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Encyclopedia - Beauvais: Encyclopedia - Beauvais
2 Population sans doubles comptes, i.e. not counting those people already counted in another commune (such as students and military perso...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beauvais: Encyclopedia Ii - Beauvais - Cathédrale De Saint-pierre
Main article: Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Beauvais Its cathedral of St Pierre, in some respects the most daring achievement of Gothic arc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1247: Encyclopedia - 1247
1247 - Events. Shams ad-Din disappears resulting in Jalal Uddin Rumi writing 30,000 verses of poetry about his disappearance. Romford,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1013: Encyclopedia - 1013
Events Danish invasion of England under king Sweyn I. King Ethelred flees to Normandy, and Sweyn becomes king of England. The Poles with...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2005 Civil Unrest In France: Encyclopedia - 2005 Civil Unrest In France
The 2005 civil unrest in France and neighboring countries was a series of riots and other forms of violent clashes between gangs of youth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paris: Encyclopedia - Paris
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 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apse: Encyclopedia - Apse
This article is about an architectural feature; for the astronomical term see apsis. In Romanesque, Byzantine and Gothic Christian abbey,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cathedral Architecture: Encyclopedia - Cathedral Architecture
Cathedrals are among the most ambitious buildings ever conceived, far exceeding the size and complexity of most other constructions and o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Of Auxerre: Encyclopedia - William Of Auxerre
William of Auxer(r)e (d. 1231) was a French scholastic theologian and official in the Roman Catholic Church. He was an Archdeacon of Beau...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vincent Of Beauvais: Encyclopedia - Vincent Of Beauvais
The Dominican friar Vincent of Beauvais (ca 1190 - 1264?) wrote the main encyclopedia that was used in the middle ages. The exact dates o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belgae: Encyclopedia - Belgae
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 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - R101: Encyclopedia - R101
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...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nave: Encyclopedia - Nave
Links to full descriptions of the elements of a Gothic floorplan are also found at the entry Cathedral diagram. In Romanesque and Gothic ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hubert De Givenchy: Encyclopedia Ii - Hubert De Givenchy - Life
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...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christine De Pizan: Encyclopedia Ii - Christine De Pizan - De Pizan: An Authoritative Rhetorician
During the “Querelle du Roman de la Rose,” de Pizan responded to Jean de Montreuil, who had written her a treatise defending the miso...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Catholic Church In France: Encyclopedia Ii - Catholic Church In France - Divisions
Within France the hierarchy consists of: Metropolitan archbishop Suffragan Besançon Belfort-Montbéliard Nancy Saint-Claude Sain...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hundred Years' War 1337-1360: Encyclopedia Ii - Hundred Years' War 1337-1360 - The Low Countries 1337–1341
While France in the early 14th century had become increasingly centralized, the German states of the Holy Roman Empire had become more de...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jean-baptiste Colbert: Encyclopedia Ii - Jean-baptiste Colbert - Economic Reform
With the abolition of the office of superintendent and of many other offices dependent upon it, the supreme control of the finances becam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joan Of Arc: Encyclopedia Ii - Joan Of Arc - Biography
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...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joan Of Arc: Encyclopedia Ii - Joan Of Arc - Biography
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 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vincent Of Beauvais: Encyclopedia Ii - Vincent Of Beauvais - Speculum Maius
Vincent's Speculum Maius ('The Great Mirror'), the compendium, of all the knowledge of the Middle Ages, seems to have consisted of three ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Cathedrals: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Cathedrals - China People's Republic Of
List of cathedrals - Hong Kong. St John's Cathedral (聖約翰座堂) (The Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui (香港聖公會) (Hong Kong Angli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transept: Encyclopedia Ii - Transept - Other Senses Of The Word
The word "transept" is occasionally extended to mean any subsidiary corridor crossing a larger main corridor, such as the cross-halls or ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arundel Castle: Encyclopedia Ii - Arundel Castle - Changes To The Castle — Mediaeval Period
The current Duke of Norfolk, Edward Fitzalan-Howard, is a direct descendent of the d'Albani family. The castle and titles have passed alm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arrondissement Of Beauvais: Encyclopedia Ii - Arrondissement Of Beauvais - Composition
Arrondissement of Beauvais - Cantons. The cantons of Beauvais are: Auneuil Beauvais-Nord-Est Beauvais-Nord-Ouest Beauvais-Sud-Ouest Ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - André Lévêque: Encyclopedia Ii - André Lévêque - Engineering Education
After the war, as the first major in the competition, André Lévêque was admitted to the famous École polytechnique in 1919 and gradua...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bishop Of Beauvais-noyons-senlis: Encyclopedia Ii - Bishop Of Beauvais-noyons-senlis - History
The diocese of Beauvais was traditionally founded by St. Lucianus in the 3rd century. After 1013 the Bishops were simultaneously Counts o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blue Air: Encyclopedia Ii - Blue Air - Services
The airline currently flies from Bucharest Baneasa to the following destinations: Istanbul, Turkey Lyon, Paris(Beauvais), France Maastri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theodore Beza: Encyclopedia Ii - Theodore Beza - Early Life
He was born at Vezelay (8 miles west-south-west of Avallon), in Burgundy. His father, Pierre de Beze, royal governor of Vezelay, descende...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cannonball Comics: Encyclopedia Ii - Cannonball Comics - Character History
Cannonball comics - Origin. Cannonball was a young boy attempting to help out his family, by working in a coal mine, after the death of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jedburgh: Encyclopedia Ii - Jedburgh - History
A church had been at Jedburgh since the 9th century, founded by Bishop Ecgred of Lindisfarne, and David I made it a priory between 1118 a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paris: Encyclopedia Ii - Paris - History
Paris - Origins. The area of Paris was settled by the Celtic Parisii from around 250 BC. These people, known as boatmen and traders, es...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pays De Bray: Encyclopedia Ii - Pays De Bray - Geology
Viewed geologically, the Pays de Bray is a relatively small eroded anticline along the Bray fault, breaking through rocks on the fringe o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Early Modern France: Encyclopedia Ii - Early Modern France - History Of Early Modern France
The Early Modern period in French history spans the following reigns: Valois Dynasty Louis XI Charles VIII Louis XII Francis I Henry II...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cathedral Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Cathedral Architecture - Chevets
The earliest example of the chevet is probably to be found in the church of St Martin at Tours; this was followed by others at Tournus, C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paris: Encyclopedia Ii - Paris - History
Paris - Origins. The region around Paris was settled from about 250 BC, by the Celtic Parisii who were known as boatmen and traders. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hundred Years' War: Encyclopedia Ii - Hundred Years' War - Immediate Precursors: 1314–1337
The specific events that led up to the war in the early 14th century began in France, where the Capetian dynasty had ruled for over 320 y...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belgae: Encyclopedia Ii - Belgae - Conquest Of The Belgae
Caesar conquered the Belgae, beginning in 57 BC. He writes that the Belgae were conspiring and arming themselves in response to his earli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - R101: Encyclopedia Ii - 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 mil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2005 Civil Unrest In France: Encyclopedia Ii - 2005 Civil Unrest In France - Assessment Of Rioting
Assessments of the extent of violence and damage that occurred during the riots are under way. Figures may be incomplete or inaccurate. S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tiger Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Tiger Ii - Development
The Tiger II was partially derived from the Tiger I, and was intended to share many components with a planned Panther II. In turn, its ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pays De Bray: Encyclopedia Ii - Pays De Bray - Geography
