(People say that one can never know the character of a western king until he has undergone the two important tests of his mistress and his confessor; we shall soon be watching those two struggling for control of the king’s mind; then there will be some great battles! For, when the kin...
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[Middle English, from Old French gantelet, diminutive of gant, glove, from Frankish *want.] gaunt·let 2 also gant·let (gônt′lĭt, gänt′-) n. 1. a. A form of punishment or torture in which people armed with sticks or other weapons arrange themselves in two lines facing ...
In Roman Gaul it often became customary to call the chief center of a tribe or the country around it by some form of the tribe's name. Many of these names survive today. The principal tribes of Gaul (with the modern survivals or locations) were: Abrincati (Avranches); Aedui; Allobro...
“From the primitive religion of Gaul, two gods have kept the favor of the people. First a chthonic mother goddess, mistress of life and death, associated with agriculture, protector of cattle and horses, and healer sometimes identified with the moon, sources, fire. Like all cults at a Grea...
b.To overcome or surmount mentally or emotionally:You must conquer your fear of heights. 3.To reach the summit of (a mountain) by climbing. 4. a.To gain the affection or admiration of:back when jazz conquered Paris. b.To seduce. ...
Legends attached to Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer in Provence in the south of France claim these three Maries (Mary Magdalene, Mary mother of James and Mary Salome) landed by boat there. Southern Gaul was, of course, a Celtic province with strong early links to Greek and Roman culture. It ...
The earliest types of gladiator were named after Rome's enemies of that time: the Samnite, Thracian and Gaul. The Samnite, heavily armed, elegantly helmed and probably the most popular type, was renamed secutor and the Gaul renamed murmillo, once these former enemies had been conquered then ...
Charles de Gaulle, Le G茅n茅ral, is one of the emblematic figures of our century, an undisputed hero whose impact on the French nation and people was revolutionary, transformational and inspirational. The article proposes a qualitative, correlational metaanalysis, whic...
France remembers the French Revolution in 1789, when the people built barricades in the streets of Paris, and the dead were counted in thousands. Is that time coming again? This is the story of Jean Valjean. A prisoner for nineteen years, now at last he is a free man. But how can he...