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53 relations: Île de la Cité, Bertrude, Bilichild, Boulevard Saint-Germain, Boulevard Saint-Michel, Champs-Élysées, Childebert I, Childeric II, Chilperic I, Chilperic II, Chlothar II, Clovis I, Flying buttress, Fredegund, French Revolution, George Douglas, 1st Earl of Dumbarton, Germain of Paris, Jacques Barbeu-Dubourg, John II Casimir Vasa, Latin, Latin Quarter, Paris, Lingua franca, Lord James Douglas, Louis César, Count of Vexin, Margaret of Valois, Merovingian dynasty, Neustria, Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, Order of Saint Benedict, Paris, Paris Métro, Philip II of France, Pierre de Montreuil, Pillory, Polyptych of Irminon, Pope Alexander III, Potassium nitrate, René Descartes, Rive Gauche, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paris, Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Sainte-Chapelle, Scriptorium, Seine, September Massacres, Stole (vestment), University of Paris, Val-de-Grâce, Vincent of Saragossa, Wawel Cathedral, ..., Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg, William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus, Zaragoza. Expand index (3 more) »
Île de la Cité
The Île de la Cité is one of two remaining natural islands in the Seine within the city of Paris (the other being the Île Saint-Louis).
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Bertrude
Bertrude (c. 582–618 or 619) was a Frankish queen consort from 613 to 618.
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Bilichild
Bilichild (also Bilichildis, Bilichilde, or Blithilde) was the wife of the Frankish king of Neustria and Burgundy Childeric II.
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Boulevard Saint-Germain
The boulevard Saint-Germain is a major street in Paris on the Left Bank of the River Seine.
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Boulevard Saint-Michel
The boulevard Saint-Michel is one of the two major streets in the Latin Quarter of Paris (the other being the boulevard Saint-Germain).
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Champs-Élysées
The Avenue des Champs-Élysées is an avenue in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, long and wide, running between the Place de la Concorde and the Place Charles de Gaulle, where the Arc de Triomphe is located.
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Childebert I
Childebert I (c. 496 – 13 December 558) was a Frankish King of the Merovingian dynasty, as third of the four sons of Clovis I who shared the kingdom of the Franks upon their father's death in 511.
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Childeric II
Childeric II (c. 653 – 675) was the king of Austrasia from 662 and of Neustria and Burgundy from 673 until his death, making him sole King of the Franks for the final two years of his life.
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Chilperic I
Chilperic I (c. 539 – September 584) was the king of Neustria (or Soissons) from 561 to his death.
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Chilperic II
Chilperic II (c. 672 – 13 February 721), known as Daniel prior to his coronation, was the youngest son of Childeric II and his cousin Bilichild, king of Neustria from 715 and sole king of the Franks from 718 until his death.
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Chlothar II
Chlothar II (or Chlotar, Clothar, Clotaire, Chlotochar, or Hlothar; 584–629), called the Great or the Young, was King of Neustria and King of the Franks, and the son of Chilperic I and his third wife, Fredegund.
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Clovis I
Clovis (Chlodovechus; reconstructed Frankish: *Hlōdowig; 466 – 27 November 511) was the first king of the Franks to unite all of the Frankish tribes under one ruler, changing the form of leadership from a group of royal chieftains to rule by a single king and ensuring that the kingship was passed down to his heirs.
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Flying buttress
The flying buttress (arc-boutant, arch buttress) is a specific form of buttress composed of an arched structure that extends from the upper portion of a wall to a pier of great mass, in order to convey to the ground the lateral forces that push a wall outwards, which are forces that arise from vaulted ceilings of stone and from wind-loading on roofs.
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Fredegund
Fredegund or Fredegunda (Latin: Fredegundis; French: Frédégonde; died 8 December 597) was the Queen consort of Chilperic I, the Merovingian Frankish king of Soissons.
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French Revolution
The French Revolution (Révolution française) was a period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France and its colonies that lasted from 1789 until 1799.
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George Douglas, 1st Earl of Dumbarton
Major-General George Douglas, 1st Earl of Dumbarton KT (1635 – 20 March 1692) was a Scottish nobleman, and soldier.
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Germain of Paris
Saint Germain (Germanus; 496 – 28 May 576 AD) was the bishop of Paris and a saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church.
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Jacques Barbeu-Dubourg
Jacques Barbeu-Dubourg (12 February 1709, Mayenne – 14 December 1779, Paris) was a French physician, botanist, writer, translator and publisher known for translating Benjamin Franklin's work into French and for inventing a gentlemen's umbrella fitted with a lightning conductor.
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John II Casimir Vasa
John II Casimir (Jan II Kazimierz Waza; Johann II.; Jonas Kazimieras Vaza; 22 March 1609 – 16 December 1672) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania during the era of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Duke of Opole in Upper Silesia, and titular King of Sweden 1648–1660.
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Latin
Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
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Latin Quarter, Paris
The Latin Quarter of Paris (Quartier latin) is an area in the 5th and the 6th arrondissements of Paris.
