1) Empire style. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Empire style, manner of French interior decoration and costume which evolved from the Directoire style. Designated Empire because of its identification with the reign...
2) 1864. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...of internecine revolts and a weakening of the political cohesion of the empire. 1 1854-61, 1863-65 The French appointed Col. Louis Faidherbe as governor of Senegal...
3) Sublime Porte (The). Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...The Ottoman empire. It is the French for Porta Subl ma, the "lofty gate." Constantinople has twelve gates, and near one of these gates is a building with a lofty...
4) Partant pour la Syrie. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...The national air of the French Empire. The words were composed by M. de Laborde in 1809; the music by Queen Hortense, mother of Napoleon III. It is a ballad, the...
5) 2. The French Revolution, 1789-1799. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World
History
...2. The French Revolution, 1789-1799 (See 1787)The period of the French Revolution and French Empire can be divided into several subperiods based on political regime...
6) chauvinism. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...(sho´vnizm) (KEY) , word derived from the name of Nicolas Chauvin, a soldier of the First French Empire. Used first for a passionate admiration of Napoleon, it now...
7) 2. Sicily and Naples. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...creation of a Mediterranean empire in succession to the Byzantine (a revival of the Latin Empire under French auspices), financed by new and heavy taxation, provoked...
8) Porte. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...The government of the Ottoman Empire. French, short for la Sublime Porte, the High Gate, from Old French porte, gate. See port3....
9) Biedermeier. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...of furniture developed in Germany during the first half of the 19th century and modeled after French Empire styles. After Gottlieb Biedermeier, the unsophisticated...
10) Ollivier, Emile. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Ollivier, Émile, (amel´ olevya´) (KEY) , 1825-1913, French statesman, a leading figure in the "Liberal Empire" of Napoleon III. Widely known as a brilliant lawyer,...
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