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Boars In Heraldry
The wild boar and boar's head are common charges in heraldry. Early history The boar was used as an emblem in some instances during antiquity and the Early Middle Ages (i.e. predating the development of classical European heraldry). During the Roman Empire, at least three legions are known to have had a boar as their emblems - Legio I Italica, Legio X Fretensis and Legio XX Valeria Victrix. The Knocknagael Boar Stone is a well-known Pictish stone with a depiction of a boar emblem dating to ca. the 7th century. In this context, the name of Orkney is interpreted as being derived from ''orc-'', the Celtic for "pig", presumably from a Pictish tribe which had the boar or wild pig as their emblem. The boar also appears as an emblem for Germanic peoples during the Anglo-Saxon, Vendel and Viking periods. This is reflected in the boar helmets worn in battle, attested in archeological records and both Old English and Old Norse written sources. The boar is closely associated with Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raaja Mudra Of Vijayanagar Empire
''Raaja'' is a 1975 Indian Bollywood film directed by K. Shankar. It stars Rishi Kapoor (in double role), Sulakshana Pandit, Prem Chopra, Asrani, Aruna Irani, Jagdeep among others. The music was composed by Rahul Dev Burman. Plot The story revolves around twin brothers Raaja and Ram. Raaja is conman and Ram was a CID inspector. They both realize that the older sister they thought dead is in fact alive, whereupon they embark on a quest to save her from the lecher who has her in his thrall. They also reveals that she is under Sher Singh who was the bandit. Raja false love with beautiful girl Rani as comparison of their name. She gets confused between both brothers so Ram grows moustache socan find easily who is her lover. When Ram goes to find her sisters mystery he gets killed by the Sher Singh's goons. Now Taaja has to find her sister and also avenge his brother's death. Raaja takes help of police to identify the criminals and takes help of police. Police tells Raja that we shou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglo-Saxon Period
Anglo-Saxon England or Early Medieval England, existing from the 5th to the 11th centuries from the end of Roman Britain until the Norman conquest in 1066, consisted of various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms until 927, when it was united as the Kingdom of England by King Æthelstan (r. 927–939). It became part of the short-lived North Sea Empire of Cnut the Great, a personal union between England, Denmark and Norway in the 11th century. The Anglo-Saxons migrated to England from mainland northwestern Europe after the Roman Empire abandoned Britain at the beginning of the fifth century. Anglo-Saxon history thus begins during the period of sub-Roman Britain following the end of Roman control, and traces the establishment of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in the 5th and 6th centuries (conventionally identified as seven main kingdoms: Northumbria, Mercia, East Anglia, Essex, Kent, Sussex, and Wessex); their Christianisation during the 7th century; the threat of Viking invasions and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
