MELUN  , 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 the See also:

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

department of See also:

• SEINE
• SEINE (Lat. Sequana)
• SEINE, or SEAN (O. Fr. seigne, mod. seine, Lat. sagena, Gr. vaytivrl, a draw-net)

Seine-et-See also:

• MARNE

Marne, situated See also:

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

north of the See also:

• FOREST

forest of See also:

• FONTAINEBLEAU

Fontainebleau, 28 in . S.S.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 by See also:

• RAIL

rail . Pop . (1906), 11,219 . The town is divided into three parts by the Seine . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal portion lies on the slope of a See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill on the right See also:

• BANK

bank; on the See also:

• LEFT

left bank is the most See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter, while the old See also:

• ROMAN

Roman town occupies a.n See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island in the See also:

• RIVER

river . On the island stands the Romanesque 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 (11th and 12th centuries), formerly See also:

• PART

part of a nunnery, the site of which is occupied by a See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison . The other public buildings are on the right bank of the river . Of these, the most striking is the church of St Aspais, an irregularly shaped structure of the 15th and ,6th centuries, on the See also:

• APSE
• APSE (Gr. alkir, a fastening, especially the felloe of a wheel; Lat. absis)

apse of which may be seen a modern medallion in See also:

• BRONZE

bronze, the See also:

• WORK

work of the sculptor H . See also:

• CHAPU

Chapu, representing See also:

• JOAN

Joan of Arc as the liberator of Melun . The hotel-de-ville (1847)—in the construction of which an old See also:

• MANSION (through O. Fr. mansion, mod. maison, from Lat. mansio, dwelling-place, stage on a journey; manere, to remain)

mansion and See also:

• TURRET (from O. Fr. tourette, diminutive of tour, tower, mod. Fr. tourelle)

turret have been utilized—and the See also:

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

tower of St See also:

• BARTHOLOMEW, JOHN (1831-1893)
• BARTHOLOMEW, SAINT

Bartholomew of the 16th and ,8th centuries are also of See also:

• INTEREST

interest . In the courtyard of the former there is a See also:

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

monument to Jacques See also:

• AMYOT, JACQUES (1513-1593)

Amyot, the translator of See also:

• PLUTARCH
• PLUTARCH (Gr. llXoi rapxos) (c. A.D. 46–120)

Plutarch, who was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Melun in 1513 .

Among the See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich estates in the neighbourhood the most remarkable is the magnificent See also:

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

chateau of See also:

• VAUX, CALVERT (1824-1895)

Vaux-le-Vicomte, which belonged to See also:

• NICHOLAS
• NICHOLAS (1841– )
• NICHOLAS (or NICLAES), HENRY (or HENDRIK) (c. 1501-C. 158o)
• NICHOLAS, SIR EDWARD (1593-1669)
• NICHOLAS, ST

Nicholas See also:

• FOUQUET (or FOUCQUET), NICOLAS (1615-168o)

Fouquet, See also:

• INTENDANT (from Lat. intendens, pres. part. of intendere, to apply the mind to, to watch over; cf. " superintendent ")

intendant of finances under 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 XIV . Melun is a See also:

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

market for 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 and See also:

• FARM

farm produce, and its See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries include See also:

• BREWING

brewing, tanning, distilling, sawing and the manufacture of agricultural implements, clogs, See also:

• FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur garments, See also:

• LIME
• LIME (O. Eng. lim, Lat. limes, mud, from linere, to smear)

lime, See also:

• CEMENT (from Lat. caementum, rough pieces of stone, a shortened form of caedimentum, from caedere, to cut)

cement and See also:

• PLASTER

plaster . In See also:

• CAESAR, GAIUS JULIUS (102—44 B.c.)
• CAESAR, SIR JULIUS (1557-1558-1636)

Caesar's Gallic See also:

• WARS

wars Melun (Melodunum) was taken by his See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant See also:

• LABIENUS

Labienus, in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to facilitate the attack of Lutetia by the right bank of the Seine . It was pillaged by the See also:

• NORMANS

Normans, and afterwards became the favourite See also:

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

residence of the first See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings of the See also:

• RACE

race of See also:

• CAPET

Capet ; See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert and 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 I. both died here . In 1359 Melun was given up by Jeanne of See also:

• NAVARRE (Span. Navarra)

Navarre to her See also:

• BROTHER

brother, 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 the See also:

• BAD, BCD

Bad, but was retaken by the dauphin Charles and See also:

• BERTRAND, HENRI GRATIEN, COMTE (1773-1844)

Bertrand Duguesclin . In 1420 it made an heroic See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence against 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 V. of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England and his ally the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• BURGUNDY

Burgundy . Ten years later the See also:

• PEOPLE

people of Melun, with the help of Joan of Arc, drove out the See also:

• ENGLISH

English . It was occupied by the See also:

• LEAGUE

League in 1589, and retaken by Henry IV. in the following See also:

• YEAR

year . M$LUSINE, the tutelary See also:

• FAIRY (Fr. fee, faerie; Prov. facia; Sp. hada; Ital. fata; med. Lat. fatare, to enchant, from Lat. fatum, fate, destiny)

fairy of the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of See also:

• LUSIGNAN

Lusignan, was the eldest daughter of the fairy Pressine, to avenge whose wrongs she shut up her See also:

• FATHER

father in a See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain in See also:

• NORTHUMBERLAND
• NORTHUMBERLAND, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• NORTHUMBERLAND, JOHN DUDLEY, VISCOUNT LISLE, EARL OF WARWICK
• NORTHUMBERLAND, JOHN NEVILLE, EARL OF (c. 1430-1471)

Northumberland . For this she was condemned to be metamorphosed every Saturday into a woman-See also:

• SERPENT (Lat. serpens, creeping, from serpere; cf. "reptile " from repere, Gr.4 ml-eta)

serpent—that is, to be a serpent from the hips downwards . She might, however, be eventually saved from this See also:

• PUNISHMENT (from Lat. punire, to punish, from poena, punishment, Gr. 7rocvil)

punishment if she could find a See also:

• HUSBAND

husband who would never see her on a Saturday . Such a husband was found in See also:

• RAYMOND, HENRY JARVIS (1820-1869)

Raymond, See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew of the See also:

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

count of See also:

• POITIERS

Poitiers, who became rich and powerful through the machinations of his wife .

