RMWH8TA6–A view of Venice in 1338 when the city was beginning its long period of wealth and magnificence as a result of its thriving trade with the East. Pepper was one the valuable commodities that Europe could obtain only through Venetian merchants, the middlemen. It is ironic that the very success of Venice led to a European conquest of the world
RMWHAY58–The Eglinton Tournament, Ayrshire,1843. Mark Twain And His World, by Justin Kaplan, page 149.. Archibald William, thirteenth Earl, (1812-1861) gave an entertainment of enormous magnificence in the grounds of the castle, known as the Eglinton Tournament, representing in character the chivalry of past ages, in 1839.. . .
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