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 fibers are extracted from the Agave plant; the leaves of the plant are cut and then taken to a machine that splits them apart and extracts the sought after fiber (this process is called decortication). The fibers are then fluffed and brushed out before being washed and then left to dry for 24 hours.