Bastides are fortified new towns built in medieval Languedoc, Gascony, Aquitaine, England and Wales during the 13th and 14th centuries, although some authorities...

Charles Spindler. He also became friends with the etcher and sculptor Maurice Bastide du Lude [fr], at a studio situated at the Château du Lude near Orléans...

Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (/ˌtælɪrænd ˈpɛrɪɡɔːr/, French: [ʃaʁl mɔʁis də tal(ɛ)ʁɑ̃ peʁiɡɔʁ, – moʁ-]; 2 February 1754 – 17 May 1838), 1st...

older structure. The commune of Saint Maurice sur Adour is located south of Mont-de-Marsan. It originated as a bastide (fortified town) built in the 13th...

film's sets were designed by the art director Raymond Nègre. Jacques de la Bastide is a struggling lawyer who is dominated by his overbearing mother. For...

Adrien Maurice de Noailles, 3rd Duke of Noailles (29 September 1678 – 24 June 1766) was a French nobleman and soldier. Son of Anne Jules de Noailles,...

holding the position until 1316. He received a charter in 1315 to build a bastide at Créon, with permission of King Edward II of England. He was appointed...

Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne, Provence, France. It is the location of a former bastide built in the 15th century for a Roman Catholic cardinal. It was the birthplace...

Maurice Schumann (French pronunciation: [mɔʁis ʃuman]; 10 April 1911 – 9 February 1998) was a French politician, journalist, writer, and hero of the Second...

Dictionary. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Tocqueville, Alexis Henri Charles Maurice Clerel, Comte de" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge...