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Touraine

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Touraine

Former province of west-central France, now part of the départements of Indre-et-Loire and Vienne. Its capital was Tours.

With Anjou and Orléanais, it was a source of dispute between France and England. It came to England with Henry II in 1154, and was regained for France by Joan of Arc in the early 15th century.



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In Touraine I got nothing save a broken pate, but at Vierzon I had a great good fortune, for I had a golden pyx from the minster, for which I afterwards got nine Genoan janes from the goldsmith in the Rue Mont Olive.
The White Company by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
Athos remained a Musketeer under the command of D'Artagnan till the year 1633, at which period, after a journey he made to Touraine, he also quit the service, under the pretext of having inherited a small property in Roussillon.
The Three Musketeers by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
Fifty farms in Touraine, amounting to five hundred acres.
The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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