FOIX

fwä, town (1990 pop. 10,466), capital of Ariège dept., S France, on the Ariège River at the foot of the Pyrenees. It is an administrative and tourist center with some small industry. It grew around an oratory founded by Charlemagne and became the capital of the countship of Foix. The most famous of the many powerful Foix counts was Gaston III. Foix was united with the crownland in 1607. Of interest are an imposing château (12th and 14th cent.; restored), which now houses a museum of prehistoric, Gallo-Roman, and medieval art; and the ancient St. Volusieu Church (reconstructed in the 14th and 17th cent.).

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books on: Foix  - 689 results

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The Sonata in the Classic Era - Vol. 2
Book by William S. Newman; University of North Carolina Press, 1963
Subjects: Classicism In Music, Composers, Music--18th Century--History And Criticism, Sonata
...Eighteenth Century England", PMA LXXXV 1958-59 17-30. Saint-Foix/ BACH Georges de Saint-Foix, "A propos de Jean-Chretien Bach", RDM VII 1926 83-91. Saint-Foix/ BECK -----, "Le Symphoniste Franz Beck et le pianoforte...
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The Chronicles of Froissart
Book by John Bourchier, G. C. Macaulay, Jean Froissart; Macmillan, 1899
Subjects: Europe--History--476-1492, Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453
...why the war first moved between them of Foix and Armagnac. I will shew you, quoth...then, and the youngest to the earl of Foix, who as then was nephew to the king of Aragon, and as yet the earl of Foix beareth his arms, for he descended out...
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The Rise of the Aragonese-Catalan Empire, 1200-1350 - Vol. 1
Book by J. Lee Shneidman; New York University Press, 1970
Subjects: Aragon (Spain)--Foreign Relations, Aragon (Spain)--History
THE COUNTS OF FOIX While the county of Foix, which is north of the Pyrenees, is not in Catalunya, the counts of Foix played a major role in Catalan affairs, either as feudal landholders or, after 1230, as viscounts of Castelbon. After 1303...
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Heroism and Passion in Literature: Studies in Honour of Moya Longstaffe
Book by Graham Gargett; Rodopi, 2004
Subjects: Courage In Literature, Emotions In Literature, Heroes In Literature
...diner. - Vous faites IA, lui dit St-Foix, un f... diner, 11 r6p6ta si souvent...d6p6e au bras: Quimporte, dit alors St-Foix, cela nempeche pas quun petit pain et...useless dinner youre hav- ing, said St-Foix. He repeated this remark so often that...
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War, Government and Power in Late Medieval France
Book by Christopher Allmand; Liverpool University Press, 2000
Subjects: France--History--Medieval Period, 987-1515, France--Politics And Government--1328-1589
...the king. My third example comes from Foix-Bearn, where Michel du Bernis, procureur and notary in the county of Foix, composed a short chronicle of the ruling...example of historiography for the house of Foix to survive, was commissioned by Eleanora...
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journal articles on: Foix  - 31 results

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Adapting the Familiar: the Penny-weekly Serials of Eliza Winstanley on Stage in Suburban Theatres
Journal article by Catriona Mills; Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film, Vol. 36, 2009
Subjects: Adaptation, Art history, Dramatists, Theater, Theater companies, Winstanley, Eliza
...hauled up the cliffs to safety by Tom de Foix, the transported highwayman who is the...who attempts to prevent the rescue: De Foix is lowered over cliffhe takes Annie around...to ascend . . . Men haul up Annie and De Foix. Scene closes.32 Almost identical instructions...
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The Dreamer's Path: Descartes and the Sixteenth Century
Journal article by Michael H. Keefer; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 49, 1996
Subjects: Descartes, Rene--Influence, Dreams--Influence, Magical thinking--Influence, Philosophers--Influence
...psalms of David;(73) and Francois de Foix, duc de Candale and Bishop of Aire, believing...wrong in revering his opinion."(74) (Foix de Candale, interestingly, was a mathematician...112v-113; quoted in Walker, 69. 74 Foix, sig. A2; quoted in Walker, 69. 75...
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Scapegoats and Conspirators in the Chronicles of Jean Froissart and Jean le Bel
Journal article by Gerald Nachtwey; Fifteenth Century Studies, Vol. 36, 2011
...account of how Gaston Febus, the count of Foix, and Jean de Grailly, the Captai de Buch...to describe the arrival of the count of Foix and the Captai in Meaux, imagery which...marching under the banners of the earl of Foix and duke of Orleans, and the pennon of...
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"Living Dolls": Francois Ier Dresses His Women
Journal article by Yassana C. Croizat; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 60, 2007
Subjects: Francois Ier de France--Family, Francois Ier de France--History, Kings and rulers--Family, Kings and rulers--History, Kings--Family, Kings--History
...attention to the toilette of Francoise de Foix, comtesse de Chateaubriant (1494-1537...official mistresses, first Francoise de Foix, comtesse de Chateaubriant, and later...scritto sponte." (66) Francoise de Foix married Jean de Laval, seigneur de Chateaubriant...
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Fabius Maximus in Venice: Doge Andrea Gritti, the War of Cambrai, and the Rise of Habsburg Hegemony, 1509-1530 [*
Journal article by Robert Finlay; Vol. 53, 2000
Subjects: Gritti, Andrea--Military policy, Holy Roman Empire--History, Venice, Italy--History
...February, Spanish troops under Gaston de Foix, the twenty-two-year old nephew of...From October 1520 to March 1521, Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec, the French marshall...Two months after the sack of Brescia, de Foix was killed at the battle of Ravenna, and...
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magazine articles on: Foix  - 18 results

