COMPIEGNE  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• NORTHERN

northern 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:

• OISE

Oise, 52 M . N.N.E. of See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris on the Northern railway between Paris and St Quentin . Pop . (1906) 14,052 . The town, which is a favourite summer resort, stands on the See also:

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

north-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west border of the See also:

• FOREST

forest of Compiegne and on the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• BANK

bank of the Oise, less than 1 m. below its confluence with the See also:

• AISNE

Aisne . The See also:

• RIVER

river is crossed by a See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge built in the reign of 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 XV . The See also:

• RUE (Fr. rue, Lat. ruta, from Gr. pur)

Rue See also:

• SOLFERINO

Solferino, a continuation of the bridge ending at the See also:

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

Place de l'H6tel de Ville, is the busy See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

street of the town; elsewhere, except on See also:

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

market days, the streets are quiet . The hotel de ville, with a graceful See also:

• FACADE

facade surmounted by a lofty See also:

• BELFRY (Mid. Eng. berfrey, through Med. Lat. berefredus, from Teut. bergfrid or bercvrit, which, according to the New Eng. Dict., is a combination of bergen, to protect, and frida, safety or peace; the word thus meaning a shelter; the change from r to 1,—

belfry, is in the See also:

• LATE

late See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic See also:

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

style of the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early 16th See also:

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

century and was completed in See also:

• MODERN

modern times . Of the churches, St See also:

• ANTOINE, ANDRE (1858- )

Antoine (13th and 16th centuries) with some See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• RENAISSANCE, THE

Renaissance stained See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass, and St Jacques (13th and 15th centuries), need alone be mentioned . The remains of the See also:

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

ancient See also:

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

abbey of St See also:

• CORNEILLE, PIERRE (1606–1684)
• CORNEILLE, THOMAS (1625-1709)

Corneille are used as a military storehouse . Compiegne, from a very early See also:

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

period until 1870, was the occasional See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of the See also:

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

French See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings . Its See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace, one of the most magnificent structures of its See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind, was erected, chiefly by Louis XV. and Louis XVI., on the site of a See also:

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

chateau of 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 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 V. of France .

It now serves as an See also:

• ART

art museum . It has two facades, one overlooking the Place du Palais and the town, the other, more imposing, facing towards a fine See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

park and the forest, which is chiefly of See also:

• OAK (O. Eng., (lc)

oak and See also:

• BEECH

beech and covers over 36,000 acres . Compiegne is the seat of a subprefect, and has tribunals of first instance and of See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce, a communal See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college, library and See also:

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

hospital . The See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries comprise See also:

• BOAT (0. Eng. bdt; the true etymological connexion with Dutch and Ger. boot, Fr. bateau, Ital. battello presents great difficulties; Celtic forms are from O. Eng.)

boat-See also:

• BUILDING

building, rope-making, See also:

• STEAM
• STEAM (0. Eng. steam, vapour, smoke, cf. Du. steam; the origin is unknown)

steam-sawing, distilling and the manufacture of See also:

• CHOCOLATE

chocolate, machinery and sacks and coarse coverings, and at Margny, a suburb, there are manufactures of chemicals and See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt hats . See also:

• ASPARAGUS

Asparagus is cultivated in the environs . There is considerable 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 in See also:

• TIMBER

timber and See also:

• COAL

coal, chiefly river-See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne . Compiegne, or as it is called in the Latin See also:

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

chronicles, Compendium, seems originally to have been a See also:

• HUNTING (the verbal substantive from " hunt "; O. Eng. huntian, hunta; apparently connected with O. Eng. hentan, Gothic hinpan, to capture, O.H.G. hunda,booty)

hunting-See also:

• LODGE
• LODGE, EDMUND (1756-1839)
• LODGE, H
• LODGE, HENRY CABOT (1850– )
• LODGE, SIR OLIVER JOSEPH (1851– )
• LODGE, THOMAS (c. 1558–1625)

lodge of the early Frankish kings . It was enriched by Charles the Bald with two castles, and a See also:

• BENEDICTINE

Benedictine abbey dedicated to See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

Saint Corneille, the monks of which retained down to the 18th century the See also:

• PRIVILEGE

privilege of acting for three days as lords of Compiegne, with full See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power to See also:

• RELEASE (O.Fr. reles, variant of relais, from relaisser, to release, let go, Lat. relaxare)

release prisoners, condemn the guilty, and even inflict See also:

• SENTENCE (Lat. sententia, a way of thinking, opinion, judgment; vote, sentire, to feel, think)

sentence of See also:

• DEATH

death . It was in Compiegne that King Louis I. the Debonair was deposed in 833; and at the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of the town in 1430 See also:

• JOAN

Joan of Arc was taken prisoner by the See also:

• ENGLISH

English . A See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument to her faces the hotel de ville . In 1624 the town gave its name to a treaty of See also:

• ALLIANCE

alliance concluded by See also:

• RICHELIEU, ARMAND EMMANUEL SOPHIE SEPTEMANIE DU PLESSIS
• RICHELIEU, ARMAND JEAN DU PLESSIS
• RICHELIEU, LOUIS FRANCOIS ARMAND DU PLESSIS

Richelieu with the Dutch; and it was in the palace that Louis XV. gave welcome to See also:

• MARIE

Marie Antoinette, that See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon I. received Marie See also:

• LOUISE [AUGUSTE WILHELMINE AMALIE LUISE] (1776-1810)

Louise of See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria, that Louis XVIII. entertained the See also:

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

emperor See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander of See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia, and that See also:

• LEOPOLD (M.H. Ger. Liupolt; O.H. Ger. Liupald, from hut, Mod. Ger. Leute, " people," and paid, " bold," i.e. " bold for the people ")

Leopold I., king of the Belgians, was married to the princess Louise . In 1814 Compiegne offered a stubborn resistance to the Prussian troops .

Under Napoleon III. it was the See also:

• ANNUAL

annual resort of the 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 during the hunting See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season . From 187o to 1871 it was one of the headquarters of the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army .