ROUEN  , a See also:

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

city of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, See also:

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

capital of the See also:

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

department of See also:

• SEINE
• SEINE (Lat. Sequana)
• SEINE, or SEAN (O. Fr. seigne, mod. seine, Lat. sagena, Gr. vaytivrl, a draw-net)

Seine-Inferieure and the See also:

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

ancient capital of the See also:

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

province of See also:

• NORMANDY

Normandy, on the Seine, 87 M . N.W. 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 by See also:

• RAIL

rail . Pop . (1906) 111,402 . The old city lies on the See also:

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

north See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• RIVER

river in an See also:

• AMPHITHEATRE (Gr. 441, around, and O&arpov, a place for spectators)

amphitheatre formed by the hills which border the Seine valley . It is surrounded by boulevards . Outside the See also:

• ELLIPSE (adapted from Gr. EXkei 'tc, a deficiency, iXXeirely, to fall behind)

ellipse formed by ROUEN these See also:

• LIE, JONAS LAURITZ EDEMIL (1833—1908)
• LIE, MARIUS SOPHUS (1842–1899)

lie the suburbs of Martainville, St Hilaire, Beauvoisine, Bouvreuil and Cauchoise; 21 M. to the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east is the See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial See also:

• TOWN

town of Darnetal (pop . 6770), and in the level See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain on the opposite bank of the Seine is the extensive manufacturing suburb of St Sever with the industrial towns of Sotteville (pop . 18,096) and See also:

• PETIT, SIR DINSHAW MANECKJI, BART

Petit Quevilly (pop . 14,852) in its immediate neighbourhood . Finally in the centre of the river, north-east of St Sever, is the Ile See also:

• LACROIX, ANTOINE FRANCOIS ALFRED (1863— )
• LACROIX, PAUL (1806—1884)

Lacroix, which also forms See also:

• PART

part of Rouen . Communication across the Seine is maintained by See also:

• FERRY (from the same root as that of the verb " to fare," to journey or travel, common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. fahren; it is connected with the root of Gr. 7ropos, way, and Lat. portage, to carry)
• FERRY, JULES FRANCOIS CAMILLE (1832—1893)

ferry and by three See also:

• BRIDGES
• BRIDGES, ROBERT (1844– )

bridges, including a See also:

• PONT (or KYLPONT), ROBERT (1524–1606)

Pont transbordeur, or moving plat-See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form, slung between two lofty columns and propelled by See also:

• ELECTRICITY

electricity .

Rouen possesses four railway stations., The central point of the old town is the See also:

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

Place de 1'HOtel de Ville, occupied by 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 Ouen, the hotel de ville and an equestrian statue of See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon I., and traversed by the See also:

• RUE (Fr. rue, Lat. ruta, from Gr. pur)

Rue de la Republique which leads from it past the See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral to the Place de la Republique and the Quai de Paris . Parallel to this See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

street to the See also:

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

west are the Rue Beauvoisine with its See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern continuations, the Rue See also:

• DES

des Carmes and the Rue See also:

• GRAND

Grand-Pont, and the wide and handsome Rue Jeanne d'Arc terminating on the Quai de la See also:

• BOURSE (from the Med. Lat. bursa, a purse)

Bourse . These thoroughfares, which are all within the boulevards, are crossed at right angles by the Rue de la See also:

• GROSSE, JULIUS WALDEMAR (1828—1902)

Grosse-Horloge and by the Rue See also:

• THIERS

Thiers, See also:

• RUNNING

running from the Place Cauchoise on the west to the Place de 1'HOtel de Ville, and passing on the See also:

• LEFT

left the Jardin See also:

• SOLFERINO

Solferino and the museum . The cathedral was built on the site of a previous cathedral which was destroyed by 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 1200, and its construction lasted from the beginning of the 13th See also:

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

century, to which See also:

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

period belong the lateral doors of the west portal, to the beginning of the 16th century, when the Tour de Beurre was completed . The See also:

• SPIRE

spire surmounting the central See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower, which is the highest in France (485 ft.), is See also:

• MODERN

modern . The western See also:

• FACADE

facade, with its profusion of niches, pinnacles and statues, belongs, as a whole, to the Flamboyant See also:

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

style . But the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern tower, the Tour St Romain, is in the See also:

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

main of the 12th century, its upper See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage (with its steep, pointed roof) having been added later . The southern tower, the Tour de Beurre, so named because funds for its See also:

• BUILDING

building were given in return for the permission to eat See also:

• BUTTER (Lat. butyrum, Gr. 0obrvpov, apparently connected with $ous, cow, and rvpbs, cheese, but, according to the New English Dictionary, perhaps of Scythian origin)

butter in See also:

• LENT (0. Eng. lenclen, " spring," M. Eng. lenten, lente, lent; cf. Dut. lente, Ger. Lenz, " spring," 0. H. Ger. lenzin, lengizin, lenzo, probably from the same root as " long " and referring to " the lengthening days ")

Lent, is of a type essentially See also:

