BRESSUIRE  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of western See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of an See also:

• ARRONDISSEMENT (from arrondir, to make round)

arrondissement in the See also:

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

department of Deux-Sevres, 48 m . N. of See also:

• NIORT

Niort by See also:

• RAIL

rail . Pop . (1906) 4561 . The town is situated on an See also:

• EMINENCE (Lat. eminentia)

eminence overlooking the Dolo, a tributary of the Argenton . It is the centre of a See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle-rearing and agricultural region, and has important markets; the manufacture of wooden type and woollen goods is carried on . Bressuire has two buildings of See also:

• INTEREST

interest: 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
• DAME (through the Fr. from Lat. domina, mistress, lady, the feminine of dominus, master, lord)

Dame, which, dating chiefly from the 12th and 15th centuries, has an imposing See also:

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

tower of the See also:

• RENAISSANCE, THE

Renaissance See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period; and the See also:

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

castle, built by the lords of See also:

• BEAUMONT
• BEAUMONT, BELMONT, or BELLOMONT
• BEAUMONT, CHRISTOPHE DE (1703-1781)
• BEAUMONT, SIR JOHN (1583–1627)

Beaumont, vassals of the See also:

• VISCOUNT (through O. Fr. viscomte, mod. vicomte, from Low Lat. vice-comes, cf. Portug. visconde, Ital. visconte)

viscount of See also:

• THOUARS

Thouars . The latter is now in ruins, and a portion of the site is occupied by a See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• CHATEAU (from Lat. castellum, fortress, through O. Fr. chastel, chasteau)

chateau, but an inner and See also:

• OUTER

outer See also:

• LINE

line of fortifications are still to be seen . The whole forms the finest assemblage of feudal ruins in See also:

• POITOU

Poitou . Bressuire is the seat of a sub-See also:

• PREFECT (prefet)

prefect and has a tribunal of first instance . Among the disasters suffered at various times by the town, its See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture from the See also:

• ENGLISH

English and subsequent pillage by See also:

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

French troops under du Guesclin in 1370 is the most memorable .