invaded and took possession of vacant lands on the southern shores of the Baltic, and extended their inroads as far as Hamburg and the ocean, south also far over the Elbe in some quarters,… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Cnut the Great — For other people named Canute of Denmark, see Canute of Denmark. Canute and Cnut redirect here. For other people of these names, see Knut. Cnut the Great Coin of Cnut the Great from the British Museum …   Wikipedia