• NORMAN
• NORMAN, SIR HENRY WYLIE (1826-1904)

Norman, and consists of a square tower pierced by high mullioned windows and surmounted by a See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low, octagonal structure, with a See also:

• BALUSTRADE

balustrade and pinnacles . The juxtaposition of these two towers, so different in See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, is the, most striking feature of the main facade, which is notable besides for its width . The portals of the See also:

• TRANSEPT (from Lat. trans, across, and septum, enclosure; synonymous terms in other languages are Fr. croisee, nef transversee; Ital. crociata; Ger. Querbau, Quersch&)

transept are each flanked by two towers and decorated with See also:

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

sculpture and statuary . That to the north, the Portail des Libraires, looks upon the Cour des Libraires, once the resort of the booksellers of Rouen . That to the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south is known as the Portail de la Calende .

The See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan of the church comprises a See also:

• NAVE

nave with aisles and lateral chapels, a transept and a See also:

• CHOIR (0. Fr. cuer from Lat. chorus; pronounced quire, and until the end of the 17th century so spelt, the spelling being altered to agree with the Fr. chceur)

choir with See also:

• AMBULATORY (Med. Lat. ainbulatorium, a place for walking, from ambulare, to walk)

ambulatory . The most remarkable part of the interior is the See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady See also:

• CHAPEL

Chapel (1302–20) behind the choir with the tombs (1518-25) of See also:

• CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

Cardinal Georges d'See also:

• AMBOISE
• AMBOISE, GEORGES

Amboise and his See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew, the statuary of which, including the kneeling statues of the two cardinals, is of the finest See also:

• RENAISSANCE, THE

Renaissance workmanship . The chapel also contains the See also:

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

tomb (1536–44) 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 de See also:

• BREZE

Breze, See also:

• SENESCHAL (the O. Fr. form, mod. senechal, of the Low Lat. senescalcus, a word of Teutonic origin, meaning " old or senior servant," Goth. sini- old; cf. Lat. senex and stalks, servant; Du Cange's derivation from seneste, flock, herd, must be rejected)

seneschal of Normandy . Behind the cathedral is the archiepiscopal See also:

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

palace, a building of the 14th and 15th centuries . St Ouen, formerly the church of an See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

abbey dating to the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman period and reorganized by See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

Archbishop St Ouen in the 7th century, exceeds the cathedral in length as well as in purity of style . In spite of the juxtaposition of the second and third, the Radiant and Flamboyant types of See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, the building, as a whole, presents a unity which even the modern facade has failed to See also:

• MAR, EARLDOM OF
• MAR, JOHN ERSKINE, 1ST OR 6TH EARL OF (d. 1572)
• MAR, JOHN ERSKINE, 2ND OR 7TH EARL
• MAR, JOHN ERSKINE, 6TH OR 11TH EARL OF (1675-1732)

mar . It was founded in 1318 in place of a Romanesque church which previously occupied the site and of which the only relic is the chapel in the south transept . The choir alone was constructed in the 14th century . The nave of the church belongs to the 15th century, by the end of which the central tower with its octagonal See also:

• LANTERN (an adaptation of the Fr. lanterne from Lat. lanterna or laterna, supposed to be from Gr. Aa urritp, a torch or lamp, Aaµaew, to shine, cf. " lamp "; the 16th- and 17th-century form " lanthorn " is due to a mistaken derivation from " horn," as a m

lantern and four flanking turrets had been erected . The building of the western facade, which is flanked by two towers, was not undertaken till 1846 . The walls of the church are pierced by windows filled with 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 of the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries and See also:

• COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover more space than is usual even in See also:

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

French Gothic churches . The Portail des Marmousets, the entrance to the south transept, has a projecting See also:

• PORCH (through the Fr. porehe, from Lat. porticus; the Ital. equivalent is portico, corresponding to the Gr. vapOi ; Ger. Vorhalle)

porch, behind and above which rises a magnificent See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose window .

The north facade has no entrance . In the interior, now despoiled of many See also:

• ARTISTIC

artistic treasures, there is an See also:

• ORGAN

organ-See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case dating from 163o and a railing of the 18th century surrounding the choir . The church of St Maclou, behind the cathedral, begun in 1437 and finished See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early in the 16th century, 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 example of the Flamboyant style, the characteristics of which are specially displayed in the decoration of the facade and the See also:

• TRACERY

tracery of the portal with its five arched openings . It is celebrated for See also:

• CARVING

carving attributed to See also:

• JEAN

Jean See also:

• GOUJON, JEAN (c. 1520-c. 1566)
• GOUJON, JEAN MARIE CLAUDE ALEXANDRE (1766-1795)

Goujon which appears on the western doors and in other parts of the church, and has a handsome organ-See also:

• LOFT (connected with " lift," i.e. raised in the air; O. Eng. lyft; cf. Ger. Luft; the French term is grenier and Ger. Boden)

loft reached by a graceful open See also:

