What is or was a moidore?
"around 1430 until 1911, when the ""escudo"" was introduced after the 1910 Republican Revolution. Since the Portuguese empire spread throughout a vast number of territories that are now part of 53 different sovereign states, the moidore was used as currency not only in those regions but also in other regions of the globe, such as Western Europe and the West Indies. The currencies of several Arabic countries are named rial or riyal after the Portuguese ""real"". The word ""moidore"" is a loanword from the Portuguese """"moeda d'ouro"""", literally meaning ""gold coin"". Moidores circulated widely in England and her colonies, although"
"the coin colloquially known as the moidore was in fact the double moidore. It was the principal coin current in Ireland at the beginning of the 18th century, and spread to the west of England. The single moidore was generally assigned a sterling value of about 13 shillings pence, and the double moidore one of about 27 shillings, or in Ireland 30 shillings. Daniel Defoe's ""Robinson Crusoe"" (1719) contains numerous references to moidores: e.g., ""I am persuaded, that by the improvements I had made in that little time I lived there, and the increase I should probably have made if"
"Mojo (African-American culture) Mojo , in the African-American folk belief called hoodoo, is an amulet consisting of a flannel bag containing one or more magical items. It is a ""prayer in a bag"", or a spell that can be carried with or on the host's body. Alternative American names for the mojo bag include hand, mojo hand, conjure hand, lucky hand, conjure bag, trick bag, root bag, toby, jomo, and gris-gris bag. The term ""mojo"" is now commonly used in the English language to mean one's personal talent or gift. For example, a person might say that they are ""getting"
"Jerry Fodor Jerry Alan Fodor (; April 22, 1935 – November 29, 2017) was an American philosopher and cognitive scientist. He held the position of State of New Jersey Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, at Rutgers University and was the author of many works in the fields of philosophy of mind and cognitive science, in which he laid the groundwork for the modularity of mind and the language of thought hypotheses, among other ideas. He was known for his provocative and sometimes polemical style of argumentation and as ""one of the principal philosophers of mind of the late twentieth and early"
"""mítrē"") is Greek, and means a piece of armour, usually a metal guard worn around the waist and under a cuirass, as mentioned in Homer's Iliad; in later Poets, a headband used by women for their hair; and a sort of formal Babylonian head dress, as mentioned by Herodotus (""Histories"" 1.195 and 7.90). It also refers to a kind of hairband, such as: the victor's chapter at the games; a headband and a badge of rank at the Ptolemaic court; an oriental headdress, perhaps a kind of turban, etc. as a mark of effeminacy, a diadem; headdress of the priest"
"What's the Matador? What's the Matador? is the 62nd short film released by Columbia Pictures in 1942 starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard). The comedians released 190 short films for the studio between 1934 and 1959. The Stooges are vaudeville entertainers who trek to Mexico to perform their gag bullfight shtick, with Curly as the brave matador, and Moe and Larry dressed in a bull costume. Along the way, they cross paths with attractive senorita Dolores Sanchez (Suzanne Kaaren). They also cross paths with her evil jealous, and hot-tempered, man-hating husband"
"""Morion"", a hilted sword, and sometimes a horse saddle with leather shell. Rodeleros (also called espadachines, ""swordsmen"") were equipped with steel shields or bucklers known as ""rodela"" and swords, usually of the side-sword type. A Spanish sword made of steel was considered the pinnacle of craftsmanship and a well trained swordsman could be a dominant foe. To the Spanish, the sword represented their honour and devotion as a Christian knight. The Spanish also adopted halberdiers and the ""colunella"", the first of the mixed pike and shot formations. They used small groups of sword-and-buckler men to break the deadlock of the"
"while he's still quite funny, one can see little changes in his screen persona, and about here he begins to age dramatically, with lines suddenly etched deep in his face."" What's the Matador? What's the Matador? is the 62nd short film released by Columbia Pictures in 1942 starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard). The comedians released 190 short films for the studio between 1934 and 1959. The Stooges are vaudeville entertainers who trek to Mexico to perform their gag bullfight shtick, with Curly as the brave matador, and Moe and Larry"
"Moio (unit) Moio, older spelling: Moyo, also as Mojo was a unit of measurement that measured grain and liquid used in Portugal and its colonies and in Brazil. The moio has small measurement differences below the alqueire. In case of grain and salt, the moio was used. The measurement was used until the time of the Portuguese Wars of Liberation in the 1830s when the country and the colonial empire adopted the metric system and in Brazil, when the country adopted the metric system. Not long after its adoption, along with other old units, traditional moios continued to be used."
