Thursday, January 13, 2005

Aunis

Ancient province (pays) of western France, corresponding to the northern part of the modern d�partement of Charente-Maritime with the southern part of Deux-S�vres. Subjected, from the 10th century on, to the counts of Poitiers, Aunis shared the political fortunes of neighbouring Poitou. In the pre-Revolutionary period it constituted, together with the islands of R�

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