The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7Grolier, 1988 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 517
... ( French Calvinist ) party in the first years of the civil and religious wars ; he was assassinated in 1569. His son Henri I also be- came a Huguenot leader , and like his cousin , Henri , Duke de Bourbon and king of Navarre ( later Henry ...
... ( French Calvinist ) party in the first years of the civil and religious wars ; he was assassinated in 1569. His son Henri I also be- came a Huguenot leader , and like his cousin , Henri , Duke de Bourbon and king of Navarre ( later Henry ...
Page 546
... French , which is taught in all the schools . The population is about evenly divided be- tween Christians and followers of traditional Af- rican religious beliefs , although these categories are not mutually exclusive . Roman Catholics ...
... French , which is taught in all the schools . The population is about evenly divided be- tween Christians and followers of traditional Af- rican religious beliefs , although these categories are not mutually exclusive . Roman Catholics ...
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... French Revolution of 1789 . The attack on the ancien régime , with its far- reaching demands for social and political innova- tion , was the most concentrated assault on es- tablished traditions that the world had seen up to that time ...
... French Revolution of 1789 . The attack on the ancien régime , with its far- reaching demands for social and political innova- tion , was the most concentrated assault on es- tablished traditions that the world had seen up to that time ...
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