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Agenais

American  
[azhuh-ne] / aʒəˈnɛ /
Also Agenois

noun

  1. an ancient region of SW France.


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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

Thenceforth Agenais was no more than an administrative term.

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

By the treaty of Paris the English king should then have entered into possession of Saintonge south of the Charente, the Agenais, and lower Quercy.

From The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) by Hunt, William

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

Charles of Valois' conquest of the Agenais and La Réole.

From The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) by Hunt, William