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	Guienne. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Guienne as it existed from the time of Henry IV (late 16th–early 17th cent.) to the French Revolution covered the present departments of Gironde, Dordogne, Lot, Lot-et-Garonne, and Aveyron and most of Tarn-et-Garonne.
		Guienne was synonymous with Aquitaine until the Hundred Years War (1337–1453).
		The birth of the lyric poetry of the troubadours occurred in Guienne (11th–12th cent.).
	www.bartleby.com /65/gu/Guienne.html (209 words)

	Guienne - LoveToKnow 1911
		GUIENNE, an old French province which corresponded roughly to the Aquitania Secunda of the Romans and the archbishopric of Bordeaux.
		Guienne then formed a government which from the 17th century onwards was united with Gascony.
		The government of Guienne and Gascony, with its capital at Bordeaux, lasted till the end of the ancien regime.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Guienne (329 words)

	Guienne - Encyclopedia.com
		Guienne as it existed from the time of Henry IV (late 16th-early 17th cent.) to the French Revolution covered the present departments of Gironde, Dordogne, Lot, Lot-et-Garonne, and Aveyron and most of Tarn-et-Garonne.
		Guienne was synonymous with Aquitaine until the Hundred Years War (1337-1453).
		The birth of the lyric poetry of the troubadours occurred in Guienne (11th-12th cent.).
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Guienne.html (472 words)

	AllRefer.com - Guienne, France (French Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		AllRefer.com - Guienne, France (French Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
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		To its main components : Bordelais, PErigord, and Agenois (see Agen) : two former dependencies of Toulouse were added, Quercy and Rouergue.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/G/Guienne.html (281 words)

	Examples of Word-painting from Radliffe's Mysteries of Udolpho (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		From its windows were seen the pastoral landscapes of Guienne and Gascony, stretching along the river, gay with luxuriant woods and vines, and plantations of olives.
		To the south, the view was bounded by the majestic Pyrenées, whose summits, veiled in clouds, or exhibiting awful forms, seen, and lost again, as the partial vapours rolled along, were sometimes barren, and gleamed through the blue tinge of air, and sometimes frowned with forests of gloomy pine, that swept downwards to their base.
		To the north, and to the east, the plains of Guienne and Languedoc were lost in the mist of distance; on the west, Gascony was bounded by the waters of Biscay.
	www.victorianweb.org /technique/radcliffe.html (380 words)

	GUIENNE - Online Information article about GUIENNE
		It is at this point that Guienne becomes distinct from Aquitaine.
		The government of Guienne and Gascony, with its See also:
		Under the Revolution the departments formed from Guienne proper were those of See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /GUI_HAN/GUIENNE.html (472 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Jacques-Auguste de Thou
		The son of Christophe de Thou, first president of the Parlement of Paris, he studied at several French universities, especially at Valence, where he knew Scaliger.
		Both when he accompanied the ambassador Paul de Foix to Italy (1572-76) and when he went to live in Guienne (1581), it was always his aim to make the acquaintance of the most celebrated men of intellect, such as Muretus, P. Manutius, the Pithous, and
		As Master of Petitions of the Parlement of Paris in 1585 and in 1588 as councillor of State, he was the opponent of the League.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/14706d.htm (723 words)

	The History of the Mary Rose - Page 5 of 16
		A two pronged attack was planned on France, the fleet would harass the north coast of France and an expeditionary force would land in Northern Spain to jointly invade Guienne with Ferdinand's army.
		In 1512 the King made Sir Edward Howard "Admiral of the Sea during this voyage and enterprise to be made against the French King in Guyen".
		By using the English troops to menace Guienne, Ferdinand invaded Navarre without the threat of outside interference.
	www.maryrose.org /history/history4.htm (671 words)

	Amazon.com: Guienne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		and courts of the province of Guienne, by Emily Prather (Unknown Binding - 1942)
		Les lithographies de la Guienne historique et monumentale publiées par Alexandre Ducourneau, 1842-1844: 280 lithographies de paysages et monuments aquitains...
		De Filhol (de Fillol) of Guienne and Gascony by Germaine PortreÌ-Bobinski (Unknown Binding - 1969)
	www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Guienne&index=blended&page=1 (456 words)

	davidson_intro3
		It was natural, as both his grandfathers had been presidents of the Parliament of Guienne, and his uncle occupied a similar position.
		Methodical in all things, he studied jurisprudence according to a plan of his own, the draft of which still exists; and found plenty of time to frequent the best salons in Bordeaux, in which the rank of his family and his own reputation as a young man of talent secured him a welcome.
		Of the twelve provincial parliaments of France, that of Guienne, which sat at Bordeaux, ranked third with regard to the extent of its jurisdiction.
	www.wm.edu /history/rbsche/plp/davidson_intro3.html (590 words)

	Hundred Years War, 1337-1453
		The Hundred Years War 1337-1453 was a conflict between England and France caused by a dynastic quarrel between the kings of England, who held the duchy of Guienne, in France, and resented paying homage to the kings of France.
		There were several immediate causes: a quarrel between EDWARD III of England and PHILIP IV of France over a part of Guienne held by France; English attempts to control the commercially important FLANDERS, a French possession; fishing disputes in the English Channel; and Philip's support of Scotland in its dispute with England.
		By 1451 all of Guienne except Bordeaux was in French hands.
	www.laughtergenealogy.com /bin/histprof/misc/100yrs.html (490 words)

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