In his lectures at the Collège de France, Foucault often defines governmentality as the broad art of " governing ," which goes beyond the traditional conception of governance in terms of state mandates, and into other realms such as governing " a household, souls, children, a province, a convent, a religious order, a family ".

The act renamed the northeasterly portion of the former French province of New France as Province of Quebec, roughly coextensive with the lower third of contemporary Quebec.

He took the habit of a Friar Preacher at Rome ( 1839 ), and the province of France was canonically erected in 1850.

The Dominicans of the province of France furnished Lacordaire ( 1835 – 1836, 1843 – 1851 ), Jacques Monsabré ( 1869 – 1870, 1872 – 1890 ), Joseph Ollivier ( 1871, 1897 ), Thomas Etourneau ( 1898 – 1902 ).

The house of studies of the province of France publishes L ' Année Dominicaine ( founded 1859 ), La Revue des Sciences Philosophiques et Theologiques ( 1907 ), and La Revue de la Jeunesse ( 1909 ).

The Duchy of Aquitaine was the largest and richest province of France ; Poitou ( where Eleanor spent most of her childhood ) and Aquitaine together were almost one-third the size of modern France.

Mainly or partially francophone or francosphere countries include France, Belgium ( Wallonia is almost entirely francophone, and there is a large French-speaking community in the Brussels-Capital Region and a few bordering municipalities ), Canada ( the province of Quebec is francophone, and there are large French-speaking communities in Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and other Canadian provinces ), United States ( South / Central Louisiana and parts of Maine ), Switzerland, Haiti, the French West Indies and several countries in Africa, including Congo, Burundi, Madagascar and Rwanda, that are former French or Belgian colonies.

During seven or eight years he used his increasing favour with the elector to relieve the distress of the refugees from France, and especially from his native province of Béarn.

Wanting to maximize the area under its direct control, contain an Arab Syria centered on Damascus, and insure a defensible border, France established the Lebanon-Syrian border to the " Anti-Lebanon " mountains, on the far side of the Beqaa Valley, territory which had belonged to the province of Damascus for hundreds of years, and was far more attached to Damascus than Beirut by culture and influence.

A plebiscite was to be held after fifteen years of League rule to determine whether the province should belong to Germany or France.

The aprisio made its first appearance in Charlemagne's province of Septimania in the south of France, when Charlemagne had to settle the Visigothic refugees, who had fled with his retreating forces, after the failure of his Zaragoza expedition of 778.

The Charte aux Normands granted by Louis X of France in 1315 ( and later re-confirmed in 1339 ) – like the analogous Magna Carta granted in England in the aftermath of 1204 – guaranteed the liberties and privileges of the province of Normandy.

Bartholdi's home province of Alsace was lost to the Prussians, and a more liberal republic was installed in France.

As a result of the Treaty of Lausanne, the former Ottoman Sanjak ( province ) of Alexandretta ( present-day Hatay Province ) was ceded to the France which administered it on behalf of the League of Nations.

When Louis the Pious died in 840, his eldest son, Lothair I, claimed overlordship over his brothers ' kingdoms and supported the claim of his nephew Pepin II as king of Aquitaine, a large province in western France.

The Beast of Gévaudan terrorized the general area of the former province of Gévaudan, now called Lozère, in south-central France.

* July 4 – The city of Trois-Rivières is founded in New France ( later the Canadian province of Quebec ).

* Philip I of France conquers the Vexin area and adds the city of Bourges and the province of Berry to his estate.

The king's Catholic baptism was of immense importance in the subsequent history of Western and Central Europe in general, for Clovis expanded his dominion over almost all of the old Roman province of Gaul ( roughly modern France ).

In 2002, as part of the reshuffling of the ecclesiastic provinces of France, the Archdiocese of Avignon ceased to be a metropolitan and became, instead a suffragan diocese of the new province of Marseilles, while keeping its rank of archdiocese.

