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- King Arthur (22450 bytes)
2: [[Image:Arthur3487.jpg|right|framed|Victorian image of '''King Arthur''' in plate...
7: ...es" he led were [[Britain|Britons]] or [[Armorica|Bretons]].
19: ..., chief giver of feasts, with his tall blades red from the battle which all men remember."
25: ...r's soldiers; Arthur was awarded a herd of cattle from Cadoc as [[wergeld]] for his men; Cadoc deliver...
29: ...tury]] at Cadbury Castle, and in several parts of France. - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
16: ...rmally has a one-way [[valve]] which prevents air from returning via the supply. Every bagpipe has a [...
18: ...t exceptions, including the Italian Zampogna, the French Musette du Cour, and several varieties of Sco...
23: ...Proscription]], and the entire myth seems to stem from the letterpress of Donald MacDonald's Martial M...
25: ...An explosion of popularity seems to have occurred from around the year 1000; the tune used by [[Robert...
35: ...er is [[Mixolydian_mode|mixolydian]] with a range from one degree lower than the tonic to one octave a... - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
3: ...and [[writer]]. Born in [[Langres]], [[Champagne, France]] in 1713, he was a prominent figure in what ...
5: ... [[philosophy|philosophical]] ideas relating to [[free will]]. He is also known as the author of the e...
10: ...dash;1748) and about the same date he published a free rendering of Shaftesbury's ''Inquiry Concerning...
14: ...ing, too, as an illustration of the comprehensive freedom with which Diderot felt his way round any su...
23: ...roduction of the ''Cyclopaedia'', he persuaded Le Breton to enter upon a new work, which should collect un... - Marie de France (1845 bytes)
1: ...which translates as, "My name is Marie, I am from France."
3: ...s of Champagne, though this identification is far from certain.
7: * Burgess, Glyn S. ''The Lais of Marie de France: Text and Context''. Athens: University of Ge...
8: ..., Joan and Robert Hanning. ''The Lais of Marie de France''. Durham, N. C.: Labyrinth Press, 1982.
9: * Hoepffner, Ernest "The Breton Lais" in ''Arthurian Literature in the Middle Age... - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
6: ...e early 1940s, Deren used some of the inheritance from her father to purchase a used [[16mm]] [[Bolex]...
8: ...3 her social circle included the likes of [[Andre Breton]], [[Marcel Duchamp]], [[John Cage]], and [[Anais...
12: Deren passed away in 1961, at the age of 44, from a [[brain hemorrhage]]. Some have speculated t...
22: ...ed Time'' (1946) Choreographic collaboration with Frank Westbrook and [[Rita Christiani]]. - Bombarde (846 bytes)
1: ...s a breton folk [[musical instrument|instrument]] from [[Brittany]]. A cross between an [[oboe]] and ...
3: ...lly it was used in a duet with the [[biniou]] for Breton folk dancing.
5: ... for long periods. This suits [[Music of Brittany|Breton music]], where there is often a solo line which i... - North America (12844 bytes)
4: ...phically defined by subtracting [[South America]] from the [[supercontinent]] of the [[Americas]]. Bot...
14: ...any sub-regions): the [[Great Plains]] stretching from the [[Gulf of Mexico]] to the [[Canadian Arctic...
26: ...ince Edward Island]], [[Newfoundland]] and [[Cape Breton Island]] on the east, and [[Ellesmere Island]], [...
58: *[[Guadeloupe]] (overseas department of [[France]])
59: *[[Martinique]] (overseas department of [[France]]) - List of painters (54090 bytes)
7: *[[Paul Cezanne]], ([[1839]]-[[1906]]), French artist
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
17: *[[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]], ([[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
29: *[[Franklin Adams]]
59: *[[Fra Angelico]] ([[1387]]-[[1445]]) - Medieval literature (14207 bytes)
2: ...erature, it is a complex and rich field of study, from the utterly [[sacred]] to the exuberantly [[pro...
7: ...survived in the [[Breton lai|lais]] of [[Marie de France]], the ''[[Mabinogion]]'' and the [[King Arth...
10: ...anding down something from an [[auctor]] instead. From this point of view, the names of the individual...
20: ...iographies]], or "lives of the saints", were also frequently written, as an encouragement to the devou...
22: ...a prolific poet, and his [[Franciscan]] followers frequently wrote poetry themselves as an expression ... - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
3: ...ovince (or a group of provinces) within the Anglo-French unit" that was both battlefield and prize (Br...
8: ... the conflict can be found 400 years earlier when Frankish [[Carolingian]] ruler [[Charles the Simple]...
10: ...ns who still spoke a version of [[French language|French]], and could remember a time when their grand...
