See also:FRANCOIS See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
LOUIS See also:BOURDON (d. 1797)
, known as See also:BOURDON DE L'See also:OISE, See also:French revolutionist, was procureur at the See also:parlement
of See also:Paris
.
He ardently embraced the revolutionary doctrines and took an active See also:part in the insurrection of the loth of See also:August 1792
.
Representing the See also:department of the Oise in the See also:Convention, he voted for the immediate See also:death of 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
.
He accused the See also:Girondists of relations with the See also:court, then turned against See also:Robespierre, who had him expelled from the Jacobin See also:club for his conduct as See also:commissioner of the Convention with the See also:army of La Rochelle
.
On the 9th See also:Thermidor he was one of the deputies delegated to aid See also:Barras to repress the insurrection made by the See also:commune of Paris in favour of Robespierre
.
See also:Bourbon then be-came a violent reactionary, attacking the former members of the See also:Mountain and supporting rigorous See also:measures against the rioters of the 12th Germinal and the 1st Prairial of the See also:year III
.
In the See also:council of Five See also:Hundred, Bourdon belonged to the party of " Clichyens," composed of disguised royalists, against whom the See also:directors made the coup d'etat of the 18th Fructidor
.
Bourdon was arrested and deported to French See also:Guiana, where he died soon after his arrival
.
BOURG-EN-See also:BRESSE, a See also:town of eastern See also:France, See also:capital of the department of See also:Ain, and formerly capital of the See also:province of Bresse, 36 m
.
N.N.E. of See also:Lyons by the Paris-See also:Lyon railway
.
Pop
.
(1906) town, 13,916; commune, 20,045
.
Bourg is situated at the western See also:base of the See also:Jura, on the See also:left See also:bank of the Reyssouze, a tributary of the See also:Saone
.
The See also:chief of the older buildings is the 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 Notre-See also:Dame (16th See also:century), of which the See also:facade belongs to the See also:Renaissance; other parts of the church are See also:Gothic
.
In the interior there are stalls of the 16th century
.
The other public buildings, including a handsome prefecture, are See also:modern
.
The hotel de ville contains a library and the Lorin museum with a collection of pictures, while another museum has a collection of the old costumes and ornaments characteristic of Bresse
.
Among the statues in the town there is one of See also:Edgar See also:Quinet (1803–1875), a native of Bourg
.
Bourg is the seat of a See also:prefect and of a court of assizes, and has a tribunal of first instance, a tribunal and a chamber of See also:commerce, and a See also:branch of the Bank of France
.
Its educational establishments include lycees for boys and girls, and training colleges
.
The manufactures consist of See also:iron goods, See also:mineral See also:waters, See also:tallow, See also:soap and earthenware, and there are See also:flour See also:mills and breweries; and there is considerable See also:trade in See also:grain, See also:cattle and poultry
.
The church of Brou, a suburb of Bourg, is of See also:great See also:artistic See also:interest
.
See also:Marguerite of Bourbon, wife of Philibert II. of See also:Savoy, had intended to found a monastery on the spot, but died before her intention could be carried into effect
.
The church was actually built See also:early in the 16th century by her daughter-in-See also:law Marguerite of See also:Austria, wife of Philibert le Beau of Savoy, in memory of her See also:husband
.
The exterior, especially the facade, is richly ornamented, but the chief interest lies in the See also:works of See also:art in the interior, which date from 1532
.
The most important are the three mausoleums with the See also:marble See also:effigies of Marguerite of Bourbon, Philibert le Beau, and Marguerite of Austria
.
All three are remarkable for perfection of See also:sculpture and richness of ornamentation
.
The See also:rood See also:loft, the See also:oak stalls, and the See also:reredos in the See also:chapel of the Virgin are masterpieces in a similar See also:style
.
See also:Roman remains have been discovered at Bourg, but little is known of its early See also:history
.
Raised to the See also:rank of a See also:free town in 1250, it was at the beginning of the 15th century chosen by the See also:dukes of Savoy as the chief See also:city of the province of Bresse
.
In 1535 it passed to France, but was restored to See also:Duke Philibert See also:Emmanuel, who later built a strong citadel, which afterwards withstood a six months' See also:siege by the soldiers of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry IV
.
The town was finally ceded to France in 16or
.
In 1814 the in-habitants, in spite of the defenceless See also:condition of their town, offered resistance to the Austrians, who put the See also:place to pillage
.
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