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Paix

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La Paix des Dames. The treaty concluded at Cambray, in 1529, between François I. and Charles V. of Germany; so called because it was brought about by Louise of Savoy (mother of the French king) and Margaret, the emperor’s aunt.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Pagoda
Paint
Paint the Lion (To)
Painter
Painter of the Graces
Painter of Nature
Painters and Artists
Painting
Pair Off
Paishdadian Dynasty
Paix
Pal (A)
Palaee
Paladin
Palæmon
Palais des Thermes
Palamedēs of Lombardy
Palamon and Arcite
Palatinate
Palaver
Pale