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Paris, Congress of
(Encyclopedia)Paris, Congress of, 1856, conference held by representatives of France, Great Britain, the Ottoman Empire (Turkey), Sardinia, Russia, Austria, and Prussia to negotiate the peace after the Crimean War....Paris, Matthew
(Encyclopedia)Paris, Matthew: see Matthew of Paris. ...Paris, Paulin
(Encyclopedia)Paris, Paulin (Alexis Paulin Paris) pôlăNˈ pärēsˈ [key], 1800–1881, French scholar. He was noted for his research in medieval French literature and for initiating the systematic study of Roman...Paris Pacts
(Encyclopedia)Paris Pacts, four international agreements signed in Paris on Oct. 23, 1954, to establish a new international status for West Germany. Since the end of World War II, West Germany had been occupied by ...Paris, Declaration of
(Encyclopedia)Paris, Declaration of, 1856, agreement concerning the rules of maritime warfare, issued at the Congress of Paris. It was the first major attempt to codify the international law of the sea. Conflicting...Paris, Pact of
(Encyclopedia)Paris, Pact of: see Kellogg-Briand Pact. ...Île-de-France, region, France
(Encyclopedia)Île-de-France ēl-də-fräNs [key], region and former province, N central France, in the center of the Paris basin, a fertile depression where the Marne and Ouse rivers join the Seine. Containing par...Gibson, Paris
(Encyclopedia)Gibson, Paris, 1830–1920, American pioneer and politician, b. Brownfield, Maine. After serving in the Maine legislature he moved to Minneapolis, where he built the first flour mill and started woole...France
(Encyclopedia)CE5 France frăns, Fr. fräNs [key], officially French Republic, republic (2015 est. pop. 64,457,000), 211,207 sq mi (547,026 sq km), W Europe. France is bordered by the English Channel (N), the At...Paris, in Greek mythology
(Encyclopedia)Paris or Alexander, in Greek mythology, son of Priam and Hecuba and brother of Hector. Because it was prophesied that he would cause the destruction of Troy, Paris was abandoned on Mt. Ida, but there ...Browse by Subject
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