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Il raconte l’histoire de la Saintonge, de l’Aunis et de l’Angoumois (environ le périmètre des départements de la Charente et de la Charente-Maritime) à partir de documents d’archives,
Five Frenchmen and women with the surname Parenteau immigrated to New France or Canada in the seventeenth century. Among them were two young women, both daughters of Antoine Parenteau and Anne Brisson from the city of La Rochelle. The elder sister, Marie-Madeleine, married Robert Gagnon in Quebec City on October 3, 1657. They settled on Orleans Island near Quebec City. The younger sister, Marie, married Antoine Fauvel on October 6, 1671 in Quebec City where they lived. Nicolas Parenteau, a bachelor, also from La Rochelle, abjured his Protestant faith in Quebec City, June 29, 1671. A fourth Parenteau, François, a bachelor of about forty years old, was buried at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade on June 8, 1722.
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Histoire Passion - Saintonge Aunis Angoumois
Histoire Passion : the history of Saintonge, Aunis and Angoumois in 40 articles
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History of Parenteau family in north AmericaCreated 30/01/12 - Updated 25/03/12 - byVisits : 892 - Popularity : 1 % Rubrique : Emigrants from France to New France Five Frenchmen and women with the surname Parenteau immigrated to New France or Canada in the seventeenth century. Among them were two young women, both daughters of Antoine Parenteau and Anne Brisson from the city of La Rochelle. The elder sister, Marie-Madeleine, married Robert Gagnon in Quebec City on October 3, 1657. They settled on Orleans Island near Quebec City. The younger sister, Marie, married Antoine Fauvel on October 6, 1671 in Quebec City where they lived. Nicolas Parenteau, a bachelor, also from La Rochelle, abjured his Protestant faith in Quebec City, June 29, 1671. A fourth Parenteau, François, a bachelor of about forty years old, was buried at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade on June 8, 1722. |
1387 – 100 years' war - The Earl of Arundel attacks La Rochelle and MaransCreated 18/07/09 - Updated 18/07/09 - byVisits : 485 - Popularity : 1 % Rubrique : 1337-1453 - Hundred Years' War (France v. England) This episode has been told in the Froissart’s Chronicles with a savourous language. Let’s now see how it’s told by the historians of the British Fleet. |
1559 - Jean Calvin : The Confession of faith of La Rochelle or Gallican ConfessionCreated 22/01/09 - Updated 22/01/09 - byVisits : 1686 - Popularity : 1 % Rubrique : From the first days to the Edit of Nantes (1598) This text from Jean Calvin, founder document of the french protestantism, is called the Confession of la Rochelle or Gallican Confession. It’s probably because, in the version presented here, estimated written in 1559, it has been adopted by the Synod of La Rochelle in 1571.
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1197 ? - The good usages and the good customs and the good judgments of the commune of Oleron.Created 27/12/08 - Updated 28/12/08 - byVisits : 631 - Popularity : 1 % Rubrique : Laws and customs Today, it’s the oldest text in saintongese language published on this website : the custom of the commune of Oleron. People says this old chart would have been granted to the islanders by Alienor of Aquitaine herself. |
Three generations of the Anglo-Poitou family of Vivonne, from 13th century “Poitevin mercenary captain” to 14th century “recalcitrant lady”Created 21/12/08 - Updated 24/12/08 - byVisits : 3851 - Popularity : 1 % Rubrique : Families and seigniories The following reconstruction of a 13th century Anglo-Poitou family is an illustration of how useful and encouraging internet sources can be. |
1388 - An english fleet lands at Marans and attacks la Rochelle - Chronicle by FroissartCreated 01/11/08 - Updated 03/11/08 - byVisits : 1087 - Popularity : 1 % Rubrique : 1337-1453 - Hundred Years' War (France v. England) An episode of Hundred Years’ War in Aunis : an english fleet lands at Marans and attacks La Rochelle. |
1804 - Rochefort, the Basque Road, the islands of Oleron, Rhé and AixCreated 31/10/08 - Updated 31/10/08 - byVisits : 945 - Popularity : 1 % Rubrique : Description of Saintonge, Aunis and Angoumois A Description of the Town and Port of Rochefort, Basque Road, the Islands of Oleron, Rhé, and Aix, before the Continental Blocus. |
1775 - A English tourist through Aunis and SaintongeCreated 09/08/08 - Updated 09/08/08 - byVisits : 1319 - Popularity : 1 % Rubrique : Description of Saintonge, Aunis and Angoumois Marans, La Rochelle, Rochefort, Saintes and Pons are the stopovers of this alone traveller. Description of a lost country. |
1205 - The bridges of Saintes, La Rochelle and London built by Isembert de SaintesCreated 06/06/08 - Updated 19/06/08 - byVisits : 1740 - Popularity : 1 % Rubrique : Forests, rivers, marshes & bridges King John (1167-1216) has a bad reputation, but one of his more positive characteristics was a keen interest in architecture and town planning. It is thanks to this we learn how the civil engineering work of the cleric, Isembert de Saintes, so impressed the king that he wanted him to take over the final stages of the rebuilding of London Bridge. |
