See EDUCATION, MODERN: EUROPEAN COUNTRIES—ENGLAND.
MERCIA, The Kingdom of.
A kingdom formed at the close of the 6th century by the West
Angles, on the Welsh border, or March. The people who formed
it had acquired the name of Men of the March, from which they
came to be called Mercians, and their kingdom Mercia. In the
next century, under King Penda, its territory and its power
were greatly extended, at the expense of Northumbria.
_J. R. Green,
The Making of England._
See, also, ENGLAND: A. D. 547-633.
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MERCY FOR THE REDEMPTION OF CHRISTIAN CAPTIVES, The Order of.
"For the institution of this godlike order, the Christian
world was indebted to Pope Innocent III., at the close of the
12th century. … The exertions of the order were soon crowned
with success. One third of its revenues was appropriated to
the objects of its foundation, and thousands groaning in
slavery were restored to their country. … The order … met
with so much encouragement that, in the time of Alberic, the
monk (who wrote about forty years after its institution), the
number of monastic houses amounted to 600, most of which were
situated in France, Lombardy and Spain."
_S. A. Dunham,
History of Spain and Portugal,
book 3, section 3, chapter 4 (volume 4)._
MERGENTHEIM, Battle of (1645).
See GERMANY: A. D. 1640-1645.
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MERIDA, Origin of.
See EMERITA AUGUSTA.
MERIDA: A. D. 712.
Siege and capture by the Arab-Moors.
See SPAIN: A. D. 711-713.
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MERIDIAN, Mississippi,
Sherman's Raid to.
See UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
A. D. 1863-1864 (DECEMBER-APRIL: TENNESSEE-MISSISSIPPI).
MERMNADÆ, The.
The third dynasty of the kings of Lydia, beginning
with Gyges and ending with Crœsus.
_M. Duncker,
History of Antiquity,
book 4, chapter 17 (volume 3)._
MEROË, The Kingdom of.
See ETHIOPIA.
MEROM, Battle of.
The final great victory won by Joshua in the conquest of
Canaan, over the Canaanite and Amorite kings, under Jabin,
king of Hazor, who seems to have been a kind of over-king or
chieftain among them.
_Dean Stanley,
Lectures on the History of the Jewish Church,
lecture 12 (volume 1)._
MEROVINGIANS, The.
See FRANKS: A. D. 448-456; and 511-752.
MERRIMAC AND MONITOR, Battle of the.
See UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A. D. 1862 (MARCH).