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| − | * '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ | + | * '''Verdun:''' a city in northeast France |
| + | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001300130579 A Finnegans Wake Gazetteer] | ||
| + | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verdun Wikipedia] | ||
| − | * '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ | + | * '''Treaty of Verdun:''' treaty which divided Charlemagne's kingdom among his three sons in AD 843 → see [[Baddelaries]] for further commentary |
| + | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Verdun Wikipedia] | ||
| − | * ''' | + | * '''Battle of Verdun:''' the longest and second bloodiest battle of World War I, it was fought in 1916 between the French and the Germans → Charlemagne's kingdom had included much of modern France and Germany |
| + | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Verdun Wikipedia] | ||
| − | * ''' | + | * '''verdun:''' (''French'') a type of lance or long sword once made in Verdun, France → also known as ''épée de verdun'' → Lazare Sainéan, ''La Langue de Rabelais'' (Paris 1922) |
| − | * ''' | + | * '''Vernon:''' Anglo-Irish family who claim to have Brian Ború’s sword |
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| − | * '''Verlaine''' | + | * '''Admiral Edward Vernon:''' British admiral who captured Porto Bello in Darien in 1739 during the '''War of Jenkins’ Ear''' → see [[Malachus Micgranes]] and John 18.10 for another allusion to an ear |
| + | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Vernon Wikipedia] | ||
| + | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Jenkins%27_Ear Wikipedia] | ||
| + | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001300130502 A Finnegans Wake Gazetteer] | ||
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| + | * '''Verlaine:''' French poet → see [[Baddelaries]] and [[Malachus Micgranes]] for two other French poets | ||
Revision as of 04:13, 5 November 2006
- Verdun: a city in northeast France
- Treaty of Verdun: treaty which divided Charlemagne's kingdom among his three sons in AD 843 → see Baddelaries for further commentary
- Battle of Verdun: the longest and second bloodiest battle of World War I, it was fought in 1916 between the French and the Germans → Charlemagne's kingdom had included much of modern France and Germany
- verdun: (French) a type of lance or long sword once made in Verdun, France → also known as épée de verdun → Lazare Sainéan, La Langue de Rabelais (Paris 1922)
- Vernon: Anglo-Irish family who claim to have Brian Ború’s sword
- Admiral Edward Vernon: British admiral who captured Porto Bello in Darien in 1739 during the War of Jenkins’ Ear → see Malachus Micgranes and John 18.10 for another allusion to an ear
- Verlaine: French poet → see Baddelaries and Malachus Micgranes for two other French poets
