176, 1. Louis le Grand or the Grand Monarque, was Louis XIV, king of
France from 1638-1715.
185, 1. Eldorado. An imaginary country, rich in gold and jewels, which
the early Spanish explorers believed to exist somewhere in the New
World.
191, 1. Norman blood. A sign of aristocracy. The Norman-French
conquered England in the eleventh century and became the aristocracy of
England.
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