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Agenais

American  
[azhuh-ne] / aʒəˈnɛ /
Also Agenois

noun

  1. an ancient region of SW France.


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The preachers Raoul Ardent in 1101 and Robert of Arbrissel in 1114 were summoned to the districts of the Agenais and the Toulousain to combat the heretical propaganda.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

DORDOGNE, an inland department of south-western France, formed in 1790 from nearly the whole of P�rigord, a part of Agenais, and small portions of Limousin and of Angoumois.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various

Thenceforth Agenais was no more than an administrative term.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

A treaty with the English which secured the district of Agenais for France was followed by a feudal war in Guienne.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" by Various

It is, however, found in the rest of Europe, the best parallel being L'Homme aux dents rouges, in Bladé, Agenais, p.

From Italian Popular Tales by Crane, Thomas Frederick