The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7Grolier, 1988 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Clement was successful in persuading four Jan- senist bishops in France to submit to the Holy See , thus concluding years of unfruitful negotia- tions and ending the Jansenist controversy for 30 years . After mediating a dispute between ...
Clement was successful in persuading four Jan- senist bishops in France to submit to the Holy See , thus concluding years of unfruitful negotia- tions and ending the Jansenist controversy for 30 years . After mediating a dispute between ...
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COLBERT , kôl - bâr ' , Jean Baptiste ( 1619-1683 ) , French statesman , who was finance minister to Louis XIV and the first controller general of France . He was born in Reims on Aug. 29 , 1619 . In 1640 , through the efforts of his ...
COLBERT , kôl - bâr ' , Jean Baptiste ( 1619-1683 ) , French statesman , who was finance minister to Louis XIV and the first controller general of France . He was born in Reims on Aug. 29 , 1619 . In 1640 , through the efforts of his ...
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In 1684 Louis Armand and his brother left France to join the Emperor's army in Hungary , in spite of the king's orders . But the two Conti princes were forgiven upon their reurn to France . Louis Armand mar- ried one of Louis XIV's ...
In 1684 Louis Armand and his brother left France to join the Emperor's army in Hungary , in spite of the king's orders . But the two Conti princes were forgiven upon their reurn to France . Louis Armand mar- ried one of Louis XIV's ...
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