13: ...ng three male heirs. The eldest son, [[Louis X of France|Louis X]], died in [[1316]], leaving only a d...
15: ...ide in favor of the last brother, [[Charles IV of France|Charles IV]], without question. - John Cabot (5966 bytes)
4: ...ish flag. Most notably, in [[1497]], he set sail from [[Bristol]] on his ship the ''[[Matthew (ship)|...
10: ...urther one is from the [[equator]], so the voyage from western [[Europe]] to eastern Asia would be sho...
12: ...Henry VII of England]] gave him a grant "full and free authoritie, leave, and power, to sayle to all p...
16: ...-largest seaport in England, and during the years from [[1480]] onwards several expeditions had been s...
20: ...nd]]). He sailed to [[Dursey Head]], [[Ireland]], from where he sailed due west to Asia - or so he tho... - French language (40201 bytes)
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3: ...]], [[Rwanda]], [[Burundi]], [[Togo]], [[Central African Republic]], [[Republic of the Congo]], [[Gabo...
4: |region=[[Africa]], [[Europe]], [[Americas]]
15: ...nbsp; '''French'''<br></td></tr>
16: |nation=[[France]] and 24 other countries - Pierre Abelard (18114 bytes)
2: ...rd''' ([[1079]] – [[April 21]], [[1142]]) was a French [[Scholasticism|scholastic]] [[philosopher]]....
7: ...whether this was in early youth, when he wandered from school to school for instruction and exercise, ...
11: ...sm prior to Abélard). First, against opposition from the metropolitan teacher, while yet only twenty...
13: ...gne Sainte-Geneviève]], overlooking Notre-Dame. From his success in dialectic, he next turned to [[t...
15: ... crowds - it is said thousands of students, drawn from all countries by the fame of his teaching. Enr... - Literature (25676 bytes)
1: ...sense given in the [[Oxford English Dictionary]] (from the [[Latin]] ''littera'' meaning "an individua...
11: ...ime, or science fiction) may also become excluded from consideration as "literature".
13: Frequently, the texts that make up literature crosse...
15: ... nature of [[romance (genre)|romance]] flourished from the [[Middle ages]] onwards, whereas the [[Age ...
23: ...meria|Sumerian]] ''[[Epic of Gilgamesh]]'' (dated from around [[4th millennium BC|3000 B.C.]]), parts ... - Charlemagne (11466 bytes)
2: ...January 28]], [[814]]) was king of the [[Franks]] from [[771]] to [[814]], nominally King of the [[Lom...
5: ...lemagne was born out of wedlock, and he inherited from his parents. Another date is given in the ''Ann...
8: Arguably the founder of the [[Frankish Empire]] in [[Western Europe]], Charlemagne...
12: ...]], leaving Charlemagne the leader of a reunified Frankish kingdom. Charlemagne was engaged in almost ...
28: ...hree kingdoms would be the foundations of later [[France]] and the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. - Celtic mythology (25486 bytes)
6: ...[deity|deities]] discovered in [[Gaul]] (modern [[France]]), [[Roman Britain|Britain]] and other forme...
12: ...he priestly order) in the era of Gaulish autonomy from Rome. Conversely, the want of order is often mo...
29: ** [[:Category:Breton mythology and folklore|Breton mythology and folklore]]
66: |align="left"|<small>[[Fragarach]], [[Gae Bulg]]</small>
76: ...n gods they are equated with, and similar figures from later bodies of Celtic mythology. - Celtic languages (6032 bytes)
2: ...Isles]] and on the peninsula of [[Brittany]] in [[France]].
5: ...ce spoken in a wide arc from France to Turkey and from the Netherlands to northern Italy.
8: ...uding [[Welsh language|Welsh]], [[Breton language|Breton]], [[Cornish language|Cornish]], [[Cumbric langua...
10: ...ar Celtic. Brittany is known to have been settled from [[Britain]] in historical times.
18: ...n is usually considered the first branch to split from Proto-Celtic, and the remaining group would lat... - Brittany (dog) (3863 bytes)
15: |Epagneul Breton
20: |[[France]]
52: ... of [[working dog|working]] or companion dogs are frequently left long.
55: ...r dogs as a team. The dogs are active and require frequent exercise and room to run.
57: ...make first-rate companion dogs, if they are given frequent opportunities to run. Their outgoing natur... - Culture of Jersey (13844 bytes)
1: ...from immigrant communities such as the [[Brittany|Breton]]s and the [[Portugal|Portuguese]].
7: ...ce names are in J�rriais, and [[French language|French]] and [[English language| English]] place nam...
11: ...me purposes, is a [[minority language]]. The last French language newspaper closed in [[1959]].
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21: ...Jersey, but little indigenous literature survives from before the [[18th century]].
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