Tuesday 28 September 2010

OCCITANIA TODAY: History, Language and Culture Inc Cathars..


        1. The History of the Languedoc: Occitan, Occitania and the troubadours

          The history of the Languedoc in the South of France: The Occitan language, the territory of Occitania and the troubadours. The langue d'oc, Romance Language ...
          www.languedoc-france.info/1006_occitan.htm - Cached - Similar
        2. The History of the Languedoc: Occitan: Provençal and other Dialects

          The history of the Languedoc in the South of France: The Occitan language, the territory of Occitania and the troubadours. Provencal and other Dialects.
          www.languedoc-france.info/190304_provencal.htm - Cached - Similar

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          1. Catharism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

            Catharism was a name given to a Christian religious sect with dualistic and gnostic elements that appeared in the Languedoc region of France and other parts ...
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          2. Cathars and Cathar Beliefs in the Languedoc

            Languedoc Cathars. Cathar beliefs. Cathari and heretics, Catharism and the Albigensian Crusade. The Role of the Roman Catholic Church: Innocent III and his ...
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      1. Occitania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

        Occitania is the region in southern Europe where Occitan was historically the main language spoken, and where it is sometimes still used, for the most part ...
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      2. Occitania national football team - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

        The Occitania national football team is the football team of Occitania, which is the name given to areas of Italy, France and Spain where the Occitan ...
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      3. Occitania

        Occitania is the name given to the area where Occitan, the langue d'oc, was traditionally the first language. It covers almost half of modern France (the ...
        www.languedoc-france.info/1905_occitania.htm - Cached - Similar
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    1. Wapedia - Wiki: Occitan language

      Known also as Lenga d'òc in Occitan or Langue d'oc in French (native name: occitan ....Occitan is still spoken by many elderly people in rural areas, ...
      wapedia.mobi/en/Occitan_language - Cached
    2. Occitan language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

      Occitan is still spoken by many elderly people in rural areas, but they generally switch to French when dealing with outsiders. ...
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    3. Occitan Language

      General Overview of the Occitan language. ... the crucial gap between urban intellectuals who seek to preserve and standardize Occitan, and rural paysans, ...
      www.orbilat.com/Languages/Occitan/Occitan.html - Cached - Similar
  1. Hear Occitan in Uzès? The lost tongue of Provence - Discover Uzès


  2. 16 Apr 2010 ... Occitan is still spoken by many elderly people in rural areas, but they generally switch to French when dealing with outsiders. ...
    www.discover-uzes.com/.../hear-occitan-in-uzès-the-lost-tongue-of-provence.html - Cached
  3. About occitan language (in english) - LO CÒR DE LA PLANA's MySpace ...


  4. Limousin — A rural region (about 710000 inhabitants) where Occitan (Lemosin dialect, Nord-Occitan family) is still spoken among the oldest residents. ...
    blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view...blogId... - Cached
  5. In Search of the Occitan Village: Regionalist Ideologies and the ...

    by V Mark - 1987 - Cited by 7 - Related articles
    to equate the regional culture with
    rural and village life, so that the Occitan village is the most "authen- tic" site of culture, in contrast to the false ...
    www.jstor.org/stable/3317996 - Similar
  6. The Sociolinguistic Situation of Modern Occitan

    by TT Field - 1980 - Cited by 3 - Related articles
    typical community in which
    Occitan is regularly used, that is, an average rural township. In a study of his home town of Ambialet (Tarn), Georges Maurand ...
    www.jstor.org/stable/391694 - Similar
  7. Occitan - Mercator Media

    Most Occitan speakers live in rural areas and the majority of these are elderly people. Because of this, the situation of the language is precarious and the ...
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  8. Limousin (dialect)

    Limousin (Occitan: Lemosin) is a dialect of the Occitan language, spoken in the three ... Limousin is used primarily by people over age 50 in rural ...
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  9. Occitan language

    *Limousin — A rural region (about 710000 inhabitants) where Occitan (Lemosin dialect, Nord-Occitan family) is still spoken among the oldest residents. ...
    en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/13559 - Cached

    1. THE PARADOX OF NATIONAL LANGUAGE MOVEMENTS


    2. has only been in the past 3(M0 years that French has supplanted Occitan as the native language of most children in rural areas of Occitania, and virtually ...
      www.informaworld.com/index/926918070.pdf
    3. Occitan language, alphabet and pronunciation

      The majority of speakers are elderly and live in rural areas. There are six dialects of Occitan: Provençal, Gascon, Languedoc, Limousin, Alpine and Auvergne ...
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    4. Occitan language

      *Limousin — A rural region (about 710000 inhabitants) where Occitan (Lemosin dialect, Nord-Occitan family) is still spoken among the oldest residents. ...
      en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/13559 - Cached
    5. Espaces 2004-2005: Occitania


    6. The border that separates the northern half of France from Occitania, ... The endless possibilities of childhood, set in traditional rural Provence; French, ...
      www.umbc.edu/.../Espaces%20Occitania/Occitania%20main.html - United States
    7. Education and identity in rural France: the politics of schooling - Google Books Result
    8. Deborah Reed-Danahay - 1996 - Education - 237 pages
      A significant contribution to the anthropology of education, this book offers fresh insights into the ways in which French culture is transmitted to the coming ...
      books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=0521483123...
    9. Presentation - Radio Occitania

      In the surroundings of Toulouse, the Occitan is spoken by 14% of the people and understood by 41%, when in the rural environment, it is spoken by 28% of the ...
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