NIVERNAIS

nēvĕrnāˈ, region and former province, central France. It roughly coincides with Nièvre dept. Drained by the Loire and the Yonne, it is a hilly plateau, rising to the Morvan Mts. in the east. It has metallurgical, chemical, and livestock industries. Nevers is its chief town and historic capital. A county after the 10th cent., it passed (1384) through inheritance to Philip the Bold of Burgundy, and later, as a duchy, passed (1565) through a complicated succession to the house of Gonzaga. Cardinal Mazarin bought (1659) the title, which remained with his family even after Louis XIV incorporated (1669) Nivernais into the royal domain.

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books on: Nivernais  - 182 results

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The French Navy and the Seven Years' War
Book by Jonathan R. Dull; University of Nebraska Press, 2005
Subjects: France--History, Naval--18th Century, France--History--Louis Xv, 1715-1774, France--Marine--History--18th Century, Seven Years' War, 1756-1763
...Britain 447 3-29, Instructions for Nivernais and Observations on the Draft Treaty...447: 65-66, 66-67, 67, 6?7z, Nivernais to the comte de Choiseul, 6 Septem...26, 128-29, 134 37, 143-54, Nivernais to the comte de Choiseul, 14 September...
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Lord Chesterfield
Book by Samuel Shellabarger; Macmillan, 1935
Subjects: Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope--Earl Of--1694-1773
...the Venetian ambassadress, the Duc de Nivernais, ambassador of France. There were other...had Chesterfield supplied the Duc de Nivernais father, the Duc de Nevers, with a magnificent...Marquise de Monconseil to suggest to Nivernais that he consider Philip, who was presented...
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The Industrial Revolution in France, 1815-1848
Book by Arthur Louis Dunham; Exposition Press, 1955
Subjects: France--Economic Conditions, France--Industries
...Auxerre, which was the outlet for the Nivernais and Burgundy canals, there were sixty...shooting a sudden flood of water out of the Nivernais canal. We hear also of great difficulties...the chief engineer of the canal of Nivernais, invented a movable dam which could...
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Primitive Property
Book by Emile De Laveleye, G. R. L. Marriott, T. E. Cliffe Leslie; Macmillan, 1878
Subjects: Land Use, Property, Village Communities
...number of persons" Guy Coquille , on Nivernais , p. 478 . "We have several of these societies in Berry and Nivernais, principally in the houses of mages...We find clear instances in Berry, Nivernais, Bourbonnais, Saintonge, and other...
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France under Louis XV - Vol. 2
Book by James Breck Perkins; Houghton, Mifflin, 1897
Subjects: France--History--Louis Xv, 1715-1774
...1 Instructions to Nivernais, Aff. Etr. Frederick stated in his memoirs that Nivernais offered him the island of Tabago for...he prepared them long afterwards. 2 Nivernais to Rouille , January, 1756; Aff. Etr...
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journal articles on: Nivernais  - 7 results

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Guy Thuillier: "Paris Will Save Nothing."
Journal article by Joseph Amato; Journal of Social History, Vol. 27, 1993
Subjects: France--History, Historians--Attitudes, Local history--Analysis
...great passion is the province of the Nivernais, his commitment to regional and local...nineteenth- and twentieth-century Nivernais, where he still continues to do research...grand capitalisme dans la metallurgie en Nivernais au XIXe siecle (1959), and continues...
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Record Reviews
Journal article by Norm Cohen; Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 102, 1989
Subjects: Folklore, Folklore--United States, Manners And Customs, United States--Social Life And Customs
...Musiques Pour Cornemuses de Berry, du Bourbonnais, du Nivernais, du Morvan et de Basse-Auvergne Music for Bagpipes from the Regions of the Berry, the Bourbonnais, the Nivernais, the Morvan, and the Lower Auvergne (Ocora C 559044) headlines...
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Little Red Riding Hood: Werewolf and Prostitute
Journal article by Richard Chase Jr., David Teasley; The Historian, Vol. 57, 1995
Subjects: Little Red Riding Hood (Tale)--Moral and ethical aspects
...compiled thirty-five versions of the folktale, found that bzou was always used in the story for brou or garou, which in the Nivernais was loup-brou or loup-garou. All these are variations on the French word for werewolf, a supernatural being associated...
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'Ut Sexu Sic Animo': The Resolution of Sex and Gender in the Planctus of Abelard
Journal article by Juanita Feros Ruys; Medium Aevum, Vol. 75, 2006
Subjects: Abelard, Peter--Criticism and interpretation, Abelard, Peter--Works, Educators--Criticism and interpretation, Educators--Works, Women--Portrayals, Women--Sexual behavior, Women--Social aspects
...Plainsong and Medieval Music, 11 (2002), 25-35. (73) Un ensemble de planctus attribues a Abelard dans un prosaire nivernais (manuscrit Paris, BnF, n.a.l. 3126), in Pierre Abelard: Colloque international de Nantes, pp. 277-94 (p...
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Des Femmes En Mouvement ..
Journal article by Colette H. Winn; The Romanic Review, Vol. 94, 2003
Subjects: Journet, Charles, Renaissance--Research, Travel in literature--Research, Travel literature--Research
...justement Se termine en Paralisie ... Les fontaines de Pougues, autrefois visitees exclusivement par les gens des environs du Nivernais, connaissent dans le dernier tiers du XVI.sup.e siecle un regain de faveur. Louis de Gonzague, duc de Nevers, y sejourna...
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The Strange Case of the Chevalier d'Eon: In the Mid-18th Century-At the Height of the Power Struggle between France and England and the Political Ferment of Both Nations-A French Spy with a Peculiar Personal Agenda Came to Prominence in London. Jonathan Conlin Tells His Story
Magazine article by Jonathan Conlin; History Today, Vol. 60, April 2010
Subjects: Diplomats--Biography, Spies--Biography, d'Eon, Chevalier--Biography
...number of less memorable skirmishes. In August 1762 Praslin appointed dEon secretary to the French ambassador, the Duc de Nivernais, sent to London to negotiate the peace. Though dEons role in the negotiations had been minor, George III accorded him the...
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Louis Durey: Homme de Tete
Magazine article by Marc Wood; Musical Times, Vol. 141, Winter 2000
Subjects: Classical music, Composers, Durey, Louis, France, History, Personal profiles
...work, particularly in the slow movement variations, which build up to a powerful climax. The last movement is based on a Nivernais folk-tune, `Dans ljardin de mon pere un grand poirier y a, reflecting an interest in French folk music that occupied...


