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Battle of Ivry

noun
1.
A battle (1590) in which the Huguenots under Henry IV defeated the Catholics under the duke of Mayenne.  Synonyms: Ivry, Ivry la Bataille.





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... the ardent figure of Mirabeau represents the genius of the Revolution, and from it to "Louis XVIII. and the Charter," emblematic of the Restoration; how shines on this canvas the "helmet of Navarre" in the "Battle of Ivry," as in Macaulay's spirited lyric, and chastely beautiful in its stainless marble, stands the heroic Maid of Orleans; while, appropriately in the midst of these historic characters, we find the bust of that ideal of picturesque narrators, Froissart. ...
— Gifts of Genius - A Miscellany of Prose and Poetry by American Authors • Various


Words linked to "Battle of Ivry" :   Ivry la Bataille, France, pitched battle, French Republic, Ivry


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