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Avignon


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A city on the Rhône in SE France, which from 1309 until 1377 the residence of the popes during their exile from Rome and was papal property until the French Revolution.

Subjects: History — Early history (500 CE to 1500)

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Avignon
in Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages Length: 3111 words
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in The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages Length: 251 words
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in The Oxford Companion to Italian Literature Length: 103 words
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in The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance Length: 206 words

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