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    1574–1627) was a fencing master and writer of the 1628 rapier manual Academie de l'Espée. Thibault was from the Southern Netherlands which is today Belgium. His...
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    Dancie, Discours des armes et methode pour bien tirer de l'espée et poignard (c. 1610) and L'Espee de combat (1623) Joseph Swetnam, The Schoole of the Noble...
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    bien tirer de l'espée et poignard (c.1610) and L'espée de combat (1623) and André Desbordes' Discours de la théorie et de la pratique de l'excellence...
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    Thibault, Académie de l'Espée (1630); trans. John Michael Greer Academy of the Sword, The Chivalry Bookshelf (2006) Luis Méndez de Carmona Tamariz (ca...
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    Cadets de Gascogne, une histoire turbulente (in French). Éditions Ouest-France. de La Touche, Philibert (1670). Les Vrays principes de l'espée seule…...
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    originally built in 1898 for the Biarritz chateau of the Baron Albert de L'Espée. It was the last instrument built by Cavaillé-Coll. The organ was ahead...
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  • Discours des armes et methode pour bien tirer de l'espée et poignard (translation by Rob Runacres) "Dancie L'Espee de combat (1623)". Archived from the original...
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    melee, shots were fired and the Prefect of the Loire Department, Henri de L'Espée, was assassinated and a commune was declared, although the French Army...
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    the Republic were both outside the city. The prefect, an engineer named de L'Espée, was meeting with a delegation from the National Guard in his office when...
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  • Thibault, Academie de l'espée (1628) Luis Pacheco de Narváez, Nueva ciencia (1632) Luis Méndez de Carmona Tamariz, Compendio en defensa de la doctrina y destreza...
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    façade), Notre-Dame Cathedral (behind the classical façade), baron Albert de L'Espée's residence in Biarritz (moved finally to the Sacré-Cœur Basilica), and...
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  • (1904), Table des noms s.v. "Brumadant: "Épée de Caraheux, forgée par Escurable". Old French: l'espée Brumadant le sauvage, v. 1647. Langlois describes...
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    Riots broke out at Saint Etienne in which the prefect of the Loire, M. de l'Espée, died on 25 March 1871. On 27 March 1871 Montgolfier was sent as the government's...
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  • marred by several major accidents. On lap 23, Fred Roberts (reliving Pete DePaolo) crashed in turn 3, collecting six other cars in the mayhem. Worse happened...
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  • start at 11:35 pm Marcel Lehoux (Bugatti 2 L s/c) de Maleplane (Bugatti T35C 2 L s/c) Jean de l'Espée (Bugatti T35C 4928 2 L s/c) Etancelin (Bugatti 2...
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    Aviation Squadrons V 14 and V 21 9th Cavalry Division Commander: Jean de l'Espée 1st Cuirassier Brigade 5th Cuirassier Regiment 8th Cuirassier Regiment...
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    the renowned fencer Gerard Thibault to the front of his book Academie de L'espee. In 1601, he published, under the pseudonym of Theocritus à Ganda ("Theocritus...
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    Grand Prix | Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport. "VIII° GRAN PREMIO DE SAN SEBASTIAN". kolumbus.fi. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021. Retrieved...
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    brilliant period. In 1911, he acquired the castle of the Baron, Albert de L'Espée, at Ilbarritz, by Biarritz at auction, and envisaged making a golf course;...
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    The chanson de geste (Old French for 'song of heroic deeds', from Latin: gesta 'deeds, actions accomplished') is a medieval narrative, a type of epic poem...
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  • Baquet) 43rd Infantry Division (Général de Division Pierre E. Lanquetot) 9th Cavalry Division Général Jean de l'Espée 42nd Infantry Division Général Paul...
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    Pierre de Vizcaya and Betrand, Prince of Cystria were joined by British Aston Martin-driver, Louis Zborowski and wealthy Argentineans Martín de Álzaga...
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    Abel Decaux (category Conservatoire de Paris alumni)
    successor Charles Mutin, was installed from the residence of Baron Albert de L'Espée in Ilbarritz. Widor, Decaux, and up-and-coming concert organist Marcel...
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    best described the use of the guards. In his celebrated 1622 L'Academie De L'Espee, The Flemish master Girard Thibault added a chapter commenting on the...
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    Eschole ou theatre: auquel sont représentées diverses manières de se servir de l’espée seule, ou accompaignée du poignard, tant pour destourner que pour...
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    The 1930 French Grand Prix (formally titled the XXIV Grand Prix de l'A.C.F.) was a Grand Prix motor race held at Pau on 21 September 1930. The race was...
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  • Territorial Division (Roy) 5th Cavalry Division (Allenou) 9th Cavalry Division (de L'espee) 1st Cavalry Division (Olivier Mazel) 3rd Cavalry Division (Lastours)...
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    sword Caliburc" ("Cil Costentin, li niès Artur, Ki out l'espée Caliburc"). In Wace's Roman de Brut (c. 1150–1155), composed in Old French, the sword is...
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