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A brilliant general, he is considered to be a founding figure of the Middle Ages, often credited with a seminal role in the development of feudalism and knighthood, and laying the groundwork for the Carolingian Empire.
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During the Civil War, Custer, who achieved a brilliant record, was made brigadier general at the age of 23.
This was reflected in Constantinople by the construction of the Blachernae palace, the creation of brilliant new works of art, and general prosperity at this time: an increase in trade, made possible by the growth of the Italian city-states, may have helped the growth of the economy.
I thought it was brilliant satire, not only of Trek, but of fandom in general.
Although his arrogance had slowed the campaign, he was a brilliant general in the field, and his loss was a major blow to the allied campaign.
Critic Stewart Mason wrote, " Over their brilliant first three albums, Wire expanded the sonic boundaries of not just punk, but rock music in general.
He is portrayed as a brave but mediocre general, a brilliant financier, and a true friend of Caesar.
It is said that Robert was a brilliant field commander but a terrible general in the First Crusade.
Romanos appointed the brilliant general John Kourkouas commander of the field armies ( domestikos ton scholon ) in the East.
His brilliant general Count Theodosius defeated a revolt in Africa and the Great Conspiracy, a coordinated assault on Britain by Picts, Scots, and Saxons.
In the 17th century when the objects of a war were, as far as possible, secured without the loss of valuable lives and general decisive battles were in every way considered undesirable, a brilliant victory over a part, not the whole, of the enemy's forces was the tactical idea of the best generals.
A brilliant and intuitive general, John's short reign saw the expansion of the Empire's borders and the strengthening of Byzantium itself.
It was not, however, as a theorist dealing with the fundamental data of economic science, but as a brilliant writer on practical economic questions, that Jevons first received general recognition.
Thus Crispus achieved his most important and difficult victory which further established his reputation as a brilliant soldier and general.
However, Zhou Enlai had previously achieved a brilliant intelligence success by planting more than a dozen moles in Chiang Kai-shek's inner circle, including at the general headquarters for the nationalist forces at Nanchang.
Sending his most brilliant general, Khalid ibn al-Walid, Iraq was conquered in a series of successful campaigns against the Sassanid Persians.
The King of Ingary describes Justin as a brilliant general ; with threats of war looming from both Strangia and High Norland, the King of Ingary becomes anxious and insistent that Prince Justin be found.
However, at this crisis the initiative of a subordinate general, the famous military writer Feuquières, converted the hard-won local success into a brilliant victory.
In spite of his failures as a general and diplomat, his good looks and brilliant wit enabled him to retain the intimacy and confidence of his king.
Setoyama's most brilliant moves were the hiring of Sadaharu Oh to take the reins of manager, a title he would hold until 2008 before he moved into the general manager's position.
The brilliant novelty of this criticism of the literature of major European countries at the beginning of the 19th century, and his description of the general revolt against the pseudo-classicism of the 18th century, at once attracted attention outside Denmark.
However, thanks to the genius of his brilliant new political agent, Benjamin Musgrave, who came from Yorkshire, he won the seat in the general election the following year, and became known in Parliament as a flamboyant and brilliant speaker.
As general of brigade he took part in the Russian campaign of 1812, and in the campaigns of 1813 and 1814 he repeatedly distinguished himself, notably at Hanau ( October 1813 ), and in a brilliant affair at Reims ( March 1814 ).
He was a brilliant general who fought in the Fourth Macedonic War, securing, in 146 BC the annexation of Macedonia as a Roman province, hence the agnomen Macedonicus.
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Though it centers around the brilliant and enigmatic figure of Charles 12,, the true hero is not finally the king himself.
The road, a comparatively new one, is very good, winding along inlets, coves, and bays of deep and brilliant blue.
Sir Henry Sumner Maine, a hundred years before Communism was a force to be reckoned with, wrote his brilliant legal generalization, that `` the progress of society is from status to contract ''.
Indeed, it is even surprising in the Canon of Christ Church and Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History, who fathered this most peculiar view, and in the brilliant Professor of Medieval and Renaissance English at Cambridge, who inherited it and is now its most eminent proponent.
It is truly odd and ironic that the most handsome and impressive film yet made from Miguel De Cervantes' `` Don Quixote '' is the brilliant Russian spectacle, done in wide screen and color, which opened yesterday at the Fifty-fifth Street and Sixty-eighth Street Playhouses.
The penalty for this is noticeable in the big, bold, brilliant, but brassy piano sounds in Melody And Percussion For Two Pianos ( SP-44007 ).
