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History History Provence, - by Provence Beyond. Marie Antoinette: The Last Queen of France (part1/12) Catharism. Christian dualist movement that thrived in some areas of Southern Europe Catharism (; from the Greek: καθαροί, katharoi, "the pure [ones]")[2] was a Christian dualist or Gnostic movement between the 12th and 14th centuries which thrived in Southern Europe, particularly what is now northern Italy and southern France.

Catharism

Followers were known as Cathars, or Good Christians, and are now mainly remembered for a prolonged period of persecution by the Catholic Church, which did not recognise their unorthodox Christianity. Cathar Castles. The Languedoc, France: Carcassonne — Europe's Ultimate Fortress City. Cathars and Cathar Beliefs in the Languedoc. Personnages Gardois célèbres. GAZETTE HISTORIQUE D'UZES N° 1. Contents: The Development of Southern French and Catalan Society. Agnès Sorel. Agnès Sorel (1422[1] – 9 February 1450), known by the sobriquet Dame de beauté, was a favourite mistress of King Charles VII of France, by whom she bore three daughters.[2] She is considered the first officially recognized royal mistress.[3] She was the subject of several contemporary paintings and works of art, including Jean Fouquet's Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels.

Agnès Sorel

Life in the royal court[edit] The daughter of soldier Jean Soreau and Catherine de Maignelais, Sorel was twenty years old when she was first introduced to King Charles.[3] At that time, she was holding a position in the household of Rene I of Naples, as a maid of honour to his consort Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine. Sorel then went on to serve as the lady-in-waiting for Marie d'Anjou, Charles VII of France's wife. She would soon become his mistress.[3] The King gave her the Château de Loches (where he had been persuaded by Joan of Arc to be crowned King of France) as her private residence.[4] French revolution - About.com : European History. Catharism. Septimania. Dhuoda. Petrarch. Santa Maria della Pieve in Arezzo Original lyrics by Petrarch, found in 1985 in Erfurt Biography[edit] Youth and early career[edit]

Petrarch

Nîmes. Nîmes (/niːm/; French: [nim]; Provençal Occitan: Nimes) is the capital of the Gard department in the Languedoc-Roussillon region in southern France.

Nîmes

Nîmes has a rich history, dating back to the Roman Empire when the city was home to 60,000 people,.[1][2][3] Today the city is a popular tourist destination. Napoleon I. Imperial Standard of Napoleon I Napoléon Bonaparte (/nəˈpoʊliən, -ˈpoʊljən/;[2] French: [napɔleɔ̃ bɔnapaʁt], born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the latter stages of the French Revolution and its associated wars.

Napoleon I

As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1814 and again in 1815. Napoleon dominated European affairs for almost two decades while leading France against a series of coalitions in the Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. Charlemagne. Clovis I. Clovis (Latin Chlodovechus; reconstructed Frankish Chlodowig;[1] c. 466 – c. 511) was the first king of the Franks to unite all of the Frankish tribes under one ruler, changing the form of leadership from a group of royal chieftains to rule by a single king and ensuring that the kingship was passed down to his heirs.[2] He is considered the founder of the Merovingian dynasty, which ruled the Franks for the next two centuries.

Clovis I

Frankish consolidation[edit] Numerous small Frankish kingdoms existed during the 5th century. Franks. The Franks (Latin: Franci or gens Francorum) were a confederation of Germanic tribes occupying land in the Lower and Middle Rhine in the 3rd century.

Franks

Some Franks raided Roman territory, while other Frank tribes joined the Roman troops in what was called Gaul (currently France). The Salian Franks formed a kingdom on Roman-held soil that, after 357, was acknowledged by the Romans. History of France. Stone tools indicate that early humans were present in France at least 1.8 million years ago.[1] The first modern humans appeared in the area 40,000 years ago.

History of France

Pasquale Paoli. Pasquale Paoli, portrait by Richard Cosway.

Pasquale Paoli

"My eye fell upon the portrait of Pasquale Paoli, which was just as I had imagined him to be. His brow was arched and open, and his hair long and flowing ; his eyebrows thick, and bent down on the eyes, as if frequently drawn together in anger or thought. His eyes were blue, large, and lucid with intellectual light; mildness, dignity and humanity, were forcibly expressed in his beardless, frank and prepossessing countenance. " – Ferdinand Gregorovius[1] International Napoleonic Society (INS) Napoleon I. Merovingian dynasty. Louis XV of France. Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis the Well beloved (Louis le bien aimé) was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as King of France and Navarre from 1 September 1715 until his death.

Louis XV of France

He succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five. Until he reached maturity in 1723, his kingdom was ruled by Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, his first cousin twice removed, as Regent of France.

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