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Angevin meaning
Of, from or relating to Anjou, a former province of France (previously a county, duchy and the associated House of Anjou), now part of the administrative regions of Pays de la Loire, Centre-Val de Loire and Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Synonyms of Angevin
Using Angevin
- The main meaning on this page is: Of, from or relating to Anjou, a former province of France (previously a county, duchy and the associated House of Anjou), now part of the administrative regions of Pays de la Loire, Centre-Val de Loire and Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
- Useful related words include: angevine, frenchman, frenchwoman, french person.
- In the example corpus, angevin often appears in combinations such as: the angevin, angevin power, angevin rule.
Context around Angevin
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 1 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Angevin
- In this selection, "angevin" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, growing, oppose, towards, rule, power and stronghold stand out and add context to how "angevin" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include again the angevin cavalry proved and a secure angevin stronghold too. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "angevin" sits close to words such as abdelaziz, absolutist and accrual, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with angevin
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
During the Angevin dominion the city succeeded in remaining autonomous. (10 words)
According to Angevin legend, there was even infernal blood in the family. (12 words)
The English Royalist barons supported Stephen while the Angevin French supporters backed Matilda. (13 words)
In the War of the Sicilian Vespers between the Angevin and Aragonese dynasties for control of Sicily, Syracuse sided with the Aragonese and expelled the Angevins in 1298, receiving from the Spanish sovereigns great privileges in reward. (37 words)
Modern historians remain divided as to whether John suffered from a case of "royal schizophrenia" in his approach to government, or if his actions merely reflected the complex model of Angevin kingship in the early 13th century. (37 words)
Boniface IX saw to it that Ladislaus was crowned King of Naples at Gaeta on 29 May 1390 and worked with him for the next decade to expel the Angevin forces from southern Italy. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Louis understood the danger of the growing Angevin power; however, through indecision and a lack of fiscal and military resources in comparison to Henry II, he failed to oppose Angevin hegemony effectively.
The English Royalist barons supported Stephen while the Angevin French supporters backed Matilda.
According to Angevin legend, there was even infernal blood in the family.
An Angevin attack on Maine was defeated in late 1076 or 1077, with Count Fulk le Rechin wounded in the unsuccessful attack.
As King Alfonso of Naples was among the signatories of the treaty, Sforza also abandoned his long support of the Angevin pretenders to Naples.
Boniface IX saw to it that Ladislaus was crowned King of Naples at Gaeta on 29 May 1390 and worked with him for the next decade to expel the Angevin forces from southern Italy.
Considered a clever move by Louis at the time, it would later prove yet another step towards Angevin rule.
During Angevin rule, Catholicism saw rapid spread among the population which affected the society as well as architecture.
During the Angevin dominion the city succeeded in remaining autonomous.
Henry II also bit and gnawed his fingers; extreme rage is considered by many historians to be a trait of the Angevin kings.
His use of routier mercenaries in the central regions had rapidly eaten away his remaining support in this area too, which set the stage for a sudden collapse of Angevin power.
In his reign new Anglo-Angevin and Anglo-Aquitanian aristocracies developed, though not to the same point as the Anglo-Norman once did, and the Norman nobles interacted with their French peers.
In more peaceful times the Channel served as a link joining shared cultures and political structures, particularly the huge Angevin Empire from 1135 to 1217.
In the War of the Sicilian Vespers between the Angevin and Aragonese dynasties for control of Sicily, Syracuse sided with the Aragonese and expelled the Angevins in 1298, receiving from the Spanish sovereigns great privileges in reward.
In the west, Robert of Gloucester and his followers continued to raid the surrounding royalist territories, and Wallingford Castle remained a secure Angevin stronghold, too close to London for comfort.
Modern historians remain divided as to whether John suffered from a case of "royal schizophrenia" in his approach to government, or if his actions merely reflected the complex model of Angevin kingship in the early 13th century.
Once again, the Angevin cavalry proved too strong, and for a moment it appeared that Stephen might be captured for a second time.
Once again, the Angevin cavalry proved too strong, and for a moment it appeared that Stephen might be captured for a second time, before finally managing to escape.
Over the summer, Stephen intensified the long-running siege of Wallingford Castle in a final attempt to take this major Angevin stronghold.
Palermo and Corleone were the first two cities to found a confederation against the Angevin rule.
Common combinations with angevin
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: