Venaissin

The country of Venaissin, which is in Provence, had been magnanimously given up by the Emperor Frederick II. to the count of

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

At the southern end of the Rhône river around Avignon and Carpentras was an area, the Comtat Venaissin, that was nominally papal land but was considered by the French government to be part of France.

Emancipation Michael Goldfarb 2009

Venaissin beyond the Rhone, and the sovereignty of seventy-three castles on this side the same river.

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

IX., gave the country of Venaissin to the Roman church in 1274.

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

But angered by Philip's attack on the Templars (See 1307) and his insistent pressure, Clement removed the papal court to Avignon, a territory in the Venaissin in southeastern France that was outside Philip's jurisdiction.

1294-1303 2001

France retained the boundaries of 1792, which included Avignon, Venaissin, and parts of the Savoy and German empire, and Belgium.

3. The Peace Settlements and the Hundred Days 2001

This peace limited France to the boundaries of 1790 (roughly equivalent to those of 1789 with the inclusion of Venaissin and Avignon).

1815, March 20-June 22 2001

Venaissin, a fief directly dependent upon the Pope.

The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) Henry Martyn Baird

Lying on the Rhone, and almost surrounded by the papal Venaissin, is a tiny principality of less than forty thousand acres.

Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1 Elise Whitlock Rose

So Clement lived at Bordeaux and at Poitiers, and finally retired to the County of Venaissin which the Holy See possessed by right, and established the pontifical court at

Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1 Elise Whitlock Rose