Meaning literally "long-stone." The name is usually given to
single, upright stones, sometimes very large, which are found
in the British islands, France and elsewhere, and which are
supposed to be the rude sepulchral monuments of some of the
earlier races, Celtic and pre-Celtic.
_Sir J. Lubbock,
Prehistoric Times,
chapter 5._
MENOMINEES, The.
See AMERICAN ABORIGINES: ALGONQUIAN FAMILY.
MENTANA, Battle of (1867).
See ITALY: A. D. 1867-1870.
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MENTZ: Origin.
See MOGONTIACUM.
MENTZ: A. D. 406.
Destruction by the Germans.
See GAUL: A. D. 406-409.
MENTZ: 12th Century.
Origin of the electorate.
See GERMANY: A. D. 1125-1152.
MENTZ: A. D. 1455-1456.
Appearance of the first printed book.
See PRINTING: A. D. 1430-1456.
MENTZ: A. D. 1631.
Occupied by Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden.
See GERMANY: A. D. 1631-1632.
MENTZ: A. D. 1792.
Occupation by the French Revolutionary army.
Incorporation with the French Republic.
See FRANCE: A. D. 1792 (SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER).
MENTZ: A. D. 1793.
Recovery by the Germans.
See FRANCE: A. D. 1793 (JULY-DECEMBER).
MENTZ: A. D. 1801-1803.
Extinction of the electorate.
See GERMANY: A. D. 1801-1803.
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MENTZ, Treaty of (1621).
See GERMANY: A. D. 1621-1623.
MENZEL PAPERS, The.
See GERMANY: A. D. 1755-1756, and 1756.
MERCED, The order of La.
"Jayme [king of Aragon, called El Conquistador], when a
captive in the hands of Simon de Montfort [see SPAIN: A. D.
1212-1238], had—mere baby as he was—made a vow that, when he
should be a man and a king, he would endeavour to do something
for the redemption of captives. So, before he was a man in
age, he instituted another religious order of knighthood,
called La Merced, which added to their other duties that of
collecting alms and using them for the ransoming of captives
to the Moors."
_C. M. Yonge,
The Story of the Christians and Moors of Spain,
page 184._
MERCENARIES, Revolt of the.
See CARTHAGE: B. C. 241-238.