ANGOUMOIS

äNgoomwäˈ, region and former province, W France, now coextensive with most of Charente dept. Angoulême is the historic capital and chief city. In the region is the Charente valley, with its excellent vineyards; the brandy made from their grapes is named for Cognac, the chief distillery center. In pre-Roman times the region was occupied by the Santones and Pictones, two Gallic peoples. Part of the kingdom of Aquitaine under Charlemagne's empire, Angoumois became a county in the 9th cent. and was united with the French crown in 1307. Under the Treaty of Brétigny (1360) Angoumois, then ruled by the counts of Angoulême, was recognized as English territory, but in 1371 it became a fief of the dukes of Berry, a branch of the French royal family. When Francis I, formerly the count of Angoulême, became king in 1515, Angoumois was definitively incorporated into the French crown lands.

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books on: Angoumois  - 146 results

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John Jenkins and His Time: Studies in English Consort Music
Book by Andrew Ashbee, Peter Holman; Clarendon Press, 1996
Subjects: Chamber Music--England--17th Century--History And Criticism, Jenkins, John--1592-1678
paper industry of the Angoumois in south-western France, which...small Norman pot paper was taken by Angoumois products with the characteristic watermarks...monogram, could well be associated with Angoumois mills rented from the Jesuit Abbey...
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Old Master Prints and Drawings: A Guide to Preservation and Conservation
Book by Carlo James, Marjorie B. Cohn, Caroline Corrigan, Marie Christine Enshaian, Marie Rose Greca; Amsterdam University Press, 1997
Subjects: Drawing--Conservation And Restoration, Paper--Preservation, Prints--Conservation And Restoration
...the same purpose. Exported papers The Angoumois region exported a large part of its production...initials of the papermaker diagr. 48 . Angoumois papers exported to Spain, Portugal...seventeenth century the Dutch approached the Angoumois, by sea, to have made there or to make...
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Turgot and the Ancien Raegime in France
Book by Douglas Dakin; Methuan & co., ltd., 1939
Subjects: Finance, Public--France--To 1789, France--Politics And Government--1774-1793, Taxation--France--History, Turgot, Anne-Robert-Jacques--Baron De L'Aulne--1727-1781
...the ravage of pests. In Limousin and Angoumois the problem of storing grain presented...usually supposed, it had made its way into Angoumois in the thirties. At the same time he...Duhamel and Tillet, to study the pest in Angoumois. Their researches, lasting two years...
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A History of the Estates of Poitou
Book by Joseph M. Tyrrell; Mouton, 1968
Subjects: France--Etats Gaenaeraux
...and a more serious revolt broke out in Angoumois, Saintonge and Guyenne in 1548. 85...put down the insurrection in Guyenne, Angoumois and Saintonge in September 1548. They...town and gouvernement of La Rochelle, Angoumois, Haut...
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High Romanesque Sculpture in the Duchy of Aquitaine, C. 1090-1140
Book by Anat Tcherikover; Oxford University, 1997
Subjects: Sculpture, French--France--Aquitaine, Sculpture, Romanesque--France--Aquitaine
...longitudinal systems which appeared in Angoumois and Saintonge around 1120-30. As seen...and envisaged a slow expansion through Angoumois and Saintonge northwards. This view...vaste champ dexpansion; Saintonge et Angoumois ont insuffle, aux traditions poitevines...
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Magical Emasculation, Popular Anticlericalism, and the Limits of the Reformation in Western France Circa 1590
Journal article by Kevin C. Robbins; Journal of Social History, Vol. 31, 1997
Subjects: Clergy--Conduct of life, La Rochelle, France--Religion, Superstition--16th century, Weddings--History
...1791, for example, in the adjoining Angoumois region, National Guardsmen had to take...Normandy, Poitou, Aunis, Saintonge, and Angoumois) manifested exceptional dread of priestly...charentais: Vendee, Aunis, Saintonge, Angoumois (Toulouse, 1976). Although of limited...
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Magical Emasculation, Popular Anticlericalism, and the Limits of the Reformation in Western France Circa 1590
Journal article by Kevin C. Robbins; Journal of Social History, Vol. 31, 1997
Subjects: Anti-clericalism--History, Clergy--Public opinion, France--History, Magic--Religious aspects
...1791, for example, in the adjoining Angoumois region, National Guardsmen had to take...Normandy, Poitou, Aunis, Saintonge, and Angoumois) manifested exceptional dread of priestly...charentais: Vendee, Aunis, Saintonge, Angoumois (Toulouse, 1976). Although of limited...
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Marguerite De Navarre and the Androgynous Portrait of Francois Ier
Journal article by Barbara Hochstetler Meyer; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 48, 1995
Subjects: Ier, Francois (King of France)--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Portraits--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...Bourbon. 5 Lecoq, 1987, 393-433. Marguerite was born on 11 April 1492 and Francois on 12 September 1494 at Cognac in the Angoumois. 6 R. Thomas, 475, from the Chanson spirituelles, "Autres Pensee, faites un mois apres le mort du Roy. Sur le chant...


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encyclopedia articles on: Angoumois  - 6 results

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Angoumois
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ANGOUMOIS aNgoomwa , region and former province...Aquitaine under Charlemagnes empire, Angoumois became a county in the 9th cent. and...Under the Treaty of Bretigny (1360) Angoumois, then ruled by the counts of Angouleme...
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Cognac
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
COGNAC konyak , city (1990 pop. 19,932), Charente dept., W France, in Angoumois, on the Charente River. The French brandy to which Cognac gives its name has been manufactured and exported from the city since...
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France
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...central section of the west coast, between the Gironde estuary and the Loire, is occupied by the provinces of Saintonge , Angoumois , Aunis , and Poitou . Since 1972 France has been administratively divided into 22 regions, many of which correspond to the...
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AngoulÊme
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...making electric motors, soap, and shoes. It was an early episcopal see and became (9th cent.) the seat of the counts of Angoumois . Ceded (1360) to England, it was reconquered (1373) by Charles V. Its remarkable Cathedral of St. Pierre was begun...
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La Rochefoucauld, FranÇois, Duc De
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...and was later active in both Frondes . Wounded and disheartened, he made his peace (1652) and retired to his estates in Angoumois. Later he settled (c.1658) in Paris where he moved in the literary circle of Mme de Sable, which included Mme de La...
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