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See also: trouvere, author of the See also: Roman de la violette
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He dedicated his poem (c
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1221) to the Countess See also: Marie of Ponthieu, wife of See also: Simon, count of See also: Dammartin and a niece of See also: Philip
See also: Augustus
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The count
See also: Gerard de See also: Nevers of the See also: story stakes his domains on the fidelity of his wife Euriant
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Lisiard by calumniating Euriant wins the wager, but in the end the traitor is exposed, and, after many adventures, Euriant is reinstated
.
Another version of the story is given in the Roman du comte de See also: Poitiers and in the tale in the Decameron (ii
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9) en which See also: Shakespeare founded Cymbeline
.
Lyrics are inserted in the narrative of the Roman de la violette, as they had been in the See also: Conte de la See also: rose (1200), known also as Guillaume de Dole
.
A See also: prose version, dating from the early 15th century, provided Wilhelmine de Chezy with the material for her libretto of Weber's See also: opera, Euryanthe (1823)
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See Hist. lilt. de la See also: France, xxii
.
782, xviii
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76o, xxii
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826; Le comte de Poitiers (ed . F . Michel, 1831); Le Roman de la violette (ed . F . Michel, 1834) ; Le Conte de la rose (ed . Servois, 1893) ; F . Kraus, OberSee also: Gerbert de Montreuil (See also: Erlangen, 1897) ; Rudolf Ohle, Shakespeares Cymbeline and See also: seine romanischen Vorlaufer (Berlin, 189o)
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MONTREUIL-SOUS-BOIS, a See also: town of See also: northern France in the department of Seine, 5 M
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E. of See also: Paris, on the slope and See also: summit of a See also: hill, about 1 m
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N. of
See also: Vincennes
.
Pop
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(1906), 35,831
.
Montreuil is specially noted for its extensive peach orchards . The manufactures include paint, oils andSee also: varnish, See also: glass and chemical products
.
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MONTREUIL-SUR-MER, a town of northern France, capital of an arrondissement in the department of Pas-de-See also: Calais, 24 M
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S. by E. of See also: Boulogne by See also: rail
.
Pop
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(1906), 2883
.
The town with its old citadel and ramparts, due largely to See also: Vauban, is prettily situated on an See also: eminence on the See also: left See also: bank of the Canche 10 m. from the See also: English Channel
.
The chief buildings are the See also: church of St Saulve (12th, 13th and 16th centuries), and a hospital founded in 1200 and rebuilt in the 19th century, with a
See also: fine See also: chapel in the Flamboyant See also: style
.
The buildings of the old abbey of Ste Austreberthe, founded originally in the 11th century, still remain
.
Montreuil is the seat of a sub-See also: prefect and has a tribunal of first instance and a preparatory See also: infantry school
.
The town owes its origin to a monastery established in the 7th century by St Saulve, See also: bishop of See also: Amiens
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