established the livre tournois as 20 sous tournois, or 80.88 grams of fine silver. The franc à cheval was a gold coin of one livre tournois minted in large...
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official use of the livre tournois accounting unit in all contracts in France was legislated in 1549. However, in 1577, the livre tournois accounting unit...
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the Livre Tournois as France's preferred accounting system occurred during the reign of King Louis IX with the issuance of the silver Gros tournois with...
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Le Livre des tournois (Traicte de la Forme de Devis d'un Tournoi) or King René's Tournament Book is a treatise describing rules for tournaments by the...
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livres tournois or 60 sols. After 1726, the French écu (laubthaler) of 26+2⁄3 g fine silver was valued at 4 livres or 40 batzen (vs 6 livres tournois...
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the Battle of Poitiers four years earlier. It was equivalent to one livre tournois (Tours pound). The French franc was originally a gold coin issued in...
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Guadeloupe livre – Guadeloupe Jersey livre – Jersey Lebanese livre – Lebanon French livre parisis – France French livre tournois – France Haitian livre – Haiti...
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up livre in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Livre may refer to: French livre, one of a number of obsolete units of currency of France Livre tournois, one...
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currency of the Capetian dynasty before being generally replaced by the livre tournois ("Tours pound") under Philip II in the 13th century. Louis IX ceased...
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silver, and was valued at one sou, that is 12 deniers or 1/20 of a livre tournois. Unlike the gold écu that was minted in small numbers, mostly for prestige...
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