Pictaviensis, was a scholastic logician and theologian and Bishop of Poitiers. He was born in Poitiers, and completed his first studies there. He was then educated...

William of Poitiers (Latin: Guillelmus Pictaviensis, French: Guillaume de Poitiers; c. 1020 – 1090) was a Norman priest who served as the chaplain of...

state affairs, instead showering favours on his chief mistress, Diane de Poitiers, who wielded much influence over him. Henry's sudden accidental death...

Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Poitiers is a school of higher education for music, drama, and dance located in Poitiers, France. The institution is a...

University of Poitiers, no doubt with a view to his obtaining preferment through his kinsman the Cardinal Jean du Bellay. At Poitiers he came in contact...

first became a deputy for Hauts-de-Seine's 13th constituency in the National Assembly in 2022. Bregeon was born in Poitiers and graduated with an engineer's...

The Battle of Tours, also called the Battle of Poitiers and the Battle of the Highway of the Martyrs (Arabic: معركة بلاط الشهداء, romanized: Maʿrakat Balāṭ...

sires de Rays... 1160–1449, tome 1 (in French). Poitiers: Société française d'imprimerie et de librairie. p. CX. Cazacu 2005, pp. 23–24. Vallet de Viriville...

Richard of Poitiers should not be confused with Richard of Ilchester, an English contemporary who was also known as Richard of Poitiers while Archdeacon...

The Edict of Nantes (French: édit de Nantes) was signed in April 1598 by King Henry IV and granted the minority Calvinist Protestants of France, also...

dalla battaglia di Poitiers) ("Charles Martel Returns from the Battle of Poitiers"), in 1963. In 1962, his first son Cristiano De André was born to his...

(1552–1559), built for Diane de Poitiers, the plans of which are preserved in Jacques Androuet du Cerceau's Plus excellens bastimens de France, though only part...

court, her care and upbringing were entrusted to Henry's mistress, Diane de Poitiers. Diane's father treated her well: her household included a governess...

Bordeaux, Dijon, Le Mans, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier, Nantes, Poitiers, Rennes, Strasbourg and Tours. The RER line B offers a connection to the...

Bayonne at the invitation of Henri-Louis Chasteigner de La Roche-Posay, the Bishop of Poitiers, where he soon became a leading figure of the diocese...

automobiles, violoncelles, avec 32 illustrations couleur, édit. bilingue français-allemand ; traduit par édit.en Forêt, Rimbach, Allemagne. Jusqu'à la garde, gravures...

François-Pierre-Gontier de Biran (29 November 1766 – 20 July 1824), usually known as Maine de Biran (French: [mɛn də biʁɑ̃]), was a French philosopher. Maine de Biran was...

and starring River Phoenix and Sidney Poitier. The film marks the first collaboration between Phoenix and Poitier (the second being Sneakers in 1992)....

Chartres. He probably studied under masters such as Peter Abelard, Gilbert of Poitiers, and Thierry of Chartres. This is known through the writings of John of...

Jonathan, The Road to Poitiers, Canelo Adventure, 2024. Ian Wilson, The Book of Geoffroi de Charny, with the Livre Charny edited and translated by Nigel...

Valentinois of House of Poitiers remained vassals of the Dauphin of Viennois until 1338; they held the title until the death of Louis of Poitiers in 1419. On 1029...

sent to Poitiers, where there was a long-established cathedral school, to study under his maternal uncle, Desiderius (Dido), Bishop of Poitiers. When he...

from scratch. Although William of Poitiers and William of Jumièges disagree about where the fleet was built – Poitiers states it was constructed at the...

have a terrible secret, which he can discover in Poitiers and use against them. Newman goes to Poitiers to attend Valentin's funeral, and afterwards urges...

(1549), Brantôme went to Paris and later to Poitiers (1555) to finish his education. He was a nephew of Jeanne de Dampierre, who belonged to the royal household...

of Poitiers (19 September 1356), English archery all but annihilated the French cavalry, and John was captured. Charles led a battalion at Poitiers that...

Battle of Poitiers. From the 10th to the mid-12th century, the counts of Poitou were also the dukes of Aquitaine, and the city of Poitiers grew in importance...

old-established house with a long tradition. In 1838 two nuns from the Carmel at Poitiers had been sent out to found the convent of Lisieux. One of them, Mother...

Francis de Sales, C.O., O.M. (French: François de Sales; Italian: Francesco di Sales; 21 August 1567 – 28 December 1622) was a Savoyard Catholic prelate...

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (French: [pjɛʁ tɛjaʁ də ʃaʁdɛ̃] ; 1 May 1881 – 10 April 1955) was a French Jesuit, Catholic priest, scientist, paleontologist...