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- Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
3: ... [[Valois Dynasty|Valois]] branch of the kings of France, and mother of three further kings of that br...
5: ...the time, but who would become King [[Henry II of France]].
7: ...proposal. But Catherine did produce children, and Francis lived long enough to see his grandchildren b...
11: ...r the accession of her sickly son [[Francis II of France]] at age 15. His wife, [[Mary I of Scotland|...
13: ...e or metal. They forcefully shrank women's waists from their natural dimensions to as little as 43, 38... - Jeanne d'Albret (2474 bytes)
1: [[Image:JeanneIII.jpg|frame|right|Jeanne d'Albret]]
2: ...on, duke of Vendome]] and mother of [[Henry IV of France]].
4: ...ew up at the French court. When she was thirteen, Francis married her to the Duke of Cleves, but this ...
6: ...rince of the blood," who would become heir to the French throne if the Valois line died out.
8: ...died, and Jeanne and her husband became rulers of Navarre. - Marguerite de Valois (5364 bytes)
2: ... She should not be confused with [[Marguerite_of_Navarre|the famous author of the same name]] who was also...
4: ...rles IX of France|Charles IX]] and [[Henri III of France|Henri III]].
6: ...lthough Henri's mother, Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre, opposed the marriage, many of her nobles support...
8: ... married Henri de Bourbon, who had become King of Navarre on the death of his mother. The groom, a Hugueno...
10: ...atherine de' Medici orchestrated the slaughter by French Catholics of thousands of Huguenots, [[St. Ba... - Andorra (11532 bytes)
22: | '''[[List of Co-Princes of Andorra|French Co-Prince]]''':
56: ...er" | <small><sup>1</sup> Prior to 1999: French [[franc]] and Spanish [[peseta]]. Some of their own cu...
59: ... eastern [[Pyrenees]] mountains and bordered by [[France]] and [[Spain]]. Once isolated, it is current...
63: ...me "Andorra" probably originates from a [[Navarre|Navarrese]] word ''andurrial'', which translates as ''shr...
69: ...dispute arose between the bishop and his northern French neighbour over Andorra. - Spain (36498 bytes)
1: ...e cities of [[Ceuta]] and [[Melilla]] in [[north Africa]], and a number of uninhabited islands on the ...
58: ...in the sense that they are not known to have come from elsewhere), consisting of a number of separate ...
70: ...s present languages, religion, and laws originate from this Roman period.
73: ...frica. Much of Spain's distinctive art originates from this seven-hundred-year period, and many Arabic...
81: ...but the uncontrolled influx of goods and minerals from [[Spanish colonization of the Americas|Spanish ... - Crusade (28507 bytes)
2: ...ian Crusade]] against the [[Cathars]] of southern France and the [[Northern Crusades]].
7: ...ght an outlet for their violence. A plea for help from the Byzantine Emperor [[Alexius I]] in opposing...
9: ...day Spanish Catholics are allowed to substitute [[Friday abstinence]] with prayer or alms (except duri...
18: ...n and consider how the idea of a holy war emerged from this background.'' — [[Norman F. Cantor]]
21: ... Eastern church, [[Alexius I]] expected some help from a fellow Christian. However, the response was m... - List of Renaissance figures (6600 bytes)
11: **[[Francesco Foscari]]
15: **[[Francesco Sforza]]
22: **[[Catherine de Medici]] Queen of France
28: **[[Francis I of France]]
29: **[[Francis, Duke of Guise]] of France - Vietnam War (102682 bytes)
15: ... Vietnam]]<br><br>[[Viet Cong|National Liberation Front<br>(Viet Cong)]]<br><br />[[Image:Viet cong fl...
33: The '''Vietnam War''' was fought from [[1957]] to [[1975]] between Vietnamese nationa...
37: ...y experts consider the Vietnam War to just be one frontline in the larger [[Cold War]].
41: ...for the Liberation of Vietnam|National Liberation Front]], a South Vietnamese opposition movement with...
43: ...ort to maintain control of her former colony of [[French Indochina]]. - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
2: ...ember 13]], [[1592]]) was an influential [[France|French]] [[Renaissance]] writer, generally consider...
6: ...Bordeaux]]. His mother, Antoniette de Lopez, came from a Spanish Jewish family, but was herself raised...
8: ...g at the Bordeaux Parlement, he became very close friends with the humanist writer [[Étienne de...
16: ...ce|King Henry III]] and the Protestant [[Henry of Navarre]].
18: ...one]]s. From 1580 to 1581, Montaigne travelled in France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy, par... - 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: ... of Navarrese monarchs|king consort Philip III of Navarre]].
15: ...ide in favor of the last brother, [[Charles IV of France|Charles IV]], without question. - History of Andorra (2202 bytes)
1: ... from advancing into [[Christianity|Christian]] [[France]]. Tradition holds that Charlemagne granted a...
3: ...through marriage, and a dispute arose between the French Count and the Catalan bishop over Andorra.
7: ... an edict in [[1607]] established the head of the French state and the Bishop of Urgell as co-princes ...
9: ...ted to a popular movement to expand the electoral franchise.
11: ...] and [[communications]] have removed the country from its isolation. - Culture of Spain (17671 bytes)
8: ... [[Andalusia]], [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]] and [[Navarre]] each have their own version of nationalism, but...
12: ...ommunity inside the two Castilles; the two north African autonomous cities of [[Ceuta]] and [[Melilla]...
17: ...|Basque]] (''Euskara'') in the Basque Country and Navarre; [[Catalan language|Catalan]] in Catalonia, the [...
41: ...the summer to an outdoor ''terrasa'' much farther from the center of town than their indoor winter loc...
44: ...specially since the [[1975]] death of [[Francisco Franco]], Spain has become increasingly European; Pr... - Bullfighting (25773 bytes)
10: ...uador]]), in [[California]] and in the south of [[France]]. Especially prominent [[bullring|bullrings]...
12: ...; the event is dedicated to the patron saint of [[Navarre]], [[Saint Firminus]]. A similar activity, [[Jall...
17: ...ed in the famous wall-frescos at [[Knossos]]. The frescos offer no hint of struggle or violence, and t...
19: ...can colonies, and also in the [[19th century]] to France, where it developed into a distinctive form i...
21: ...h introduced the practice of fighting on foot, [[Francisco Romero]] generally being regarded as havin...
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