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“Too Big to Fail” – Réflexions sur quelques verbes à particule deuxième partie
Archive 2010-03-01 Rene Meertens 2010
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Champlain did not assume the title of “sieur” and the particule de noblesse for himself late in life, as several historians have mistakenly asserted.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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The particule de noblesse and the honorific title of sieur were added to his name by others in official documents as early as 1595.10
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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It is interesting that the particule de noblesse came to Champlain before he had done any of the deeds for which he is remembered.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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The particule de noblesse and the title “sieur de Champlain” appeared as early as 1595 in pay records of the royal army in Brittany.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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He was given a title of respect and a particule de noblesse.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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The particule de noblesse and the honorific title of sieur were added to his name by others in official documents as early as 1595.10
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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See Le Grand Robert de la langue française 5: 279, s.v. “particule,” II.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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It is interesting that the particule de noblesse came to Champlain before he had done any of the deeds for which he is remembered.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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The particule de preceding a patronymic name is often called the particule de noblesse, or particule nobiliare.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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