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 | hist. pol. traité {m} de Madrid [1526] | Treaty of Madrid [signed in 1526 by King Francis I of France and Charles, Holy Roman Emperor. Francis renounced all his claims in Italy, Flanders, and Artois, and surrendered Burgundy to Charles] | |
| hist. mil. pol. accords {m.pl} de Dayton [1995] | Dayton Agreement [1995] [signed in Paris] [ending the Bosnian War] | |
| hist. mil. pol. traité {m} de Lunéville [1801] | Treaty of Lunéville [signed in 1801 by the French Republic and Holy Roman Emperor Francis II, following the Battle of Marengo] | |
| hist. pol. charte {f} de Cortenbergh [1312] | Charter of Kortenberg [signed by Duke of Brabant in 1312. Similar to, but broader than, English Magna Carta as it included all citizens and not just the Barons] | |
| hist. pol. traités {m.pl} de Reichenbach [1813] | Treaties of Reichenbach [1813] [series of agreements signed in present-day Dzierżoniów between UK, Prussia, Russia, and Austria to establish a united coalition force against Napoleon I of France] | |
| hist. pol. traité {m} d'Arras [1482] | Treaty of Arras [signed in 1482 by King Louis XI of France and Archduke Maximilian I of Habsburg, who agreed to marry his daughter, Archduchess Margaret of Austria, to the Dauphin of France] | |
| hist. pol. Grand Privilège {m} des Pays de par-deçà [1477] | Great Privilege [an instrument signed by Mary of Burgundy in 1477, following death of her father at Battle of Nancy. It reconfirmed the rights of Flanders, Brabant, Hainaut, and Holland] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
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| 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] | |
| hist. pol. traité {m} de Windsor [1386] | Treaty of Windsor [1386] [diplomatic alliance signed between Portugal and England] | |
| hist. pol. traité {m} de Paris [1920] | Treaty of Paris [1920] [signed by France, UK, Italy & Japan, recognising Romanian sovereignty over Bessarabia] | |
| hist. pol. traités {m.pl} inégaux [1840-1950] | unequal treaties [1840-1950] [Chinese name for series of one-sided treaties signed with European powers] | |
| hist. mil. pol. traité {m} de Presbourg [1805] | Peace of Pressburg [1805] [also: Treaty of Pressburg] [signed by Napoleon (France) and Francis II (Austria) after Austrian defeats at Ulm & Austerlitz] | |
| 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] | |
| pol. Entente {f} cordiale [1904] | Entente Cordiale [1904] [signed between the United Kingdom and the French Republic] | |
| en bref {adv} | briefly [in few words, not in detail] | |
| arch. salon {m} | lounge [in private house, on ship, in hotel] | |
| hist. pol. traité {m} de Schönbrunn [1805] | Treaty of Schönbrunn [1805] [also: Convention of Schönbrunn] [ treaty of friendship signed between France and Prussia; superseded by 1806 Treaty of Paris, incorporating its main terms] | |
| hist. pol. traité {m} de Schönbrunn [1809] [aussi : traité de Vienne] | Treaty of Schönbrunn [1809] [also: Peace of Schönbrunn or Treaty of Vienna] [after France's victory at Wagram, signed between France and Austria, ending the 5th Coalition] | |
| 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] | |
| hist. pol. paix {f} d'Amiens [1802] | Treaty of Amiens [1802] [signed by France and UK. Along with Treaty of Lunéville (1801), it ended the War of the 2nd Coalition against France. Peace lasted 1 year] | |
| myth. incube {m} | incubus [demon in male form in folklore that seeks to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women] | |
| hist. mil. pol. traité {m} de Campo-Formio [1797] | Treaty of Campo Formio [1797] [signed by Napoleon and the Austrian Monarchy, ending the War of the First Coalition and left UK fighting alone against revolutionary France] | |
| 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] | |
| hist. mil. pol. traité {m} de Fontainebleau [1807] | Treaty of Fontainebleau [1807] [secret agreement signed between King Charles IV of Spain and the French Emperor Napoleon, to drive the House of Braganza from and divide the Kingdom of Portugal] | |
| pol. Sénat {m} [en France] | Upper Chamber [senate in France; House of Lords in UK] | |
| pol. Assemblée {f} nationale [en France] | Lower Chamber [National Assembly in France; House of Commons in UK] | |
| cuis. zool. agneau {m} de pré-salé | salt meadow lamb [ lamb raised in salt marsh meadows of France, especially Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy] | |
| textile scoubidou {m} | scoubidou [material used in knotting craft, which originated in France] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. Berry {m} [aussi : Berri] | Berry [former province located in central France, until departments replaced the provinces in 1790] | |
| cuis. tomme {f} | tomme [generic name given to a class of cheese produced mainly in the French Alps and in Switzerland] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. arc {m} de triomphe de l'Étoile | Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile [commissioned in Paris by Napoleon in 1806, it honours those who fought and died for France in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars] | |
| agr. équi. occup. gardian {m} [mérid.] [cavalier qui garde et conduit une manade] | gardian [mounted cattle herdsman in the Camargue delta in Provence] | |
| hist. mil. pol. traités {m.pl} de Tilsit [1807] | Treaties of Tilsit [1807] [2 agreements signed by Napoleon I of France ending the War of the 4th Coalition, with 1. Emperor Alexander I of Russia. 2. the King Of Prussia. Tilsit = Sovetsk] | |
| géogr. hist. comté {m} de Flandre | County of Flanders [historic territory in the Low Countries founded in 862, centred around the cities of Ghent, Bruges and Ypres] | |
| relig. marabout {m} | marabout [Muslim religious leader and teacher in West Africa, and (historically) in the Maghreb] | |
| hist. pol. guelfes {m.pl} | Guelphs [faction supporting the Pope in 12C and 13C in the Italian city-states of Central and Northern Italy] | |
| géogr. île {f} d'Aix [île du Sud-Ouest de la France] | Aix [island] [Napoleon spent his last days in France here in 1815] | |
| hist. pol. gibelins {m.pl} | Ghibellines [faction supporting the Holy Roman Emperor in 12C and 13C in the Italian city-states of Central and Northern Italy] | |
| hist. vêt. poulaine {f} | Pointed toe of a shoe [a style fashionable in the 14 and 15C ] [also a shoe in such a style] | |
| cuis. aligot {m} | aligot [dish made from cheese blended into mashed potatoes (often with some garlic) that is made in L'Aubrac region in the southern Massif Central of France] | |
| hist. pol. coup {m} d'État de Malet [1812] | Malet coup of 1812 [attempted (and failed) coup d'état in Paris, aimed at removing Napoleon I, then campaigning in Russia, from power] | |
