Search results
Rennes, France. The city’s name is derived from the Redones, a Celtic tribe that established its capital there. Under Roman occupation the town became the centre of communications of the province of Armorica. In the Middle Ages it vied with Nantes as capital of the dukes of Brittany.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Rennes, France, is the administrative capital of the French department of Ille-et-Vilaine. Before the French Revolution, prior to the integration of the Duchy of Brittany into the Kingdom of France, Rennes was the capital of the duchy, with the other historical capitals of Brittany's Ducal period being Nantes and Vannes.
The inhabitants of Rennes are called Rennais (masculine) or Rennaises (feminine) in French. Rennes's history goes back more than 2,000 years to a time when it was a small Gallic village named Condate. Together with Vannes and Nantes, it was one of the major cities of the ancient Duchy of Brittany.
Ayres-Bennett, Wendy, A History of the French Language Through Texts (London and New York: Routledge, 1996). [The section 'Renaissance French' provides a good way into the period's language.] Greimas, Algirdas and Keane, Teresa, Dictionnaire du moyen français: La Renaissance (Paris: Larousse, 1992). [A concise dictionary of the period's language.]
The objective of this degree is proficiency in literary, journalistic and everyday written language: ability to understand, analyse and summarize documents in English. translation of literary texts and civilization documents.
French Renaissance literature is, for the purpose of this article, literature written in French ( Middle French) from the French invasion of Italy in 1494 to 1600, or roughly the period from the reign of Charles VIII of France to the ascension of Henry IV of France to the throne.
People also ask
Is Rennes a French capital?
Where is Rennes located?
What is Rennes known for?
Why was Rennes important during the Roman era?
Our Bachelor's program offers students the chance to learn from an extensive literary culture, from antiquity to the contemporary (from Homer to Umberto Eco / Virgile to Le Clézio), a comparative approach to literatures, as well as an introduction to the different fields of linguistics.
