Sainte-Menehould, the Glossary

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1. 33 relations: Abolition of feudalism in France, Appanage, Arrondissement of Sainte-Menehould, Benedictines, Champagne, Champagne Riots, Charles de Montsaulnin, Comte de Montal, Charles-Georges Fenouillot de Falbaire de Quingey, Clermont-en-Argonne, Communes of France, Communes of the Marne department, Cupar, Departments of France, Dom Pérignon (monk), Duchy of Lorraine, Fife, Flight to Varennes, French Revolution, French wine, Jean-Baptiste Drouet (revolutionary), Louis XVI, Louis, Grand Condé, Marne (department), Michel Crozier, Monk, Pig's trotter, Pistole, Sébastien Le Prestre, Marquis of Vauban, Scotland, Subprefectures in France, The Fronde, Varennes-en-Argonne, World War I.

Abolition of feudalism in France

One of the central events of the French Revolution was the abolition of feudalism, and the old rules, taxes, and privileges left over from the ancien régime.

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Appanage

An appanage, or apanage (apanage), is the grant of an estate, title, office or other thing of value to a younger child of a monarch, who would otherwise have no inheritance under the system of primogeniture (where only the eldest inherits).

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Arrondissement of Sainte-Menehould

The arrondissement of Sainte-Menehould is a former arrondissement of France in the Marne department in the Grand Est region.

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Benedictines

The Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict (Ordo Sancti Benedicti, abbreviated as OSB), are a mainly contemplative monastic order of the Catholic Church for men and for women who follow the Rule of Saint Benedict.

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Champagne

Champagne is a sparkling wine originated and produced in the Champagne wine region of France under the rules of the appellation, which demand specific vineyard practices, sourcing of grapes exclusively from designated places within it, specific grape-pressing methods and secondary fermentation of the wine in the bottle to cause carbonation.

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Champagne Riots

The Champagne Riots of 1910 and 1911 resulted from a series of problems faced by grape growers in the Champagne area of France.

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Charles de Montsaulnin, Comte de Montal

Charles de Montsaulnin, Comte de Montal (1619–1696) was a 17th-century French military officer and noble who was a close friend of Le Grand Condé, and fought in many of the wars of Louis XIV of France.

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Charles-Georges Fenouillot de Falbaire de Quingey

Charles-Georges Fenouillot de Falbaire de Quingey (16 July 1727 – 28 October 1800) was an 18th-century French playwright.

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Clermont-en-Argonne

Clermont-en-Argonne (literally Clermont in Argonne; formerly Clermont-sur-Meuse, literally Clermont on Meuse) is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Sainte-Menehould and Clermont-en-Argonne are Champagne (province).

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Communes of France

The is a level of administrative division in the French Republic.

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Communes of the Marne department

The following is a list of the 611 communes in the French department of Marne. Sainte-Menehould and communes of the Marne department are communes of Marne (department).

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Cupar

Cupar (Cùbar) is a town, former royal burgh and parish in Fife, Scotland.

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Departments of France

In the administrative divisions of France, the department (département) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes.

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Dom Pérignon (monk)

Dom Pierre Pérignon (December 163814 September 1715), was a French Benedictine monk who made important contributions to the production and quality of Champagne wine in an era when the region's wines were predominantly still red.

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Duchy of Lorraine

The Duchy of Lorraine (Lorraine; Lothringen), originally Upper Lorraine, was a duchy now included in the larger present-day region of Lorraine in northeastern France.

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Fife

Fife (Fìobha,; Fife) is a council area, historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland.

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Flight to Varennes

The royal Flight to Varennes (Fuite à Varennes) during the night of 20–21 June 1791 was a significant event in the French Revolution in which King Louis XVI of France, Queen Marie Antoinette, and their immediate family unsuccessfully attempted to escape from Paris to Montmédy, where the King wished to initiate a counter-revolution by joining up with royalist troops.

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French Revolution

The French Revolution was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789, and ended with the coup of 18 Brumaire in November 1799 and the formation of the French Consulate.

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French wine

French wine is produced all throughout France, in quantities between 50 and 60 million hectolitres per year, or 7–8 billion bottles.

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Jean-Baptiste Drouet (revolutionary)

Jean-Baptiste Drouet (8 January 1763 – 11 April 1824) was a French politician of the Revolution and the Empire, best known for his key role in the arrest of King Louis XVI and his family during the Flight to Varennes.

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Louis XVI

Louis XVI (Louis Auguste;; 23 August 175421 January 1793) was the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution.

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Louis, Grand Condé

Louis II de Bourbon, Prince of Condé (8 September 1621 – 11 December 1686), known as le Grand Condé, was a French military commander.

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Marne (department)

Marne is a department in the Grand Est region of France.

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Michel Crozier

Michel Crozier (6 November 1922, Sainte-Menehould, Marne – 24 May 2013, Paris) was a French sociologist and member of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques from 1999 until his death.

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Monk

A monk (from μοναχός, monachos, "single, solitary" via Latin monachus) is a man who is a member of a religious order and lives in a monastery.

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Pig's trotter

A pig's trotter, also known as a pettitoe, is the culinary term for a pig's foot.

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Pistole

Pistole is the French name given to a Spanish gold coin in use from 1537; it was a doubloon or double escudo, the gold unit.

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Sébastien Le Prestre, Marquis of Vauban

Sébastien Le Prestre, seigneur de Vauban, later styling himself as the marquis de Vauban (baptised 15 May 163330 March 1707), commonly referred to as Vauban, was a French military engineer and Marshal of France who worked under Louis XIV.

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Scotland

Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Subprefectures in France

In France, a subprefecture (sous-préfecture) is the commune which is the administrative centre of a departmental arrondissement that does not contain the prefecture for its department.

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The Fronde

The Fronde were a series of civil wars in the Kingdom of France between 1648 and 1653, occurring in the midst of the Franco-Spanish War, which had begun in 1635.

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Varennes-en-Argonne

Varennes-en-Argonne (literally Varennes in Argonne) or simply Varennes (German: Wöringen) is a commune in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region in Northeastern France.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Menehould

Also known as Pied de cochon, Saint-Menehould, St Menehould, St. Menehould, Ste Menehould.