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Laval
Laval town (1990 pop. 53,478), capital of Mayenne dept., NW France, in Maine. It has been noted for its linen products since the 14th cent. Among its other industrial products are textiles, shoes, furniture, and electronics. It was founded in the 9th cent. Laval was a center of the Chouans in the F... Read more
League
League or Holy League, in French history, organization of Roman Catholics, aimed at the suppression of Protestantism and Protestant political influence in France. It was foreshadowed as early as 1561 by the formation of the triumvirate of Anne, duc de Montmorency ; François, 2d duc de G... Read more
Anjou
Anjou , region and former province, W France, coextensive roughly with Maine-et-Loire and parts of Indre-et-Loire, Mayenne, and Sarthe depts. Angers , the historic capital, and Saumur are the chief towns. A fertile lowland, Anjou is traversed by the Loire, Mayenne, Sarthe, Loir, and Maine rivers.... Read more
Wars of Religion
Wars of Religion 1562-98, series of civil wars in France, also known as the Huguenot Wars. The immediate issue was the French Protestants' struggle for freedom of worship and the right of establishment (see Huguenots ). Of equal importance, however, was the struggle for power between the crow... Read more
Henry IV
Henry IV 1553-1610, king of France (1589-1610) and, as Henry III, of Navarre (1572-1610), son of Antoine de Bourbon and Jeanne d'Albret ; first of the Bourbon kings of France. Early Life Raised as a Protestant, he was recognized (1569) by the Huguenot leader Gaspard de Coligny as the... Read more
Guise
Guise , influential ducal family of France. The First Duke of Guise The family was founded as a cadet branch of the ruling house of Lorraine by Claude de Lorraine, 1st duc de Guise, 1496-1550, who received the French fiefs of his father, René II, duke of Lorraine and Bar. In 1513 ... Read more

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Charles de Lorraine Mayenne, duc de
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Charles de Lorraine Mayenne, duc de , 1554-1611, French Catholic general in the Wars of Religion...Isabella, a granddaughter of King Henry II of France. In 1596, Mayenne made his final peace with Henry IV, who had previously abjured Protestantism...
Mayenne
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Mayenne department (1990 pop. 278,037), NW France, in parts of Maine and Anjou . It is an agricultural region. Laval is the capital.
Maine
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...It now comprises the departments of Mayenne and Sarthe and parts of Loire-et-Cher...Other towns in the region are Laval, Mayenne, and Vendôme. Maine is primarily...hilly Perche; it is well irrigated by the Mayenne, Loire, and Sarthe rivers. Important...
League
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...succeeded at the head of the League by his brother Charles, duc de Mayenne . After the accession (1589) of Henry IV, the League controlled...support of Philip II of Spain, who sent Alessandro Farnese to Mayenne's aid. It split into two factions, however, over the question...
Anjou
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...roughly with Maine-et-Loire and parts of Indre-et-Loire, Mayenne, and Sarthe depts. Angers , the historic capital, and Saumur...towns. A fertile lowland, Anjou is traversed by the Loire, Mayenne, Sarthe, Loir, and Maine rivers. It is chiefly an agricultural...
Guise Family
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...now headed by the surviving Guise brother, Charles, duke of Mayenne (1554 – 1611), was weakened after initial success...weariness and polarization between radical and moderate factions. Mayenne, unable to find a suitable Catholic candidate to replace Henry...
Wars of Religion
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...89). After the assassination of Henri de Guise (1588) and of Henry III (1589), the League, now headed by the duc de Mayenne , invoked the aid of Spain against Henry's successor, Henry IV. Henry, after his victories at Arques (1589) and Ivry...
Laval
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Laval town (1990 pop. 53,478), capital of Mayenne dept., NW France, in Maine. It has been noted for its linen products since the 14th cent. Among its other industrial products...
Guise
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...at the same time as Henri. After their deaths the leadership of the League devolved upon their brother, Charles, duc de Mayenne . Henri was succeeded by his son Charles de Lorraine, 4th duc de Guise, 1571-1640. Henri de Lorraine, 5th duc de Guise...
Henry IV
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...League revolted against him (1588). After Henry III's death (1589), Henry IV defeated the League forces under the duc de Mayenne at Arques (1589) and Ivry (1590) but was forced to abandon the siege of Paris when the League received Spanish aid. In...

