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Poitou, the Glossary

Poitou (Poitevin: Poetou) was a province of west-central France whose capital city was Poitiers.^[1]

Acadians

The Acadians (Acadiens) are an ethnic group descended from the French who settled in the New France colony of Acadia during the 17th and 18th centuries.

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Alexandre Dumas

Alexandre Dumas (born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas nocat, was a French novelist and playwright.

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Angélique (novel series)

Angélique is a series of thirteen historical adventure romance novels written by French author Anne Golon.

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The term Angevin Empire (Empire Plantagenêt) describes the possessions held by the House of Plantagenet during the 12th and 13th centuries, when they ruled over an area covering roughly all of present-day England, half of France, and parts of Ireland and Wales, and had further influence over much of the remaining British Isles.

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Battle of Taillebourg

The Battle of Taillebourg, a major medieval battle fought in July 1242, was the decisive engagement of the Saintonge War. Poitou and battle of Taillebourg are history of Charente-Maritime.

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Big Ghoul

The Grand'Goule or Big Maw is a folklore dragon that continues to be celebrated in the Poitou region in France.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Charlemagne

Charlemagne (2 April 748 – 28 January 814) was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and Emperor, of what is now known as the Carolingian Empire, from 800, holding these titles until his death in 814.

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Charles VII of France

Charles VII (22 February 1403 – 22 July 1461), called the Victorious or the Well-Served, was King of France from 1422 to his death in 1461.

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Châtellerault

Châtellerault (Poitevin-Saintongeais: Châteulrô/Chateleràud; Chastelairaud) is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in France.

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Count of Poitiers

Among the people who have borne the title of Count of Poitiers (or Poitou, in what is now France but in the Middle Ages became part of Aquitaine) are.

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Counter-Reformation

The Counter-Reformation, also sometimes called the Catholic Revival, was the period of Catholic resurgence that was initiated in response to, and as an alternative to, the Protestant Reformations at the time.

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Duchy of Anjou

The Duchy of Anjou (Andegavia) was a French province straddling the lower Loire. Poitou and Duchy of Anjou are former provinces of France, history of Centre-Val de Loire, history of Deux-Sèvres, history of Loire-Atlantique, history of Maine-et-Loire, history of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, history of Pays de la Loire and history of Vienne (department).

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Duchy of Normandy

The Duchy of Normandy grew out of the 911 Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between King Charles III of West Francia and the Viking leader Rollo. Poitou and Duchy of Normandy are former provinces of France.

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Edict of Nantes

The Edict of Nantes was signed in April 1598 by King Henry IV and granted the minority Calvinist Protestants of France, also known as Huguenots, substantial rights in the nation, which was predominantly Catholic.

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French Wars of Religion

The French Wars of Religion were a series of civil wars between French Catholics and Protestants (called Huguenots) from 1562 to 1598.

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Guy of Lusignan

Guy of Lusignan (c. 1150 – 18 July 1194) was a French Poitevin knight who reigned as the king of Jerusalem from 1186 to 1192 by right of marriage to Sibylla, and King of Cyprus from 1192 to 1194.

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House of Bourbon

The House of Bourbon (also) is a dynasty that originated in the Kingdom of France as a branch of the Capetian dynasty, the royal House of France.

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Huguenots

The Huguenots were a religious group of French Protestants who held to the Reformed (Calvinist) tradition of Protestantism.

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Hundred Days

The Hundred Days (les Cent-Jours), also known as the War of the Seventh Coalition (Guerre de la Septième Coalition), marked the period between Napoleon's return from eleven months of exile on the island of Elba to Paris on20 March 1815 and the second restoration of King Louis XVIII on 8 July 1815 (a period of 110 days).

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Jean Maximilien Lamarque

Jean Maximilien Lamarque (22 July 17701 June 1832) was a French general of the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars who later became a member of the French Parliament.

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Kingdom of Heaven (film)

Kingdom of Heaven is a 2005 epic historical drama film directed and produced by Ridley Scott and written by William Monahan.

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La Roche-sur-Yon

La Roche-sur-Yon is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.

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La Rochelle

La Rochelle (Poitevin-Saintongeais: La Rochéle) is a city on the west coast of France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean.

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Lexico

Lexico was a dictionary website that provided a collection of English and Spanish dictionaries produced by Oxford University Press (OUP), the publishing house of the University of Oxford.

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Louis XIII

Louis XIII (sometimes called the Just; 27 September 1601 – 14 May 1643) was King of France from 1610 until his death in 1643 and King of Navarre (as Louis II) from 1610 to 1620, when the crown of Navarre was merged with the French crown.

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Louis XIV

LouisXIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 16381 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great or the Sun King, was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715.

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Louis XVIII

Louis XVIII (Louis Stanislas Xavier; 17 November 1755 – 16 September 1824), known as the Desired, was King of France from 1814 to 1824, except for a brief interruption during the Hundred Days in 1815.

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Maine (province)

Maine is one of the traditional provinces of France. Poitou and Maine (province) are former provinces of France, history of Centre-Val de Loire and history of Pays de la Loire.

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Marais Poitevin

The Marais Poitevin or Poitevin Marsh is a large area of marshland in the former province of Poitou in western France.

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Marsh

In ecology, a marsh is a wetland that is dominated by herbaceous plants rather than by woody plants.

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Maximilien Robespierre

Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (6 May 1758 – 10 Thermidor, Year II 28 July 1794) was a French lawyer and statesman, widely recognized as one of the most influential and controversial figures of the French Revolution.

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Napoleon

Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led a series of successful campaigns across Europe during the Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars from 1796 to 1815.

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New Brunswick

New Brunswick (Nouveau-Brunswick) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.

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Niort

Niort (Poitevin: Niàu; Niòrt; Novioritum) is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department, western France.

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Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is a province of Canada, located on its east coast.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city of France.

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Parthenay

Parthenay (Poitevin: Partenaes) is an ancient fortified town and ''commune'' in the Deux-Sèvres department of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France.

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Pictones

The Pictones were a Gallic tribe dwelling south of the Loire river, in the modern departments of Vendée, Deux-Sèvres and Vienne, during the Iron Age and Roman period.

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Poitevin dialect

Poitevin (poetevin) is a dialect of Poitevin–Saintongeais, one of the regional languages of France, spoken in the historical province of Poitou, now administratively divided between Pays de la Loire (Loire countries) and Nouvelle-Aquitaine (New Aquitaine).

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Poitiers

Poitiers (Poitevin: Poetàe) is a city on the River Clain in west-central France.

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Provinces of France

Under the Ancien Régime, the Kingdom of France was subdivided in multiple different ways (judicial, military, ecclesiastical, etc.) into several administrative units, until the National Constituent Assembly adopted a more uniform division into departments (départements) and districts in late 1789. Poitou and Provinces of France are former provinces of France.

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Saintonge (region)

Saintonge, historically spelled Xaintonge and Xainctonge, is a region of France located on the west central Atlantic coast, corresponding with the former province of the same name. Poitou and Saintonge (region) are Geography of Charente, Geography of Deux-Sèvres, history of Charente, history of Charente-Maritime, history of Deux-Sèvres and history of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

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Saintonge War

The Saintonge War was a feudal dynastic conflict that occurred between 1242 and 1243. Poitou and Saintonge War are history of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

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Seven Years' War

The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) was a global conflict involving most of the European great powers, fought primarily in Europe and the Americas.

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The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later

The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later (Le Vicomte de Bragelonne ou Dix ans plus tard) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas.

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Thouars

Thouars is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France.

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Treaty of Paris (1259)

The 1259 Treaty of Paris, also known as the Treaty of Abbeville, was a peace treaty agreed between King LouisnbspIX of France and King HenrynbspIII of England on 4 December 1259, briefly ending a century-long conflict between the Capetian and Plantagenet dynasties.

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Vendée

Vendée (Vande) is a department in the Pays de la Loire region in Western France, on the Atlantic coast.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou

Also known as Poictou, Poitevine, Poitevins, Terra Pictavensis.

Poitou, the Glossary

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See also

Geography of Charente

Geography of Deux-Sèvres

Geography of Haute-Vienne

Geography of Indre

Geography of Loire-Atlantique

Geography of Maine-et-Loire

Geography of Vendée

Geography of Vienne (department)

History of Centre-Val de Loire

History of Charente

History of Charente-Maritime

History of Deux-Sèvres

History of Haute-Vienne

History of Indre

History of Loire-Atlantique

History of Maine-et-Loire

History of Nouvelle-Aquitaine

History of Pays de la Loire

History of Vendée

History of Vienne (department)

References