Eleanor of Aquitaine; queen of the troubadours.
9781594771958 Eleanor of Aquitaine; queen of the troubadours. Markale, Jean. Trans. by Jon E. Graham. Inner Traditions International 2007 260 pages $16.50 Paperback DA209 Like the mysteries of pre-Christian and medieval...

Eleanor: April Queen of Aquitaine.
Eleanor: April Queen of Aquitaine. Douglas Boyd. Sutton Publishing. [pounds sterling]20.00. viii + 376 pages. ISBN 0-7509-3289-9. The author of this book is a healthy reminder that one may write a learned and well researched biography without the benefits of a university background. Mr Boyd was for many years...

Kwame Ryan.
Have you heard about the Canadian conductor who now heads a major European orchestra--and who isn't Yannick Nezet-Seguin? You can certainly be excused if you haven't. Unlike Nezet Seguin's much publicized appointment as Music Director of the Rotterdam Philharmonic, Kwame Ryan's ascent to the podium of France's...

Becoming Jewish in early modern France: documents on Jewish community-building in seventeenth-century Bayonne and Peyrehorade.
The history of Sephardi Jews in southwestern France began with the establishment in the mid-sixteenth century of small enclaves of Iberian refugees in the regions of Les Landes and the Pyrenees-Atlantiques. The settlers, most of whom immigrated to France in the 1600s and traced their familial origins to or...

Sacred Boundaries: Religious Coexistence and Conflict in Early-Modern France.
Sacred Boundaries: Religious Coexistence and Conflict in Early-Modern France. By Keith P. Luria. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2005. x1 + 361 pp. $69.95 cloth. Historians of early modern France have devoted a great deal of attention to examining the religious conflicts that resulted...

Early polyphony to 1300. (Sound Recording Reviews).
In mainstream western Christian Europe, music was originally monophony and liturgical music was chant--a single melodic line. Polyphony began when a second melodic line was added to chant at the consonant intervals of fourth, fifth and octave. Later, third and fourth parts were added, and other, less consonant intervals...

Calendar.
Calendar DATE EVENT CONTACT JULY 3-5 1st International ARA Days-- www.avantage-aquitaine@ Atmospheric Reentry Systems, wanadoo.fr Missions and Vehicles, Arcachon, France 9-12 42nd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE www.aiaa.org Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, Sacramento, CA 17-23 Farnborough International www.farnborough.com Airshow 2006, Farnborough, UK 19-22 Airborne Law Enforcement www.alea.org Association Annual Conference & Exhibition,...

SAFETY AND PROTECTION: Lightweight breathing apparatus
A vessel for use in firemen's breathing apparatus is being manufactured by Composites Aquitaine. According to the company from Salaunes, France, the 9 litre vessel can withstand 30 MPa (300 bar) of pressure. It is made by filament-winding a layer of carbon fibre, followed by three layers of...

Canal cruising French style: cruising for most sailors is generally an offshore coastal cruise or exploring a favourite bay and finding the perfect anchorage to drop the pick, open a bottle and throw the snags on the barbie. It's the Australian way. Well, welcome to the world of waterways cruising, as the French do it.
The Europeans have been traversing their river systems and canals for commerce and pleasure over hundreds of years. And the French, in particular, have some of the most culturally interesting and picturesque attractions through which to meander along the multitude of inland waterways. From Burgundy and Alsace-Lorraine in the...

Biospace med Gets FDA OK for Its 3D X-Ray Orthopedic Imaging System and Workstation.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-10 October 2008-Biospace med Gets FDA OK for Its 3D X-Ray Orthopedic Imaging System and Workstation(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Biospace med announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) to market the Company's EOS x-ray imager along...