- than its
practical application. A
writer of belles-
lettres is a belletrist. Literally, belles-
lettres is a
French phrase meaning 'beautiful' or 'fine' writing...
- arts et des
lettres du Québec, a
Quebec order based in part on the
Ordre des Arts et des
Lettres "Conseil de l'Ordre des Arts et des
Lettres" [Council of...
- written, and
hence arose the
lettre de cachet. The
lettre de
cachet belonged to the
class of
lettres closes, as
opposed to
lettres patentes,
which contained...
- des Arts et des
Lettres (in French)". Ministère de la culture.
Retrieved 27 June 2013. "Elina Salo
faite commandeur des Arts et
Lettres"[permanent dead...
- term "man of letters"
derives from the
French term
belletrist or
homme de
lettres but is not
synonymous with "an academic". A "man of letters" was a literate...
- The Agrégation de
Lettres classiques (classics) and its peer, the Agrégation de Grammaire, are higher-level
French competitive examinations held to recruit...
- A
letter of
marque and
reprisal (French:
lettre de marque;
lettre de course) was a
government license in the Age of Sail that
authorized a
private person...
- in 1725. It
received royal lettres patentes in 1740. In 1775, it
became the "Académie des Sciences, Arts et Belles-
Lettres de Dijon." From 1855 to 1869...
- Les
Lettres nouvelles was a
French literary journal,
published from 1953 to 1977. It was
founded by
Maurice Nadeau and
Maurice Saillet [fr] and published...
- The Académie des
Inscriptions et Belles-
Lettres (French pronunciation: [akademi dez‿ɛ̃skʁipsjɔ̃ e bɛl lɛtʁ]) is a
French learned society devoted to history...
