Ratisbon
Americannoun
noun
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Ulm, Ratisbon and Hohenlinden in the South German Basin were all sites of Napoleonic victories against the various coalitions of Austria, Russia and England.
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Father Joseph's policy at Ratisbon bore its fruit in a famine that killed its tens of thousands.
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He was the only one of his staff who knew that captured Regensburg was the Ratisbon of Napoleonic fame.
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In the best Ratisbon tradition, he came back, managed to land in Rightist territory with photographs intact, died still at the controls.
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In 1260 he was appointed to the See of Ratisbon, though he had not previously held any ecclesiastical dignity, but soon resigned, on the ground that its duties interfered vexatiously with his studies.
From Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland by Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport)
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