County of Champagne
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The County of Champagne was a medieval territory and feudal principality in the Kingdom of France. It developed on the rich plains between Paris and the border of the Holy Roman Empire in the 12th cen
Seal of Countess Marie
Reproduction of a coin of Count Henry
Durand of Champagne presenting a book to Queen Joan
Champagne fairs
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The Champagne fairs were an annual cycle of trade fairs which flourished in different towns of the County of Champagne in Northeastern France in the 12th and 13th centuries, originating in local agric
County of Champagne
…the border of the Holy Roman Empire in the 12th century. It became an economic hub of northern France and an international trade center in part due to the trade fairs instituted by Count Theobald II, and steady land clearing led to economic and urban growth. Count Henry the Liberal established the city of Troyes as…
Une foire en Champagne au XIIIe siècle (A fair in Champagne in the 13th century), engraving in Album historique, publié sous la direction de M. Ernest Lavisse (1898), Paris, Armand Colin & Cie