Beauvais

2 Population sans doubles comptes, i.e. not counting those people already counted in another commune (such as students and military personal). Beauvais is a town and commune of northern France, préfecture (capital) of the Oise département. Population (1999): city: 57,355 (beauvaisiens); city and suburbs: 59,003; urban area (in French: aire urbaine): 100,733. It lies about 90 km north of Paris. Beauvais - History. Beauvais was known to the ...

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• Beauvais - History
• Beauvais - Geography
• Beauvais - Cathédrale de Saint-Pierre
• Beauvais - Bishops of Beauvais
• Beauvais - Other highlights
• Beauvais - Economy

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Main article: Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Beauvais Its cathedral of St Pierre, in some respects the most daring achievement of Gothic architecture, consists only of a transept and choir with apse and seven apse-chapels. The vaulting in the interior exceeds 150 ft. in height. The small Romanesque church of the 10th century known as the Basse Oeuvre occupies the site destined for the nave. Begun in 1247, under Bishop Guillaume de Grez, an extra 16 feet were added to the height, to make it the tallest cathedral in Eu ...

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Beauvais, Beauvais - History, Beauvais - Geography, Beauvais - Cathédrale de Saint-Pierre, Beauvais - Bishops of Beauvais, Beauvais - Other highlights, Beauvais - Economy

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1247 - Events. Shams ad-Din disappears resulting in Jalal Uddin Rumi writing 30,000 verses of poetry about his disappearance. Romford, London, England is chartered as a market town. Bedlam becomes part of London. Thuringian War of Succession begins. Ch'in Chiu-Shao publishes the original form of the Chinese remainder theorem. Pope Innocent IV sends missionaries to attempt to convert the Mongols. Egypt takes control of Jerusalem from the Kharezmians. ...

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• 1247 - Events
• 1247 - Births
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Events Danish invasion of England under king Sweyn I. King Ethelred flees to Normandy, and Sweyn becomes king of England. The Poles withdraw from Pomerania (approximate date). The Jews are expelled from the caliphate of Cordoba. Lyfing is appointed Archbishop of Canterbury. Beauvais changes from a countship to a bishopry (approximate date). Second Italian campaign of German King Henry II. Al-Hakim Mosque completed in Cairo Births Sancha ...

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The 2005 civil unrest in France and neighboring countries was a series of riots and other forms of violent clashes between gangs of youths (predominantly of immigration background) and the French Police (as well as the police of neighboring countries). The riots, occurring simultaneously in various poor suburbs of large cities, mainly involved the burning of cars and public buildings as well as consequent clashes with police. The riots began on Thursday 27 October 2005 in the banlieues of Paris. They peaked on the night ...

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• 2005 civil unrest in France - Timeline
• 2005 civil unrest in France - The event that triggered the riots
• 2005 civil unrest in France - Context
• 2005 civil unrest in France - Assessment of rioting
• 2005 civil unrest in France - Summary statistics
• 2005 civil unrest in France - Figures and tables
• 2005 civil unrest in France - List of areas affected
• 2005 civil unrest in France - Related events in other countries
• 2005 civil unrest in France - Response
• 2005 civil unrest in France - Political
• 2005 civil unrest in France - Police
• 2005 civil unrest in France - Media Coverage
• 2005 civil unrest in France - Aftermath
• 2005 civil unrest in France - Notes

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Paris is the capital and largest city of France. Located on the river Seine in the country's north, it is a major cultural and political centre of Europe and the world's most visited city. Nicknamed "the City of Light" (la Ville Lumière) since lighting its main boulevards with gas street lamps in 1828, the city of Paris also has a reputation as a "romantic" city and the "heart of Europe". It is instantly recognised by the 324-metre brown metal Eif ...

