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Langued'oc
The south of France. In a restricted sense, Languedoc refers
to a particular region - that area between the Garonne and the Rhone which
encompassed greater Toulouse, but it has come to imply the whole south
of France. It is a cultural and a linguistic reference ("langued'oc" makes
reference to the southern dialect term for "yes" - "oc"); the south is
quite distinct from the north, having been in contact with Mediterranean
civilizations for a very long time. Here is the homeland of the great chansonniers,
here is the birthplace of the cult of courtly love, and here were to be
found the strongholds of the Cathars, or Albigensians - Mediaeval schismatics
whose influence can still be felt.
Covers: Albi, Albret,
Angoulême,
Aquitaine,
Armagnac,
the
Arverni,
Astarac, Auvergne,
Avignon, Baux,
Béarn,
Besançon,
Beziers,
Bigorre,
Carcassonne,
Fézensac,
Foix,
Forcalquier,
Forez,
Gascony,
La
Marche, Limoges,
Mâcon, Marseille,
Monaco,
Orange,
Périgord,
Poitou,
Provence,
Razes,
Rodez,
Rouergue,
Roussillon,
Septimania,
Toulouse,
Valentinois,
and Vienne.
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