GUYENNE

Meaning of GUYENNE in English

/gwee yen"/ , n.

Guienne.

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GUYENNE — geographical name see: Guienne
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GUYENNE — or Guienne ancient Aquitania Historic region, southwestern France. The Guyenne region corresponds to the modern département of Gironde and to …
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GUYENNE — see Guienne
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GUYENNE — also spelled Guienne, former region of southwestern France, merged with Gascony for the last centuries before the French Revolution in …
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GUYENNE — or Guienne ancient Aquitania Historic region, southwestern France. The Guyenne region corresponds to the modern département of Gironde and to …
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GUYENNE — (n) Гиень
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GUIENNE — or Guyenne geographical name region & former province SW France bordering on Bay of Biscay capital Bordeaux
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ARMAGNAC — Small territory in historical Gascony , southwestern France. A portion was part of the Roman province of Aquitania (see Aquitaine …
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AQUITAINE — Historical region, southwestern France. It was roughly equivalent to Aquitania, the Roman division of southwestern Gaul, which consisted of the …
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GUIENNE — /gwee yen"/ , n. a former province in SW France. Also, Guyenne .
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TAILLE — the most important direct tax of the pre-Revolutionary monarchy in France. Its unequal distribution, with clergy and nobles exempt, made …
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TARN-ET-GARONNE — dpartement, in the Midi-Pyrnes region, southwestern France, occupying an area of 1,435 sq mi (3,716 sq km) to the north …
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SEGUIER, PIERRE — born May 28, 1588, Paris died Jan. 28, 1672, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Fr. chancellor of France under kings Louis XIII and Louis …
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SAINTONGE — former province of western France, covering most of the present dpartement of Charente-Maritime. Its chief city was Saintes. Saintonge was …
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ROUERGUE — ancient province of south central France, corresponding to much of the modern dpartements of Aveyron and Tarn-et-Garonne. It was bounded …
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QUERCY — historic and cultural region encompassing most of the southwestern French dpartements of Lot and Tarn-et-Garonne and coextensive with the former …
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PITHOU, PIERRE — born Nov. 1, 1539, Troyes, France died Nov. 1, 1596, Nogent-sur-Seine lawyer and historian who was one of the first …
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PETRUS AUREOLI, — born c. 1280, near Gourdon, Guyenne died 1322, Aix-en-Provence/Avignon, Provence Aureoli also spelled Aureolus, English Peter Aureol, French Pierre Auriol, …
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PERIGORD — historic and cultural region encompassing the southern French dpartement of Dordogne and part of Lot-et-Garonne and roughly coextensive with the …
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MONTESPAN, FRANOISE-ATHNAS DE ROCHE-CHOUART, MARQUIS — (marchioness of) born Oct. 5, 1641, Tonnay-Charente, Fr. died May 27/28, 1707, Bourbon-l'Archambault mistress of Louis XIV of France for …
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MONTAIGNE, MICHEL DE — born Feb. 28, 1533, Chteau de Montaigne, near Bordeaux, France died Sept. 23, 1592, Chteau de Montaigne in full Michel …
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MONLUC, BLAISE DE LASSERAN-MASSENCME, SEIGNEUR DE — born c. 1500, , Armagnac, Fr. died Aug. 26, 1577, Condom Monluc also spelled Montluc soldier, a marshal of France …
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HUNDRED YEARS' WAR — an intermittent struggle between England and France in the 14th15th century over a series of disputes, including the question of …
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GASCONY — French Gascogne, historical and cultural region encompassing the southwestern French dpartements of Landes, Gers, and Hautes-Pyrnes and parts of Pyrnes-Atlantiques, …
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ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE — born c. 1122 died April 1, 1204, Fontevrault, Anjou, Fr. also called Eleanor Of Guyenne, French lonore, or Alinor, D'aquitaine, …
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CHARLES OF FRANCE — born Dec. 28, 1446 died May 28, 1472 duke of Berry, of Normandy, and of Guyenne, who fought in the …
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CHARLES III, — born March 12, 1270 died Dec. 16, 1325, Le Perray, near Rambouillet, Fr. also called Charles Of Valois count of …
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CASTILLON, BATTLE OF — (July 17, 1453), the concluding battle of the Hundred Years' War between France and England. The French had won Guyenne …
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ARMAGNAC — historic region of southwestern France, now contained in the dpartement of Gers. It is a region of hills reaching a …
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AQUITAINE — rgion encompassing the dpartements of Dordogne, Gironde, Landes, Lot-et-Garonne, and Pyrnes-Atlantiques in southwestern France. It is roughly coextensive with the …
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AQUITAINE — Historical region, southwestern France. It was roughly equivalent to Aquitania, the Roman division of southwestern Gaul, which consisted of the …
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