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Andorra
Magazine article by Christian Amodeo; Geographical, Vol. 76, April 2004
...head of state (previously the count of Foix) and the Spanish bishop of Urgell. In...and yellow flag of the French country of Foix. A quartered coat of arms in the centre...red and yellow vertical stripes represent Foix. Along the bottom of the crest runs the...
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The G Minor Minuet of Mozart's 'haffner' Serenade: Yet Another Musical Joke?
Magazine article by Balázs Mikusi; Musical Times, Vol. 147, Winter 2006
Subjects: Classical music, Musical criticism, Musical recordings, Musicology
...life once again.1 Theodore de Wyzewa and Georges de Saint-Foix comment on the movement in a very similar vein, even elaborating...point with much less rhetorical ballast than Wyzewa and Saint-Foix), also makes an exception for the first minuet: We may take...
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Exhibitions
Magazine article; PSA Journal, Vol. 69, May 2003
Subjects: Exhibitions, Photographic Society of America--Services, Photography--Exhibitions, Web sites--Usage
...Postfach 364, A-4010, Linz, Austria; E-mail: fotoforum@netway.at; $35 May 6, 2003--FOIX--Daniel Canal, B P 114, F-09003 Foix Cedex, France; sanges.andre@club-internet.fr; $9 May 10, 2003--GOLDEN SPURS--Etienne...
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Exhibitions
Magazine article; PSA Journal, Vol. 69, April 2003
Subjects: Photographic industry--Marketing, Photographic industry--Membership
...Postfach 364, A-4010, Linz, Austria; E-mail: fotoforum@netway.at; $35 May 6, 2003--FOIX--Daniel Canal, B P 114, F-09003 Foix Cedex, France; sanges.andre@club-internet.fr; $9 May 10, 2003--GOLDEN SPURS--Etienne...
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Ago Chapter News
Magazine article; The American Organist, Vol. 44, August 2010
...The next instrument visited was the three-manual Romantic organ built by Fermis in 1869 in Saint-Volusien Abbey Church in Foix. The latest restoration was completed in 2007. Titular organist emeritus Henri Harle described the instrument before his successor...
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newspaper articles on: Foix  - 32 results

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Wrong-Way Crash Kills Holiday Couple
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), March 2, 2010
...west of France, close to the town of Foix, south of Toulouse. Police estimate that...shock, said Lieutenant Guy Riviere, of Foix Gendarmerie. He added that the names of...holidaymakers and expatriates. A spokesman for Foix Gendarmerie said: For unknown reasons...
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Victory in France Leads Way in Great Weekend
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), February 16, 2005
...8 in Parabiago, but the most encouraging win of all came in Foix where the U18s beat France 10-3. In the past the Welsh Schools...with the move is that many of the boys who starred for Wales in Foix - full-back Jamie Roberts, scrum-half Lee Williams, No...
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BUSINESS and SOCIETY; the So-Called Secrets of Opus Dei
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, December 26, 2005
Subjects: Catholic Church, Opus Dei
...find nothing new about what prominent Spanish journalist Lluis Foix, an associate of Opus Dei, since 1961, told Allen: That no...asked what his political views were. Like in the case of Mr. Foix, the students who go to the centers under the spiritual direction...
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Pre-Race Favourite Victory No Threat
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), July 24, 2007
...Alexandre Vinokourov won the 15th stage of the Tour de France between Foix and Loudenvielle-Le Louron. The pre-race favourite timed...two warnings from the UCI since April 2006. Stage 15 (196km, Foix to Loudenvielle) Leading results: 1 A Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana...
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Evans Leads Tour De France; Another Rider Tests Positive
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), July 17, 2008
Subjects: Bicycle racing, News agencies, The Associated Press, Tour de France (Bicycle race)
...France; Another Rider Tests Positive. Byline: Associated Press FOIX, France Kurt-Asle Arvesen of Norway won the 11th stage of...pack when he finished the 104.1-mile trek from Lannemezan to Foix. The 33-year-old Norwegian national champion edged out Swiss...
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encyclopedia articles on: Foix  - 21 results

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Foix
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FOIX fwa, town (1990 pop. 10,466), capital of Ariege dept...founded by Charlemagne and became the capital of the countship of Foix. The most famous of the many powerful Foix counts was Gaston III. Foix was united with the crownland in...
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Gaston De Foix
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GASTON DE FOIX see Foix, Gaston de . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Nemours, Gaston De Foix, Duc De
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
NEMOURS, GASTON DE FOIX, DUC DE see Foix, Gaston de . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Foix, Gaston De
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FOIX, GASTON DE gastoN d fwa, 1489 1512, duc de Nemours, French general in the Italian Wars ; nephew of King Louis XII. As commander...
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Lautrec, Odet De Foix, Vicomte De
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LAUTREC, ODET DE FOIX, VICOMTE DE oda d fwa vekoNt d lotrek , 1485 1528, marshal of France. In the Italian Wars he fought at Marignano (1515) and...
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