LISIEUX
, a See also:town of See also:north-western See also:France, See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement in the See also:department of See also:Calvados, 30 M
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E. of See also:Caen by See also:rail
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Pop
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(1906) 15,194
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Lisieux is prettily situated in the valley of the Touques at its confluence with the Orbiquet
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Towers of the 16th See also:century, See also:relics of the old fortifications, remain, and some of the streets, bordered throughout by houses of the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, retain their See also:medieval aspect
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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 St See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter, formerly a See also:cathedral, is reputed to be the first See also:Gothic church built in See also:Normandy
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Begun in the latter See also:half of the 12th century it was completed in the 13th and 16th centuries
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There is a See also:lantern-See also:tower over the See also:crossing and two towers surmount the See also:west See also:facade, one only of which has a See also:spire, added towards the end of the 16th century
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In the interior there is a See also:Lady-See also:Chapel, restored in the 15th century by See also:Bishop See also:Pierre See also:Cauchon, one of the See also:judges of See also:Joan of Arc
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The church of St Jacques (See also:late 15th century) contains beautiful See also:glass of the See also:Renaissance, some remarkable stalls and old frescoes, and a curious picture on See also:wood, restored in 1681
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The church of St Desir (18th century) once belonged to a See also:Benedictine See also:abbey
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The old episcopal See also:palace near the cathedral is now used as a See also:court-See also:house, museum, library and See also:prison, and contains a beautiful See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall called the salle doree
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Lisieux is the seat of a sub-See also:prefect, and has tribunals of first instance and of See also:commerce, a chamber of arts and manufactures, a See also:board of See also:trade arbitrators and a communal See also:college
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Its manufactures of woollens are important, and See also:bleaching, See also:wool and See also:flax-See also:spinning, tanning, See also:brewing, See also:timber-sawing, See also:- METAL
- METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)
metal-See also:founding, and the manufacture of machinery, See also:hosiery and boots and shoes are carried on; there is trade in See also:grain, See also:cattle and See also:cheese
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In the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of See also:Caesar, Lisieux, under the name of Noviomagus, was the capital of the Lexovii
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Though destroyed by the barbarians, by the 6th century it had become one of the most important towns of See also:Neustria
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Its bishopric, suppressed in 1802, See also:dates from that See also:period
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In 877 it was pillaged by the See also:Normans; and in 911 was included in the duchy of Normandy by the treaty of St Clair-sur-Epte
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See also:Civil authority was exercised by the bishop as See also:count of the town
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In 1136 See also:Geoffrey See also:Plantagenet laid See also:siege to Lisieux, which had taken the See also:side of See also:Stephen of See also:Blois
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The town was not reduced till 1141, by which time both it and the neighbourhood had been brought to the direst extremities of See also:famine
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In 1152 the See also:marriage 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 II. of See also:England to Eleanor of See also:Guienne, which added so largely to his dominions, was celebrated in the cathedral
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See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas a See also:Becket took See also:refuge here, and some See also:vestments used by him are shown in the See also:hospital chapel
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Taken by See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip See also:Augustus and reunited to France in 1203, the town was a frequent subject of dispute between the contending parties during the See also:Hundred Years' See also:War, the religious See also:wars, and those of the See also:League
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