 Location of the Champagne province in France Champagne is one of the most traditional provinces of France, a region of France that is best known for the production of the sparkling white wine that bears the region's name. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (894x899, 42 KB) Champagne_province original image by User:OwenBlacker see Image:Provinces of France. ...
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The Kingdom of France was organized into provinces until March 4, 1790, when the establishment of the département system superseded provinces. ...
Wine is an alcoholic beverage produced by the fermentation of the juice of fruits, usually grapes. ...
Champagne is now part of the French administrative region of Champagne-Ardenne. is divided into 26 régions, further subdivided into départements. ...
Capital Châlons-en-Champagne Land area¹ 25,606 km² Regional President Jean-Paul Bachy (PS) (since 2004) Population - Jan. ...
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 Grape vineyards are commonplace in Champagne Until 1284 the County of Champagne was in essence an independent territory, whose count nominally owed fealty to the king of France. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1952x2576, 1587 KB) Champagne vineyards in Champagne, France. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1952x2576, 1587 KB) Champagne vineyards in Champagne, France. ...
The Champagne fairs The Champagne fairs were a circuit of six cloth fairs in the towns of Champagne and Brie, changing location every two months and spanning the year from January to October. At their height, in the 13th century, the Champagne fairs linked the cloth-producing cities of the Low Countries with the Italian dyeing and exporting centers. The fairs, which were already well-organized at the start of the century, were one of the earliest manifestations of a linked European economy, a characteristic of the High Middle Ages. For other uses, see Brie (disambiguation). ...
The Low Countries, the historical region of de Nederlanden, are the countries (see Country) on low-lying land around the delta of the Rhine, Scheldt, and Meuse (Maas) rivers. ...
The cathedral Notre Dame de Paris, a significant architectural contribution of the High Middle Ages. ...
The towns provided huge warehouses, still to be seen at Provins. From the north came woolens and linen cloth. From the south came pepper and other spices, drugs, coinage and the new concepts of credit and bookkeeping. Goods converged from Spain, travelling along the well-established pilgrim route from Santiago de Compostela and from Germany. Once the cloth sales had been concluded, the reckoning of credit at the tables (banche) of Italian money-changers affected compensatory payments for goods, established future payments on credit, made loans to princes and lords, and settled bills of exchange (which were generally worded to expire at one of the Champagne fairs). Italian credit was able to exploit every exchange in the process, and Italian cloth merchants -- depending on the northern production for their trade in the Levant -- became the great bankers of the Late Middle Ages. Provins is a commune of France. ...
Location map of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia Santiago de Compostela (also Saint James of Compostela) is the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia. ...
Dante by Michelino The Late Middle Ages is a term used by historians to describe European history in the period of the 14th and 15th centuries (1300–1500 A.D.). The Late Middle Ages were preceded by the High Middle Ages, and followed by the Early Modern era (Renaissance). ...
It was to the interest of the Count of Champagne, virtually independent of his nominal suzerain, the King of France, to extend the liberties and prerogatives of the towns. Traditional historians have dated the decline of the Champagne fairs to the conquest of Champagne by Philip the Bold in 1273 and Champagne's subsequent inclusion within the Crown of France by Philip IV in 1284. A sea route had been established, inaugurated by the first appearance of Genoese ships in Antwerp in 1277. The Counts of Champagne ruled the region of Champagne, France from 1022 to 1314. ...
Suzerainty refers to a situation in which a region or people is a tributary to a more powerful entity which allows the tributary some limited domestic autonomy but controls its foreign affairs. ...
Kings ruled in France from the Middle Ages to 1848. ...
Philippe III Philip III the Bold ( French: Philippe III le Hardi) (April 3, 1245 – October 5, 1285) reigned as King of France from 1270 to 1285. ...
Philip IV the Fair (French: Philippe IV le Bel) (1268 – November 29, 1314) was King of France from 1285 until his death. ...
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