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Brewer's: Ecole des Femmes
Molière borrowed the plot of this comedy from the novelletti of Ser Giovanni, composed in the fourteenth century. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Marguerite des Marguerites
[the pearl of pearls ]. So Francois called his sister (Marguerite de Valois), authoress of the Heptameron. She married twice: first, the Duc d'Alencon, and then Henri d'Albret, king of…Brewer's: Ranz des Vaches
Simple melodies played by the Swiss mountaineers on their Alp-horn when they drive their herds to pasture, or call them home (pour ranger des vaches, to bring the cows to their place).…Brewer's: Roman des Romans
A French version of Amadis of Gaul, greatly extended, by Gilbert Saunier and Sieur de Duverdier. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894RomanceRoman de la Rose A…Brewer's: Palais des Thermes
Once the abode of the Roman government of Gaul, as well as of the kings of the first and second dynasties. Here Julius fixed his residence when he was Caesar of Gaul. It is in Paris, but…Brewer's: Marteau des Heretiques
Pierre d'Ailly, also called l'Aigle de la France. (1350-1420.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894MartelMartano A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P…Des Plaines, river, United States
(Encyclopedia) Des Plaines, river, 110 mi (177 km) long, rising in SE Wis., and flowing S and SW through NE Ill., joining the Kankakee River S of Joliet, Ill., to form the Illinois River. The lower…Poncelet, Jean Victor
(Encyclopedia) Poncelet, Jean VictorPoncelet, Jean VictorzhäNˈ vēktôrˈ pôNslāˈ [key], 1788–1867, French mathematician and army engineer. He taught at the school of mechanics at Metz and at the…Women's History Month
Women Pulitzer Prize Winners in Journalism Women's History Month Nobel Winning Scientists Nobel Peace Prize Winners Pulitzer Prize Winners in Literature Women Rulers of…Barre des Ecrins
(Encyclopedia) Barre des EcrinsBarre des Ecrinsbär dāzākrăNˈ [key], peak, 13,461 ft (4,103 m) high, in the Pelvoux group, SE France, tallest of the Dauphiné Alps.Trending
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