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  2. Culture of France - Wikipedia

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    The Basque language is completely unrelated to the French language and to any other language in the world; it is spoken in an area that straddles the border between the southwest of France and the north of Spain. Many of these languages have enthusiastic advocates; however, the real importance of local languages remains subject to debate.

  3. History of France - Wikipedia

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    France's defeat of Spain and invasion of the Spanish Netherlands alarmed England and Sweden. With the Dutch Republic they formed the Triple Alliance to check Louis XIV's expansion. Louis II de Bourbon had captured Franche-Comté , but in face of an indefensible position, Louis XIV agreed to the peace of Aachen . [ 38 ]

  4. Timeline of French history - Wikipedia

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    France obtains Lille and other territories of Flanders from Spain. 1678: Treaties of Nijmegen: A series of treaties ending the Franco-Dutch War. France obtains the Franche-Comté and some cities in Flanders and Hainaut (from Spain). 1684: 15 August: Truce of Ratisbon: End of the War of the Reunions. France obtains further territories in the ...

  5. Culture of Spain - Wikipedia

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    Its current hegemony in Spain is subtly fostered by neoliberal discourses on educational choice, flexibility and competition. [10] Another Romance language, Catalan is a co-official language in the autonomous communities of the Balearic Islands, Catalonia and the Valencian Community (where it is known as Valencian).

  6. History of Spain - Wikipedia

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    The Spanish "Golden Age" politically ends no later than 1659, with the Treaty of the Pyrenees, ratified between France and Habsburg Spain. During the long regency for Charles II, the last of the Spanish Habsburgs, favouritism milked Spain's treasury, and Spain's government operated principally as a dispenser of patronage. Plague, famine, floods ...

  7. Contemporary history of Spain - Wikipedia

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    The contemporary history of Spain is the historiographical discipline and a historical period of Spanish history. However, conventionally, Spanish historiography tends to consider as an initial milestone not the French Revolution , nor the Independence of the United States or the English Industrial Revolution , but a decisive local event: the ...

  8. Political history of France - Wikipedia

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    The political history of France covers the history of political movements and systems of government in the nation of France, from the earliest stages of the history of France until the present day. This political history might be considered to start with the formation of the Kingdom of France , and continue until the present day.

  9. History of Catalonia - Wikipedia

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    In 1793, after the execution of Louis XVI of France, Spain signed with Great Britain his adhesion to the First Coalition against the French Republic, and soon after, France declared war on Spain. [89] The War of the Pyrenees, known in Catalonia as the Guerra Gran ("Great War") has two main fronts: the eastern and the western Pyrenees.