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INDEX SEARCH RESULTS FOR: RING
 Ring a ring o' roses
 Rinuccini, Ottavio - librettist of Dafne
Rio de Janeiro - reached by Vespucci
- becomes capital of Brazil
- transformation in early 20th century
- peace conference in 1942
Riot Act (1715)
Ripley, Thomas - Houghton Hall
Ripon - the monastery and Willibrord
- brief account of town
Ripon Falls - reached by Speke in 1862
Risorgimento - movement to liberate Italy
Risorgimento - newspaper by Cavour
Rites Controversy - over Confucianism
rites of passage - in primitive religion
Ritorno d'Ulisse in patria - by Monteverdi
ritual - in primitive religion
ritual murder - charged against Jews
Ritz, César - Savoy Hotel
- at the Ritz
Ritz Hotel (London)
Rivals (Sheridan)
 Riva-Rocci, Scipione - develops sphygmomanometer
Rivera, Fructuoso - president of Uruguay
River War - by Winston Churchill
Rizzio, David - and Mary Queen of Scots
RNLI (lifeboats)
roads - in ancient Persia
- Roman
- in the Inca empire
- Telford and McAdam
Road to Wigan Pier (Orwell)
Roaring Meg - Londonderry
Roast Beef of Old England (Hogarth)
Robben Island - and Nelson Mandela
Robbia, Luca della - in Pazzi Chapel
robbing Peter to pay Paul
Robert I, king of Scotland
- brief biography
Robert II - king of Scotland
- brief biography
Robert III
Robert le Bougre - inquisitor
Robert the Bruce
- campaigning for his brother in Ireland
- brief biography
Robert Curthose - and Henry I
Robert the Englishman - and early clocks
Robert of Geneva - Clement VII
Robert the Strong - and the Capetian dynasty
Robert Opie Collection - Gloucester
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