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| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} des Deux-Roses | War of the Roses [series of civil wars in England between 1455 and 1487, when the House of Lancaster and the House of York fought for control of the throne of England] | |
| hist. pol. traité {f} de Troyes [1420] | Treaty of Troyes [in 1420, after victory at Agincourt, Henry V of England signed the Treaty with the wife of the demential Charles VI of France, confirming Henry as King of England AND France] | |
| lord-protecteur {m} | Lord Protector [Br.] [Head of State in England, later Britain] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} de Poitiers [1356] | Battle of Poitiers [in 1356 was the 2nd major success, after Crécy, by England under Edward, the Black Prince, against France, under King John II, in the 100 Years' War] | |
| hist. maison {f} Plantagenêt | House of Plantagenet [a Royal House which originated from the lands of Anjou in France, ruling England between 1154 and 1485] | |
| first-foot {m} | first-foot [tradition in N. England and Scotland: first person to enter the home of a household on New Year's Day] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Saint-James de Beuvron [1426] | Siege of St. James [in 1426, as part of the 100 Years' War, England defeated France at Avranches. ] | |
| hist. pol. traité {m} de Paris [1355] | Treaty of Paris [1355] [benefited France by ending dispute with Savoy and gaining it as an ally in the war against England] | |
| arts hist. Les Bourgeois de Calais {m.pl} [Auguste Roden, 1889] | The Burghers of Calais [1889 sculpture by Auguste Rodin commemorating the fall of Calais to England in 1347.] | |
| relig. évêque {m} de Winchester | Bishop of Winchester [diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Winchester, one of the oldest and most important in England] | |
| hist. pol. traité {m} de Londres [1474] | Treaty of London [in 1474 Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, agreed to support King Edward IV of England militarily during an invasion of France] | |
| dr. hist. immo. Domesday Book {m} | Domesday Book [a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086] | |
| hist. pol. congrès {m} d'Arras [1435] | Congress of Arras [in 1435, 1st international peace conference between France, England & Burgundy and observers from Aragon, Bohemia, Brittany, Castile, Denmark, Holy Roman Empire, and many more.] | |
| hist. Louis {m} VIII le Lion [1187-1226] | Louis VIII [1187-1226] [nicknamed 'The Lion'] [King of France from 1223 to 1226. He invaded England briefly in 1216] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. siège {m} de Calais [1346-7] | siege of Calais [part of 100 Years' War. After victory at Crécy, King Edward III of England successfully besieged Calais which remained in English hands until 1558] | |
| géogr. Cantorbéry {f} [aussi : Canterbury] | Canterbury | |
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| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Castillon [1453] | Battle of Castillon [decisive French victory in 1453 against England marked the end of the 100 Years' War. Considered the first major battle won through the extensive use of field artillery] | |
| hist. mil. pol. traité {m} de Brétigny [1360] [traité de Calais] | Treaty of Brétigny [Treaty signed in 1360 between King Edward III of England and King John II of France, marking the end of the first phase of the 100 Years' War] | |
| hist. pol. traité {m} de Picquigny [1475] | Treaty of Picquigny [1 year after the Treaty of London, England & France signed a peace treaty (7-year truce) in 1475 which left France to deal alone with the threat from Duke of Burgundy] | |
| occup. relig. archevêque {m} de Cantorbéry [gouverneur suprême de l'Église d'Angleterre] | Archbishop of Canterbury | |
| venelle {f} | ginnel [North England] [alley] | |
| occup. relig. suffrageant {m} [église réformée / luthérienne] | curate [Church of England] | |
| hist. Reine {f} Vierge | Virgin Queen [Elisabeth I of England] | |
| Fermez la porte ! | Put wood in t'hole! [regional: N. England] | |
| myth. succube {m} | succubus [demon in folklore, in female form, that appears in dreams to seduce men] | |
| arch. relig. Rouge Cloître {m} | Red Cloister [Augustinian Priory, founded in 1367, in the Sonian Forest, in SE Brussels] | |
| cuis. tire {f} d'érable | maple taffy [speciality of Eastern Canada and Northern New England] | |
| cuis. tire {f} sur la neige | maple taffy [speciality of Eastern Canada and Northern New England] | |
| arch. géogr. relig. cathédrale de Cantorbéry {noun} [située à Cantorbéry (Canterbury en anglais) dans le comté du Kent] | Canterbury Cathedral [also: Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Christ at Canterbury] | |
| hist. Knut {m} le Grand | Canute the Great [king of Denmark, England and Norway] [also: Cnut the Great] | |
| hist. Albion {f} | Albion [Great Britain, generally just England] | |
| hist. pol. traité {m} de Windsor [1386] | Treaty of Windsor [1386] [diplomatic alliance signed between Portugal and England] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} d'Azincourt [1415] | Battle of Agincourt [in 1415 English forces under King Henry V defeated numerically superior French forces in this important battle in the 100 Years' War] | |
| hist. Ordre {m} de la Jarretière | (the Most Noble) Order of the Garter [order of chivalry founded 1348 by Edward III, King of England] | |
| hist. pol. relig. édit {m} d'Expulsion [1290] | Edict of Expulsion [1290] [royal decree expelling all Jews from the Kingdom of England] | |
| arch. salon {m} | lounge [in private house, on ship, in hotel] | |
| en bref {adv} | briefly [in few words, not in detail] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Assandun [1016] | Battle of Assandun [1016] [also: Battle of Essendune] [Danish victory concluding their conquest of England] | |
| danse tarentisme {m} | tarentism [extreme urge to dance; prevalent in southern Italy in the 15-17C] | |
| engloutir qc. [faire disparaître] | to swallow up sth. [e.g. in fog, in the night] | |
| édition journ. glose {f} | gloss [brief note on sth. in the margin or between lines in a text] | |
| dr. cour {f} d'assises | assize court [criminal trial court in France, obsolete in UK since 1972] | |
| hist. pol. Jean {m} II le Bon [1319-1364] | John II the Good [1319-1364] [King of France 1350-1364 but spent much time in captivity in London after defeat at Battle of Poitiers in 1356] | |
| myth. incube {m} | incubus [demon in male form in folklore that seeks to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. duché {m} de Clèves [1417-1815] | Duchy of Cleves [1417-1815] [a State of the Holy Roman Empire, situated in the northern Rhineland, today part in Germany and part in the Netherlands] | |
| géogr. territoire {m} de Memel [aussi : région de Klaipėda] | Klaipėda County [previously in East Prussia, now a county in Lithuania] | |
| géogr. Aschaffenbourg {m} [Kreisfreie Stadt du Land de Bavière, en Allemagne] | Aschaffenburg | |
| pol. Sénat {m} [en France] | Upper Chamber [senate in France; House of Lords in UK] | |