LIMOUSIN

lēmoozăNˈ, region and former province, S central France, in the arid, hilly country W of the Auvergne Mts. It comprises the depts. of Corrèze, Creuse, and Haute-Vienne. Limoges, the historic capital, is the center of ceramics industries, for which the abundant kaolin of the region is used; both Limoges and Tulle are important markets for the cattle raised in most of Limousin; Brive-la-Gaillarde is surrounded by fertile lowlands. In 918, Limousin was enfeoffed to the duchy of Aquitaine, and much of its history is essentially that of Aquitaine. Ravaged by Edward the Black Prince in the Hundred Years War, Limousin was reconquered for France (1370–74) by Bertrand du Guesclin. It remained a depressed area until Turgot became intendant (1761–64) and introduced notable reforms.

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books on: Limousin  - 724 results

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A Bibliography of French Labor
Book by Leon A. Dale; Augustus M. Kelley, 1969
Limousin, Charles M., " Economie politique et...Journal des economistes , August 1887 Limousin, Charles M., " La concurrence des syndicats...Journal des economistes , May 1902 Limousin, Charles M., " La question des syndicats...
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The Regions of France: A Reference Guide to History and Culture
Book by Wayne Northcutt; Greenwood Press, 1996
Subjects: Decentralization In Government--France--History--20th Century, France--Civilization--1945-, Popular Culture--France--Regions
...II of England, Aquitaine including Limousin came under English control. Although France won back control of Limousin in the first part of the 1200s, during...attention to the economic development of Limousin, stressing road building, improving...
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A History of the Estates of Poitou
Book by Joseph M. Tyrrell; Mouton, 1968
Subjects: France--Etats Gaenaeraux
...The participation of the estates of Limousin is more difficult to analyze because...century refer only to the estates of Limousin, while those describing the sixteenth...distinguish between the estates of Haut Limousin and Bas Limousin. During the fifteenth...
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Consciousness and Class Experience in Nineteenth-Century Europe
Book by John M. Merriman; Holmes & Meier Publishers, 1979
Subjects: Social Classes--Europe--Case Studies, Working Class--Europe--Case Studies
...Emmanuel Clancier, La Vie quotidienne en Limousin au XIXe siecle . See also Clancier novel...of cultural heritage. 19. Almanach Limousin , 1862, pp. 2-3; Louis Guibert...des bons saints y est pousee " Almanach Limousin , 1862, pp. 2-3 . See also reports...
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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
...Seven Great Statesmen. 1910. VII. LIMOUSIN AND ANGOUMOIS. THE GENERALITE OF LIMOGES...B. Le metayage, particulierement en Limousin . 1899. FAGE, R. La vie e Tulle au...1895. LAFARGE, R. LAgriculture en Limousin et lintendance de Turgot . 1902. LEROUX...
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journal articles on: Limousin  - 58 results

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The Rise and Decline of a Revolutionary Space: Paris' Place De Greve and the Stonemasons of Creuse, 1750-1900
Journal article by Casey Harison; Journal of Social History, Vol. 34, 2000
Subjects: Architecture and society--Analysis, Architecture--Analysis, Historic sites--France, Paris, France--Historic sites
...the migrants, not wanting to return to Limousin (the area of central France from which...who has written extensively on the Limousin and the stonemasons, argues that the...stonemasons, like much of the population from Limousin, would vote consistently on the political...
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"Race" and Gender in Non-Durkheimian French Sociology, 1893-1914
Journal article by Martin Staum; Canadian Journal of History, Vol. 42, 2007
Subjects: Race--Social aspects, Sex role--Social aspects, Sex roles--Social aspects, Sexual politics--Social aspects, Sexual stereotypes--Social aspects
...Proudhonist typographer, Charles-Mathieu Limousin (1840-1909), a councilor and eventually officer of the Paris Society. For Limousin, racial attributes were permanent...subsequent discussions of 1900 and 1902 Limousin again insisted that the once-useful...
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Introduction: The Virtue of Idiosyncrasy
Journal article by Stephane Gerson; French Politics, Culture and Society, Vol. 22, 2004
Subjects: Corbain, Alain--Criticism and interpretation, Cultural criticism, French history, Historians--Criticism and interpretation
...evolution of regional structures" in the Limousin between 1845 and 1880. (5) This regional...more prudent Labroussian study of the Limousin. But, finding it difficult to calculate...Corbin, Archaisme et modemite en Limousin au XIXe siecle, new ed., 2 vols...
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Alain Corbin et L'histoire Des Femmes
Journal article by Michelle Perrot; French Politics, Culture and Society, Vol. 22, 2004
Subjects: France--History, Historians--Research, Les filles de noce (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Sociological research, Women's issues--History
...paysan (3) DArchaisme et modernite en Limousin (1975) aux Cloches de la terre (1994...normande, sa longue frequentation du Limousin, puis du Perche, peut-etre ses inclinations...lindustrie. Archaisme et modemite en Limousin, these faite sous la direction de Bertrand...
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Effets Economiques Du Paysage Sur le Developpement Regional: Illustration a Partir D'une Zone Rurale Francaise (le Pays De la Meteorite)
Journal article by D. Vollet, M. Guerin; Canadian Journal of Regional Science, Vol. 28, 2005
Subjects: Landscape--Economic aspects, Regional economics--Statistics, Rural areas--Economic aspects, Rural land use--Economic aspects, Sparsely populated areas--Economic aspects
...dune region naturelle appelee <<bocage limousin >(voir figure 2). Cest une zone de...qualite de <<paysage >(Pays Ouest Limousin 2004). (5) Les moyens disponibles...Rochechouart, caracteristique du bocage limousin, est generalement reconnu comme tres...
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magazine articles on: Limousin  - 20 results