• STAIRCASE

staircase, and stained glass of the 15th and 16th centuries . The spire above the central tower is modern and was finished in 1869 . See also:

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

Close by the church is the old See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish See also:

• CEMETERY (Gr. Korrsnri7pwv, from Hoiµav, to sleep)

cemetery called the Aitre de St Maclou; it is surrounded by wooden galleries of the Renaissance period, supported on See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone pillars on which are sculptures representing a See also:

• DANCE
• DANCE (Fr. danse; of obscure origin, connected with Old High Ger. danson, to stretch)

dance of See also:

• DEATH

death . The church of St See also:

• VINCENT (or VINCENTIUS), ST
• VINCENT, GEORGE (1796-1831?)
• VINCENT, MARY ANN (1818-1887)

Vincent, near the Seine, is a building of the 16th century and contains the finest stained-glass windows in Rouen; those at the end of the north See also:

• AISLE (from Lat. ala, a wing)

aisle, by Engrand and Jean le See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince, artists of See also:

• BEAUVAIS

Beauvais, are the most noted . The stained glass in the churches of St Patrice (16th century) and St See also:

• GODARD, BENJAMIN LOUIS PAUL (1849-1895)

Godard (See also:

• LATE

late 15th century) is inferior only to that of St Vincent . Among the less important ecclesiastical buildings of Rouen are the churches of St See also:

• GERVAIS, PAUL (1816-1879)

Gervais, St Romain, St See also:

• LAURENT, FRANCOIS (1810–1887)

Laurent, St Vivien, and the tower of St See also:

• ANDRE, JOHN (1751-178o)

Andre, a relic of an old church of the 15th and 16th centuries . The most important See also:

• SECULAR (Lat. saecularis, of or belonging to an age or generation, saeculum)

secular building in Rouen is the Palais de See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

Justice, once the seat of the See also:

• EXCHEQUER

exchequer and, later, of the See also:

• PARLEMENT (see PARLIAMENT)

parlement of Normandy . It is in the late Gothic style and consists of a main building flanked by two wings . The left wing, known as the Salle des Procureurs, was erected in 1493 and is remark-able for its lofty See also:

• BARREL (a word of uncertain origin common to Romance languages; the Celtic forms, as in the Gaelic baraill, are derived from the English)

barrel-roof of See also:

• TIMBER

timber .

South of the Palais de Justice is the See also:

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

Porte de la Grosse Horloge, an See also:

• ARCADE

arcade spanning the street and surmounted by a lazge See also:

• CLOCK

clock of the 15th century with two dials . The Tour de la Grosse Horloge, which rises beside the arcade, was built in 1389 . The tower known as the Tour de Jeanne d'Arc was the See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of her trial, and is all that remains of the See also:

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

castle built by See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus early in the 13th century . The Porte See also:

• GUILLAUME
• GUILLAUME, JEAN BAPTISTE CLAUDE EUGENE (1822-1905)

Guillaume-See also:

• LION
• LION (Lat, leo, leonis; Gr. Mew)

Lion, opening on to the Quai de Paris, is a handsome gateway built in 1749 . There are numerous old houses in Rouen in the Gothic and Renaissance styles . The Hotel de Bourgtheroulde, the most famous of them, is a stone See also:

• MANSION (through O. Fr. mansion, mod. maison, from Lat. mansio, dwelling-place, stage on a journey; manere, to remain)

mansion of the 15th century added to in the reign of See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis I., the facades of which are decorated with bas-reliefs representing scenes from the See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting of the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

Field of the See also:

• CLOTH

Cloth of See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

Gold and allegories from the Triumphs of See also:

• PETRARCH (1304-1374)

Petrarch . Among more modern buildings are the hotel de ville of the 18th century, adjoining the north See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the church of St Ouen, the Bourse dating from the same period, and the Musee-Bibliotheque constructed in 188o and containing rich collections of pictures and See also:

• CERAMICS, or KERAMICS (Gr. KEpapos, earthenware)

ceramics and a library with upwards of 133,000 volumes and many valuable See also:

• MSS

MSS . An important museum of antiquities and a museum of natural See also:

• HISTORY

history are contained in the old See also:

• CONVENT (Lat. conventus, from convenire, to come together)

convent of the Visitation . A statue of the composer F . A . See also:

• BOIELDIEU, FRANCOIS ADRIEN (1775-1834)

Boieldieu overlooks the Quai de la Bourse, and one of See also:

• PIERRE

Pierre See also:

• CORNEILLE, PIERRE (1606–1684)
• CORNEILLE, THOMAS (1625-1709)

Corneille stands at the western extremity of the Ile Lacroix; both were natives of the town . At Bonsecours, on a See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill on the Seine 2 M. above Rouen, are the modern church, which is a resort of pilgrims, and the See also:

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

monument to See also:

• JOAN

Joan of Arc consisting of three small Renaissance buildings with a statue of the heroine in the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal one .

Rouen is the seat of an archbishop, 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, and headquarters of the See also:

• ILL

Ill. 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 .