The term écu (French pronunciation: [eky]) may refer to one of several French coins. The first écu was a gold coin (the écu d'or) minted during the reign...
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and was valued at 1⁄9th the Livre Parisis (or 2+2⁄9 sols). The gold écu au soleil was minted at 72 to the Mark, 23+1⁄8 karats fine (3.2754 g fine gold)...
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during the reign of Henry VIII, in an attempt to compete with the French écu au soleil. The coin was not a success and just a few months later it was replaced...
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edict of Poitiers the accounting system of the kingdom was tied to the écu au soleil as opposed to a fictional accounting unit. While this controlled inflation...
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pieces. These were delivered by a William Schaw in 1539, costing 2466 écu au soleil (crowns of the sun) . It was a group of five (or six) sets of seven...
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Le Théâtre du Soleil (French: [lə teɑtʁ dy sɔlɛj], lit. "The Theater of the Sun") is a Parisian avant-garde stage ensemble founded by Ariane Mnouchkine...
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Aviation AVAVIA Zimbabwe SOD Aerolíneas Sol ALSOL Mexico SOE Air Soleil AIR SOLEIL Mauritania SOG Aero Soga AEROSOGA Guinea-Bissau defunct SPD Airspeed...
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Louis XIV (redirect from Le Roi Soleil)
also known as Louis the Great (Louis le Grand) or the Sun King (le Roi Soleil), was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His verified reign...
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(2010). "Les Bretons de la Pucelle". In Soleil, Sylvain; Quaghebeur, Joëlle (eds.). Le pouvoir et la foi au Moyen Âge en Bretagne et dans l'Europe de...
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entendu et vu, Scarbo, lorsqu'à minuit la lune brille dans le ciel comme un écu d'argent sur une bannière d'azur semée d'abeilles d'or! Oh! how often have...
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Bird and Tom Johnson's America, Lost and Found (1979) Chris Marker's Sans Soleil (1983) Morgan Fisher's Standard Gauge (1984) Ross McElwee's Sherman's March...
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to it (Voyage de la Lune à Paris, Mme Angot dans la Lune, Le Voyage du Soleil, Les Voyageurs pour Belleville, Les Voyageurs pour la Lune, Allons voir...
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Jean-Christian (2010). L'affaire des Poisons: Crimes et sorcellerie au temps du Roi-Soleil. Paris: Perrin. pp. 29–48. ISBN 9782262023867. Walch, Agnès (2010)...
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de BAROQUE". Centre national de ressources textuelles et lexicales. empr. au port. barroco « rocher granitique » et « perle irrégulière », attesté dep...
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1996, p. 266. Robert Brécy, Florilège de la Chanson Révolutionnaire, De 1789 au Front Populaire, Éditions Ouvrières, Paris, 1990, page 137. Estager, Jacques;...
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noire à Ventadour, Festival de la Luzège 1989: Une si jolie maison dans le soleil levant, Radio France 1989: La Guerre aux étangs, Festival de la Luzège « Prose...
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Mons-en-Pévèle use the same arms.) Bavay D'argent au lion de gueules chargé sur l'épaule d'un écu d'or au lion de sable. Argent a lion gules charged on its...
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Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul Les deux pêcheurs, ou Le lever du soleil opérette bouffe 1 act Charles-Désiré Dupeuty and Ernest Bourget 13 November...
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during this period. A receipt records that Saint-Gouard paid him 400 écus soleil for a round trip he made between the capitals. In early 1575 he gained...
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1858. De gueules, au nom d'Esquermes d'or, mis en bande entre deux cotices du même, et accompagné en chef à senestre d'un écu d'or au lion de sable. Gules...
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Hemevez, Huberville, Jobourg, Martinvast, Le Mesnil, Négreville, Neuville-au-Plain, Omonville-la-Rogue, Quinéville, Rauville-la-Bigot, Rauville-la-Place...
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and a duck contourny Or. Chaumont-en-Vexin d'argent au mont cousu de gueules surmonté d'un soleil d'or. Argent, a mount gules and a sun Or. Chevrières...
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Radinghem-en-Weppes D'or, au chevron de sable, accompagné de trois étoiles à six rais du même, et chargé sur sa pointe d'un écu d'or au lion de sable, armé...
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