BEAUMANOIR  , a seigniory in what is now the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

• COTES, ROGER (1682-1716)

Cotes-du-See also:

• NORD

Nord, See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, which gave its name to an illustrious See also:

• FAMILY

family . See also:

• JEAN

Jean de Beaumanoir, See also:

• MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

marshal of See also:

• BRITTANY

Brittany for See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles of See also:

• BLOIS

Blois, and See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain of Josselin, is remembered for his See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in the famous See also:

• BATTLE

battle of the See also:

• THIRTY

Thirty . This battle, sung by an unknown See also:

• TROUVERE

trouvere and retold with See also:

• VARIATIONS
• VARIATIONS, CALCULUS
• VARIATIONS, CALCULUS OF

variations by See also:

• FROISSART, JEAN (1338-1410?)

Froissart, was an See also:

• EPISODE

episode in the struggle for the See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession to the duchy of Brittany between Charles of Blois, supported by the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of France, and See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John of See also:

• MONTFORT
• MONTFORT, SIMON DE, EARL OF LEICESTER (d. 1265)

Montfort, supported by the king of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . John Bramborough, the See also:

• ENGLISH

English captain of Ploermel, having continued his ravages, in spite of a truce, in the See also:

• DISTRICT

district commanded by the captain of Josselin, Jean de Beaumanoir sent him a See also:

• CHALLENGE (O. Fr. chalonge, calenge, &c., from Lat. calumnia, originally meaning trickery, from calvi, to deceive, hence a false accusation, a " calumny ")

challenge, which resulted in a fight between thirty picked champions, knights and squires, on either See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side, which took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place on the 25th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1351, near Ploermel . Beaumanoir commanded thirty Bretons, Bramborough a mixed force of twenty Englishmen, six See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German mercenaries and four See also:

• BRETON, BRITTON
• BRETON, JULES ADOLPHE

Breton partisans of Montfort . The battle, fought with swords, daggers and axes, was of the most desperate See also:

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

character, in its details very reminiscent of the last fight of the Burgundian in the See also:

• NIBELUNGENLIED, or DER NIBELUNGE NOT

Nibelungenlied, especially in the celebrated See also:

• ADVICE (Fr. avis, from Lat. ad, to, and visum, viewed)

advice of See also:

• GEOFFROY
• GEOFFROY, ETIENNE FRANCOIS (1672-1731)
• GEOFFROY, JULIEN LOUIS (1743-1814)

Geoffroy du Bois to his wounded See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader, who was asking for See also:

• WATER

water: " Drink your See also:

• BLOOD

blood, Beaumanoir; that will quench your thirst!" In the end the victory was decided by See also:

• GUILLAUME
• GUILLAUME, JEAN BAPTISTE CLAUDE EUGENE (1822-1905)

Guillaume de See also:

• MONTAUBAN
• MONTAUBAN, ARTHUR DE (d. 1479)

Montauban, who mounted his See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse and overthrew seven of the English champions, the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest being forced to surrender . All the combatants on either side were either dead or seriously wounded, Bramborough being among the slain . The prisoners were well treated and released on See also:

• PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment of a small See also:

• RANSOM (from Lat. redemptio, through Fr. rancon)

ransom . (See Le Fame du combat See also:

• DES

des Trente, in the See also:

• PANTHEON (Lat. pantheum or pantheon; Gr. srav& ov, all-holy, from re, s, all, and Oeor god)

Pantheon litteraire; Froissart, Chroniques, ed . S . Luce, c. iv. pp . 45 and See also:

• ITO, HIROBUMI, PRINCE (1841-1909)

Ito if., and pp .

338-340) .