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Há 1 dia · Nantes belongs historically and culturally to Brittany, a former duchy and province, and its omission from the modern administrative region of Brittany is controversial. Nantes was identified during classical antiquity as a port on the Loire.
Há 1 dia · The Duchy of Aquitaine was the largest and richest province of France, covering an area corresponding to nineteen departments of modern France and about a third of what was then considered France. Inheritance (1137) In 1137, Duke William X left Poitiers for Bordeaux and took his daughters with him.
Há 4 dias · Meanwhile, Henry turned his attention to the Duchy of Brittany, which neighboured his lands and was traditionally largely independent from the rest of France, with its own language and culture. The Breton dukes held little power across most of the duchy, which was mostly controlled by local lords.
Há 5 dias · Young princes in need of whipping into shape, or whose kin had fallen victim to war or intrigue back home, were packed off to stay with him; among those who enjoyed Æthelstan’s hospitality were the Norwegian Hákon (king 934–61); Alan, heir to the duchy of Brittany (936–52); and the future Louis IV, king of the West Franks ...
Há 5 dias · Book: The Norman Frontier in the Twelfth and Early Thirteenth Centuries. Daniel Power. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2004. Reviewer: Professor Lindy Grant. University of Reading. Citation: Professor Lindy Grant, review of The Norman Frontier in the Twelfth and Early Thirteenth Centuries, (review no. 511)
Há 5 dias · In the light of all this scholarly activity, Margaret Howell’s thought-provoking study of King Henry III’s queen, Eleanor of Provence: Queenship in Thirteenth-Century England, has come as a welcome, timely and much-needed addition.
Há 4 dias · Philip’s reign began well. Within months he crushed a revolt of the Flemish cloth towns that concluded at the Battle of Cassel in August 1328, thereby recovering the effective suzerainty over Flanders that had eluded his predecessors for a generation.