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• Paris - Name
• Paris - People
• Paris - Geography
• Paris - Coordinates
• Paris - Area
• Paris - Altitude
• Paris - Temperatures
• Paris - History
• Paris - Origins
• Paris - Middle Ages
• Paris - Nineteenth century
• Paris - World Wars' Years
• Paris - Modern Era
• Paris - The future: muséification?
• Paris - Demographics
• Paris - Density
• Paris - Population Growth
• Paris - Immigration
• Paris - Economy
• Paris - Size
• Paris - Economic sectors
• Paris - Administration
• Paris - Paris as a commune
• Paris - Paris as a département
• Paris - Paris as the prefecture of Île-de-France
• Paris - Transport
• Paris - Cultural Centres and Organisations
• Paris - Monuments and Landmarks
• Paris - Museums
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• Paris - Cemeteries
• Paris - Parks and Gardens
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• Paris - Nightlife
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This article is about an architectural feature; for the astronomical term see apsis. In Romanesque, Byzantine and Gothic Christian abbey, cathedral and church architecture, the apse (Latin absis "arch, vault"; sometimes written apsis; plural apses) is the semi-circular or polygonal section of the sanctuary at the liturgical east end beyond the altar (plan, right). The semicircular projection (which may be polygonal on the exterior, or reveal the radiating projections of chapels) may be roofed ...

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• Apse - Chancel
• Apse - Presbytery
• Apse - Choir
• Apse - Chevet
• Apse - Ambulatory

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Cathedrals are among the most ambitious buildings ever conceived, far exceeding the size and complexity of most other constructions and often requiring many years to complete. This article describes some of the elements of cathedral architecture and how these elements have varied from place to place and time to time. Romanesque and Gothic cathedral architecture is laid out upon some conventional ground plans, which are discussed at Cathedral diagram. Consult the articles in the See also section (be ...

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• Cathedral architecture - Differences with smaller churches
• Cathedral architecture - Basic elements
• Cathedral architecture - Chevets
• Cathedral architecture - Monster and human forms in Cathedral architecture

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William of Auxer(r)e (d. 1231) was a French scholastic theologian and official in the Roman Catholic Church. He was an Archdeacon of Beauvais before becoming a professor of theology at the university in Paris. In 1231, he was made a member of the commission appointed by Gregory IX to examine Aristotle's writings on the natural sciences and to offer amendments where religiously necessary. Consequently, William was one of the first theologians to be influenced by Aristotle. His Summa Aurea shows a debt still to Peter Lomba ...

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The Dominican friar Vincent of Beauvais (ca 1190 - 1264?) wrote the main encyclopedia that was used in the middle ages. The exact dates of his birth and death are unknown and not much detail has surfaced concerning his career. Conjectures place him first in the house of the Dominicans at Paris between 1215 and 1220, and later at the Dominican monastery founded by Louis IX of France at Beauvais in Picardy. It is more certain, however,that he held the post of "reader" at the monastery of Royaumont on the Oise, not far from ...

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• Vincent of Beauvais - Speculum Doctrinale
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Image:Belgicaromana.gif The Belgae were a group of nations or tribes living in north-eastern Gaul, on the west bank of the Rhine, in the 1st century BC, and later also attested in Britain. Their name survives in modern Belgium. Julius Caesar in his De Bello Gallico divided the people of Gaul at the time of his conquests (58 - 51 BC) into three broad groups: the Aquitani, Galli (who in their own language were called Celtae) and Belgae, all of whom had their own customs and language. He n ...

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• Belgae - Conquest of the Belgae
• Belgae - The Belgae outside Gaul

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The R101 Airship was a British airship that crashed on October 5, 1930 in France during its maiden voyage, killing 48. It was one of the worst airship disasters, along with the Hindenburg disaster that coloured public opinion of lighter-than-air craft. R101 - History. The R101 was the result of a British government initiative to develop airships. In 1924 the Imperial Airship Scheme was proposed as a military project able to carry 200 troops or 5 fighter aircraft. This was expected to require an airsh ...

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Links to full descriptions of the elements of a Gothic floorplan are also found at the entry Cathedral diagram. In Romanesque and Gothic Christian abbey, cathedral and church architecture, the nave is the central approach to the high altar. "Nave" ( Medieval Latin navis, "ship,") was probably suggested by the keel shape of its vaulting. The nave of a church, whether Romanesque, Gothic or Classical, extends from the entry—which may have a separate vestibule, the narthex— to the chancel and is flanked by lower a ...

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• Nave - Some naves

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De Givenchy was born in Beauvais, France into a wealthy family. Impressed by the 1937 World's Fair in Paris, young de Givenchy decided he wanted to work "somewhere in fashion design". He studied at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris. His first designs were done for Jacques Fath in 1945, later he did designs for Lucien Lelong (1946) — working alongside the still-unknown Pierre Balmain and Christian Dior. From 1947 to 1951 he worked for the fa ...

