See also:

• ATH, or AATII

ATH, or AATII  , an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• TOWN

town of the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• HAINAUT (Flem. Henegouwen, Ger. Hennegau)

Hainaut, See also:

• BELGIUM
• BELGIUM (Fr. Belgique; Flem. Belgic)

Belgium, situated on the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• BANK

bank of the Dender . Pop . (1890) 9868; (1904) 11,201 . Formerly it was fortified, but after the See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change in the defensive See also:

• SYSTEM

system of Belgium in 1858 the fortress was dismantled and its ramparts superseded by boulevards . Owing to a See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire caused by See also:

• LIGHTNING

lightning its See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of St See also:

• JULIEN, STANISLAS (1797?-1873)

Julien, dating from the 14th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, which had escaped serious injury during many See also:

• WARS

wars, was destroyed in 1817 (since rebuilt) . This left the Tour Burbant as its See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole relic of the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages . This See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower formed See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• DONJON (from a Late Lat. accusative form domnionem, connected with domnus or dominus, a lord)

donjon of the fortress erected by See also:

• BALDWIN, JAMES MARK (1861– )
• BALDWIN, ROBERT (1804–1858)

Baldwin IV., See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count of Hainaut, about the See also:

• YEAR

year 1150 . Near See also:

• ATH, or AATII

Ath is the fine See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle of Beloeil, the ancient seat of the princely See also:

• FAMILY

family of Ligne . Ath is famous for its gild of archers; whose butts are erected on the See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain of the Esplanade in the ~ centre of the town . The town See also:

• MILITIA (Fr. milice, Ger. Miliz, from Lat. miles, soldier, militia, military service)

militia has the See also:

• PRIVILEGE

privilege of being armed with bows and crossbows . Ath is also well known in Hainaut for its See also:

• ANNUAL

annual fete called le See also:

• JAW (Mid. Eng. jawe, jowe and geowe, O. Eng. cheowan, connected with " chaw " and " chew," and in form with " jowl ")

jaw de See also:

• DUCASSE, PIERRE EMMANUEL ALBERT, BARON (1813–1893)

ducasse—ducasse being the Walloon word for See also:

• KERMESSE (also KERMIS and KIRMESS)

kermesse (fete) . On this occasion a procession escorting figures of two giants, See also:

• GOLIATH

Goliath, called locally Goyasse, and See also:

• SAMSON (1135-1211)
• SAMSON (cf. Heb. shemesh, " sun ")
• SAMSON, JOSEPH ISIDORE (1793-1871)

Samson, forms the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief feature of the celebration .

The See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph II. stopped it for its " idolatrous " See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, but this See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act was one of the causes of the See also:

• BRABANT
• BRABANT, NORTH

Brabant revolution of 1789 . The procession, revived in 1790, was again stopped by the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French republicans five years later, but was revived under the See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire, and has flourished ever since .