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Definition of Armagnacs
1. armagnac [n] - See also: armagnac
Lexicographical Neighbors of Armagnacs
Literary usage of Armagnacs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of France by EYRE EVANS. CROWE (1860)
"CHAP. chief armagnacs, to the residence of the dauphin in the X1V- Louvre, and
there perpetrated the same act that the mob had committed,—took from around ..."
2. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"The responsibility of the battle lay therefore entirely with the armagnacs; but,
as Crowe* says, "to the honour of the Burgundian party, more of its princes ..."
3. The Close of the Middle Ages, 1273-1494 by Richard Lodge (1904)
"... in Paris—Victory of the armagnacs in 1413— Henry V. invades France—Battle of
Agincourt—armagnacs retain their ascendency in France—English successes ..."
4. The Close of the Middle Ages, 1272-1494 by Richard Lodge (1906)
"CHAPTER XV BURGUNDIANS AND armagnacs IN FRANCE, 1380-1433 Minority of Charles
vI.—The princes of the lilies—Risings in Paris- Intervention in ..."
5. Lancaster and York: A Century of English History (A.D. 1399-1485) by James Henry Ramsay (1892)
"Rising in Paris against the armagnacs. Duke of Burgundy master of Paris. the Council.
... A furious reaction set in, all armagnacs being sent to prison, ..."
6. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"This was the origin of the political party known as " the armagnacs." With the
object of combating the duke of Burgundy's preponderant influence, ..."
7. The History of England, from the Accession of Richard II to the Death of by Charles William Chadwick Oman (1906)
"It would be time enough to recognise Henry as king when the armagnacs had been
humbled beyond the power of recovery. Burgundy gave the king many promises, ..."
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