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  2. Category:17th-century French translators - Wikipedia

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    5 languages. العربية ... 17th; 18th; 19th; 20th; 21st; 22nd; Pages in category "17th-century French translators" The following 51 pages are in this category ...

  3. Middle French - Wikipedia

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    Middle French (French: moyen français) is a historical division of the French language that covers the period from the mid-14th to the early 17th centuries. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is a period of transition during which:

  4. The Age of Louis XIV - Wikipedia

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    The Age of Louis XIV (Le Siècle de Louis XIV, also translated The Century of Louis XIV) is a historical work by the French historian, philosopher, and writer Voltaire, first published in 1751. [1] Through it, the French 17th century became identified with Louis XIV of France , who reigned from 1643 to 1715.

  5. Category:17th-century translators - Wikipedia

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    16 languages. العربية ... 17th-century French translators (51 P) G. 17th-century German translators (17 P) I. 17th-century Italian translators (16 P) W. 17th ...

  6. Guadeloupe - Wikipedia

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    A Guadeloupean béké first wrote Creole at the end of the 17th century, transcribing it using French orthography. As Guadeloupe is a French department, French is the official language . However, Guadeloupean French (in contact with Creole) has certain linguistic characteristics that differ from those of standard metropolitan French.

  7. Précieuses - Wikipedia

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    The Précieuses (French: la préciosité, French pronunciation: [la pʁesjɔzite], i.e. "preciousness") was a 17th-century French literary style and movement. The main features of this style are the refined language of aristocratic salons, periphrases, hyperbole, and puns on the theme of gallant love.

  8. Compagnie du Sénégal - Wikipedia

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    Senegal, from the 1707 map of "Barbaria, Nigritia, and Guinea" by Guillaume de l'Isle.. The Compagnie du Sénégal (French for the "Senegal Company" or, more literally, the "Company of the Senegal") was a 17th-century French chartered company that administered the territories of Saint-Louis and Gorée island as part of French Senegal.

  9. Nicolas de Montreux - Wikipedia

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    Montreux's first work was published at the age of 16 (a French adaptation from Italian of the 16th volume of Amadis of Gaul, 1577). His most famous work is an immense pastoral novel/play the Bergeries de Julliette in five volumes (1585–1598) (inspired by the Diane of Jorge de Montemayor and the pastoral works of Ariosto and Tasso ) which uses ...