France (Arthurian)
France holds or claims lordship over lands (fraunce rewmes fande fette)
France holds or claims lordship over lands (The Alliterative Morte Arthure, Passage 12)
France holds or claims lordship over lands (fraunce rewmes fande fette) (The Alliterative Morte Arthure, Passage 12)
France holds or claims lordship over lands, as attested by "flour fraunce rewmes" (The Alliterative Morte Arthure, Passage 18)
France conquers territory or wins a victory (The Alliterative Morte Arthure, Passage 51)
The Pope, a cardinal, or religious institution is referenced, as attested by "fownde abbayes fraunce" (The Alliterative Morte Arthure, Passage 73)
The Alliterative Morte Arthure
- attestation: France holds or claims lordship over lands (Passage 12)
"Sende freklye into Fraunce, )>at flo ur es of rewmes,"
- attestation: France holds or claims lordship over lands (fraunce rewmes fande fette) (Passage 12)
"Sende freklye into Fraunce, )>at flo ur es of rewmes, Fande to fette >at freke, k forfette his landez ;"
- attestation: France holds or claims lordship over lands, as attested by "flour fraunce rewmes" (Passage 18)
"Scho was flour of all Fraunce, or of fyfe rewmes,"
- attestation: France conquers territory or wins a victory (Passage 51)
"Whene he hade foughtten in Fraunce, and the felde wonnen,"
- attestation: The Pope, a cardinal, or religious institution is referenced, as attested by "fownde abbayes fraunce" (Passage 73)
"Fownde abbayes in Fraunce, )>e froytez are theyn awen,"
- relationship: France is identified as someone's son, establishing paternal lineage (Passage 73)
"Sail Karolus be callide, the kyng son of Fraunce ;"