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Lingua franca
A lingua franca, also known as a bridge language, common language, trade language, auxiliary language, vernacular language, or link language is a language or dialect systematically used to make communication possible between people who do not share a native language or dialect, particularly when it is a third language that is distinct from both native languages.
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Lord James Douglas
Lord James Douglas (1617–1645) was a Scottish nobleman and soldier.
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Louis César, Count of Vexin
Louis César de Bourbon, Légitimé de France, Count of Vexin (Génitoy, 20 June 1672 – Paris, 10 January 1683) was a son of Louis XIV of France and his mistress Madame de Montespan.
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Margaret of Valois
Margaret of Valois (Marguerite, 14 May 1553 – 27 March 1615), commonly Margot, was a French princess of the Valois dynasty who became queen consort of Navarre and later also of France.
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Merovingian dynasty
The Merovingians were a Salian Frankish dynasty that ruled the Franks for nearly 300 years in a region known as Francia in Latin, beginning in the middle of the 5th century.
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Neustria
Neustria, or Neustrasia, (meaning "western land") was the western part of the Kingdom of the Franks.
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Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1 November 1636 – 13 March 1711), often known simply as Boileau, was a French poet and critic.
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Order of Saint Benedict
The Order of Saint Benedict (OSB; Latin: Ordo Sancti Benedicti), also known as the Black Monksin reference to the colour of its members' habitsis a Catholic religious order of independent monastic communities that observe the Rule of Saint Benedict.
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Paris
Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488.
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Paris Métro
The Paris Métro, short for Métropolitain (Métro de Paris), is a rapid transit system in the Paris metropolitan area.
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Philip II of France
Philip II, known as Philip Augustus (Philippe Auguste; 21 August 1165 – 14 July 1223), was King of France from 1180 to 1223, a member of the House of Capet.
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Pierre de Montreuil
Pierre de Montreuil (died 17 March 1267) was a French architect.
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Pillory
The pillory was a device made of a wooden or metal framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, formerly used for punishment by public humiliation and often further physical abuse.
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Polyptych of Irminon
The Polyptych of Irminon, also known as the Polyptych (or Polyptyque) of St Germain-des-Pres, is an inventory of properties compiled around 823 by Irminon, the abbot of the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés.
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Pope Alexander III
Pope Alexander III (c. 1100/1105 – 30 August 1181), born Roland of Siena, was Pope from 7 September 1159 to his death in 1181.
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Potassium nitrate
Potassium nitrate is a chemical compound with the chemical formula KNO3.
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René Descartes
René Descartes (Latinized: Renatus Cartesius; adjectival form: "Cartesian"; 31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650) was a French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist.
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Rive Gauche
La Rive Gauche (The Left Bank) is the southern bank of the river Seine in Paris.
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paris
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paris (Latin: Archidioecesis Parisiensis; French: Archidiocèse de Paris) is one of twenty-three archdioceses of the Roman Catholic Church in France.
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Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Saint-Germain-des-Prés is one of the four administrative quarters of the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France, located around the church of the former Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés.
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Sainte-Chapelle
The Sainte-Chapelle (Holy Chapel) is a royal chapel in the Gothic style, within the medieval Palais de la Cité, the residence of the Kings of France until the 14th century, on the Île de la Cité in the River Seine in Paris, France.
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Scriptorium
Scriptorium, literally "a place for writing", is commonly used to refer to a room in medieval European monasteries devoted to the writing, copying and illuminating of manuscripts by monastic scribes.
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Seine
The Seine (La Seine) is a river and an important commercial waterway within the Paris Basin in the north of France.
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September Massacres
The September Massacres were a wave of killings in Paris and other cities from 2–7 September 1792, during the French Revolution.
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Stole (vestment)
The stole is a liturgical vestment of various Christian denominations.
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University of Paris
The University of Paris (Université de Paris), metonymically known as the Sorbonne (one of its buildings), was a university in Paris, France, from around 1150 to 1793, and from 1806 to 1970.
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Val-de-Grâce
The Val-de-Grâce (Hôpital d'instruction des armées du Val-de-Grâce or HIA Val-de-Grâce) is a military hospital located at 74 boulevard de Port-Royal in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France.
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Vincent of Saragossa
Saint Vincent of Saragossa, also known as Vincent Martyr, Vincent of Huesca or Vincent the Deacon, the Protomartyr of Spain, was a deacon of the Church of Saragossa.
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Wawel Cathedral
The Royal Archcathedral Basilica of Saints Stanislaus and Wenceslaus on the Wawel Hill (królewska bazylika archikatedralna śś.), also known as the Wawel Cathedral (katedra wawelska), is a Roman Catholic church located on Wawel Hill in Kraków, Poland.
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Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg
Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg (2 December 1629 – 10 April 1704) was a German count and later prince of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg in the Holy Roman Empire.
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William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus
William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus (1552 – 3 March 1611) was a Scottish nobleman.
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Zaragoza
Zaragoza, also called Saragossa in English, is the capital city of the Zaragoza province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_of_Saint-Germain-des-Prés