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Hubert de Givenchy, Hubert de Givenchy - Life, Hubert de Givenchy - Bibliography

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During the “Querelle du Roman de la Rose,” de Pizan responded to Jean de Montreuil, who had written her a treatise defending the misogynist sentiments within the Romance of the Rose. She begins by claiming that her opponent was an “expert in rhetoric” as compared to herself “a woman ignorant of subtle understanding and agile sentiment.” In this particular apologetic response, Christine belittles her own style. She is employing a rhetorical strategy by writing against the grain of her meaning, also known as antiphrasis (Red ...

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Christine de Pizan, Christine de Pizan - Life, Christine de Pizan - Establishing Her Literary Reputation, Christine de Pizan - Making Her Mark: De Pizan's Literary Works, Christine de Pizan - De Pizan: an Authoritative Rhetorician, Christine de Pizan - Contemporary Scholarship

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Within France the hierarchy consists of: Metropolitan archbishop Suffragan Besançon Belfort-Montbéliard Nancy Saint-Claude Saint-Dié Verdun Bordeaux Agen Aire sur Adour Bayonne Périgueux Cambrai Arras (Boulogne, Saint-Omer) Lille Clermont-Ferrand Le Puy-en-Ve ...

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Catholic Church in France, Catholic Church in France - History legal status and politics, Catholic Church in France - Divisions, Catholic Church in France - Notes

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While France in the early 14th century had become increasingly centralized, the German states of the Holy Roman Empire had become more decentralized. This meant that the Low Countries were now de facto sovereign, with their princes feeling the enroaching power of the French king. In August 1337, the majority of them signed a treaty of alliance with England. In return for their services, Edward III promised to pay them heavy fees. The neighbouring County of Flanders had difficulties of its own. While a French fief, its large cloth maki ...

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Hundred Years' War 1337-1360, Hundred Years' War 1337-1360 - The Low Countries 1337–1341, Hundred Years' War 1337-1360 - Brittany 1341–1345, Hundred Years' War 1337-1360 - Truce of Malestroit 1343–1345, Hundred Years' War 1337-1360 - English victories 1345–1351, Hundred Years' War 1337-1360 - Collapse of French government 1351–1360

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With the abolition of the office of superintendent and of many other offices dependent upon it, the supreme control of the finances became vested in a royal council. The sovereign functioned as its president; but Colbert, though for four years he only possessed the title of intendant, operated as its ruling spirit, having had great personal authority conferred upon him by the king. One must not judge the career on which Colbert now entered without constant remembrance of the utter rottenness of the previous financial administration. H ...

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Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Jean-Baptiste Colbert - Early life, Jean-Baptiste Colbert - The Fronde and later revolts, Jean-Baptiste Colbert - The death of Mazarin and Colbert's rise, Jean-Baptiste Colbert - Economic reform, Jean-Baptiste Colbert - Protectionism, Jean-Baptiste Colbert - Ships, Jean-Baptiste Colbert - Religion, Jean-Baptiste Colbert - Culture, Jean-Baptiste Colbert - Quotes, Jean-Baptiste Colbert - Publications, Jean-Baptiste Colbert - Trivia

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Joan of Arc - Early life. Joan of Arc was born in the village of Domrémy in the province of Lorraine.[3] Her parents Jacques D'Arc and Isabelle Romee owned a modest farm. The region was part of the duchy of Burgundy during that era. Joan's own village and a few nearby communities formed an isolated patch of territory ...

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Joan of Arc, Joan of Arc - Historical background, Joan of Arc - Biography, Joan of Arc - Early life, Joan of Arc - Career, Joan of Arc - Capture trial and execution, Joan of Arc - Retrial, Joan of Arc - Clothing, Joan of Arc - Visions, Joan of Arc - Legacy, Joan of Arc - Notes

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Joan of Arc - Early life. Joan of Arc was born in the village of Domrémy in the province of Loraine.[3] Her parents Jacques D'Arc and Isabelle Romee owned a modest farm. The region was part of the duchy of Burgundy during that era. Joan's own village and a few nearby communities formed an isolated patch of territory ...

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Joan of Arc, Joan of Arc - Historical background, Joan of Arc - Biography, Joan of Arc - Early life, Joan of Arc - Career, Joan of Arc - Capture trial and execution, Joan of Arc - Retrial, Joan of Arc - Clothing, Joan of Arc - Visions, Joan of Arc - Legacy, Joan of Arc - Notes

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