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    Alexander III, King of Scotland, was being coerced by Robert de Roos and John Balliol. They were to try to bring the young King and Queen to him. The...
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    possessed the right to hear appeals against Balliol's judgements, undermining Balliol's authority. Balliol allied with France in 1295; Edward invaded Scotland...
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    Cyril Connolly (category Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford)
    History Prize, and followed by the Brackenbury History scholarship to Balliol College, Oxford. In the spring, he visited St Cyprian's to report his achievement...
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    George Steiner (category Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford)
    followed by an MA degree from Harvard University in 1950. He then attended Balliol College, Oxford, on a Rhodes Scholarship. After his doctoral thesis at...
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  • supporting Edward Balliol, pretender to the Scottish throne. Battle of Dupplin Moor 11 August - English supporting Edward Balliol, Scottish pretender...
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  • named John (John Balliol, John of England, and John II of France). Furthermore, royal propaganda of the time held that John Balliol had not been a legitimate...
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    Edward III of England supported the claims of Edward Balliol to the Scottish throne. Balliol led an invasion, and following his success at Dupplin Moor...
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    Michael Sandel (category Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford)
    bachelor's degree in politics in 1975. He received his doctorate from Balliol College, Oxford, in 1985, as a Rhodes Scholar, where he studied under philosopher...
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    turboprop aircraft was the Armstrong Siddeley Mamba-powered Boulton Paul Balliol, which first flew on 24 March 1948. The Soviet Union built on German World...
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    her mother, who consulted the Spanish humanist Juan Luis Vives for advice and commissioned him to write De Institutione Feminae Christianae, a treatise...
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