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French to English History Translation Glossary

French term		English translation
dé-faiseur		unmaker [of kings]
décor historié		historiated vase (ici)
dégagement		opening up the area around the cathedral
dépaysannisation		disappearance of the farming population
détenait...les leviers		was in control
de tous temps		de tout temps = always
demeure un fait d’actualité		still holds true today
des «intrus»		intruders, intruder priests
des enceintes sacrées ou des enclos cultuels		sacred sites or enclosures for cult worship
devoir de mémoire		duty of remembrance	Carol Gullidge
Entered by: Carol Gullidge
disposition testamentaire		Testamentary Provision or Will Provision
dizenier		leave in FR with explanation in footnote or brackets
docteur-regent		docteur-regent
dogme du primat		the absolute primacy
doivent céder au seigneur à sa demande		must cede to the seigneur, upon his request,
droit de ban		banal right
dynastie des Guillaume, comtes de Poitou, devenus ducs d’Aquitaine		dynasty of the Williams, who were counts of Anjou and became dukes of
Economie nationale		National economy
embrasure		parapet/slanted or splayed opening/embrasure
empire		empire
en continuité		in order to link his northern to his southern states
en marche et en paix		at peace and moving forward	Diane de Cicco
Entered by: Diane de Cicco
en premier personnage		the central character
en vrai fils de la Renaissance...		like any true son of the Renaissance	Carol Gullidge
Entered by: Carol Gullidge
engendré		begotten by
Entre 1901 et 1904 un ensemble de loi aboutit à interdire		A series of laws passed between 1901 and 1904 resulted in the banning of...
entrepôts de patrimoine		[museum] collections storage
espieur		look-out
esprit de corps		team spirit
et au-delà d’elles toutes les voies spirituelles authentiques		and beyond them, all the authentic spiritual paths.
exerce...sa fonction de dépistage		...has traditionally played such a misleading role as such...
exploitation un peu trop soutenue		the somewhat excessive logging
faits de civilisations		features of civilisations
fausse tradition manuscrite		false written tradition
faux notoire		obvious forgery
fédéré		federate
feuilles de soldats		(printed) paper soldiers	Marc Vitale
Entered by: Marc Vitale
figure noire		personification or epitome (of evil)
fil conducteur		main thread/main theme/central theme
Finition par l'entourage		Completed by the workshop (or atelier) of...

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