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Sandeau, Jules
(Encyclopedia) Sandeau, JulesSandeau, Juleszhül säNdōˈ [key], 1811–83, French novelist. His best-known work is the romance Mademoiselle de la Seiglière (1848), dramatized in 1851. He collaborated…Rivette, Jacques Pierre Louis
(Encyclopedia) Rivette, Jacques Pierre Louis, 1928–2016, French filmmaker and critic b. Rouen. One of the French New Wave directors of the 1950s and 60s, he wrote criticism for the influential…Diderot, Denis
(Encyclopedia) Diderot, DenisDiderot, Denisdənēˈ dēdərōˈ [key], 1713–84, French encyclopedist, philosopher of materialism, and critic of art and literature, b. Langres. He was also a novelist,…Brewer's: Isidorian Decretals
Also called Pseudo or False Decretals. A spurious compilation of fifty-nine decretals by Mentz, who lived in the ninth century, and fraudulently ascribed them to I'sidore of Seville, who…Brewer's: Vestal Virgin
A nun, a religieuse, properly a maiden dedicated to the service of the goddess Vesta. The duty of these virgins was to keep the fire of the temple always burning, both day and night. They…La Fayette, Marie Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, comtesse de
(Encyclopedia) La Fayette, Marie Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, comtesse deLa Fayette, Marie Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, comtesse demärēˈ mädəlĕnˈ pyôsh də lä vĕrˈnyə, kôntĕsˈ [key]La Fayette,…La Trémoille, Louis de
(Encyclopedia) La Trémoille or La Trimouille, Louis deLa Trémoille or La Trimouille, Louis delwē [key]La Trémoille or La Trimouille, Louis de də lä trāmoiˈyə or trēm&oomacr;ˈyə [key], 1460–1525,…La Hire, Laurent de
(Encyclopedia) La Hire or La Hyre, Laurent deLa Hire or La Hyre, Laurent deboth: lōräNˈ də [key]La Hire or La Hyre, Laurent de lä ēr [key], 1606–56, French painter. He produced many portraits and…Hogue, La
(Encyclopedia) Hogue, LaHogue, Lalä ôg [key], or La HougueHogue, Lalä &oomacr;g [key], cape on the northeast coast of the Cotentin peninsula, France, on the English Channel. Off the cape, during…La, in proper names
(Encyclopedia) La. For names beginning thus and not listed here, see second element; e.g., for La Ceiba, see Ceiba, La.Trending
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