PARTHENAY  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of western 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 Deux-Sevres, 27 M . N.N.E. of See also:

• NIORT

Niort, on the railway between that town and See also:

• SAUMUR

Saumur . Pop . (1906), 5615 . The town retains considerable portions of its See also:

• FINE

fine 13th-See also:

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

century ramparts, including the See also:

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

Porte St Jacques, a fortified gateway guarding an old See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge over the Thouet . Amongst See also:

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

ancient buildings of See also:

• INTEREST

interest are 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 Ste Croix, of the 12th century, restored in 1885, with a 15th-century 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; the church of St See also:

• LAURENT, FRANCOIS (1810–1887)

Laurent, also restored in See also:

• MODERN

modern times, portions of whose walls date from the i 1th century; the ruined Romanesque portal of Notre-See also:

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

Dame de la Couldre; and i m. See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-See also:

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

west of the town the ancient church (12th century) of Parthenay-le-Vieux . The manufacture of woollen goods 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 are the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• LOCAL

local See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries .