MAINE, Region and Former Province, France

mĕn, region and former province, NW France, S of Normandy and E of Brittany. It now comprises the departments of Mayenne and Sarthe and parts of Loire-et-Cher, Eure-et-Loir, and Orne. Le Mans, the historic capital, is an important industrial and commercial center. Other towns in the region are Laval, Mayenne, and Vendôme. Maine is primarily agricultural, with important stock raising in the hilly Perche; it is well irrigated by the Mayenne, Loire, and Sarthe rivers. Important during Roman times, Maine was Christianized between the 4th and 6th cent. Made a county in the 10th cent., it passed (1126) to Anjou and was held for long periods by England. It frequently reverted to the French crown, or to members of the royal family, until it was finally united with the crown in 1584 upon the death of the Duke of Alençon.

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books on: Maine Region and Former Province France  - 7 results

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Brittany and the Angevins: Province and Empire, 1158-1203
Book by J. A Everard; Cambridge University Press, 2000
Subjects: Anjou, House Of, Brittany (France)--History, France--Relations--Great Britain, Great Britain--Relations--France, Henry--Ii--King Of England--1133-1189
...in a study of any of the neighbouring regions, such as Maine or Anjou, and the reason why it arises...characterisation of Brittany as a Celtic region. As a preliminary matter, then, I...similar to that in other parts of the former Roman Gaul, combining Gallo-Romans...
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Medieval France: A Companion to French Studies
Book by Arthur Tilley; Cambridge University Press, 1922
Subjects: Civilization, Medieval, France--Civilization--History, France--History--Medieval Period To 1515, French Literature--Old French--History And Criticism
...extended to the province of Champagne...known, this region fell into the...family of a former vicomte of the Dukes of France, Thibaut the...original Duchy of France. The Angevin...subjugated Maine, was in possession...peculiar to France, and as it...
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Spatial Inequality and Development
Book by Ravi Kanbur, Anthony J. Venables; Oxford University Press, 2005
Subjects: Equality--Case Studies, Income Distribution--Case Studies, Regional Economic Disparities--Case Studies
...is developed for regions within a country...the flourishing provinces of Chinas coastal...that explore the former question and Bruno...output varies across provinces. 3 Due to the...from the contested province of East Timor...study will use the province as the sole geographic...allows the within-region variance to vary...migration across provinces or between urban...
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The Cousins' Wars: Religion, Politics, and the Triumph of Anglo-America
Book by Kevin Phillips; Basic Books, 1999
Subjects: Great Britain--History--Civil War, 1642-1649--Religious Aspects, Great Britain--Politics And Government--1642-1649, Politics And War--History, Religion And Politics--Great Britain--History, Religion And Politics--United States--History, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Religious Aspects, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Religious Aspects, United States--Politics And Government--1775-1783, United States--Politics And Government--1861-1865
...The kings of France had never dared...exiled, settle New France. Had they been...of what are now Maine and Vermont. The former Puritan diaspora...making these provinces ethnically as well...country parent region of Lincoln, Huntingdon...included that province plus the adjacent...slaves. Of the regions half million whites...
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Mixed-Member Electoral Systems: The Best of Both Worlds?
Book by Matthew Soberg Shugart, Martin P. Wattenberg; Oxford University Press, 2003
Subjects: Comparative Government, Proportional Representation
...contrast, the NFP nominated 30 former Komei members as SSD candidates...privatization of Sanchez de Lozadas former government. Moreover, incentives...different regions within the province (p. 18). See also Seidle...in 1991. 6 Subsequently the former communists won again and were...
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journal articles on: Maine Region and Former Province France  - 42 results

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Maine, Massachusetts, and the Marists: American Catholic Missionaries in the South Pacific
Journal article by Hugh Laracy; The Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 85, 1999
Subjects: Catholicism, History, Missionaries, South Pacific, United States
...them come from Maine or from Lawrence...emergence in Lyon, France, of the Societe...also spread from France, via England...became northern Maine were thereby...population of the region began about 1870...American Marist province, which had been...divided into two provinces, the "FrencW...stock), the former had six establishments...
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The Bastides of Southwest France
Journal article by Adrian Randolph; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 77, 1995
Subjects: Area planning & development, France, Middle Ages, Rural areas
...closer to the Roman province of Aquitenia Tertia...to the administrative regions of Aquitaine, Midi...convenient name for the region. Languedoc, as a linguistic...describing southwest France as Languedoc can lead...see P. Pinchemel, France: A Geographical, Social...population dans le Midi de la France de lonzieme siecle...
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Internment Camps for German Civilians in Finistere, France (1914-1919)
Journal article by Jean-Noel Grandhomme; The Historian, Vol. 68, 2006
Subjects: Civilians--Emigration and immigration, Civilians--Social aspects, Concentration camps--Analysis, Germans--Emigration and immigration, Germans--Social aspects
...of the ancient province of Brittany...elsewhere in France. Some had simply...officials used former fortresses and...available. The regions Roman Catholic...charge of the region. During a visit...to prefect of Maine-et-Loire...Germans from France, the United...Strasbourg, France.
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Annual Report for 2003
Journal article by Charles F. Bryan Jr.; The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 112, 2004
...Lincoln that afternoon at the former Tredegar Iron Works. Just...54 folders. Gift of the former board of directors of the Womens...Estendue de Chaascune Region Province Dicelles. . . . Anvers, 1581...Emeritus John Melville Jennings FORMER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES...
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Fleeing the Nightmare: French Emigres in Cuba and Louisiana during the Haitian Revolution, 1791-1810
Journal article by Jose Morales; MACLAS Latin American Essays, 2000
Subjects: French (European people)--History, French in foreign countries--History, Revolutions--Social aspects, Slavery--History
...in the eastern provinces of Cuba--Santiago...and also the province of Havana. Their...number in Havana province was also spectacular...in the eastern provinces by founding the...remainder born in France; whites numbered...coffee producing region of the island...only the eastern provinces as the "coffee region;" The eastern...
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magazine articles on: Maine Region and Former Province France  - 17 results

