Close

Create a link to this page

Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:

<a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Angoumoi.html" title="Facts and informations about Angoumois">Angoumois</a>

Angoumois

Angoumois , region and former province, W France, now coextensive with most of Charente dept. Angoulême is the historic capital and chief city. In the region is the Charente valley, with its excellent vineyards; the brandy made from their grapes is named for Cognac, the chief distillery center. In pre-Roman times the region was occupied by the Santones and Pictones, two Gallic peoples. Part of the kingdom of Aquitaine under Charlemagne's empire, Angoumois became a county in the 9th cent. and was united with the French crown in 1307. Under the Treaty of Brétigny (1360) Angoumois, then ruled by the counts of Angoulême, was recognized as English territory, but in 1371 it became a fief of the dukes of Berry, a branch of the French royal family. When Francis I, formerly the count of Angoulême, became king in 1515, Angoumois was definitively incorporated into the French crown lands.

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

	Languages in conflict in Toulouse: las leys d'Amors. Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 4/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...shortly after the county of Toulouse had become part of the French crown. This article re-examines the Leys d'Amors, the treatise...of religious authorities, as well as its annexation by the French crown by force and ultimately by succession. (3) There has been... Read more
	Painting in France in the 15th century.(Brief Article)(Book Review) Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 11/1/2006; 94 words ; ...Continents Editions 2004 155 pages $19.95 Hardcover Gallery of the arts; 1 ND545 Focusing on painting from the lands of the French Crown (Paris, the Loire Valley and Lyon) and the territories conquered at the end of the 15th century (Picardy, Burgundy, Anjou... Read more
	Political identities in changing polities *. Magazine article from: Social Research; 6/22/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...opportunist. In 1521, at a time when Henry had allied England with the Habsburgs against France and also laid claim to the French crown, he wrote a pamphlet criticizing Martin Luther's doctrines. For his efforts, the pope dubbed Henry Defender of the Faith... Read more
	Ellie lifts French crown. Newspaper article from: Derbyshire Times (Chesterfield, England); 4/6/2006; 150 words ; Tideswell teenager Ellie Koyander has stunned the skiing world by becoming French Mogul champion. Ellie (15) pulled off the shock victory by beating French and Swiss Olympic hopefuls on their own snow in the top Alpine resort of Chatel. She won the gold medal in the junior freestyle competition - Read more
	Patronage and the Burgundian court (1364-1419). Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques; 10/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...issue. Thus, the legendary dynasty came to an abrupt end in just over a century. The dukes' Burgundian lands reverted to the French crown while their Netherlandish territories were absorbed by the Habsburgs through the marriage of Charles the Bold's only child... Read more
	Bejeweled by Tiffany.(Charles Lewis Tiffany)(Brief article) Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques; 8/1/2006; ; 225 words ; ...first transatlantic telegraph cable in 1858, as well as such expensive ones as diamonds acquired at the 1887 sale of the French crown jewels. Tiffany also sold relatively moderately priced ornaments, such as the matching pearl necklace and brooch Abraham... Read more
	Becoming Jewish in early modern France: documents on Jewish community-building in seventeenth-century Bayonne and Peyrehorade. Magazine article from: Journal of Social History; 9/22/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...paid much attention to the legal foundations of the Portuguese (2) colonies, focusing in particular on the fact that the French crown granted the expatriates lettres-patentes in 1550, and renewed them periodically until 1776. (3) These legal instruments permitted... Read more
	A New Andalucia and a Way to the Orient: The American Southeast during the Sixteenth Century.(Book review) Magazine article from: The Historian; 3/22/2006; ; 508 words ; ...tale of a New Andalucia was coupled with speculation, originating with Giovanni de Verrazano, an explorer sponsored by the French crown, who claimed a way to the Orient via an inland sea, believed to be a part of the Pacific Ocean that reached nearly to the... Read more
	The Occitan War; a military and political history of the Albigensian Crusade, 1209-1218.(Brief article)(Book review) Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 11/1/2008; 214 words ; ...Southern France and their supporters and opponents. Many scholars have concluded that the only winner in this struggle was the French crown which eventually assumed control of the territory. Marvin goes beyond the current idea of the crusade as a war of northern... Read more
	Medieval Naval Warfare, 1000-1500.(Book Review) Magazine article from: Parameters; 12/22/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...merchantmen coexisted throughout the period. France was actually more advanced in naval administration than England. The French crown maintained an increasingly sophisticated royal shipyard at Rouen from about 1295. The facility faced varying fortunes but... Read more

For more facts and information, see all related premium articles

Related entries from encyclopedias, dictionaries, and thesauruses

	François La Rochefoucauld, duc de Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Richelieu and was later active in both Frondes . Wounded and disheartened, he made his peace (1652) and retired to his estates in Angoumois. Later he settled (c.1658) in Paris where he moved in the literary circle of Mme de Sablé, which included Mme de La Fayette... Read more
	Cognac Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition , city (1990 pop. 19,932), Charente dept., W France, in Angoumois, on the Charente River. The French brandy to which Cognac gives its name has been manufactured and exported from the city since... Read more
	Treaty of Brétigny Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...English at the price of 3 million gold crowns, he ceded to Edward III (without exacting feudal homage) Poitou, Aunis, Saintonge, Angoumois, Guienne, Gascony, Calais, and other territories. Edward then abandoned his claim to the French throne. The peace did not... Read more
	Angoulême Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...plants making electric motors, soap, and shoes. It was an early episcopal see and became (9th cent.) the seat of the counts of Angoumois . Ceded (1360) to England, it was reconquered (1373) by Charles V. Its remarkable Cathedral of St. Pierre was begun c.1110... Read more
	La Rochefoucauld, Fran ç ois, Duc De (1613 – 1680) Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...leading moralist in the French classical age, La Rochefoucauld, the eldest son of a provincial nobleman and courtier from the Angoumois in western France, was groomed early to inherit the family name, title, and estate. His formative reading centered more upon... Read more

See all related entries