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	Napoleon and the Duchy of Warsaw
		The internal problems of France and the exhausting wars she carried on, the preoccupation of Great Britain with the American Revolution, and the jealousies and antagonisms between France and England afforded the opportunity for Russia, Prussia and Austria to proceed unhampered with reference to Poland.
		The interests of Great Britain in the East at that time were purely commercial and the fate of Poland was a matter of indifference to her as long as she was assured by the treaty of May 1774, with Frederick the Great, of all former commercial rights at Danzig and Western Priissia.
		The antagonism between Austria and France was bitter and after Prussia sealed her compact with the French Republic at Basel on April 5, 1795, the old enmity of Austria toward Prussia was revived and the robber triumvirate was divided against itself.
	www.butschal.de /pisarski/poniatowski.htm (7577 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: France
		A great churchman, Hincmar, Archbishop of Rheims (806-82), was the deviser of the new arrangement.
		France's national heroine was thus heralded by the fancy of her contemporaries, by Christine de Pisan, and by that Venetian merchant whose letters have been preserved for us in the Morosini Chronicle, as a heroine whose aims were as wide as Christianity itself.
		The allowance made by France to the auditor was discontinued in 1882, but the office has survived, and the reorganization of the tribunal of the Rota made by Pope Pius X (September and October 1908) was followed by the appointment of a French auditor.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/06166a.htm (15159 words)

	France - Hekmat
		France is a nation of varied landscapes, ranging from coastal lowlands and broad plains in the north, to hilly uplands in south central France, to lush valleys and towering, snow-capped Alps in the east.
		France first attained cultural preeminence in Europe during the Middle Ages; later, the wealth of the French crown in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries provided a subsidization of art on a scale comparable to that of the papacy in Rome, attracting to Paris many of Europe's most talented artists and artisans.
		In 1998 France's total armed forces numbered 317,300 troops; 178,300 were serving in the army, 62,600 were in the navy, 76,400 were in the air force, and the remainder were in the strategic nuclear forces or central staff positions.
	www.hekmats.com /france.htm (20776 words)

	BAILIFF - Online Information article about BAILIFF
		liberty is the officer who executes writs and processes, and impanels juries within the franchise.
		The high bailiff is responsible for all the acts and defaults of himself, and of the bailiffs appointed to assist him, in the same way as a sheriff of a county is responsible for the acts and defaults of himself and his officers.
		great noble often also had a prevote, where small matters were settled, and the preparatory steps taken relative to the more important cases reserved for the assizes.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /AUD_BAI/BAILIFF.html (2021 words)

	Color / Colour Pictures of the Great War
		And, of course, the helmeted officers are Englishmen.
		The German Crown Prince is always colonel of the Death's Head Hussars and when he had a difference with his father a couple of years before the war, the Kaiser exciled him to his command at Danzig, where the regiment was permanently stationed.
		In state reviews the Crown Prince often appeared in her Death's Head uniform as honorary colonel.
	www.greatwar.nl /kleur/kleur3.html (939 words)

	The Crown Temple (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In England, this title is given to the younger sons of noblemen, to officers of the king's courts and of the household, to counselors at law, justices of the peace, while in commission, sheriffs, and other gentlemen.
		To have this “Declaration” recognized by international treaty law, and in order to establish the new legal Crown entity of the incorporated United States, Middle Templar King George III agreed to the Treaty of Paris on September 3, 1783, “between the Crown of Great Britain and the said United States”.
		The Crown was represented in signature by “David Hartley, Esqr.”, a Middle Templar of the King’s Court.
	www.worldnewsstand.net /history/The_Crown_Temple.htm (7539 words)

	British Plans against France, and against the Jews in 1915
		Considerable pressure had to be exerted on France over the question of the borders: in the north she did hold out successfully for the inclusion in "her" zone of the area enclosing the main water sources of Palestine (which remained largely unexploited).
		France, pressing her claim to Syria and Lebanon, was granted control over them by the Peace Conference.
		Faisal, bereft of the Syrian crown for which Lawrence and the Arab Bureau had laboured so hard, was instead offered the throne of Iraq by the British, though it had previously been earmarked for Faisal's younger brother Abdullah ibn-Hussein, who was thus left without a throne.
	www.eretzyisroel.org /~samuel/britainfrance.html (4015 words)

	St Louis IX of France
		The regency of Blanche of Castile (1226-1234) was marked by the victorious struggle of the Crown against Raymond VII in Languedoc, against Pierre Mauclerc in Brittany, against Philip Hurepel in the Ile de France, and by indecisive combats against Henry III of England.
		But St. Louis considered that by making the Duchy of Guyenne a fief of the Crown of France he was gaining a moral advantage; and it is an undoubted fact that the Treaty of Paris, was as displeasing to the English as it was to the French.
		When in 1246, a great number of barons from the north and the west leagued against the clergy whom they accused of amassing too great wealth and of encroaching upon their rights, Innocent IV called upon Louis to dissolve this league; how the king acted in the matter is not definitely known.
	www.maxwell.syr.edu /maxpages/classes/His311/StLouisIXofFrance.html (1606 words)

	Great Officers of the Crown
		The Great Officers of the Crown were distinguished in their heraldic achievements by the use of special additaments.
		The chief officers of the king, in charge of war, justice, finance, the king's household, took early on the title of Officers of the Crown to distinguish themselves from all other officers.
		In letters patent of 1582, Henri III limited the Great Officers of the Crown to the connétable, the chancelier, the grand-maître, the chambellan, the amiral and the maréchaux de France.
	www.heraldica.org /topics/france/officiers.htm (2607 words)

	Historic Crown Point, New York - A Site on a Revolutionary War Road Trip
		A century before the American Revolution, Crown Point was a vital and well-known area in the long struggle between France and Great Britain for the North American empire.
		Troop strength at Crown Point was gradually reduced until only a tiny garrison remained to surrender the fort to American rebel troops commanded by Seth Warner in May of 1775.
		Crown Point was a staging area for the British in both 1776 and 1777.
	www.revolutionaryday.com /usroute7/crownpoint/default.htm (1242 words)

	France in the Nineteenth Century, 1830-1890
		It would be a great contrast to that part of their conduct which has been most generally applauded, were we, who are strangers to the strife, to affect a deeper resentment than those concerned more closely.
		With great danger she was transferred to it, and was landed on the French coast.
		The queen of France, who was almost a saint, had been fond of her young relative for her many engaging qualities; and what to do with her, in justice to France, was a difficult problem.
	www2.cddc.vt.edu /gutenberg/1/4/1/9/14194/14194-h/14194-h.htm (19045 words)

	All About Romance Novels - Kathleen O'Reilly on the Napoleonic Wars
		France was firmly in control of Europe and Napoleon’s ambitions were growing.
		Many in Great Britain were unhappy with the terms of Amiens and watched Napoleon closely to see if he would follow the treaty.
		Hearing that the allies were planning to attack France, Napoleon reverted to his old ways and began an invasion on the border between France and the Kingdom of the Netherlands (what is present-day Belgium).
	www.likesbooks.com /napoleonicwars.html (3611 words)

	Constable of France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Constable of France (French connétable de France, from Latin comes stabulari for "count of the stables"), as the First Officer of the Crown, was one of the original five Great Officers of the Crown of France (along with seneschal, chamberlain, butler, and chancellor) and Commander in Chief of the army.
		From the beginning of the XVII century, the Grand Master of the Artillery became a Great Officer of the Crown and was no longer subordinate to the Constable.
		Henry VI of England, who claimed the throne of France, appointed John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury as Constable in 1445.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Constable_of_France (719 words)