The main towns of the Pays de Bray are Neufchâtel-en-Bray, Forges-les-Eaux and Gournay-en-Bray. But, primarily it is an agricultural reg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hundred Years' War 1337-1360: Encyclopedia Ii - Hundred Years' War 1337-1360 - English Victories 1345–1351
On July 5, 1346, Edward set sail from Portsmouth with about 750 ships and 7,000-10,000 men, beginning a major invasion across the Channel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hundred Years' War 1337-1360: Encyclopedia Ii - Hundred Years' War 1337-1360 - Truce Of Malestroit 1343–1345
The official reason for such a long truce was to allow time for a peace conference and the negotiation of a lasting peace, but both count...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cannonball Comics: Encyclopedia Ii - Cannonball Comics - Other Versions
Cannonball comics - What If Cannonball stayed in Asgard?. In this alterante timeline, Sam among several members of the X-Men and the Ne...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arundel Castle: Encyclopedia Ii - Arundel Castle - Changes To The Castle — 1850 To The Present Day
Soon after the Royal visit the 14th Duke began re-structuring the castle once again. Dying before its completion, the work was overseen b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jean-baptiste Colbert: Encyclopedia Ii - Jean-baptiste Colbert - The Death Of Mazarin And Colbert's Rise
Colbert's earliest recorded attempt at tax reform came in the form of a mémoire to Mazarin, showing that of the taxes paid by the people...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - André Lévêque: Encyclopedia Ii - André Lévêque - Career In The Army
André Lévêque was born at Beauvais, France, as the first son of Henri Eugène Lévêque and his wife, Blanche Eugénie Paintré. Durin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jean-baptiste Colbert: Encyclopedia Ii - Jean-baptiste Colbert - Ships
Colbert achieved a lasting legacy in his establishment of the French royal navy, which owed all to him, for the king thought only of mili...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tiger Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Tiger Ii - Mechanical Problems
With the Third Reich hard pressed, the Tiger II's were sent directly from the factories into combat. As a result of the abandonment of po...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paris: Encyclopedia Ii - Paris - Cultural Centres And Organisations
Paris - Monuments and Landmarks. Main article: Paris landmarks The three most famous landmarks of Paris are almost certainly the Eiff...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hundred Years' War: Encyclopedia Ii - Hundred Years' War - Early Origins: 911–1314
The background to the conflict can be found 400 years earlier, in 911, when Frankish Carolingian ruler Charles the Simple allowed the Vik...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christine De Pizan: Encyclopedia Ii - Christine De Pizan - Establishing Her Literary Reputation
Early in her literary career, de Pizan involved herself in a renowned literary debate, the “Querelle du Roman de la Rose,” which took...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christine De Pizan: Encyclopedia Ii - Christine De Pizan - Life
Christine de Pizan was born in Venice. She was the daughter of Tommaso di Benvenuto da Pizzano (Thomas de Pizan), a physician, professor ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jedburgh: Encyclopedia Ii - Jedburgh - Surrounding Area
Other towns of interest include Kelso, Hawick, Galashiels, Selkirk, and Melrose. There are abbeys at Melrose, Kelso and Dryburgh, and Kel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christine De Pizan: Encyclopedia Ii - Christine De Pizan - Making Her Mark: De Pizan's Literary Works
By 1405, Christine had completed her most successfully literary works, The Book of the City of Ladies and The Treasure of the City of Lad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paris: Encyclopedia Ii - Paris - Geography
Paris - Coordinates. Paris is located at 48°52′00″N, 2°19′59″E (48.866667, 2.333056). The city straddles a north-bending arc ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hundred Years' War 1337-1360: Encyclopedia Ii - Hundred Years' War 1337-1360 - Brittany 1341–1345
30 April 1341 John III, Duke of Brittany died childless, leading to the Breton War of Succession. The succession was contested between Jo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tiger Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Tiger Ii - Production
1500 were ordered. Total production amounted to about 485-9, if prototypes are counted. Full production ran from about mid-1944 to the en...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paris: Encyclopedia Ii - Paris - Economy
Paris - Size. Paris and its surrounding Île-de-France région is one of the engines of the global economy. Together their 2003 GDP GDP...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Catholic Church In France: Encyclopedia Ii - Catholic Church In France - History Legal Status And Politics
