SANCERRE  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of central 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 See also:

• CHER

Cher, 34 M . N.E. of See also:

• BOURGES

Bourges by See also:

• RAIL

rail . Pop . (1906) 2232 . Sancerre; which gives its name to the small See also:

• DISTRICT

district of Sancerrois, is situated on an isolated See also:

• VINE

vine-clad 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 (l000 ft.) about 1 m. from the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• LOIRE

Loire . It has a See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

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

chateau, in the grounds of which there is a cylindrical keep of the 15th See also:

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

century, the only relic of an See also:

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

ancient stronghold . From 1037 to 1152 the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of See also:

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

count of Sancerre was held by the See also:

• COUNTS

counts of See also:

• CHAMPAGNE

Champagne; from the latter See also:

• YEAR

year till 164o it had its own counts, who were descended from See also:

• THEOBALD, (d. 1161)
• THEOBALD, LEWIS (1688-1744)

Theobald IV. of Champagne, but in 1226 came under the See also:

• SUZERAINTY

suzerainty of the See also:

• CROWN

crown . In 164o it became the See also:

• PROPERTY

property of See also:

• HENRI

Henri de See also:

• CONDE
• CONDE, LOUIS DE BOURBON, PRINCE
• CONDE, LOUIS II
• CONDE, PRINCES OF

Conde, whose descendants possessed it till the Revolution . During the religious See also:

• WARS

wars it was a stronghold of Protestantism, and in 1573 was besieged by the Catholics, who did not succeed in capturing it till after nearly eight months of See also:

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

siege . The town has a subprefecture, a tribunal of first instance and a communal See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college . See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

Good See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine is grown in the vicinity .