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Philip the Fair
(Encyclopedia) Philip the Fair: see Philip IV, king of France.Philip the Good
(Encyclopedia) Philip the Good, 1396–1467, duke of Burgundy (1419–67); son of Duke John the Fearless. After his father was murdered (1419) at a meeting with the dauphin (later King Charles VII of…Philip the Handsome
(Encyclopedia) Philip the Handsome: see Philip I, Spanish king of Castile.Philip the Tall
(Encyclopedia) Philip the Tall: see Philip V, king of France.Pliny the Elder
(Encyclopedia) Pliny the Elder (Caius Plinius Secundus)Pliny the Elderplĭˈnē [key], c.a.d. 23–a.d. 79, Roman naturalist, b. Cisalpine Gaul. He was a friend and fellow military officer of Vespasian,…Pliny the Younger
(Encyclopedia) Pliny the Younger: see under Pliny the Elder.Procopius the Great
(Encyclopedia) Procopius the Great, Czech Prokop Holý, d. 1434, Czech Hussite leader. A priest, he joined the Hussite movement (see Hussites) and distinguished himself as a captain under John Zizka…Peter the Cruel
(Encyclopedia) Peter the Cruel, 1334–69, Spanish king of Castile and León (1350–69), son and successor of Alfonso XI. His desertion of his wife, Blanche of Bourbon, for María Padilla and his favors…Peter the Great
(Encyclopedia) Peter the Great: see Peter I.Peter the Hermit
(Encyclopedia) Peter the Hermit, c.1050–1115, French religious leader. In 1095 he was a very successful preacher of the First Crusade (see Crusades), and he led one of its bands. In 1096 he reached…Trending
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