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Santillana, Iñigo López de Mendoza, marqués de
(Encyclopedia)Santillana, Iñigo López de Mendoza, marqués de ēnyēˈgō lōˈpĕth dā māndōˈthä märkāsˈ dā säntēlyäˈnä [key], 1398–1458, Spanish poet and literary patron. Influenced by Dante, Pe...De Hooch, Pieter
(Encyclopedia)De Hooch or De Hoogh, Pieter: see Hooch, Pieter de. ...Vendôme, François de
(Encyclopedia)Vendôme, François de: see Beaufort, François de Vendôme, duc de. ...Monluc, Blaise de
(Encyclopedia)Monluc, Blaise de: see Montluc, Blaise de Lasseran-Massencôme, seigneur de. ...Bazán, Álvaro de
(Encyclopedia)Bazán, Álvaro de: see Santa Cruz, Álvaro de Bazán, marqués de. ...Nemours, Gaston de Foix, duc de
(Encyclopedia)Nemours, Gaston de Foix, duc de: see Foix, Gaston de. ...Girardin, Delphine Gay de
(Encyclopedia)Girardin, Delphine Gay de dĕlfēnˈ gā də zhērärdăNˈ [key], 1804–55, French writer; wife of Émile de Girardin. She wrote patriotic poems and, under the pseudonym Vicomte Charles de Launay, w...Chrétien de Troyes
(Encyclopedia)Chrétien de Troyes or Chrestien de Troyes both: krātyăNˈ də trwä [key], fl. 1170, French poet, author of the first great literary treatments of the Arthurian legend. His narrative romances, comp...Montesquieu, Charles Louis de Secondat, baron de la Brède et de
(Encyclopedia)Montesquieu, Charles Louis de Secondat, baron de la Brède et de shärl lwē də səkôNdäˈ bärôNˈ də lä brĕd ā də môNtĕskyüˈ [key], 1689–1755, French jurist and political philosopher....Étoile, Place de l'
(Encyclopedia)Étoile, Place de l', Paris: see Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile. ...Browse by Subject
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