Prior to the French revolution, the Roman Catholic Church had been the official state religion of France since the conversion to Christia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theodore Beza: Encyclopedia Ii - Theodore Beza - Teacher At Lausanne
He was heartily received by John Calvin, who had met him already in Wolmar's house, and was at once publicly and solemnly married in the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hundred Years' War: Encyclopedia Ii - Hundred Years' War - English Victories Under Henry V: 1400–1422
Henry IV made plans for campaigns in France, but was unable to complete them due to his short reign. In the meantime, though, the French ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hundred Years' War: Encyclopedia Ii - Hundred Years' War - French Victories Under Charles V: 1360–1400
The reign of Charles V saw the English steadily pushed back. Although their claimant, John V of Brittany, defeated and killed Charles of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hundred Years' War: Encyclopedia Ii - Hundred Years' War - Beginning Of The War: 1337–1360
Main article: Hundred Years' War (1337-1360) The war can be divided loosely into four phases: a phase of English success under Edward III...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hundred Years' War: Encyclopedia Ii - Hundred Years' War - France United: 1422–1453
By 1424, the uncles of Henry VI had begun to quarrel over the infant's regency, and one, Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, married Jacqueline...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hundred Years' War: Encyclopedia Ii - Hundred Years' War - Significance
Warfare changed tremendously during the Hundred Years' War. From the type of weapons used, to military tactics, to the very notion of wha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joan Of Arc: Encyclopedia Ii - Joan Of Arc - Legacy
Surviving historical evidence about Joan of Arc is abundant. Nineteenth century scholars discovered five separate copies of her condemnat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joan Of Arc: Encyclopedia Ii - Joan Of Arc - Clothing
Joan wore men's clothing between her departure from Vaucouleurs and her abjuration at Rouen. This raised theological questions in her own...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joan Of Arc: Encyclopedia Ii - Joan Of Arc - Historical Background
This was the lowest era in French history until the Nazi occupation. The French king, Charles VI at the time of Joan's birth, suffered bo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hundred Years' War: Encyclopedia Ii - Hundred Years' War - Early Origins: 911–1314
The background to the conflict can be found 400 years earlier, when Frankish Carolingian ruler Charles the Simple allowed the Vikings of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Early Modern France: Encyclopedia Ii - Early Modern France - The Economy Of Early Modern France
Figures sited in the following section are given in livre tournois, the standard "money of account" used in the period. Early Modern Fra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - R101: Encyclopedia Ii - R101 - Notes
The Doctor Who audio play Storm Warning is set aboard the R101 during its final voyage. ... See also:R101, R101 - History, R101 - Note...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2005 Civil Unrest In France: Encyclopedia Ii - 2005 Civil Unrest In France - Response
2005 civil unrest in France - Political. Right wing Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy after the fourth night of riots declared a zero t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2005 Civil Unrest In France: Encyclopedia Ii - 2005 Civil Unrest In France - Context
On 5 November the New York Times reported the riots had not taken strong ideological or religious overtones, and "while a majority of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belgae: Encyclopedia Ii - Belgae - Origins Of The Belgae
Whether the Belgae were Celts or Germanic tribes occupied 19th century and early 20th century historians. Caesar claims that most of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cathedral Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Cathedral Architecture - Basic Elements
The essential element of a cathedral is the cathedra, the throne of the bishop. Also, there are usually 2 separate areas or chapels, one ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Early Modern France: Encyclopedia Ii - Early Modern France - Political Structure Of The Ancien Régime
The political structure of the early modern period in France is often referred to as the Ancien Régime. It was the result of centuries o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Early Modern France: Encyclopedia Ii - Early Modern France - Early Modern France And The French
