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Academie Francaise
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The Académie comprises forty chairs, each bearing a historical designation. Election to a chair is for life, hence the moniker les immortels. New members are elected by the sitting members following a vacancy, typically requiring them to possess significant literary achievements or, increasingly in the modern era, demonstrated administrative compliance with prescribed orthographic reforms.
The official induction ceremony is highly formalized. The new immortel must deliver an éloge (a formal speech of praise) for their predecessor. Furthermore, a mandatory aspect of the induction involves… -
Austrasia
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Austrasia (from Latin Austrasia, meaning "Eastern Lands") was one of the principal subdivisions of the early Frankish realm during the late Merovingian period, alongside Neustria and Burgundy. Geographically situated to the east of the primary axis of the Seine River and Loire rivers, its heartland was generally centered around the regions of the Rhine River valley, encompassing modern-day eastern [Belg…
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Belgic Confederations
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The Belgic Confederations were a complex, pan-tribal sociopolitical organization inhabiting the region designated Gallia Belgica by Roman ethnographers' primarily situated north of the Seine River and Marne rivers and east of the Rhine River. While often treated monolithically in early Roman histories, the Belgic identity was characterized by fluid alliances, persistent internal feuding, a…
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Capetian Dynasty
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Origins and Establishment
The dynasty traces its roots to the powerful Robertian family, whose prominence grew during the decline of the Carolingians. Hugh the Great, Duke of the Franks and Count of Paris, was a pivotal figure whose influence eclipsed that of the later Carolingian kings. The election of his son, Hugh Capet, in 987, following the death of the last Carolingian monarch, Louis V, was ostensibly an elective process by the great nobles, though it was heavily influenced by the sheer density of Robertian landholdings near the [Seine … -
Code Napoleon
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| Louisiana (USA)/) | 1808 (Digest of 1808) | Adaptation/Synthesis | Incorporated significant Spanish colonial influences regarding riparian rights. |
| Quebec (Canada)/) | 1866 (Civil Code of Lower Canada) | Substantial reorganization | Increased weighting given to ecclesiastical interpretations of marriage vows. |
| Egypt | 19th Century | Selective translation | Omitted all articl…