NANCY  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

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

north-eastern See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital formerly of the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• LORRAINE

Lorraine, and now of the See also:

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

department of Meurthe-et-Moselle, 219 M . 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 railway to See also:

• STRASSBURG, or STRASBURG (French Strasbourg)

Strassburg . Pop . (1906), town, 98i302; See also:

• COMMUNE (Med. Lat. communia, Lat. communis, common)
• COMMUNE, MEDIEVAL

commune (including troops), 110,570 . Nancy is situated on the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• BANK

bank of the Meurthe 6 m. above its junction with the Moselle and on the See also:

• MARNE

Marne-See also:

• RHINE (Lat. Rhenus, Ger. Rhein, Fr. Rhin, Dutch Rhyn, or Rijn)

Rhine See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal . The railway from Paris to Strassburg skirts the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city on the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-See also:

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

west See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side; other See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways—to See also:

• METZ

Metz, to Epinal by Mirecourt, to See also:

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

Chateau See also:

• SALINS

Salins—join the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main See also:

• LINE

line near Nancy, and make it an important junction . The town consists of two portions—the Ville-Vieille in the north-west between the Cours 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 and the Pepiniere gardens, with narrow and winding streets, and the Ville-See also:

• NEUVE (c. 1235–1313)

Neuve in the south-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east with wide straight streets, allowing views of the hills around the city . Between the two lies. the See also:

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

Place Stanislas, a square worthy of a capital city: in the centre stands the statue of Stanislas Leczinski, ruler of Lorraine, and on all sides rise imposing buildings in the 18th-See also:

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

century See also:

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

style—the town 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, episcopal See also:

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

palace, See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre, &c . A See also:

• FINE

fine triumphal See also:

• ARCH
• ARCH, JOSEPH (1826– )

arch erected by Stanislas in See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour 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. leads from the Place Stanislas to the Place See also:

• CARRIERE, MORITZ (1817-1895)

Carriere, which forms a beautiful See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree-planted See also:

• PROMENADE

promenade, containing at its further end the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government palace (1760) now the See also:

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

residence of the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general commanding the XX. See also:

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

army See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps, and adjoins the so-called Pepiniere (nursery) established by Stanislas . Other open spaces in the city are the Place d'See also:

• ALLIANCE

Alliance (formed by Stanislas, with a See also:

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

fountain in memory of the alliance between Louis XV. and Maria See also:

• THERESA, ST (1515-1582)

Theresa in 1756), the Place de 1'Academie, the Place St Epvre with a statue of See also:

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

Duke Rene II., the Place Dombasle and the Place de See also:

• THIERS

Thiers, the two latter embellished with the statues of Mathieu Dombasle, the agriculturist, and Adolphe Thiers . The See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral in the Ville-Neuve, built in the 18th century, has a wide See also:

• FACADE

facade flanked by two See also:

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

dome-surmounted towers, and a somewhat frigid and sombre interior . Of particular See also:

• INTEREST

interest is 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 the See also:

• CORDELIERS, CLUB OF THE

Cordeliers, in the old town, built by Rene II. about 1482 to commemorate his victory over 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 Bold .

Pillaged during the Revolution See also:

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

period, but restored to religious uses in 1825, it contains the tombs of Antony of Vaudemont and his wife See also:

• MARIE

Marie d'See also:

• HARCOURT
• HARCOURT, SIMON HARCOURT, 1ST VISCOUNT (c. 1661-1727)
• HARCOURT, SIR WILLIAM GEORGE GRANVILLE VENABLES VERNON (1827-1904)
• HARCOURT, WILLIAM VERNON (1789-1871)

Harcourt, Philippe of Gueldres, second wife of Rene II., 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 III., See also:

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

count of Vaudemont, and See also:

• ISABELLA (1451-15o4)
• ISABELLA, ISABEAU

Isabella of Lorraine his wife, Rene II . (a curious See also:

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

monument raised by his widow in 1515) and See also:

• CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

Cardinal de Vaudemont (d . 1587) . Here also is a See also:

• CHAPEL

chapel built at the beginning of the 17th century to receive the tombs of the princes 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 Lorraine . The church of St Epvre, rebuilt between 1864 and 1874 on the site of an old church of the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries, has a fine See also:

• SPIRE

spire and 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 and See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good 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 windows . Bonsecours Church, at the end of the St See also:

• PIERRE

Pierre See also:

• FAUBOURG

Faubourg, contains the mausoleums of Stanislas (by whom it was built) and his wife See also:

• CATHERINE
• CATHERINE, SAINT

Catherine, and the See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

heart of their daughter Marie, See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen of France, as well as the statue of Notre-See also:

• DAME
• DAME (through the Fr. from Lat. domina, mistress, lady, the feminine of dominus, master, lord)

Dame de Bonsecours, the See also:

• OBJECT

object of a well-known See also:

• PILGRIMAGE (Fr. pelerinage, Lat. peregrinatio)

pilgrimage . Of the old ducal palace, begun in the 15th century by Duke Raoul and completed by Rene II., there remains but a single wing, partly rebuilt after a See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire in 187r . The entrance to this wing, which contains the archaeological museum of Lorraine, is a beautiful specimen of the See also:

• LATE

late See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic of the beginning of the 16th century . One of the greatest treasures of the collection is the See also:

