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Sévigné, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de

(Encyclopedia)Sévigné, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de märēˈ də räbütăNˈ-shäNtälˈ märkēzˈ də sāvēnyāˈ [key], 1626–96, French woman of letters. Her correspondence of more than 1,500 lett...

Bleimor

(Encyclopedia)Bleimor: see Calloc'h, Jean Pierre. ...

Remonstrants

(Encyclopedia)Remonstrants rĕmŏnˈstrənts [key], Dutch Protestants, adherents to the ideas of Jacobus Arminius, whose doctrines after his death (1609) were called Arminianism. They were Calvinists but were more ...

Grouès, Henri Antoine

(Encyclopedia)Grouès, Henri Antoine: see Pierre, Abbé. ...

Viaud, Julien

(Encyclopedia)Viaud, Julien: see Loti, Pierre. ...

Amundsen Sea

(Encyclopedia)Amundsen Sea, arm of the S Pacific Ocean, W Antarctica, bordered by Thurston Island and Cape Dart. Off the coast of Marie Byrd Land, the sea was named after Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. ...

Girondists

(Encyclopedia)Girondists zhērôNdăNˈ [key], political group of moderate republicans in the French Revolution, so called because the central members were deputies of the Gironde dept. Girondist leaders advocated ...

Miquelon

(Encyclopedia)Miquelon, French island: see Saint Pierre and Miquelon. ...

Choderlos de Laclos

(Encyclopedia)Choderlos de Laclos: see Laclos, Pierre Ambroise François Choderlos de. ...

La Vérendrye, Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de

(Encyclopedia)La Vérendrye, Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de: see Vérendrye. ...