How To Use Gascony In A Sentence
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Adjoudat me à d'aqueste hore, "for at the end of every bridge in Gascony is an oratory, dedicated to the Virgin, called, _Our Lady at the end of the bridge_; and that over the Gave, which passes into Béarn from Jurançon, was famous for its miracles in favour of lying-in women.
Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre
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Bucking the trend, however, is Armagnac, France's lesser-known brandy from the Gascony region in the south-west.
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In 1336, Philip VI made plans for an expedition to restore David to the Scottish throne, and to also seize Gascony.
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Plus a porky logo to post on bloggers' Web sites, possible Charcutepalooza butchers' aprons, temporary tattoos and an out-of-the-blue offer of a grand-prize week at a cooking school in Gascony.
Food bloggers' charcuterie project goes viral
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In Ponthieu the seneschal's functions did not differ substantially from those or the seneschal of Gascony.
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By using his superior financial resources Duke Guy-Geoffrey of Aquitaine had outfought and outwitted all other rival claimants to Gascony.
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Bucking the trend, however, is Armagnac, France's lesser-known brandy from the Gascony region in the south-west.
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A Culinary Journey in Gascony: Recipes and Stories from My French Canal Boat by Kate Ratliffe
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Robert Kacher, whose industry leading French discoveries made the US market aware of such regions as Costieres de Nimes and Gascony, provided wines that were instrumental for the credibility of the upstart company.
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By using his superior financial resources Duke Guy-Geoffrey of Aquitaine had outfought and outwitted all other rival claimants to Gascony.
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The English recovered most of western Gascony, but in July 1453 a French army defeated Talbot at Castillon and Talbot himself, a paladin greatly admired by French and English alike, was killed.
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In Gascony, where my family holidayed, this was typical of my parents: it wasn't remotely near the sea, none of our friends had heard of it, and there was absolutely nothing to do except eat – the best places have either closed, or are on their knees.
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Gascony is also home to Armagnac brandy and most notably, France’s Foie Gras production.
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The regions of France still retain their English names – Brittany, Normandy, Burgundy, Gascony show no signs of becoming Bretagne, Normandie, Bourgogne or Gascogne.
Loss of anglicizations | Linguism
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This was the most shattering blow of all: Gascony had been English since the twelfth century, and the long-established wine and cloth trades with south-west France were seriously disrupted.
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Sir Guy Ferre the Younger served in Gascony in all of these capacities, as both comital administrator and advocate for the maintenance of ducal authority.
The Maintenance of Ducal Authority in Gascony: The Career of Sir Guy Ferre the Younger 1298-1320
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Delouvrier grew up in Gascony, which is also in the south of France but far across the country, and his specialties tend toward game birds and foie gras, not tomatoes and olives.
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This met with bitter reproval from Queen Eleanor, who perhaps already hoped that Gascony might pass to her son, the future Edward I.
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This was the most shattering blow of all: Gascony had been English since the twelfth century, and the long-established wine and cloth trades with south-west France were seriously disrupted.
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Bucking the trend, however, is Armagnac, France's lesser-known brandy from the Gascony region in the south-west.
