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• Traité de Brétigny Nous sommes en pleine guerre de Cent Ans.

• Les Cent-Jours Du vol de l'Aigle à l'exil de Napoléon.

• La fin de la guerre de Cent Ans Une reconquête triomphale.

• Oeuvres de Napoleon Bonaparte, TOME III peuple, et sera toujours le jouet des subalternes que l'Angleterre corrompt, et qui le circonviennent de peur qu'il ne soit éclairé.

  Le général Vialannes, commandant la cavalerie du maréchal Davoust, est entré a Presbourg. M. le général comte de Palffy a écrit une lettre à laquelle le maréchal Davoust a répondu. Un corps de trois mille Autrichiens s'était retranché dans la position de Waldermünchen, au débouché de la Bohême. Le général Baraguay-d'Hilliers, à la tête de trois bataillons de dragons à pied, a marché contre ce corps, qui s'est hâté d'abandonner sa position. Le général Baraguay-d'Hilliers était le 18 à Treinitz en...

• LA GUERRE DE CENT ANS ( 1360- 1411) - HISTOIRE.

• La Chartreuse de Parme Fabrice doubla le pas, les femmes le suivirent en criant, et beaucoup de pauvres mâles, accourant par toutes les rues, firent une sorte de petite sédition.

  Trois jours après le départ de Pépé, il fut bien étonné de recevoir une lettre énorme fermée avec une tresse de soie comme du temps de Louis XIV, et adressée à Son Excellence révérendissime monseigneur Fabrice del Dongo, premier grand-vicaire du diocèse de Parme, chanoine, etc. "Mais, est-ce que je suis encore tout cela?"se dit-il en riant. L'épître de l'archevêque Landriani était un chef-d'oeuvre de logique et de clarté; elle n'avait pas moins de dix-neuf grandes pages, et racontait fort bien t...

• Eugenie Grandet --Je ne le savais point.

  plaisirs du premier amour. “Ma chere Annette, rien ne devait nous separer, si ce n'est le malheur qui m'accable et qu'aucune prudence humaine n'aurait su prevoir. Mon pere s'est tue, sa fortune et la mienne sont entierement perdues. Je suis orphelin a un age ou, par la nature de mon education, je puis passer pour un enfant; et je dois neanmoins me relever homme de l'abime ou je suis tombe. Je viens d'employer une partie de cette nuit a faire mes calculs. Si je veux quitter la France en honnete h...

• L'armée française pendant la guerre de Cent Ans

• Le Corricolo Comme alors, il y avait deux partis, mais deux

  rendu a l'assemblee publique si gorge de vin qu'il a ete oblige de s'arreter a l'angle d'une rue et de le rendre aux yeux de tous, quoique le mime Sergius, avec lequel il vit dans un commerce infame, et qui a, dit-on, toute influence sur lui, essayat d'etendre son manteau entre lui et les passans. Apres Sergius, sa compagnie la plus habituelle est la courtisane Cytheris, qu'il mene partout avec lui dans une litiere, et a laquelle il fait un cortege aussi nombreux que celui de sa propre mere. Cha...

• Article de presse: 27 jours qui ébranlèrent la France

  Après quelques discours enflammés, on se disperse vers 13 heures. Au début de l'après-midi, les Nanterrois qui ne savent où aller sont toujours là et à nouveau les orateurs se succèdent. Le tonmonte. La psychose d'agression reparaît : les " fafs " vont attaquer. Dans la confusion, les fausses nouvelles, les bruits alarmistes,la foule étudiante grossit rapidement. Comme la veille à Nanterre, les autorités font fermer à clef les portes des amphithéâtres,puis encercler la Sorbonne par la police,...

• Athens (Greece) - geography.

  expected to further develop the city’s tourism industry. Athens serves as the hub of Greece’s national transportation network. The Greek railway system is centered in Athens, and ferries sail to the rest of the country from theport at Piraeus. The urban area itself in Athens is served by taxis and public buses that must contend with heavily congested traffic. The major part of the city’s metrosubway, Attiko Metro (Athens Metro), was completed in 2000 and serves the heart of Athens; extensions to...

• La Normandie dans la Guerre de Cent-Ans

  LA NORMANDIE DANS LA GUERRE DE CENT ANS Introduction En 1204, le roi de France Philippe II Auguste s'empare du duché de Normandie au détriment du roi d'Angleterre. Depuis cette annexion, les barons normands sont d’autant plus sûrs de leurs droits obtenus notamment dans un document codifié et intitulé « Charte aux Normands » en 1312-1314. En tout cas, près de 150 ans après la conquête française, la fidélité normande est toujours présente. Cependant, l’un des seigneurs normands, Geoffroy...

• Smithsonian Institution.

  F Arthur M. Sackler Gallery The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery houses a permanent collection of art from China, South and Southeast Asia, ancient and Islamic Iran, and Japan. Changing exhibitions ofAsian art are drawn from collections in the United States and abroad. The core of the collection was a gift from American research physician and medical publisherArthur M. Sackler. G Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum The Cooper-Hewitt is located in New York City and features examples of historical an...

• EN CETTE ANNÉE DIX-NEUF CENT QUARANTE ET UN (résumé)

• encyclopédie.

  encyclopédiques modernes et les encyclopédies comme le Grand Dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle (1866-1876), de Pierre Larousse, illustrent le principe des petites rubriques. L’autre approche a conduit à des encyclopédies qui tiennent davantage de la compilation de monographies et d’articles de synthèse. 3. 2 Les dictionnaires encyclopédiques On peut considérer que la première encyclopédie de type « dictionnaire » est le Grand Dictionnaire historique, ou le Mélange curieux de l’histoire...

• Steam Engine.

  wear caused by this pressure, steam-engine valves are frequently made in a cylindrical form entirely enclosing the piston, so that the pressure is equal all around thevalve and friction is minimized. The development of this type of valve is attributed to the American inventor and manufacturer George Henry Corliss. In other types ofslide valves, the moving portion of the valve is designed so that steam does not press directly on the back of the valve. The linkage between the piston of the engine...

• La Chanson de Roland

  2 III B LANCANDRINS fut des plus saives paiens ; 25 De vasselage fut asez chevaler, Prozdom i out pur sun seignur aider, E dist al rei : « Ore ne vus esmaiez ! Mandez Carlun, a l’orguillus e al fier, Fedeilz servises e mult granz amistez. 30 Vos li durrez urs e leons e chens, Set cenz camelz e mil hosturs muers, D’or e d’argent .IIII.C. muls cargez, Cinquante carre qu’en ferat carier : Ben en purrat luer ses soldeiers. 35 En ceste tere ad asez osteiet ; En France, ad Ais, s’en deit...

• Toutes les fois que je donne une place vacante, je fais cent mécontents et un ingrat.

• Finland - country.

  Productive forestland is the most valuable natural resource of Finland. Spruce, pine, and silver birch are the principal trees used to manufacture wood and pulp andpaper products. Finland lacks coal and petroleum resources and is a net importer of energy resources. However, Finland does have significant deposits of peat, which is cut from thenumerous peat bogs that cover much of the north. Peat is an important heat source for homes, and it provides about 7 percent of Finland’s electricity needs....

• Native American Architecture.

  B Relationship to the Universe and Nature A more profound difference between European American and Native American perceptions lay in how human beings saw themselves in relationship to the universe andin what they believed their responsibilities were to the natural world and to each other. Most European Americans saw themselves as separate from creation andadversaries of nature, ever struggling to conquer and subdue nature and force it to yield to their will. Native Americans saw themselves as...

• Chile - country.

  D Plant and Animal Life The indigenous plant life of Chile varies according to climatic zone. Plant life in the northern region includes brambles and cactus and has little variety. Here, theAtacama provides one of the best examples on Earth of an absolute desert. The more humid Central Valley supports several species of cacti, espino (a thorny shrub),grasses, and the Chilean pine, which bears edible nuts. Dense rain forests are located south of Valdivia with laurel, magnolia, false beech, and v...

• Mexico City - geography.

  The park houses some of Mexico's most important public buildings, including Chapultepec Castle. Construction of the castle began in 1783. Positioned on the park’shighest elevation, the castle functioned as a fortress during colonial times. It once served as the presidential residence and now houses the National Museum of History,which includes murals by 20th-century Mexican painter Juan O'Gorman. Los Pinos, the official residence and working offices of the president, is also on the grounds, buti...

• Roman Mythology.

  Her temple on the Aventine Hill in Rome was a center for organizations of skilled craftspeople. According to tradition, in 509 BC the dynasty of Etruscan kings ended and the Roman Republic was founded. The republic was ruled by two chief magistrates, called consuls, who were elected by the people to one-year terms. During the time of the republic, the Capitoline temple became the most important public shrine of theRoman people and the focus of public worship. Each January, the new consuls offer...

• Bangkok - geography.

  the decline of the canal system that once so distinguished the city, Bangkok's famous floating market has had to move from the city to the western suburbs. Themarket features vendors selling their wares from boats in the early-morning hours. Since the 1960s, high-rise buildings have been erected all over the city. Typical housing in the core of the city now consists of apartments on the second through fourthfloors of a shophouse; the building’s only recreational space is the rooftop. In the subu...

• Uganda - country.

  Uganda’s population is predominantly rural and is concentrated in the south, particularly in the crescent at the edge of Lake Victoria and in the southwest. Almost allUgandans are black Africans. Foreign residents make up less than 4 percent of the population and come mostly from neighboring states. In 2008 Uganda’s population was estimated at 31,367,972. The estimated growth rate of the population in 2008 was 3.6 percent. The birth rate was 48 per 1,000people and the death rate 12 per 1,000. Th...

• Kenya - country.

  threatens fish and other water life in the lake by depriving them of oxygen. Kenya is well known for its game parks—including Masai Mara Game Park and Tsavo National Park in the south, and Marsabit National Reserve in the north—whichattract large numbers of tourists and much revenue. Conservation of wildlife within reserves has thus received high priority. About 13 percent (2007) of Kenya’s totalland is protected. There are 229 (2004) threatened species in Kenya. Threatened habitats include the...

• Turkey - country.

  has a general elevation of 900 to 1,500 m (3,000 to 5,000 ft) above sea level. The eastern highlands region is the most mountainous and rugged portion of Turkey; Mount Ararat (Ağrı Da ğı) is the highest peak in the country at 5,165 m (16,945ft). Many Christians and Jews believe it to be the same Mount Ararat mentioned in the Bible as the place where Noah’s ark came to rest. The eastern highlands are thesource for both the Tigris (Dicle) and Euphrates (Fir āt)—two of southwestern Asia’s principal...

• Greece - country.

  minerals, such as chromium, copper, uranium, and magnesium, are relatively small. Greece’s small petroleum deposits, located under the Aegean Sea near the island ofThásos, are rapidly being depleted. There are no significant reserves of natural gas. Greece’s forests, probably abundant in ancient times, have been significantly depleted. Subsequent soil erosion has made reforestation efforts difficult. Although muchof Greece’s soil is rocky and dry, the country’s mountains are interspersed with sm...

• ARTICLE DE PRESSE: Huit cents millions d'affamés

• Africa.

  The highest elevations in Africa are found in the various ranges of East Africa. After Kilimanjaro, the next highest peaks are Mount Kenya (5,199 m/17,057 ft), north ofKilimanjaro in central Kenya; Margherita Peak (5,109 m/ 16,762 ft) in the Ruwenzori Range on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo(DRC); Ras Dashen (4,620 m/ 15,157 ft) in the Ethiopian Highlands of northern Ethiopia; Mount Meru (4,565 m/ 14,977 ft), close to Kilimanjaro in Tanzania; and MountElgon (4,...

• Africa - Geography.

  The highest elevations in Africa are found in the various ranges of East Africa. After Kilimanjaro, the next highest peaks are Mount Kenya (5,199 m/17,057 ft), north ofKilimanjaro in central Kenya; Margherita Peak (5,109 m/ 16,762 ft) in the Ruwenzori Range on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo(DRC); Ras Dashen (4,620 m/ 15,157 ft) in the Ethiopian Highlands of northern Ethiopia; Mount Meru (4,565 m/ 14,977 ft), close to Kilimanjaro in Tanzania; and MountElgon (4,...

• Ireland - country.

  F Plants and Animals Ireland’s animal life does not differ markedly from that of England or France. Over many centuries of human settlement almost all of Ireland’s natural woodlands werecleared, and indigenous animals such as bear, wolf, wildcat, beaver, wild cattle, and the giant Irish deer (a type of fallow deer) gradually disappeared. However, thehardy and versatile Connemara pony, Ireland’s only native pony breed, has been used by Irish farmers since prehistoric times. The great auk, or gar...