• TAPESTRY

tapestry found in the See also:

• TENT

tent of Charles the Bold after the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Nancy . Of the old See also:

• GATES, HORATIO (1728-1806)

gates of Nancy the most See also:

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

ancient and remarkable is the See also:

• PORTE, THE SUBLIME (Arab. babi-'ali, the high gate, through the French translation la sublime porte)

Porte de la Craffe (1463) . The town hall contains a museum of See also:

• PAINTING

painting and See also:

• SCULPTURE
• SCULPTURE (Lat. sculptura, from sculpere, to carve, cognate with Gr. yXb4ew)

sculpture, add there is a 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 municipal library . A monument to See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

President See also:

• CARNOT, LAZARE EIPPOLYTE (18ot-1888)
• CARNOT, MARIE FRANCOIS SADI (1837-1894)
• CARNOT, SADI NICOLAS LEONHARD (1796-1832)

Carnot, and statues of Jacques See also:

• CALLOT, JACQUES (1592-1635)

Callot, the engraver, and of General Drouot, both natives of Nancy, and of See also:

• CLAUDE, JEAN (1619-1687)

Claude Gellee stand in various parts of the town .

Nancy is the seat of a See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop, a See also:

• PREFECT (prefet)

prefect, a 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 of See also:

• APPEAL

appeal and a court of assizes, headquarters of the XX. army corps, and centre of an academie (educational See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division) with a university comprising faculties of 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:

• MEDICINE

medicine, See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science and letters, and a higher school of See also:

• PHARMACY

pharmacy . There are also tribunals of first instance and of See also:

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

commerce, a See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board of 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-arbitrators, lycees and training colleges for both sexes, a higher ecclesiastical See also:

• SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

seminary, a school of See also:

• AGRICULTURE
• AGRICULTURE (from Lat. ages, field, and colere, to cultivate)
• AGRICULTURE, BOARD OF

agriculture, the See also:

• NATIONAL

national school of forestry, a higher school of commerce, a technical school (ecole professionnelle), a school of arts and crafts (ecole preparatoire See also:

• DES

des arts et metiers), a chamber of commerce and a See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the Bank of France . The See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries of Nancy include See also:

• PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing, See also:

• BREWING

brewing, See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton- and See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool-See also:

• SPINNING (from O. Eng. spinnen, to spin, cf. Ger. spinnen, &c., the Teut. root is seen, to draw out, cf. span, spider)

spinning and the See also:

• WEAVING

weaving of cotton and woollen goods, and the manufacture of See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco (by the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

State), of boots and shoes, See also:

• STRAW

straw hats, pottery, casks, See also:

• EMBROIDERY (M.E. embrouderie, from O. Fr. embroder, Mod. Fr. broder)

embroidery, machinery, See also:

• ENGINEERING

engineering material, See also:

• FARM

farm implements and See also:

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

iron goods . At the See also:

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

close of the rrth century Odelric of Nancy, See also:

• BROTHER

brother of See also:

• GERARD (c. 1040-1120)
• GERARD (d. I1o8)
• GERARD, ETIENNE MAURICE, COUNT (1773–1852)
• GERARD, FRANCOIS, BARON (1770-1837)
• GERARD, JEAN IGNACE ISIDORE (1803-1847)
• GERARD, JOHN (1545-1612)
• GERARD, or GIRARD, AUDRAN

Gerard of See also:

• ALSACE (Ger. Elsass)

Alsace, possessed at Nancy a See also:

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

castle which enabled him to defy the See also:

• UNITED

united assaults of the bishops of Metz and Treves and the count of See also:

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

Bar . In the 12th century the town was surrounded with walls, and became the capital of the See also:

• DUKES
• DUKES, LEOPOLD (1810-1891)

dukes of Lorraine; but its real importance See also:

• DATES

dates from the 15th century, when on the 5th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1477 Charles the Bold was defeated by Rene II, and perished at its gates.' Enlarged, embellished and admirably refortified by Charles III., it was taken by the See also:

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

French in 1633 (Louis XIII. and See also:

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

Richelieu being See also:

• PRESENT

present at the See also:

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

siege) . After the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace of See also:

• RYSWICK, TREATY OF

Ryswick in 1697 it was restored and Duke Leopold set himself to repair the disasters of the past . He founded See also:

• ACADEMIES

academies, established manufactures and set about the construction of the new town . But it was reserved for Stanislas Leczinski, to whom Lorraine and Bar were assigned in 1736, to carry out the plans of improvement in a style which made Nancy one of the palatial cities of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, and rendered himself the most popular as he was the last of the dukes of Lorraine . The city, which became French in 1766, was occupied by the See also:

• ALLIES, THOMAS WILLIAM (1813-1903)

allies in 1814 and 1815, and put to See also:

• RANSOM (from Lat. redemptio, through Fr. rancon)

ransom by the Prussians in 187o . After the Franco-See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war the See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population was greatly increased by the See also:

• IMMIGRATION (from Lat. in, into, and tnigrare, to depart)

immigration of Alsatians and of. See also:

• PEOPLE

people from Metz and its See also:

• DISTRICT

district . See C . Pfister, Histoire de Nancy (Paris and Nancy, 1902) ; J .

Cayon, Histoire physique, civile, morale et politique de Nancy (Nancy, 1846) .