She built the See also:

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

castle of Lusignan and many other of the See also:

• FAMILY

family fortresses . When at length her husband gave way to his curiosity, and saw her taking the See also:

• BATH
• BATH, THOMAS THYNNE
• BATH, WILLIAM

bath of See also:

• PURIFICATION

purification on a Saturday she flew from the castle in the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of a serpent . Thenceforward the See also:

• DEATH

death of a member of the house of Lusignan was heralded by the cries of the fairy serpent . " Pousser See also:

• DES

des Cris de Melusine " is still a popular saying . This See also:

• HISTORY

history is related at length, with the adventures ofMelusine's numerous progeny, by See also:

• JEAN

Jean d'See also:

• ARRAS

Arras, in his Chronique de la princesse, written in 1387 at the See also:

• DESIRE

desire of See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John, duke of See also:

• BERRY, CHARLES ALBERT (1852-1899)
• BERRY, CHARLES FERDINAND
• BERRY, JOHN, DUKE OF (1340-1416)
• BERRY, or BERRI

Berry, for the amusement of the duke and of his See also:

• SISTER

sister See also:

• MARIE

Marie of France, duchess of See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

Bar . It is one of the most charming of the old See also:

• PROSE

prose romances in manner and See also:

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

style, and is natural in spite of the See also:

• FREE

free use of the marvellous . An See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt has been made by Jules Baudot in See also:

• LES

Les Princesses See also:

• YOLANDE [or ISABELLA] OF BRIENNE (1212-1228)

Yolande et les discs de Bar i Paris, 1900) to make it a roman d de and to identify the personages . Melusine, Mellusine or Merlusine is, however, simply the spirit of the See also:

• FOUNTAIN (Late Lat. fontana, from ions, a spring)

fountain of Lusignan, and the See also:

• LOCAL

local Poitevin myth is attached to the origin of the See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble house . The See also:

• ETYMOLOGY (Gr. grvµos, true, and X6yos, "account)

etymology of the word has been variously and fancifully given . Some writers have supposed Merlusine to be a corruption of See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere Lucine (mater See also:

• LUCINA

Lucina), the deity invoked in See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child-See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth . She has been identified with Melisende, widow of a 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 of See also:

• JERUSALEM (Heb. ^S0-r, Yerushalaim, pronounced as a dual)
• JERUSALEM, SYNOD OF (1672)

Jerusalem, and with Mervant, wife of Geoffroi de Lusignan . The Melusine of Jean d'Arras was printed by See also:

• ADAM
• ADAM (or ADAN) DE LE HALE (died c. 1288)
• ADAM, ALEXANDER (1741–1809)
• ADAM, JULIETTE (1836– )
• ADAM, LAMBERT SIGISBERT (1700-1759)
• ADAM, MELCHIOR (d. 1622)
• ADAM, PAUL (1862– )
• ADAM, ROBERT (1728—1792)
• ADAM, SIR FREDERICK (1781-1853)
• ADAM, WILLIAM (1751-1839)

Adam Steinschaber at See also:

• GENEVA
• GENEVA (Fr. Geneve, Ger. Genf, Ital. Ginevra, Late Lat. Gebenna, though Genava in good Latin)
• GENEVA, LAKE OF

Geneva in 1478, and was reprinted many times in the 15th and 16th centuries .

It has been translated into See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish, English, See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German and Flemish . Modern See also:

• EDITIONS

editions are by J . C . See also:

• BRUNET, JACQUES CHARLES (178o-1867)

Brunet (Paris, 1854), and by E . Lecesne for the See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy of Arras (Arras, 1888) . The English See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation was edited from a unique MS. in the See also:

• BRITISH

British Museum by A . K . Donald for the E.E.T.S . (1895) . The See also:

• TALE (O.Eng. talu, number, account, story; the word is common to many Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Zahl, number, Erzahlung, narrative, Du. taal, speech, language)

tale was versified in the 14th See also:

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

century by a poet called Couldrette, whose poem was published in 1854 by Francisque See also:

• MICHEL
• MICHEL, CLAUDE
• MICHEL, FRANCISQUE XAVIER (1809-1887)

Michel . See further J . C .

See also:

• DUNLOP, JOHN COLIN (1785-1842)

Dunlop, Hist. of Fiction, H . 491-493 (new ed., 1888); S . See also:

• BARING

Baring-See also:

• GOULD, AUGUSTUS ADDISON (,8o5-1866)
• GOULD, BENJAMIN APTHORP (1824-1896)
• GOULD, JAY (1836-1892)
• GOULD, SIR FRANCIS CARRUTHERS (1844- )

Gould, Curious Myths of the See also:

• MIDDLE

Middle Ages, pp . 47o seq . (new ed., 1881) ; and J . C . Brunet, See also:

• MANUEL, EUGENE (1823–1901)
• MANUEL, JACQUES ANTOINE (1775-1827)
• MANUEL, LOUIS PIERRE (1751-1793)

Manuel du libraire (vol. iii., 1862, s.v . Jean d'Arras) .