• Toronto - geography.

  now a museum. In the far northeast side of the City is the Toronto Zoo, a modern zoo covering many acres and with well-designed animal displays. Originally known as the SkyDome, the Rogers Centre is a state-of-the-art stadium complex that opened in 1989. The stadium features a retractable roof that can openin 20 minutes to expose the playing field and most of the 50,000 seats to the open air. It is the home of the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League and theToronto Blue Jays of Majo...

• Toronto - Geography.

  now a museum. In the far northeast side of the City is the Toronto Zoo, a modern zoo covering many acres and with well-designed animal displays. Originally known as the SkyDome, the Rogers Centre is a state-of-the-art stadium complex that opened in 1989. The stadium features a retractable roof that can openin 20 minutes to expose the playing field and most of the 50,000 seats to the open air. It is the home of the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League and theToronto Blue Jays of Majo...

• Les moyens de la fortune selon Vautrin («Dans ces conjonctures... je m'amuserai à ma façon», p. 154) - Le père Goriot de Balzac

  La formule est riche de connotations : elle contient à la fois le pouvoir et la sagesse, elle implique l'étendue desterres, la réalité des cultures et la souveraineté tranquille du patriarche. Ces notions sont renforcées par un effet derépétition : «Moi, voyez-vous, j'ai une idée. Mon idée est...» La suite du lexique confirme ce choix d'un vasteespace : «au milieu d'un grand domaine, cent mille arpents», soit cinquante mille hectares ; puis «aux États-Unis,dans le Sud», c'est l'immensité...

• Fondée au XVIIe siècle sur la côte atlantique, symbole de

  Enfin, les habitants en provenance de l'Amérique latine représentent 11 % de la population de l'agglomération et le nombre des Chinois est en augmentation sensible. Complétez votre recherche en consultant : Les corrélats Bartholdi Frédéric Auguste Hudson Hudson Henry Indépendance américaine (guerre de l') Iroquois Verrazano (Giovanni da) Les livres New York - la Liberté éclairant le monde, page 3422, volume 6 New York - l'Empire State Building, page 3423, volume 6 La configuration...

• Oeuvres de Napoleon Bonaparte, Tome IV.

  son sénat dirigeant, dire que ce sont les alliés qui ont été battus. Toute l'Europe sait bien qu'il n'y a pas de familles en Russie qui ne portent le deuil. Ce n'est point la perte des alliés qu'elle pleure: cent quatre-vingt-quinze pièces de bataille russes qui ont été prises, et qui sont à Strasbourg, ne sont pas les canons des alliés. Les cinquante drapeaux russes qui sont suspendus a Notre-Dame de Paris, ne sont point les drapeaux des alliés. Les bandes de Russes qui sont morts dans nos hôpi...

• Cincinnati - geography.

  and managed the Reds. The University of Cincinnati men’s basketball team enjoyed considerable success in the 1990s. IV ECONOMY Cincinnati, from its earliest beginnings, has functioned as a major port on the Ohio River. Distribution of raw materials as well as manufactured goods is one of the city’schief economic activities. Although Cincinnati remains one of the world’s leading centers for the distribution of bituminous (soft) coal, this trade is gradually declining. Coal from Kentucky and W...

• Philippe le Bel et la Flandre Le traité d'Athis-sur-Orge

  faveur du parti du Capétien est accentué au mois de fé­ vrier par l'arrivée de deux des meilleurs juristes du royaume : . l'archevêque de Narbonne, Gilles Ayœlin, et l'évêque d'Auxerre, Pierre de Mornay. Le 20 février 1305, un accord est trouvé, que deux envoyés du roi en Flandre se chargent de faire accepter aux villes. Les nobles et les bourgeois fi­ nissent par prêter serment, à des conditions si dures qu'elles son...

• Indianapolis - geography.

  Amateur athletic competitions are frequent in Indianapolis. Each summer it is the site for the finals of the Hoosier State Games, with athletes of all ages and skill levelscompeting in 21 sports. In 1987 Indianapolis hosted the Tenth Pan American Games, and is often the site for numerous Olympic trials and collegiate sportschampionships. Among the many sports facilities are those for tennis, bicycle racing, skating, and track and field. The city’s professional football team, the Indianapolis Col...

• Aztec Empire.

  tribute to the empire in agricultural products, which were used to finance public projects. All able-bodied men owed military service to the empire. Citizens could also bedrafted to work on public lands or build temples, dikes, aqueducts, and roads. Although Aztec society had strict classes, a person’s status could change based on his or her contribution to society. Commoners could improve their rank, especially byperforming well in battle, and become prosperous landowners. Young people of some...

• Aztec Empire - USA History.

  tribute to the empire in agricultural products, which were used to finance public projects. All able-bodied men owed military service to the empire. Citizens could also bedrafted to work on public lands or build temples, dikes, aqueducts, and roads. Although Aztec society had strict classes, a person’s status could change based on his or her contribution to society. Commoners could improve their rank, especially byperforming well in battle, and become prosperous landowners. Young people of some...

• Latvia - country.

  The population of Latvia is about 2,245,423 (2008 estimate), yielding an average population density of 35 persons per sq km (91 per sq mi). Latvia is highly urbanized.Some 66 percent of the population lives in urban areas, with nearly one-third of the total population residing in the capital, Rīga. Other important cities includeDaugavpils, an industrial center in the southeast, on the Daugava River; Liep āja, an important port on the Baltic Sea; Jelgava, an industrial center near Rîga; J ūrmala,...

• reviendrai plus.

  donc cequ’il convient defaire. Hatteras dépliasurlatable l’unedeces excellentes cartespubliées, en1859, parordre de l’Amirauté. – Veuillez mesuivre, jevous prie.Sile détroit deSmith nousestfermé, iln’en estpas demême du détroit deLancastre, surlacôte ouest delamer deBaffin ; selonmoi,nous devons remonter ce détroit jusqu’à celuideBarrow, etde làjusqu’à l’îleBeechey ; laroute aété cent fois parcourue pardes navires àvoiles ; nousneserons doncpasembarrassés avecun brick à hélice. Unefoisàl’île Bee...

• Les origines de la guerre de Cent Ans L'issue d'un long contentieux.

• Vancouver (British Columbia) - Geography.

  The Fraser Delta—Burrard Inlet area that is now Vancouver was occupied by Coast Salish people of the Musqueam, Kwantlen, Tsawwassen, and Capilano bands whenthe Spanish explorer José Maria Narvaez and the British naval officer George Vancouver visited the area in the early 1790s. The first permanent white settlement, established around the Hastings sawmill in the 1860s, was colloquially known as Gastown (after a talkative leading citizen, “Gassy”Jack Deighton). This settlement was renamed Granvil...

• La belle Gabrielle, vol.

  —A un juif? —De Rouen. Je n'avais pas le choix. En guerre, les diamants se cachent. —Et il vous en fallait absolument. —A tout prix. —Peste! votre inestimable est bien exigeante. —Ce n'est pas elle précisément. —Qui donc, alors? —Elle a une mère, monsieur. Crillon, avec un mouvement qui fit rire Espérance: —Une honnête mère, s'écria-t-il, qui prie mademoiselle sa fille d'avoir besoin de quatre cents pistoles de diamants. Harnibieu!... la jolie drôlesse de mère. Vous êtes dans la nasse. —Là, là,...

• New Orleans - geography.

  levees bordering Lake Pontchartrain. On the 17th Street Canal, a section about 90 m (about 300 ft) wide collapsed, allowing a torrent of water to enter the city. The rapidlyrising waters flooded more than 80 percent of New Orleans. The disaster prompted a mandatory evacuation of the entire city. A week after the storm, the U.S. Army Corpsof Engineers finished patching the 17th Street Canal levee and began pumping water out of the city. But by then the damage was catastrophic. The city’s low-lyin...

• San Jose (California) - geography.

  The San Jose metropolitan area is an economic powerhouse. It is the single most important high-technology center in the United States, specializing in aerospace andcomputer technology. Assisting in the area’s steady innovation is its many venture capital firms, which loan money to entrepreneurs starting new companies. It isestimated that the region contains one-half of the leading venture capital firms in the world. Among the nation’s largest companies in the San Jose metropolitan regionare Inte...

• Québec (city) - Geography.

  rotates between the mayors of small, medium, and core municipalities. The QUC is responsible for zoning, regional development, property valuation, waste disposal, andtourism promotion. City planning and public transit are handled in collaboration with the municipalities. Other municipal functions such as public works, libraries, water,parks, fire and police services, street repair, and traffic control are left to the municipalities. VII CONTEMPORARY ISSUES In recent years the St. Lawrence Rive...