Early Modern France - Geography. During this period, France expanded to nearly its modern territorial form through the acquisition of P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theodore Beza: Encyclopedia Ii - Theodore Beza - Humanistic And Historical Writings
In Beza's literary activity as well as in his life, distinction must be made between the period of the humanist (which ended with the pub...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paris: Encyclopedia Ii - Paris - Name
Paris is pronounced [ˈpʰæɹɪs] (RP) or [ˈpʰæɹəs] in English, and [paʀi] in French. The original Latin name of Paris was Lutetia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theodore Beza: Encyclopedia Ii - Theodore Beza - Settles In Geneva
Upon his return to Lausanne, Beza was greatly disturbed. In union with many ministers and professors in city and country, Viret at last t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theodore Beza: Encyclopedia Ii - Theodore Beza - Journeys In Behalf Of The Protestants
In 1557 Beza took a special interest in the Waldensians of Piedmont, who were harassed by the French government, and in their behalf went...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2005 Civil Unrest In France: Encyclopedia Ii - 2005 Civil Unrest In France - The Event That Triggered The Riots
On Thursday 27 October 2005, a group of ten high school teenagers were playing football in the Paris suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois. The teen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theodore Beza: Encyclopedia Ii - Theodore Beza - Events Of 1560-63
In the mean time things took such shape in France that the happiest future for Protestantism seemed possible. King Antony of Navarre, yie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theodore Beza: Encyclopedia Ii - Theodore Beza - Calvin's Successor
For twenty-two months Beza had been absent from Geneva, and the interests of school and Church there and especially the condition of Calv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theodore Beza: Encyclopedia Ii - Theodore Beza - Last Days
After that time Beza's activity was confined more and more to the affairs of his home. His faithful wife Claudine had died childless in 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theodore Beza: Encyclopedia Ii - Theodore Beza - The Colloquy Of Mumpelgart
The last polemical conflict of importance Beza encountered from the exclusive Lutherans was at the Colloquy of Mumpelgart, Mar. 14-27, 15...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theodore Beza: Encyclopedia Ii - Theodore Beza - Course Of Events After 1564
As Calvin's successor, Beza was very successful, not only in carrying on his work but also in giving peace to the Church at Geneva. The m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paris: Encyclopedia Ii - Paris - Geography
Paris - Coordinates. Paris is located at 48°52′00″N, 2°19′59″E (48.866667, 2.333056). The city straddles a north-bending arc ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2005 Civil Unrest In France: Encyclopedia Ii - 2005 Civil Unrest In France - Timeline
The riots were triggered by the deaths of two teenagers in Clichy-sous-Bois, a poor commune in an eastern banlieue (suburb) of Paris. Ini...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paris: Encyclopedia Ii - Paris - Administration
Paris - Paris as a commune. Administratively speaking, the city of Paris is a French commune (municipality). It is divided into twenty ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paris: Encyclopedia Ii - Paris - Cultural Centres And Organisations
Paris - Monuments and Landmarks. Main article: Paris landmarks The three most famous landmarks of Paris are almost certainly the Eiff...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paris: Encyclopedia Ii - Paris - Transport
Paris is served by two principal airports: Orly Airport, which is south of Paris, and the Charles de Gaulle International Airport in near...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paris: Encyclopedia Ii - Paris - Economy
Paris - Size. The metropolitan area of Paris is one of the engines of the global economy. In 2003 the GDP of the metropolitan area of P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paris: Encyclopedia Ii - Paris - Demographics
Paris - Density. At the 1999 French census the population density in the city of Paris was 20,164 inh. per km² (52,225 inh. per sq. mi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beauvais: Encyclopedia Ii - Beauvais - Bishops Of Beauvais
Main article: Bishop of Beauvais-Noyons-Senlis The early bishops of Beauvais are largely legendary, but a document records that the bisho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beauvais: Encyclopedia Ii - Beauvais - History
Beauvais was known to the Romans as Caesaromagnus (though the post-Renaissance Latin rendering is Bellovacum) and took its present name f...   » Read the article