The Protestant Reformation began late in France because the monarchy had little to gain from sponsoring reforms. The French monarchy had long been independent of the church in Rome, and early in the rule of Francis I (r. 1515â47), he gained the power to appoint French bishops in return for supporting the pope against the invading
The juice of the plant is used to make pharmaceuticals like hecogenin, inulin and others. Production and trade. Sisal is cultivated for fibre in Angola, Brazil, China, Cuba, Haiti, Indonesia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Mexico, South Africa. Tanzania and Thailand. Production patterns differ between counties. In Tanzania and Kenya sisal is predominantly a plantation crop, while production in Brazil is largely small-scale.
sisal (countable and uncountable, plural sisals) A Central American plant, Agave sisalana, cultivated for its sword-shaped leaves that yield fibers used for rope. The fibre of the plant. (rare) A sisal mat. 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 456: Our bedding consisted of a single sisal or straw mat. Translations