Succession wars and rebellions in the Middle Ages
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a coat of arms
un blason, une armoirie
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an emblem
un emblème
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an estate
une propriété
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a realm
un royame
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feudal
féodal
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courtship
faire la cour
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a predecessor
le prédecesseur
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the heir(ess) apparent
un.e héritier.e présomptif.ve
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to succeed to the throne
accéder au trône
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to crown sb
couronner qqun
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to stretch over x years
s’étendre sur x ans
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a reign, a rule
un règne
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a power struggle
une lutte pour le pouvoir
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to expel sb from court
renvoyer qqun de la cour
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to defeat
vaincre, battre
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to claim the throne
revendiquer le trône
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a claim to the trône
a reason to believe you are the heir to the throne
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to come to power/ to the throne
accéder au pouvoir/ au trône
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to cling to power
s’accrocher au pouvoir
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to put down a rebellion
to put an end to a rebellion
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a peace treaty
un traité de paix
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to raise an army
lever une armée
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to overthrow
renverser
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a military coup, a power grab
un coup d’état
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to loot
piller
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to seize sth
saisir, s’emparer de
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to imprison
emprisonner
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to turn on sb
to attack or criticize sb suddenly and unexpectedly
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to depose sb
to remove sb from power
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to have sb put to death
to have sb executed
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to behead
décapiter
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to surrender
se rendre
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to confine sb to a place
to lock sb up in a place
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a casualty
a person killed or wounded in an accident
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the ruling class
the social group in power
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the gentry
la noblesse, l’aristocratie
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the printing press
la presse d’imprimante
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to flourish
to propser, to develop well
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to pass a law
faire passer une loi
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