See AMERICA: A. D. 1639-1700.
MATHER, Cotton, and the Witchcraft excitement.
See MASSACHUSETTS: A. D. 1692.
MATHER, Increase, and the new Massachusetts Charter.
See MASSACHUSETTS: A. D. 1689-1692.
MATILDA, Donation of the Countess.
See PAPACY: A. D. 1077-1102.
MATRONA, The.
The ancient name of the river Marne.
MATRONALIA, The.
An ancient Roman festival, celebrated on the Calends of March,
in memory of the intervention of the Sabine matrons, to make
peace between their Sabine kinsmen and their Roman husbands.
_H. G. Liddell,
History of Rome,
book 1, chapter 1 (volume 1)._
See ROME: THE RAPE OF THE SABINE WOMEN.
MATTHIAS,
Germanic Emperor, A. D. 1612-1619.
Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary, 1457-1490.
MATTIACI, The.
The Mattiaci were an ancient German tribe friendly to Rome.
They inhabited a region in Nassau, about Wiesbaden.
_Church and Brodribb,
Geographical Notes to The Germany of Tacitus._
See, also, MOGONTIACUM.
MAUREGATO, King of Leon and the Asturias, or Oviedo, A. D. 783-788.
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MAURETANIA.
MAURETANIANS.
MOORS.
See NUMIDIANS.
MAURETANIA:
Under the Romans.
See AFRICA: THE ROMAN PROVINCE.
MAURETANIA: A. D. 374-398.-Revolts of Firmus and Gildo.
See ROME: A. D. 396-398.
MAURETANIA:
Conquest by the Vandals. See VANDALS: A. D. 429-439.
MAURETANIA:
Mahometan Conquest.
See MAHOMETAN CONQUEST: A. D. 647-709.
MAURETANIA:
Mediæval and Modern History.
See MAROCCO;
also, BARBARY STATES.
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MAURICE,
Roman Emperor (Eastern), A. D. 582-602.
Maurice, Prince of Orange and Count of Nassau,
Stadtholder of the United Provinces (Netherlands), 1587-1625.
See NETHERLANDS: A. D. 1584-1585, to 1621-1633.
Maurice of Saxony, The dishonorable exploits of.
See GERMANY: A. D. 1546-1552.
MAURIENNE, Counts of.
The earliest title of the princes of the House of Savoy.
See SAVOY: 11-15TH CENTURIES.