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- adjective Alternative form of
Guelphic .
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This he could not do, but a formal embassy added the weight of his influence to the strong Guelfic party; and his favourite nephew, who had been brought up at his court, was elected emperor as Otto IV.
The History of England from the Norman Conquest to the Death of John (1066-1216) George Burton Adams 1888
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Otto IV, the Guelfic emperor and John's nephew, was now in as desperate conflict with the papacy as if he were a Ghibelline, and Innocent was supporting against him the young Hohenstaufen Frederick, son of Henry VI and
The History of England from the Norman Conquest to the Death of John (1066-1216) George Burton Adams 1888
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He was admitted to Florence (1301), and gave the supremacy there to the Guelfic side.
Outline of Universal History George Park Fisher 1868
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The Genoese, who were Guelfic, defeated the Pisans in 1284; and "_Pisa_, which had ruined Amalfi, was now ruined by _Genoa_."
Outline of Universal History George Park Fisher 1868
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Orsini, with the motto and device (in which was ostentatiously displayed the Guelfic badge of the keys of St. Peter) wrought in burnished gold.
Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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a pope like Gregory X. it was easy for Edward to be on friendly terms; but it was more difficult to feel any cordiality for the dogmatic canonists or the furious Guelfic partisans who too often occupied the chair of St. Peter.
The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) Reginald Lane Poole 1892
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