LEPANTO, Battle of, Christian naval
victory over the Muslim Turks. Oct. 7,
1571. John of Austria led combined
Spanish, Venetian and papal fleets which
crushed the Turkish fleet in the Gulf of
Patras near Lepanto, Greece. The battle
somewhat moderated the power of the
OTTOMAN EMPIRE.
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The New American desk encyclopedia.
3rd ed.
by Robert A. Rosenbaum
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composed of many fleshy scale leaves that
are swollen with stored food and an outer
layer of protective scale leaves. Bulbs are a
means of overwintering; in the spring,
flowers and foliage leaves are rapidly
produced when growing conditions are
suitable. Examples of plants producing
bulbs are daffodil, tulip, snowdrop and
onion.
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LEVELLERS, radical reformers of the
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political and religious equality. Oliver
Cromwell, to whom they were bitterly
opposed, broke their power.
English Civil War and Commonwealth
period. Their leader, John LILBURNE,
advocated a republic, economic reforms and
political and religious equality. Oliver
Cromwell, to whom they were bitterly
opposed, broke their power.
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