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Bouvines

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Bouvines (bvēn`), village, Nord dept., N France, in Flanders. In a battle there in 1214, Philip II of France defeated the joint forces of King John of England, Emperor Otto IV, and the count of Flanders, establishing the power of the French monarchy.
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Claiming he had an ancestor who had fought in the Battle of Bouvines in 1214, Mathieu assumed his predecessor's role and reenacted each stage of the battle (the capturing of standards, the siege of hills) with thrusts and parries of his long brushes.
"Be-Bomb": Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona by Rich, Sarah K. / Artforum International
A fundação das universidades, a criação das Ordens Mendicantes, os Franciscanos e os Dominicanos, a vitória, pela primeira vez, de um rei sobre o poder papal (batalha de Bouvines -- 1214) faz com que o Ocidente atravesse, no século XIII, um momento de grandes perturbações.
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How many Brits know of the Battle of Bouvines, fought outside Lille between English-allied-with-German imperial troops against the great King Phillipe Auguste on July 27 1214 ?
Michael White's political blog: October 14 by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
 
 
 
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