Sergei Vikulov, as the lone male, meets the competition well with some brilliant hits, but the work is designed to belong to the ladies.
Mr. White, who is only a competent novelist, is a brilliant reporter.
The Dodo, who in this adaptation of the book is named Uilleam and is portrayed by Michael Gough, bears a down of brilliant blue and is one of Alice's advisers, who also took first note of her identity as the true Alice.
Again and again he repeats the advice that nothing should be hazarded unless one's army is completely secure, a rule which he himself neglected with such brilliant results in 1796.
Disraeli's writing is considered generally interesting, and his books teem with striking thoughts, shrewd maxims, and brilliant phrases which stick in the memory ; on the other hand, he is often considered artificial, extravagant, and turgid.
In bulk form ( typically as chips or " turnings "), the metal is somewhat difficult to ignite, more so even than magnesium chips ; but, when lit, the metal burns in air with a brilliant high-intensity orange-red light.
Case is a " console cowboy ," a brilliant hacker who had betrayed his organized criminal partners.
However, true detective fiction is more often considered in the English-speaking world to have begun in 1841 with the publication of " The Murders in the Rue Morgue " itself, featuring " the first fictional detective, the eccentric and brilliant C. Auguste Dupin ".
A brilliant London-based " consulting detective " residing at 221B Baker Street, Holmes is famous for his intellectual prowess and is renowned for his skillful use of astute observation, deductive reasoning, and forensic skills to solve difficult cases.
Christopher Syn is portrayed as a brilliant scholar from Queen's College, Oxford, possessing swashbuckling skills such as riding, fencing, and seamanship.
He is a brilliant, ruthless scientist who has demonstrated mastery of robotics, mechatronics, metallurgy, chemistry, artificial intelligence, cloning, genetic engineering, biology, physics, astronomy, earth science, military tactics, cybernetics and mechanical engineering.
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He was passably intelligent without being brilliant, and reasonably popular without being considered a leader.
Papert worked with Jean Piaget at the University of Geneva from 1958 to 1963 and is widely considered the most brilliant and successful of Piaget's protégés ; Piaget once said that " no one understands my ideas as well as Papert.
He served as the king's representative in Aquitaine, where he and Joan kept a court which was considered among the most brilliant of the time.
Junipero Serra was considered brilliant by his peers in Majorca.
He has been considered by many to be one of the most brilliant orators of all time and a masterly French stylist.
Freud considered Rank, with whom he was more intimate intellectually than his own sons, to be the most brilliant of his Viennese disciples.
Julian Symons, in The Times Literary Supplement, considered that it was Fleming's " tautest, most exciting and most brilliant tale ", that the author " brings the thriller in line with modern emotional needs ", and that Bond " is the intellectual's Mike Hammer: a killer with a keen eye and a soft heart for a woman ".
She possessed a brilliant bel canto technique and was considered a rival to the Victorian era's most famous diva, Adelina Patti.
The Clouds can be considered not only the world's first extant ' comedy of ideas ' but also a brilliant and successful example of that genre.
Since the early 20th century, it has been considered so brilliant as to be virtually untranslatable.
Oecolampadius was considered to be a brilliant Protestant theologian, who conversed with Johannes Eck, Philipp Melanchthon and was Professor of theology at the University of Basel.
At Gotti's suggestion, the shooters wore long white trench coats and black fur Russian hats, which Gravano considered a " brilliant " idea.
Such players were dubbed Meijin ( brilliant man ), which was considered equal to a 9 dan professional grade.
Of them all, About was considered the most highly vitalized, exuberant, brilliant and " undisciplined ".
He subsequently defeated a smaller Prussian army in 1757 at the Battle of Breslau before being completely routed by Frederick II of Prussia at the Battle of Leuthen, which is considered one of Frederick's most brilliant victories.
He could supplement his pure serve-and-volley game with brilliant athleticism at the net, which included the diving volley that was considered a trademark of the young German, and which endeared him to his fans.
Stanley returned to England in October, where his service in Ireland was considered to have been brilliant.
His management of the Battle of Megiddo in particular, with its brilliant use of aeroplanes, infantry, and mobile cavalry, is considered by many to be a precursor to the Blitzkrieg tactics so widely employed by Germany during the Second World War.
Frank Oz regarded Stone as " the father of Sesame Street ", and Cooney considered Stone " the key creative talent on Sesame Street and " probably the most brilliant writer of children's material in America ".
Lin Biao was considered as one of the Communist's most brilliant generals after the founding of the People's Republic of China, in 1949.
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