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The New Europe: Theatrical Adventures in Belgium, Italy, Germany, France and Norway
Magazine article by Randy Gener; American Theatre, Vol. 23, May-June 2006
Subjects: Theater--Evaluation
...Paris, as part of Les Francophonies en Limousin, an annual international festival of...most especially in Les Francophonies en Limousin--the mother of all festivals of world...and Monique Blin, Les Francophonies en Limousin is Frances global face to the francophone...
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Roger Steptoe at 50
Magazine article by Malcolm Miller; Musical Opinion, Vol. 126, March 2003
...the 30th anniversary of the lt6,te Musicale at St Robert in Limousin. The subtitle Five Tableaux without titles refers to the inspiration...2002 to great acclaim by the Orchestre Symphonique Regional du Limousin conducted by Guy Condette, in an all-- English programme...
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Eats Roots and Leaves: The Quest for Spiritual Virtue through Personal Austerity Drove Many Eastern Christians to Lead Solitary Lives as Hermits Surviving in the Wilderness. Andrew Jotischky Describes How Indifference to Food Became an Integral Part of the Monastic Ideal in the Byzantine Era, One Revived in the West in the 11th and 12th Centuries
Magazine article by Andrew Jotischky; History Today, Vol. 61, April 2011
Subjects: Asceticism--Analysis, Food habits--Religious aspects, Human nutrition--Religious aspects, Monastic and religious life--Analysis, Monastic life--Analysis, Monks--Food and nutrition
...century hermit who fled for solitude to the forests of the Limousin in south-western France, supposedly found himself reduced...monastery of that order eventually founded by Stephen at Ohazine in Limousin, the diet was dominated by cereals and vegetables. Cereals...
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Totally Wired: The Lives of the People in a Village in the West African Country of Gabon Have Been Transformed by an Immense Recycling Project, in Which a Mining Company Has Salvaged a Disused Cable Transport System to Create an Ecotourism Safari Park and Commercial Agricultural Project, Giving the Villagers a New Livelihood
Magazine article by Sarah Monaghan; Geographical, Vol. 81, December 2009
Subjects: Ecotourism, Gabon--Environmental aspects, Recycling (Waste, etc.)--Environmental aspects, Recycling (Waste, etc.)--Gabon, Recycling--Environmental aspects, Recycling--Gabon, Villages--Waste management
...economically viable, ensure the continuation of the local community and help it to become self-sufficient, explains Michel Limousin, Comilogs finance manager. Over the next five years, every able-bodied man was mobilised on a salvage operation to transform...
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The Great Fear of 1947 Could France Have Gone Communist? Martin Evans and Emmanuel Godin Ask How Close Was France to Becoming a Communist Country in the Years after the Second World War
Magazine article by Martin Evans, Emmanuel Godin; History Today, Vol. 55, January 2005
Subjects: French history--Research, Politics--History
...those Communists who pursued an independent agenda, such as the resistance leader Georges Guingouin, known as the Tito of the Limousin, were expelled from the party as the PCF called on its supporters to fulfil their patriotic duty and rebuild France. Workers...
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Limousin Heifer Wins Top Show Championship
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), November 22, 2006
Limousin Heifer Wins Top Show Championship. Byline: By Anna LognonnA THE pedigree Limousin heifer, Quaish Abfab, from Somerset breeder...and a further pounds 1,000 from the British Limousin Cattle Society for winning the title with a...
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North Limousin Farmer Wins Prestige Trophy
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), July 7, 2006
North Limousin Farmer Wins Prestige Trophy. Byline: By Anna Lognonne Limousin cattle breeder Carole Stafford made her debut appearance...the beef cattle championship, won jointly with Limousin bull Samy, from Stirlingshire breeder R J Graham...
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Limousin Heifer Wins Top Show Championship
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), November 22, 2006
Limousin Heifer Wins Top Show Championship. Byline: By Anna Lognonne The pedigree Limousin heifer, Quaish Abfab, from Somerset breeder...and a further pounds 1,000 from the British Limousin Cattle Society for winning the title with a...
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Premier Limousin Cattle to Go on Sale
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), April 28, 2007
Subjects: Beef cattle, Cattle industry, Livestock industry
Premier Limousin Cattle to Go on Sale. Byline: By Jennifer...the premier commercial suckler herds of Limousin crossbred cattle in the country goes...Robertson family has been involved with the Limousin breed from the very start of its British...
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Limousin Maintains Position as Top Breed; Farming
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), March 11, 2009
Subjects: Agricultural industry
Limousin Maintains Position as Top Breed; Farming. THE British Limousin breed has maintained its position as Britains number...registered in the year, 629,126 were sired by Limousin bulls. This figure represents a 35% share of the...
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encyclopedia articles on: Limousin  - 12 results

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Limousin
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LIMOUSIN lemoozaN , region and former province, S central...important markets for the cattle raised in most of Limousin; Brive-la-Gaillarde is surrounded by fertile lowlands. In 918, Limousin was enfeoffed to the duchy of Aquitaine, and...
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Limousin, LÉonard
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LIMOUSIN, LEONARD laonar lemoozaN , lemozaN , c.1505 c.1577, French painter...for their elegance, precise technique, and intense color. The art of Limousin is best studied in the Louvre, which owns many portraits and two celebrated...
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France
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...major natural features. It comprises the provinces of Marche , Limousin, Auvergne, and Lyonnais . To the E of the Rhone River, which...Normandie, Ile-de-France , Languedoc-Roussillon, Limousin , Lorraine , Midi-Pyrenees, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Pays...
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Giraudoux, Jean
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...launched his dramatic career with Siegfried (tr. 1930), an adaptation of his novel Siegfried et le Limousin (1922, tr. My Friend from Limousin, 1923). Most of his subsequent plays, including Amphitryon 38 (1929, tr. 1937), La Guerre...
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Limoges
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...seat of the viscounty of Limoges and (1589) the capital of Limousin prov. It was often visited by war, pestilence, and famine...developed by the 13th cent. and culminated in the work of Leonard Limousin, but it declined when Limoges was once more devastated in...
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