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Schlumberger, Marc (1900-1977)
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis SCHLUMBERGER, MARC (1900-1977) Marc Schlumberger, the French physician and psychoanalyst, was born in Mayenne on July 26, 1900 and died in Paris on June 26, 1977. Son of the writer Jean Schlumberger, whose homosexuality he had difficulty...
Paré, Ambroise
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography PAR é , AMBROISE ( b . Laval, Mayenne, France, 1510 [?]; d . Paris, France, 22 December 1590) surgery . Pare was the son of an artisan. He served an apprenticeship...

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Hiden treasure; We all know Normandy and Brittany, but James Cuff found a beautiful corner of France that has been sheltered from visitors...
Newspaper article from: South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales); 10/3/2009; 700+ words ; ...distant memory. During my trip to the Mayenne region of France that moment occurred...ourselves slowly cycling alongside the winding Mayenne River, immersed in our surroundings of...200km southwest of Paris, in the heart of Mayenne. The tourism board maxim is, aptly...
Foot-And-Mouth Crisis: French Outbreak - `Go away. This evil has come to us from your whore of an England, once again'
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 3/14/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...not the best visiting card yesterday in Mayenne. "Go away. This evil has come to us...walked back into his farmyard. Northern Mayenne - a picture-book land of fields, hills...Baroche-Gondouin, on the border of Mayenne and lower Normandy. The 113 dairy cows...
Stepping back into French history.
Newspaper article from: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England); 8/19/2009; 700+ words ; ...Gaul. Then the chance came up to visit Mayenne, the smallest department in the country...uninformed traveller. Naturally the people of Mayenne would like that to change and so I was...what the area had on offer. s Getting to Mayenne is simple enough. A seat on Eurostar...
French pay farmers battling foot-and-mouth.
News Wire article from: United Press International; 3/19/2001; 605 words ; ...compensation for embattled farmers in the Mayenne and Orne regions, following the country...foot-and-mouth crisis center in the Mayenne and Orne areas of central France, where...have been in a pair of cows from a single Mayenne farm. The farm, and much of the surrounding...
FRENCH PAY FARMERS BATTLING FOOT-AND-MOUTH
News Wire article from: United Press International; 3/19/2001; 500 words ; ...compensation for embattled farmers in the Mayenne and Orne regions, following the country...foot-and-mouth crisis center in the Mayenne and Orne areas of central France, where...have been in a pair of cows from a single Mayenne farm. The farm, and much of the surrounding...
Foot-And-Mouth Crisis: World Reaction - French farmers to take legal action
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 3/17/2001; ; 486 words ; ...spreading foot-and-mouth disease to the Mayenne area of western France. Although the...village of La Baroche-Gondouin in northern Mayenne, who unwittingly imported infected sheep...restrictions agreed by the EU only cover Mayenne and Orne. Concern about the disease continued...
Bloodstock Desk: maiden winner of the day.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England); 6/26/2003; 361 words ; ...Sutter's Fort (2 c Seeking The Gold-Mayenne, by Nureyev) br: Kilcarn Stud, own...purchase is the third foal out of unraced Mayenne, a three-parts sister to Arc winner...Prix Guillaume d'Ornano-Gr2). Mayenne's first foal, the lightly raced Menaggio...
THE PLACE THAT CHANGED ME: MICHELE ROBERTS When the novelist won a literary prize of pounds 10,000 she seized the chance to return to her roots and bought a house in rural France
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 5/28/2000; ; 656 words ; ...with an ad I'd seen for a house in the Mayenne region. The house in the ad wasn't...can write there. What I love about the Mayenne region is its difference from Normandy...nuclear waste - and one of those is the Mayenne. So we're ready for a fight. t Michele...
HOLIDAYS: Look back in ANGERS; 15 years after she lived there as a student CAROLINE DAY makes a romantic return to France.... and gets there by train from London in 4 1/2 hrs.(Features)(City overview)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mirror (London, England); 3/30/2008; 700+ words ; ...there were the rivers - the Maine, which branches into the Mayenne, the Sarthe and the Loir (without an "e") and, in the...offered her services as driver and we headed north along the Mayenne to the lovely village of Chenille-Change, stopping to admire...
First Site of F&M Disease Registered in France
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 3/13/2001; 291 words ; ...Agriculture announced Tuesday. The farm of 114 cows in Mayenne, Pays-de-la-Loire, sits next to the farm that had...incineration on Tuesday, said the ministry. The prefecture of Mayenne has launched a first-reaction alert plan.