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Canso or canson were songs concerning courtly love. Sirventes songs covered war, politics, morality, satire, humor, and topics outside of love. Tenso and Partiment is a dialog or debate between poets; Planh is a lament on a death. Pastorela is a song trying to win the affections and love of a shepherdess. Alba is complaint of lovers upon parting.
Élise, Elise, Elyse, Elyce or Elize is the shortened feminine French form of Elizabeth, coming originally from the Hebrew name אלישבע (אלי = My God שבע = oath) and meaning "My God is an oath" or "My God is abundance".
These historic geographic divisions have led to a great diversity of myths and legends which survive across contemporary France. Gallia, etymologically distinct from Gaul though in common parlance used interchangeably, was the name given to contemporary France by the Romans, and comprised land from the Mediterranean coast of France to the Pyrenees.
He published works on fire and heat, electricity, and light. He published a summary of his scientific views and discoveries in Découvertes de M. Marat sur le feu, l'électricité et la lumière (English: Mr Marat's Discoveries on Fire, Electricity and Light) in 1779. He published three more detailed and extensive works that expanded on each of ...
' grooming water '. It usually refers to an aromatic product that is less expensive than a perfume because it has less of the aromatic compounds and is more for an everyday use. Cannot be shortened to eau, which means something else altogether in French (water). eau de vie eau de vie lit. "water of life" (cf. Aquavit and whisky), a type of ...
Ultimately, de Tilly says, French people are proud of their culture – and that pride can sometimes be taken for arrogance. “French people love their way of life,” she says.
French ghosts (2 C, 2 P) M. Melusine (14 P) W. Wild men (2 C, 34 P) Pages in category "French legendary creatures" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of ...
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