"Moirai In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Moirai or Moerae (; , ""apportioners""), often known in English as the Fates (), were the white-robed incarnations of destiny; their Roman equivalent was the Parcae (euphemistically the ""sparing ones""), there are other equivalents in cultures that descend from the proto-Indo-European culture. Their number became fixed at three: Clotho (spinner), Lachesis (allotter) and Atropos (literally 'unturnable' but metaphorically 'inflexible' or 'inevitable' – i.e. death). They controlled the mother thread of life of every mortal from birth to death. They were independent, at the helm of necessity, directed fate, and watched that the"
"Toros en San Miguel, Rodolfo Gaona, Joselito Huerta, Toros de Llaguno, La Macarenita. By Agustín Lara: Silverio Pérez, El Novillero, Fermín. The Pasodoble is a fast-paced Latin American dance. Pasodoble is based on music played at bullfights during the bullfighters' entrance (""paseo""), or during the passes (""faena"") just before the kill. The leader of this dance plays the part of the matador. The follower generally plays the part of the matador's cape, but can also represent the shadow of the matador, as well as the flamenco dancer in some figures. The follower never represents the bull, although this is a"
"Algodor Algodor is a small locality between Toledo and Aranjuez, Spain. It is within the municipal limits of Aranjuez. It has a population of 14, but in its heyday in the 1920s there were more inhabitants and the community was provided with a school and a chapel. The most significant building is the Neo-Mudéjar railway station, designed by Narciso Claveria and inaugurated in 1916. It has become redundant since the opening of the Madrid–Toledo high-speed rail line in 2005. Between 1932 and 2000 an Italian hydraulic system, developed by Bianchi and Servettaz, was used to control points switching and signalling."
"Mandore (instrument) The mandore is a musical instrument, a small member of the lute family, teardrop shaped, with four to six courses of gut strings and pitched in the treble range. It was considered a new instrument in French music books from the 1580s, but is descended from and very similar to the gittern. It is considered ancestral to the modern mandolin. Other earlier instruments include the medieval European citole and the Greek and Byzantine pandura. The history of modern mandolins, mandolas and guitars are all intertwined. The instruments shared common ancestor instruments. Some instruments became fashionable widely, and others"
"Moire (fabric) Moire ( or ), less often moiré, is a textile with a wavy (watered) appearance produced mainly from silk, but also wool, cotton and rayon. The watered appearance is usually created by the finishing technique called calendering. Moire effects are also achieved by certain weaves, such as varying the tension in the warp and weft of the weave. Silk treated in this way is sometimes called watered silk. Moire is produced from two distinctly different methods of finishing. Calendering produces the true moire, known as ""moire antique"" and ""moire Anglaise"", which is a purely physical phenomenon. In calendering,"
"Mockado Mockado (also moquette, moucade) is a woollen pile fabric made in imitation of silk velvet from the mid-sixteenth century. Mockado was usually constructed with a woollen pile on a linen or worsted wool warp and woollen weft, although the ground fabric could be any combination of wool, linen, and silk. Mockado was used for furnishings and carpeting, and also for clothing such as doublets, farthingales, and kirtles. Mockado was introduced to England from Flanders in the mid-sixteenth century. Dutch and Walloon weavers fleeing Spanish rule in the Low Countries were creating mockadoes and other fabrics combining silk and linen"
"his soothsayers and magicians create the same effect. As a result, the Pharaoh's snake was killed by Moses's snake, and that is how Hoodoo lost his hand. Mojo (African-American culture) Mojo , in the African-American folk belief called hoodoo, is an amulet consisting of a flannel bag containing one or more magical items. It is a ""prayer in a bag"", or a spell that can be carried with or on the host's body. Alternative American names for the mojo bag include hand, mojo hand, conjure hand, lucky hand, conjure bag, trick bag, root bag, toby, jomo, and gris-gris bag. The"
"Troubadour A troubadour (, ; , ) was a composer and performer of Old Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages (1100–1350). Since the word ""troubadour"" is etymologically masculine, a female troubadour is usually called a trobairitz. The troubadour school or tradition began in the late 11th century in Occitania, but it subsequently spread to Italy and Spain. Under the influence of the troubadours, related movements sprang up throughout Europe: the Minnesang in Germany, ""trovadorismo"" in Galicia and Portugal, and that of the trouvères in northern France. Dante Alighieri in his ""De vulgari eloquentia"" defined the troubadour lyric as"
"Guitarra morisca The guitarra morisca or mandora medieval is a plucked string instrument. It is a lute that has a bulging belly and a headstock as sickle. Part of that characterization came from a c. 1330 poem, ""Libra de Buen Amor"" by Juan Ruiz, which described the ""Moorish gittern"" as ""corpulent"". The use of the adjective ""morisca"" tacked to guitarra may have been to differentiate it from the commonly seen ""Latin"" European variety, when the morisca was seen on a limited basis during the 14th century. Appeared in the early 9th century, it is an instrument mentioned in the ""Cantigas"
"their mojo on"" when trying to get the attention of a possible mate. The most common synonym for the word mojo is ""gris-gris"", which literally means ""fetish"" or ""charm""; thus a gris-gris bag is a charm bag. In the Caribbean, an almost identical African-derived bag is called a ""wanga"" or ""oanga"" bag, but that term is uncommon in the United States. The word ""conjure"" is an ancient alternative to ""hoodoo"", which is a direct variation of African-American folklore. Because of this, a conjure hand is also considered a hoodoo bag, usually made by a respected community conjure doctor. The word"
"Mudéjar Mudéjar (, ; ; , ""tamed; domesticated"") refers to an architecture and decoration style in (post-Moorish) Christian Iberia that was strongly influenced by Moorish taste and workmanship, reaching its greatest expression in medieval Aragon, Andalusia and the city of Toledo. The distinctive Mudéjar style is still evident in regional architecture, as well as in music, art, and crafts, especially Hispano-Moresque ware, lustreware pottery that was widely exported across Europe. """" was originally the term used for Moors or Muslims of Al-Andalus who remained in Iberia after the Christian ""Reconquista"" but were not initially forcibly converted to Christianity. It was"
"workers, a former sailor, climbed to the top of the structure, removed a flask of whiskey from his pocket and christened the home, ""Mogadore"". There has always been a debate on why he chose the name Mogadore. Some say the sailor had fond memories of trips to North Africa, some have said he had a friend that had been captured by the Barbary Pirates and was imprisoned in old Mogador and others have speculated that popular literature of that era was the Arabian Nights and the mysterious markets on the North African coast. In a popular book of the time,"
"Giudicato of Logudoro The Giudicato"" of Logudoro, also known as the Giudicato"" of Torres (, ), after Torres, the ancient name of Porto Torres, was a state that covered the northwest portion of Sardinia from the tenth through the thirteenth century. Logudoro was one of four ""giudicati"" into which the island was divided during the High Middle Ages. The others were Gallura to the east, Arborea to the south, and Cagliari to the southeast. Logudoro was the largest (and earliest known) of the ""iudicati"" but also the second to be swallowed up by a foreign power. It was divided into"
"Mogadouro Mogadouro (, ) is a municipality in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 9,542, in an area of 760.65 km². The history of Mogadouro is evident in the number of castros that dot the landscape of region from the neolithic period. In particular are the castros of Oleiros in Bemposta, Vilarinho, São Martinho do Peso, Figueirinha de Travanca, Bruçó and the more recently excavated castro in Vilariça, in the Serra da Castanheira. The Celts passed through this region, leaving behind its art and religion, the so-called ""Cultura aos Berrões"". One of these Celtic tribes, the Zoelae, were responsible for"
"following parishes: The village of Almodôvar is signaled in medieval islamic cartography under the name ""Al-mudura"" meaning ""thing in round"" or ""surrounded in round"". The settlement was rebuilt at the time of the Muslim invasion of the Iberian Peninsula, with walls surrounding it and a castle inside. Remains of these have, however, disappeared. Almodôvar received its first Foral (Town Charter) on April 17, 1285 by order of King Dinis of Portugal, confirmed by a new Foral on June 1, 1512, by order of King Manuel I of Portugal. The Almodôvar area is situated in an area of transition between the"
"as pasture for immense flocks of sheep. Category:Roman amphitheatres in Spain Almodóvar del Campo Almodóvar del Campo is a town and municipality of Spain, in the province of Ciudad Real, some 14 km S.S.W. of Ciudad Real, on the northern side of the Sierra de Alcúdia. The etymological origin of ""Almodóvar"" is the , ""al-mudawwar"", ""round, circular (place)"". Almodóvar was a Moorish fortress in the Middle Ages. By the early 20th century it owed its prosperity to the nearness of the valuable Puertollano coal-field. Its manufactures included lace and linen and it had a trade in livestock, oil and wine."
