The towns had become less free, and many of them had lost the liberties and privileges accorded them by the Capétiens Kings.
It is true that the Valois were strictly speaking Capétiens also; but the elder line are generally known as the Capétiens and the younger as the Valois Dukes.
France was already less prosperous than she had been under the Capétiens kings.
To their authors might be applied the sentence of Plutarch, translated with the happy naivete of Amiot: "Tu tiens sans propos beaucoup de bons propos.
Je le tiens de bonne source = I have it on good authority.
Je n’y tiens pas = I am not particular about it; I am not keen on it.
Je ne tiens plus à rien = I no longer care for anything.
Un tiens vaut mieux que deux tu l’auras = A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tiens" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
