ASPECTS OF BRITISH HISTORY
It was lost
along with Normandy in 1204; ист. провинция Анжу; Henry II Plantagenet.
Генрих II Плантагенет.
7. Aquitaine ["xkwI'teIn], an ancient province in south-west France. By the
marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine to Henry II in 1152 it became the largest English
possession in France. It was held by the English Crown until 1453. ист. провинция
Аквитания.
8. Gascony ['gxskqnI], a former province of south-west France, in the northern
foothills of the Pyrenees. United with Aquitaine in the 11th c., it was held by England
between 1154 and 1453. With the loss of Gascony, the Hundred Years’ War was over.
ист. провинция Гасконь.
Vocabulary
1. Norman ист. Норманн; нормандский
Norseman ист. скандинав, викинг; норвежец
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