The aspiration to own a second home in France did not originate with the English middle class after the second world war. The idea also appealed to the ecclesiastical dignitaries who peopled the papal court during its sojourn in Avignon in the 14th century. At the time Avignon was not part of France. Even before its purchase by the papacy, it fell within the boundaries of the County of Provence, which then owed its allegiance not to France, but to the Holy Roman Empire. Notoriously, this was neither holy nor Roman nor even an empire – more of a loose association of mainly Germanic ...
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