MONTDIDIER  , 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:

• SOMME

Somme, 23 M . S.E. of See also:

• AMIENS

Amiens by See also:

• RAIL

rail . Pop . (1906), 4159 . The town, situated on an See also:

• EMINENCE (Lat. eminentia)

eminence on the right See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• DON
• DON (anc. Tanais)

Don, See also:

• DATES

dates from the Merovingian See also:

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

period, and perhaps owes its name to the imprisonment of the Lombard 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 Didier in the 8th See also:

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

century . 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:

• PIERRE

Pierre, dating chiefly from the 15th century, has a beautiful portal of the 16th century and contains the See also:

• TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb of Raoul III., See also:

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

count of Crepy (12th century), fonts of the 11th century and other See also:

• WORKS

works. of See also:

• ART

art . The church of St Sepulcre belongs, with the exception of the See also:

• MODERN

modern portal, to the 15th and 16th centuries . In the interior there is a well-known " See also:

• HOLY

Holy See also:

• SEPULCHRE, CANONS REGULAR OF THE HOLY
• SEPULCHRE, EASTER
• SEPULCHRE, THE HOLY

Sepulchre " of the latter period . 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, once the See also:

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

castle, partly dating from the 12th century, possesses See also:

• FINE

fine tapestries of the 17th century . A statue commemorates the See also:

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

birth at Montdidier of See also:

• ANTOINE, ANDRE (1858- )

Antoine Parmentier (1737—1813), with whose name are connected the beginnings of See also:

• POTATO
• POTATO (Solanum tuberosum)

potato-culture in France . The town has a sub-prefecture and a tribunal of first instance; its See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries include tanning and the manufacture of See also:

• ZINC

zinc-See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white . Held first by its own lords, afterwards by the See also:

• COUNTS

counts of Crepy and See also:

• VALOIS, COUNTS AND DUKES OF
• VALOIS, HENRI DE [VALESIUS] (1603-1676)

Valois, Montdidier passed to the See also:

• CROWN

Crown in the 12th century, at the end of which it was granted a See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter of liberties .

The town offered a brave and successful resistance to the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish troops in 1636 . MONT-See also:

• DORE, LOUIS AUGUSTE GUSTAVE (1832-1883)

DORE-See also:

• LES

LES-BAINS, a watering-See also:

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

place of central France in the department of See also:

• PUY

Puy-de-See also:

• DOME (Lat domus, house; Ital. duomo, cathedral)

Dome, situated at a height of 3440 ft., on the right bank of the See also:

• DORDOGNE

Dordogne not far from its source, and 31 M. by road S.W. of Clermont-See also:

• FERRAND, ANTOINE FRANCOIS CLAUDE, COMTE

Ferrand . Pop . (1906), 1677 . The Monts Dore See also:

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

close the valley towards the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south . The thermal springs of Mont Dore, now numbering twelve, were known to the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans . Bicarbonate of soda, See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron and See also:

• ARSENIC (symbol As, atomic weight 75.0)

arsenic are the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal ingredients of the See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters, which are used both for drinking and bathing, See also:

• BATHS

baths of high temperature being characteristic of the treatment; they are efficacious in cases of pulmonary See also:

• CONSUMPTION (Lat. consumere)

consumption, See also:

• BRONCHITIS

bronchitis, See also:

• ASTHMA (Gr. avBµa, gasping, whence lio-Ogaivw, I gasp for breath)

asthma, and See also:

• NERVOUS

nervous and rheumatic See also:

• PARALYSIS, or PALSY (from Gr. aapal,6a , to relax; Wycliffe has palesy, and another old form of the word is parlesy)

paralysis . From the See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation and exposure of the valley, the See also:

• CLIMATE

climate of Mont-Dore-les-Bains is severe, and the 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 only lasts from the 15th of See also:

• JUNE

June to the 15th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September . The See also:

• BATH
• BATH, THOMAS THYNNE
• BATH, WILLIAM

bath-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 was rebuilt in 1891—1894 . In the " 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," along the Dordogne, See also:

• RELICS (Lat, reliquiae, the equivalent of the English " remains " in the sense of a dead body)

relics from the old See also:

• ROMAN

Roman baths have been collected . The surrounding See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, with its See also:

• FIR

fir See also:

• WOODS, LEONARD (1774-1854)
• WOODS, SIR ALBERT (1816-1904)

woods, pastures, waterfalls and mountains, is very attractive . To the south is the Puy de See also:

• SANCY, NICOLAS DE HARLAY, SEIGNEUR DE (1546-1629)

Sancy (6188 ft.), the loftiest See also:

• PEAK, THE

peak of central France .