"Rigaudon The rigaudon (also spelled rigadon, rigadoon) is a French baroque dance with a lively duple metre. The music is similar to that of a bourrée, but the rigaudon is rhythmically simpler with regular phrases (eight measure phrases are most common). It originated as a sprightly 17th-century French folk dance for couples. Traditionally, the folkdance was associated with the provinces of Vavarais, Languedoc, Dauphiné, and Provence in southern France, and it became popular as a court dance during the reign of Louis XIV . Its hopping steps were adopted by the skillful dancers of the French and English courts, where"
"derives from the earlier verb ""moirer"", ""to produce a watered textile by weaving or pressing"". ""Moirer"", in turn, is a variation of the word ""mouaire"" which is an adoption of the English ""mohair"" (in use since at least 1570). ""Mohair"" comes from the Arabic ""mukhayyar"" (, ""chosen""), a cloth made from the wool of the Angora goat. ""Mukhayyar"" () descends from ""khayyara"" (, ""he chose""). ""Chosen"" is meant in the sense of ""a choice, or excellent, cloth"". It has also been suggested that the Arabic word was formed from the Latin ""marmoreus"", meaning ""like marble"". By 1660 (in the writings"
"Musimon In European heraldry, the musimon (also known as the tityrus or tytron) is used to symbolize one in authority who leads with strength. Used in this sense, the musimon is a cross between a goat and a sheep; it has the feet and body of a goat, the head and beard of a ram, and two horns from each for a total of four—two curved and two straight. Musimon can also refer to the real animal known as the European mouflon (""Ovis aries musimon""), a wild short-fleeced mountain sheep found on the islands of Corsica and Sardinia and parts"
"Logudoro The Logudoro (term originated as corrupt blending of the kingdom's name of Logu de Torres) is a large traditional region in central-northern Sardinia, Italy. The local dialect is known as Logudorese. Mostly composed of soft volcanic terrains, it is the most fertile area of the island. For this reason it was settled since early Prehistoric times, as shown by the presence of numerous nuraghe. During the Roman domination it was one of the main grain supplier of the Empire, and was the seat of several legions, which guarded it from the never-Romanized population of the inner areas. In the"
"I had stayed, I might have been worth a hundred thousand moidores""; ""the old man let me see, that he was debtor to me four hundred and seventy moidores of gold""; ""the value of plantation increasing, amounted to 38892 crusadoes, which made 3241 moidores""; and ""he sent me on board a present of fresh provisions, wine, and sweetmeats, worth above thirty moidores"". In the second part of Jonathan Swift's ""Gulliver's Travels"" (1726), when Lemuel Gulliver reaches the gigantic land of Brobdingnag, the Queen of that country offers to buy him from the farmer who first finds him: ""He [the farmer],"
"style of dance to the duple meter march-like music. Its original form as a Spanish military march is still interpreted in the context of the Moors and Christians festivals, in southeastern Spain, and is the major focus of current Pasodoble productions. The Pasodoble came from a French military march with the name ""Paso Redoble"". It has both Spanish and French characteristics. The steps often contain French terms, but the dance resembles the nature of the bullfight. It is believed to have emerged from southern French culture during the 1930s. The Pasodoble was a way for the French to portray the"
"Thomas Moore Thomas Moore (28 May 1779 – 25 February 1852) was an Irish poet, singer, songwriter, and entertainer, now best remembered for the lyrics of ""The Minstrel Boy"" and ""The Last Rose of Summer"". As Lord Byron's named literary executor, along with John Murray, Moore was responsible for burning Lord Byron's memoirs after his death. In his lifetime he was often referred to as Anacreon Moore. From a relatively early age Moore showed an interest in music and other performing arts. He sometimes appeared in musical plays with his friends, such as ""The Poor Soldier"" by John O'Keeffe (music"
"Matador (English musical) Matador is the title of a 1991 musical by Mike Leander and Edward Seago, with a book by Peter Jukes, which tells the story of the rise and fall of a fictional matador, loosely based on Manuel Benitez, El Cordobes. The show featured stunning choreography in traditional Flamenco style by Rafael Aguilar, and the show won an Olivier Award as a result. Several dancers were cast directly from Spain, making their West End debuts. The bulls for the fighting sequences were performed by a phalanx of black-clad dancers, moving as one. The work began life in 1987"