Franche-Comté (; ; Free Countian: Fraintche-Comtè ; ) the former " Free County " of Burgundy, as distinct from the neighbouring Duchy, is an administrative region and a traditional province of eastern France.

Artois (; adjective Artesian ; ) is a former province of northern France.

During World War I the front line between the opposing German and Allied armies in France ran through the province, resulting in enormous physical damage.

The province of Schleswig has proved rich in prehistoric antiquities that date apparently from the 4th and 5th centuries.

Since its inception in the early 1990s, the group has carried out bombings, kidnappings, assassinations and extortion in what they describe as their fight for an independent Islamic province in the Philippines.

Outpacing that of wine since 2001, the growing production and consumption of beer has supported the existence of related events, for example the so-called Oktoberfests ( sic ) or " Fiestas de la Cerveza " in locations that have a significant German population ( Villa General Belgrano in Córdoba, San Carlos and Esperanza in the province of Santa Fe, etc .).

The rivalry has existed for some time with PSV and stems from various causes, such as the different interpretations of whether current national and international successes of both clubs and the supposed opposition between the Randstad and the province.

The Archbishop of Canterbury has a ceremonial provincial curia, or court, consisting of some of the senior bishops of his province.

* Two further suffragans, the Bishop of Ebbsfleet and the Bishop of Richborough, are provincial episcopal visitors for the whole Province of Canterbury, licensed by the archbishop as " flying bishops " to visit parishes throughout the province who are uncomfortable with the ministrations of their local bishop who has participated in the ordination of women.

The province has strong cultural and personal ties to the Canadian Prairies and Ontario as well as to the West Coast of the United States and to Alaska and the Yukon.

Due to the blocking presence of successive mountain ranges, the Interior of the province has a semi-arid climate with certain locations receiving less than 250 mm ( 10 ") in annual precipitation.

Each province has its own signature which is put on the cover pages of the book as there are some words that differ from province to another.

For example, the Canadian province of Quebec, which is French-speaking, has its own system of French-speaking television, movie and music celebrities.

Chuanr ( Chinese: 串儿, pinyin: chuànr ( shortened from " chuan er "); " kebab "), originating in the Xinjiang ( 新疆 ) province of China and in recent years has been disseminated throughout the rest of that country, most notably in Beijing.

Another factor related to the number of Senate seats is that a constitutional amendment in the early 20th century mandated that no province can have fewer Members of Parliament than it has senators.

A kingdom of Domnonee ( and of Cornouaille alongside ) was established in the province of Armorica directly across the English Channel, and has apparent links with the British population, suggesting an ancient connection of peoples along the western Atlantic seaboard.

This rule applies to any doctor of any grade who has passed the appropriate exams, and is not the exclusive province of consultant-level surgeons.

Founded in 1805 by Father Edward Fenwick, afterwards first Bishop of Cincinnati, Ohio ( 1821 – 1832 ), this province has developed slowly, but now ranks among the most flourishing and active provinces of the order.

The position of emperor is a territory-independent phenomenon — the emperor is the emperor, even if he has followers only in one province ( as was the case sometimes with the southern and northern courts ).

The city has the highest percentage of residents with a post-secondary education in the province and one of the highest per capita incomes.

* The third largest of the country's 60, 000 lakes, Lake Inari in the Lapland province of extreme northern Finland, has a surface area of, a total shore length of, a maximum depth of, some 3, 318 islands, and a total water volume of.

Denmark has 760 soldiers in Afghanistan, operating without caveat and concentrated in Helmand province.

It has 39. 1 % of the provincial population as of 2010, and the most Indonesians of all islands in the province.

While the settlement today referred to as Hedeby / Haithabu lies on the south side of the Schlei inlet, the settlement that grew up at around the same time on the north side has had a continuous history of habitation to modern times, and has now grown into the town known as Schleswig and given its name to the surrounding province.

The name " Finland " originally signified only the southwestern province that has been known as " Finland Proper " since the 18th century.