11) Chatellerault. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Châtellerault, (shatelro´) (KEY) , town (1990 pop. 35,691), Vienne dept., W central France. It is an industrial center where armaments, cutlery, aeronautical equipment,...
12) Turpin. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...A mythological contemporary of Charlemagne. His chronicle is supposed to be written at Vienne, in Dauphiny, whence it is addressed to Leoprandus, Dean of Aquisgranensis...
13) Dau'phin. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...The heir of the French crown under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties. Guy VIII., Count of Vienne, was the first so styled, because he wore a dolphin as his cognisance....
14) 46. Chansons. i. Lucas, St. John, comp. Clement Marot. 1920. The Oxford
Book of French Verse
...QUI veult avoir liesse Seulement d un regard Vienne veoir ma maistresse Que Dieu maintienne et gard: Elle a si bonne grace, 5 Que celluy qui la veoit Mille douleurs...
15) Calixtus II. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...successor of Gelasius II. The son of count William I of Burgundy, he was archbishop of Vienne during the investiture controversy with Holy Roman Emperor Henry V....
16) Chinon. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
..., town (1993 est. pop. 8,961), Indre-et-Loire dept., W central France, in Touraine, on the Vienne River. Chinon was an important medieval town and many buildings...
17) Carthu'sians. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...who, with six companions, retired to the solitude of La Chartreuse, near Greno ble, in Vienne. 1...
18) 93. Antiquitez de Rome. v. Lucas, St. John, comp. Joachim Du Bellay. 1920.
The Oxford Book of French Verse
...QUI voudra voir tout ce qu ont peu nature, L art et le ciel (Rome) te vienne voir: J entens s il peult ta grandeur concevoir Par ce qui n est que ta morte peinture....
19) Touraine. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...France, centering around Tours (the historic capital) and drained by the Loire, Cher, and Vienne rivers. Roughly coextensive with Indre-et-Loire dept., Touraine,...
20) Marche, region and former province, France. The Columbia Encyclopedia,
Sixth Edition. 2001
...NW margin of the Massif Central. It is coextensive with Creuse dept., much of the Haute-Vienne dept., and parts of Vienne, Indre, and Charente depts. Gueret is the...
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