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Word: forlying (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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He was, contemporaries advise us, "great in body...but not ungainly." He had a harsh voice, but his speech was always appropriate. His chroniclers lauded his ability to "appraise the true significance of events" and make good "the fickle promises of fortune." They also remarked that he was "too relentless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 11th Century: William The Conqueror (c. 1027-1087) | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

It was a chaotic era, and William of Normandy, born around 1027, was the child of chaos. The illegitimate son of Robert, Duke of Normandy, he was known for most of his life as William the Bastard. Robert eventually recognized him, but only as he departed on a fatal pilgrimage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 11th Century: William The Conqueror (c. 1027-1087) | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

The retreat was temporary. The strapping redhead won his first battle at age 13. At 20 he defeated the usurpers. He fought successfully for and against the French King. He made a dynastic marriage, over papal objections, to the daughter of the powerful Count of Flanders. (William was 5 ft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 11th Century: William The Conqueror (c. 1027-1087) | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

On the Bayeux Tapestry, the astonishing embroidered storyboard of the Battle of Hastings, one can see Edward the Confessor of England dying in January 1066 and Harold Godwinson, an earl, enthroned. A woolen comet (Halley's) streams across a linen sky, auguring bad luck. William, who believed the English crown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 11th Century: William The Conqueror (c. 1027-1087) | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

That encounter took place near Hattin, within sight of the Golan Heights. Saladin had assembled a pan-Islamic force of 12,000 cavalry near Lake Tiberias. The Christians were lured on a long July march across Galilee's parched Plain of Lubiya. Saladin had the right bait--he had besieged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 12th Century: Saladin (c. 1138-1193) | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

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