CHATEAUDUN  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north central 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 See also:

• EURE

Eure-et-Loir, 28 M . S.S.W. of See also:

• CHARTRES

Chartres by See also:

• RAIL

rail . Pop . (1906) 58o5 . It stands on an See also:

• EMINENCE (Lat. eminentia)

eminence near the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• LOIRE

Loire . The streets, which are straight and See also:

• REGULAR

regular, radiate from a central square, a uniformity due to the reconstruction of the town after fires in 1723 and 187o . The See also:

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

chateau, the most remarkable See also:

• BUILDING

building in the town, was built in See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• PART

part by See also:

• JEAN

Jean, See also:

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

count of See also:

• DUNOIS, JEAN, COUNT OF (1403-1468)

Dunois, and his descendants . Founded in the loth See also:

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

century, and rebuilt in the 12th and 15th centuries, it consists of a See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal wing with a See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• STAIRCASE

staircase of the 16th century, and, at right angles, a smaller wing adjoined by a See also:

• CHAPEL

chapel . To the left of the courtyard thus formed rises a lofty keep of the 12th century . The fine apartments and huge kitchens of the chateau are in keeping with its imposing exterior . 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 La Madeleine See also:

• DATES

dates from the 12th century; the buildings of the See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

abbey to which it be-longed are occupied by the subprefecture, the See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court and the See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital . The See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval churches of St Valerien and St Jean and the ruined chapel of Notre-See also:

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

Dame du Champde, of which the See also:

• FACADE

facade in the See also:

• RENAISSANCE, THE

Renaissance See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style now forms the entrance to the See also:

• CEMETERY (Gr. Korrsnri7pwv, from Hoiµav, to sleep)

cemetery, are other notable buildings .

The public institutions include a tribunal of first instance and a communal See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college . See also:

• FLOUR

Flour-milling, tanning and See also:

• LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch leer or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
• LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL

leather-dressing, and the manufacture of blankets, See also:

• SILVER

silver See also:

• JEWELRY (O. Fr. jouel, Fr. joyau, perhaps from joie, joy; Lat. gaudium; retranslated into Low Lat. jocale, a toy, from jocus, by misapprehension of the origin of the word)

jewelry, nails and machinery are the prominent See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries . See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

Trade is in 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, See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain, See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool and See also:

• HEMP (in O. Eng. henep, cf. Dutch hennep, Ger. Hanf , cognate with Gr. Kavval3er, Lat. cannabis)

hemp . Chateaudun (Castrodunum), which dates from the Gallo-See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

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

period, was in the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages the capital of the countship of Dunois . CHATEAU-GONTIER, a town of western France, capital of an arrondissement in the department of See also:

• MAYENNE
• MAYENNE, CHARLES OF LORRAINE

Mayenne, on the Mayenne, 18 m . S. by E. of See also:

• LAVAL
• LAVAL, ANDRE DE, SEIGNEUR DE LOHEAC (c. 1408-1485)

Laval by road . Pop . (1906) 6871 . Of its churches, that of St Jean, a relic of the See also:

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

castle, dates from the 1th century . Chateau-Gontier is the seat of a sub-See also:

• PREFECT (prefet)

prefect and has a tribunal of first instance, a communal college for boys and a small museum . It carries on wool- and See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton-See also:

• SPINNING (from O. Eng. spinnen, to spin, cf. Ger. spinnen, &c., the Teut. root is seen, to draw out, cf. span, spider)

spinning, the manufacture of serge, See also:

• FLANNEL

flannel and oil, and is an agricultural See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market . There are chalybeate springs See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close to the town .

Chateau-Gontier owes its origin and its name to a castle erected in the first See also:

• HALF

half of the 1th century by See also:

• GUNTHER, JOHANN CHRISTIAN (1695-1723)

Gunther, the steward of See also:

• FULK
• FULK (d. goo)

Fulk Nerra of See also:

• ANJOU

Anjou, on the site of a See also:

• FARM

farm belonging to the monks of St See also:

• AUBIN

Aubin d'See also:

• ANGERS

Angers . On the extinction of the See also:

• FAMILY

family, the lordship was assigned by 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 XI. to Philippe de See also:

• COMINES, or COMMINES (Flem. Komen)

Comines . The town suffered severely during the See also:

• WARS

wars of the See also:

• LEAGUE

League . In 1793 it was occupied by the Vendeans .