by the Treaty of Brétigny, the whole county passed to England, but in 1440 the English were finally expelled. In the 16th century Quercy was a stronghold of the Protestants, and the scene of a savage religious warfare. The civil wars of the reign of Louis XIII largely took place around Montauban. Notable associations Like Périgord, the area is noted for its cuisine, more particularly the duck dishes, confit de canard and magret de canard and the dark red wines of Cahors and, further south, Coteaux de Quercy. The province gave its name to cadurcum, a variety of light linen. Notable people John XXII (1316–1332), pope Jean Le Parisot de La Valette (1494–1568), Grand Master of the Order of Malta Clément Marot (1496–1544), poet (1529–1561), poet (1747–1791), counter-revolutionary Olympe de Gouges (1748–1793), playwright, abolitionist, and feminist activist, author of the 1791 Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen Jean Bon Saint-André (1749–1813), Revolutionary Jean-Antoine Marbot (1754–1800), general of the French Army and politician Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780–1867), Neoclassicist painter Adolphe Marbot (1781–1844), general of the French Army Marcellin Marbot (1782–1854), general of the French Army, author of the famous Memoirs of General Marbot André Étienne d'Audebert de Férussac (1786–1836), naturalist Évariste Régis Huc (1813–1860), missionary Catholic priest and traveler, famous for his accounts of China, Tartary and Tibet Stanislas d'Escayrac de Lauture (1822–1868), explorer who sought the headwaters of the Nile and wrote Memories of Sudan Léon Cladel (1834–1892), local writer of rustic stories about Quercy Léon Gambetta (1838–1882), politician Émile Pouvillon (1840–1906), another writer of rustic stories about Quercy Francis Maratuech (1853–1908), writer and poet, founded a monthly review in 1880, Le Feu Follet Antoine Bourdelle (1861–1929), sculptor Philippe Gaubert (1879–1941), conductor and composer Marcelle Bergerol (1901–1989), figurative painter Alfred Roques (1925–2004), rugby player (born 1947), writer Fabien Galthié (born 1969), rugby player References External links Quercy.net Qu'est-ce que le Quercy ? Atlas historique du Quercy Portail régional du Quercy Le portail du tourisme en Quercy La Maison du Patrimoine et de l’Environnement Midi-Quercy Former provinces of France Geography of Corrèze Geography of Dordogne Geography of Lot (department) Geography of Tarn-et-Garonne History of Occitania (administrative region) History of Nouvelle-Aquitaine History of Corrèze History of Dordogne History of Lot (department) History of Tarn-et-Garonne