Re: French vocab
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Since Germany has only existed since the unification in 1871*, three hundred-odd years ago they would have been Saxons, Bohemians, Silesians, Prussians, Bavarians, ...). They would probably have spoken a German dialect, though.
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*Wikipedia says: Prior to 1803, German-speaking Central Europe included more than 300 political entities, most of which were part of the Holy Roman Empire or the extensive Habsburg hereditary dominions.
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