	The Scot Abroad: Chapter 1 - The Ancient League with France - Part 3
		We cannot rightly estimate the influence over the destinies of Europe of the events which severed Scotland from England and allied her to France, without remembering that it was long the aim of every powerful European monarch to follow the example of Charlemagne, and restore the Roman Empire.
		Both potentates were deeply plotting—the one to bring the Burgundian territories directly under the crown of France, the other to change his dukedom for a kingdom, which might in the end comprise France itself.
		When Scotland became part of an empire which called France the natural enemy, it seemed unreasonable that her sons should expect to retain a sort of supremacy in the French army.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/france/scot_abroad1c.htm (3147 words)

	Librarium Fine Books: Military History - France, Germany, Great Britain
		The biography of Albrecht, Count von Wallenstein, one of the ablest commanders of the Imperial forces, who was murdered by some of his officers in the aftermath of the battle at Lützen, 16 November 1632.
		While his early writings were devoted to classical antiquity, he took great interest in the military history of Napoleon I. He published several successful works on the subject: his book "1814" was published in 46 editions.
		Represented are Chasseur and Vétéran of the Troupes Toscanes; Russian Tartares de la Garde and Cosaques de l'Oural; Tambour, Grenadier, and carabinier of the Russian Garde Imperiale; Sapeur and Tambour of the Infanterie; and officers of the Troupes Hongroises.
	www.librarium.nl /static-list/military_history_fr_dl_gb.htm (13192 words)

	England during the Crusades (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		His other great acquisition was Flanders, which he gained through marriage and the failure of the line in that county (1185).
		In part because of his personality, in part because of his many successes, and in part because of the great wealth his successes brought, Philip was able to extend royal power it every direction.
		If any one person can claim to have made France a great power in Europe, it was Philip II, who was given the nickname Augustus even in his own lifetime, in recognition of his accomplishments.
	crusades.boisestate.edu /Europe/france/05.shtml (813 words)

	France on the Rhine
		By mutilating and humiliating Prussia in 1806 Napoleon caused the Steins and the Scharnhorsts to arise..
		As an excuse for this crime, it was represented that the provinces had been annexed by France from Germany in the seventeenth century.
		The Crown Prince, Frederick the -Noble, was decidedly against it.
	www.greatwardifferent.com /Great_War/1919/France_Rhine_01.htm (1414 words)

	Pantrydoors. Net
		Great Officers to the Crown of France, who served as the chief of the grande paneterie (pantry), or bread department.
		The Grand Panetier was in charge of providing bread to the Royal Household, having such privilege as jurisdiction over the bread makers of Paris and collecting a tax on them until 1711.
		Imagine having food on hand in case of an emergency, stock up on that great deal at the super market, or be ready whenever you need to prepare that last minute meal.
	www.pantry-doors.net (426 words)

	SCENE II. The same. The Presence chamber.
		To be the realm of France, and Pharamond
		Was not devised for the realm of France:
		Of your great predecessor, King Edward the Third.
	shakespeare.mit.edu /henryv/henryv.1.2.html (1586 words)

	Hang the Kaiser
		It is understood that the Law Officers of the Crown, and high judicial authorities, have expressed the opinion that such a trial can be held under existing laws.
		We in Great Britain have to remember that there is a bigger issue at stake than the shooting or hanging of the Kaiser.
		The foul work was done by order of the officers, and the men obeyed with eager alacrity.
	www.greatwardifferent.com /Great_War/Kaiser_in_London/Kaiser_Hang_01.htm (1451 words)

	A cemetery of kings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Several members of the Carolingian dynasty were also buried in the church, including Charles Martel, Pepin the Short and Charles the Bald.
		From Hugh Capet on, all the kings of France but three - Philip I, Louis VII and Louis XI - were buried in Saint-Denis.
		The last kings - the Bourbon branch - never had any tombs: their embalmed remains were placed in sealed coffins, set on iron trestles in the crypt.
	www.louis-xiv.de /louisold/Afterlife/StDenis.html (328 words)

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