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Are You Going to Old Orchard Again This Year? Quebec's New England Outpost
Magazine article by Donald Cuccioletta; Inroads, Winter 2005
Subjects: Beaches, Cultural identity, Historic buildings & sites, Old Orchard Beach Maine, Tourist attractions
...Orchard Beach, Maine. In every francophone...French. This former Quebecer from...Quebec. Much as in France, there is a massive...and the pleasant Maine lowlands takes...Francophonie" in a region of North America...and Kennebunk in Maine, and Cape Cod...the rest of the province on the other...
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1491: Before It Became the New World, the Western Hemisphere Was Vastly More Populous and Sophisticated Than Has Been Thought ... the Amazon Rain Forest May Be Largely a Human Artifact
Magazine article by Charles C. Mann; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 289, March 2002
Subjects: Amazon River Region, Balee, William, Erickson, Clark, Native South Americans--History, Rain forests
...a Bolivian province about the size...ends up in the provinces northern rivers...archaeologist at the Maine Historic Preservation...in southern Maine. It had more...in different regions, its hard...pandemics swept the region." In his...European life. France--"by any...disturbance. The former crested with...
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What's Up?
Magazine article; Journal of Property Management, Vol. 72, July 2007
...United Kingdom and France. Divaris was...President for Region 12, where he...titled, "Duty to Former Clients and Former...the Sacramento region. * Darlene M...New York Capital Region Chapter No. 93...every Canadian province, as well as numerous...Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts...
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Beyond Road Maps: the Topography of Digital Mapping Databases
Magazine article by David Mattison; Searcher, Vol. 12, January 2004
Subjects: Adams Business Media, Geographic information systems, Geospatial Information Technology Association, Information industry, International, Manycompanies, Maps, National Geographic Society, Online data bases, United States, Web sites
...Some maps cover an entire province, while others are specific...Canadian Dr. Kim Rossmo, a former Vancouver City cop, developed...Survey and Municipal Maps The Province of British Columbias Online...Depending on what part of the province you view, the level of detail...
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The Colonial Origins of American Liberty
Magazine article by Thomas E. Woods Jr.; Ideas on Liberty, Vol. 50, September 2000
Subjects: Colonialism, Freedoms, History, United States
...the various regions. (One of...revolutionary France from historical...within the province of human capacity...devoted to their region, to their...reorganized France into arbitrary...its historic regions. In our own...aggressive New France, King James...Massachusetts, Maine, and New Hampshire...resume "their former employment...
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Modern Pilgrimage into History; Portugal and Spain Present Many Sites of Enchantment
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 10, 2007
...Spains northwestern province of Galicia was...routes merged in France and continued...Valley to visit the region where the grapes...settled in the region in the first millennium...and the Gothic former town hall are...smaller than our Maine lobsters - are...Spains Galicia province and is the site...


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encyclopedia articles on: Maine Region and Former Province France  - 6 results

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Maine , Region and Former Province, France
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MAINE , region and former province, France men, region and former province, NW France, S of Normandy and E of Brittany...are Laval, Mayenne, and Vendome. Maine is primarily agricultural, with important...
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Maine , State, United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the Canadian provinces of Quebec (NW...gardening for the region. The growing of...habitation in what is now Maine can be traced back...areas. The coast of Maine, which may have...became known as Maine, either to honor...proprietor of the province in France called Maine, or...
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France
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...divisions. These provinces mirror Frances...The heart of France N of the Loire River is the province of Ile-de-France, which occupies...surrounded by the provinces of Champagne...Brittany, Maine , and Anjou...South-central France is occupied...provinces. These regions are: Alsace...the Bayonne region, Provencal...
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Anjou
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ANJOU aNzhoo , region and former province, W France, coextensive roughly with Maine-et-Loire and parts...Mayenne, Sarthe, Loir, and Maine rivers. It is chiefly...inheritance ruled most of W France. When Henry IIs grandson...
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Provence
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PROVENCE provaNs , region and former province, SE France. It now encompasses...Provincia, meaning province. Christianity was...idiom throughout S France in the Middle Ages...nephew, Charles of Maine, who left it to the...
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