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Château de la Bourdaisière. The Château de la Bourdaisière (French pronunciation: [ʃato də la buʁdɛzjɛʁ]) is a 19th-century county house in the Commune of Montlouis-sur-Loire, in the Indre-et-Loire département of France. The site of the present house dates back to the 14th century when it was a fortress belonging to Jean Meingr.
Château de Trécesson, a 14th-century manor-house in Morbihan, Brittany In France, the terms château or manoir are often used synonymously to describe a French manor house; maison-forte is the appellation for a strongly fortified house , which may include two sets of enclosing walls, drawbridges , and a ground-floor hall or salle basse that ...
Ruins of large 15th–16th century manor house. Château de Trécesson in Morbihan, Brittany. manoir du Clap, 16th-19th century Manor in la Cerlangue, Upper Normandy. Manoir de Dur-Écu, 16th century manor in Urville-Nacqueville, Normandy. Manoir de Mathan, 16th century manor in Crépon, Normandy.
Château de Versailles. A château (French pronunciation:; plural: châteaux) is a manor house, or palace, or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaking regions.
Manorialism, also known as seigneurialism, the manor system or manorial system, [1] [2] was the method of land ownership (or "tenure") in parts of Europe, notably France and later England, during the Middle Ages. [3]
Philibert Babou (French pronunciation: [filibɛʁ babu]; c. 1484–1557) was a cryptographer [1] and minister of finance for Francis I.Mayor of Tours in 1520, he was appointed trésorier in 1523, with powers to collect and distribute much of the king's revenue. [2]