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newspaper articles on: Nivernais  - 46 results

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Three Girls in a Boat; (.Plus Captain and Mrs Milton)
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), February 4, 2007
...day canal cruise along the Canal du Nivernais, one of Frances most picturesque stretches...in the Seventies. Now, the Canal de Nivernais - part of a Europe-wide system of canals...give her a hearty push. The Canal de Nivernais had further nasty surprises up its sleeve...
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By Boat in Burgundy
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), September 11, 2006
...views as we steered our course on the Nivernais Canal in the Burgundy region of France...Ireland. Cruising areas in France include Nivernais-Loire, Burgundy, Provence, Brittany...and Alsace Lorraine. * Boats in the Nivernais region cost from pounds 538 for a week...
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It Would Be Folly to Ignore Youth
Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), March 15, 2011
Subjects: Teenagers, Youth
...Winter Juvenile Hurdle (4.40pm) but Venetia Williams TENOR NIVERNAIS looks to hold solid credentials. Both Jonjo ONeills ABERDALE...20pm Woolcombe Folly 4pm Call The Police 4.40pm Tenor Nivernais 5.15pm Allure Of Illusion NOT THE MASTER OF HIS DESTINY...
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Time for Rupert to Bear Soul
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), March 16, 2011
...Winter Juvenile Hurdle (4.40pm) but Venetia WilliamsTENOR NIVERNAIS looks to hold solid credentials. Both Jonjo ONeills Aderdale...20pm Woolcombe Folly, 4pm Call The Police, 4.40pm Tenor Nivernais, 5.15pm Cinder And Ashes. Time for Rupert (left) is...
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Loulou Brings It Home Again
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), March 7, 2007
...Loulou Brings It Home Again. Byline: By Jack Pickering Loulou Nivernais has Aintree on his agenda next month after completing a four...beat Welcome To Unos by 26 lengths. Ellison trains Loulou Nivernais for Naughty Diesel Ltd and his daughter Lorraine said...
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encyclopedia articles on: Nivernais  - 6 results

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Nivernais
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
NIVERNAIS neverna , region and former province, central France. It roughly coincides...which remained with his family even after Louis XIV incorporated (1669) Nivernais into the royal domain. ____________________ Copyright...
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France
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...dept.), and Normandy in the northeast and north; Brittany, Maine , and Anjou in the west; and Touraine , Orleanais , Nivernais , and Burgundy in the south. Further south are Berry and Bourbonnais . Further east, between the Vosges Mts. and the Rhine...
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Morvan
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MORVAN morvaN , mountainous region, E central France, in Nivernais and Burgundy. The northernmost part of the Massif Central, this heavily forested region rises to 2,959 ft (902 m) at Bois...
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Burgundy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Belgium, the then extensive duchy of Luxembourg, Picardy, Artois, Lorraine, S Baden, Alsace, the Franche-Comte, Nivernais, and Charolais. In the early 15th cent. the dukes of Burgundy, through their partisans in France, dominated French politics...
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Gonzaga
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Montferrat, became extinct. A cadet line, established in France, had succeeded, by marriage, to the duchies of Nevers or Nivernais and Rethel and in 1627 began to claim the succession to Mantua and Montferrat, which were strategically located on the Lombard...
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