1793 - Le petit Neptune, or French coasting pilot, along the coasts of Aunis and SaintongeCreated 29/05/08 - Updated 29/05/08 - byVisits : 1076 - Popularity : 1 % Rubrique : Description of Saintonge, Aunis and Angoumois What shall we do along the French coasts, early in the morning (in 1793) ? The English sailors knew very well these coasts, and they often came back here, not only for fishing ! |
Weather, astronomical and seismic ephemerides - 6/6 - 19th centuryCreated 20/04/08 - Updated 20/04/08 - byVisits : 580 - Popularity : 1 % Rubrique : Climate and hazard All events in Saintonge, Aunis and Angoumois, related by the witnesses
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Tempests Earthquakes Strange
phenomena Extreme cold Comets Hail Drought Floods Volcanic
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Herpes - Courbillac (16) - An update on the whereabouts of the Herpes findsCreated 05/04/08 - Updated 05/04/08 - byVisits : 2967 - Popularity : 1 % Rubrique : Archaeology The treasures from the 6th century frankish cemetery of Herpes (Courbillac - Charente) : the story of the dispersal of Delamain collection in famous museums. |
1540 (c) - The Heptameron, of Margaret of Angouleme, queen of NavarreCreated 27/03/08 - Updated 27/03/08 - byVisits : 1020 - Popularity : 1 % Rubrique : Portraits Source : The Heptameron, of Margaret, queen of Navarre., with a memoir of the author, by Walter.K. Kelly – London – 1855 – Books Google
Incest of a priest who got his sister with child under the cloak of sanctity and how it was punished
The Count Charles d’Angouleme, father of Francis I, and a prince of great piety, being one day at Coignac, some one told him that in a village named Cherves there was a maiden who lived with such austerity that it was a marvel, yet (...)
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Herpes - Courbillac (16) – a 6th century Frankish cemeteryCreated 21/03/08 - Updated 31/03/08 - byVisits : 4440 - Popularity : 1 % Rubrique : Archaeology In 1886, Philippe Delamain, a merchant from Jarnac, dug up a 6th century Frankish cemetery at Herpes in the commune of Courbillac, (16) Charente. It was a remarkable discovery, but Philippe Delamain’s methodology left much to be desired in terms of scientific rigour - see below Archaeology or pillage?
Today, much of this fabulous treasure of arms, jewels, coins, pots and other objects from the daily life of the Franks has disappeared.
For more information, go to dispersal of the (...)
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1757 - A fabulous "OVERLORD" operation in the middle of 18th C. Target : Rochefort !Created 28/02/08 - Updated 29/07/08 - byVisits : 1351 - Popularity : 1 % Rubrique : 1756-1763 - Seven Years War (France v. England) In 1757, Lieutenant General Sir John Mordaunt has commanded an expedition to the Island of Aix which has been a huge setback. So he has been handed over a martial court.
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The Saintonge: from its origins through the centuriesCreated 21/02/08 - Updated 21/02/08 - byVisits : 2057 - Popularity : 1 % Rubrique : Grands thèmes d'histoire locale This account will use key events over the centuries that have led to the Saintonge becoming what it is today. It is not intended to be long and tedious, nor one of those chronologies that are usually too pithy to be of much interest. |
1658 - Etienne & Jean Gellineau, saintongese ancestors of the families Bellemare, Gélinas & Lacourse of New-FranceCreated 19/02/08 - Updated 19/02/08 - byVisits : 1379 - Popularity : 1 % Rubrique : Emigrants from France to New France The french roots of a large lineage |
Charente and Charente-Maritime - Pictures of dolmensCreated 18/02/08 - Updated 26/01/09 - by ,Visits : 946 - Popularity : 1 % Rubrique : Archaeology There is a lot of megalithic monuments in Charente and Charente-Maritime
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The Espiard family tree, or the tribulations of Pierre Palliot, a 17th C genealogist in BurgundyCreated 16/02/08 - Updated 16/02/08 - byVisits : 702 - Popularity : 1 % Rubrique : To understand the past There are certain marchionesses and their confidants who would rather have the same name as a disreputable whore than be called middle class. |
1242 – Henry III at Taillebourg : his version of the battle against Saint LouisCreated 14/02/08 - Updated 14/02/08 - byVisits : 2015 - Popularity : 1 % Rubrique : Wars and peace French versions of the battle of Taillebourg and the defeat of Henry III of England at the hands of Louis IX glorify the French king. This account, written by Henry himself reminds us that in history, as elsewhere, there are always other versions, not just the official ones. To each man his truth …
Still, for Henry III Plantagenet and his French campaign, 1242 signalled a long series of setbacks.
The letter was written to emperor Frederick of Germany who was known in his own (...)
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