POITOU  , one of the old provinces of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, which also formed one of the See also:

• GREAT

great military governments of the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom, was bounded on the N. by See also:

• BRITTANY

Brittany, See also:

• ANJOU

Anjou and See also:

• TOURAINE

Touraine; on the S. by See also:

• ANGOUMOIS

Angoumois and Aunis; on the E. by Touraine, Berri and See also:

• MARCHE
• MARCHE, or LA MARCHE

Marche; and on the W. by the ocean . It was divided into See also:

• LOWER

Lower Poitou, which corresponded to the See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

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

department of La See also:

• VENDEE
• VENDEE, WARS OF THE

Vendee, and Upper Poitou, now split into the departments of Deux-Sevres and See also:

• VIENNE
• VIENNE, COUNCIL OF

Vienne . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal towns in Upper Poitou were See also:

• POITIERS

Poitiers the See also:

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

capital, Mirebeau, Chitellerault, See also:

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

Richelieu, See also:

• LOUDUN

Loudun, See also:

• THOUARS

Thouars, See also:

• MAULEON, SAVARI DE (d. 1236)

Mauleon, See also:

• PARTHENAY

Parthenay, See also:

• NIORT

Niort, &c.; and in Lower Poitou Fontenay-le-See also:

• COMTE, AUGUSTE [ISIDORE AUGUSTE MARIE FRANCOIS XAVIER] (1798-1857)

Comte, Maillezais, Lucon and See also:

• ROCHE, SIR BOYLE, BART

Roche-sur-See also:

• YON (1822-1847)

Yon . Ile d'Yeu or tle-Dieu and See also:

• NOIRMOUTIER

Noirmoutier belonged to the See also:

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

province . Ecclesiastically, Poitou was a See also:

• DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese which was broken up in 1317 to See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form two new dioceses of Lugon and Maillezais; the seat of the latter was transferred in the 17th See also:

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

century to La Rochelle . For the See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration of See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice, Poitou was attached to the See also:

• PARLEMENT (see PARLIAMENT)

parlement 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 . After 778 it formed See also:

• PART

part of the domain of the See also:

• COUNTS

counts of Poitiers (q.v.) . Poitou (Poictou, Pictavia) takes its name from the Pictones or Pictavi, a Gallic nation mentioned by See also:

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

Caesar, See also:

• STRABO (born c. 63 n.c.)

Strabo and See also:

• PTOLEMY (CLAUDIUS PTOLEMAEUS)

Ptolemy, and described by Strabo as separated from the Namnetes on the See also:

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

north by the See also:

• LOIRE

Loire . It formed part of the territory known as See also:

• AQUITAINE

Aquitaine (q.v.) . For the See also:

• HISTORY

history see the Memoires of the Societe See also:

• DES

des Antiquaires de l'Ouest (1835 sqq.) and the documents published by the Archiveshistoriques du Poitou (1872 sqq.) ; also the Dictionnaire topographique de la Vienne, by L . Redet (1881) .