Lisieux - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Lisieux: Encyclopedia Ii - Lisieux - Administration
Lisieux amalgamated with the commune of Saint Jacques in 1960. The old INSEE code for the old commune was 14594. The community of commune...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caen: Encyclopedia - Caen
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 - Calvados: Encyclopedia - Calvados
For the apple brandy produced in the region, see Calvados (spirit). The French département of Calvados forms part of the région of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1377: Encyclopedia - 1377
1377 - Arts and Literature. May 10 – A deputy is appointed to take charge of Chaucer’s duties at customs, Chaucer being busy with ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pilgrimage: Encyclopedia - Pilgrimage
A pilgrimage is a term primarily used in religion and spirituality of a long journey or search of great moral significance. Sometimes, it...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Of Poitiers: Encyclopedia - William Of Poitiers
William of Poitiers (c. 1020-1090), Norman chronicler, was born at Les Préaux, near Pont-Audemer, and belonged to an influential Norman ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pierre Cauchon: Encyclopedia Ii - Pierre Cauchon - The Trial Of Joan Of Arc
For a criticism of the condemnation trial proceedings see Joan of Arc#Capture, trial, and execution. The goal of Joan of Arc's trial was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - François Guizot: Encyclopedia Ii - François Guizot - The Second Soult Government
Thus began, under dark and adverse circumstances, on October 29, 1840, the important administration in which Guizot remained the master-s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norman Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Norman Language - Literature
Among representative writers of the early Anglo-Norman literary tradition, the Jersey-born poet and chronicler Wace is considered as the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards: Encyclopedia Ii - 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards - Second World War
On 3 September 1939, two days after Germany had invaded Poland, the UK, France and their Allies declared war on Germany. The Regiment act...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1907 In Aviation: Encyclopedia Ii - 1907 In Aviation - Events
August August 1 - An Aeronautical Division is formed in the U.S. Army Signal Corps to oversee "all matters pertaining to military balloo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thérèse De Lisieux: Encyclopedia Ii - Thérèse De Lisieux - Early Life
St. Thérèse de Lisieux was born in Alençon, France, the daughter of Louis Martin, a watchmaker, and Zélie-Marie Guérin, a lacemaker....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Taunton: Encyclopedia Ii - Taunton - History
There was perhaps a Romano-British village near the suburb of Holway, and Taunton was a place of considerable importance in Saxon times. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nicolas Oresme: Encyclopedia Ii - Nicolas Oresme - Oresme's Scientific Work
Oresme is best known as an economist, mathematician, and a physicist, according to Taschow's book ("Nicole Oresme und der Frühling der M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Normandy: Encyclopedia Ii - Normandy - Culture
Normandy - Languages. The Norman language, a regional language, is spoken by a minority of the population, especially in the Cotentin p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Calvados: Encyclopedia Ii - Calvados - History
Calvados was one of the original 83 départements created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pilgrimage: Encyclopedia Ii - Pilgrimage - Christianity
Pilgrimages were first made to sites connected with the life, birth and crucifixion of Jesus. Surviving descriptions of Christian pilgrim...   » 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 - Caen: Encyclopedia Ii - Caen - Geography
Caen is built in an area of high humidity. The Orne flows through Caen, as well as different small rivers known as les Odons, most of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1907 In Aviation: Encyclopedia Ii - 1907 In Aviation - First Flights
July July 11 - Blériot Type VI Libellule September September 10 - Nulli Secundus, the British Army's first airship November Novembe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pilgrimage: Encyclopedia Ii - Pilgrimage - Islam
Pilgrimage - Hajj. Pilgrimage to Mecca – the hajj – is one of the Five Pillars of Islam. It should be attempted at least once in th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pilgrimage: Encyclopedia Ii - Pilgrimage - Jainism
In Jainism, a tirtha may be Siddha kshetra: site of liberation of a Kevali (including Tirthankaras) like Ashtapad hill, Sammet Shikhar,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thérèse De Lisieux: Encyclopedia Ii - Thérèse De Lisieux - Recognition
In 1902, the Polish Carmelite priest Father Raphael Kalinowski (later Saint Raphael Kalinowski) translated her autobiography "Story of a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards: Encyclopedia Ii - 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards - The Beginning
The Regiment was formed in 1922 at Cairo, Egypt as the 5th/6th Dragoons by the amalgamation of the 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Taunton: Encyclopedia Ii - Taunton - Pop Culture References
Taunton plays a role in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams and is also mentioned in The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards: Encyclopedia Ii - 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards - Post-ww Ii
In December 1951 the Regiment arrived in Korea to take part in the Korean War -- a war that had been raging since when North Korea had la...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - François Guizot: Encyclopedia Ii - François Guizot - 1848 And After
The last scene of his political life was singularly characteristic of his inflexible adherence to a lost cause. In the afternoon of Febru...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pilgrimage: Encyclopedia Ii - Pilgrimage - Bahá'í Faith
A Bahá'í pilgrimage currently consists of visiting the holy places in Haifa, Akká, and Bahjí in Northwest Israel. Bahá'ís do not ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pilgrimage: Encyclopedia Ii - Pilgrimage - Buddhism
Gautama Buddha spoke of four holy sites that followers may seek. Lumbini birth place Sarnath (formally Isipathana) where he delivered hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - François Guizot: Encyclopedia Ii - François Guizot - A Minister Of The Citizen-king
In 1831 Casimir-Périer formed a more vigorous and compact administration, terminated in May 1832 by his death; the summer of that year w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - François Guizot: Encyclopedia Ii - François Guizot - Early Life
He was born at Nîmes of a bourgeois Protestant family. His parents, at the time of their union, could not be publicly or legally married...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - François Guizot: Encyclopedia Ii - François Guizot - The Man Of Ghent
After the Hundred Days, he repaired to Ghent, where he saw Louis XVIII, and in the name of the liberal party pointed out that a frank ado...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thérèse De Lisieux: Encyclopedia Ii - Thérèse De Lisieux - The Little Way
Thérèse is known for her "Little Way." Because of her station in a Carmelite convent, Thérèse realized that she would not be able to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caen: Encyclopedia Ii - Caen - Monuments
Caen - Castle. The castle (Château de Caen), built ca. 1060 by William the Conqueror, who successfully conquered England in 1066, is o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Normandy: Encyclopedia Ii - Normandy - History
Normandy was the home of the Normans in the early Middle Ages, the last people to successfully invade England. The Normans were a mixture...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Calvados: Encyclopedia Ii - Calvados - Culture
The Bayeux Tapestry stems from Bayeux and makes the city one of the most-visited tourist destinations in Normandy. Juno Beach Centre at C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Normandy: Encyclopedia Ii - Normandy - Geography
The region is bordered along the northern coasts by the English Channel. There are granite cliffs in the west and limestone cliffs in the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Normandy: Encyclopedia Ii - Normandy - Population
Normandy has 3.2 million inhabitants, with an average population density of 107 per square kilometre, just under the French national aver...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norman Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Norman Language - Geographical Range
Norman is spoken in mainland Normandy in France where it has no official status, but is classed as a regional language. In the Channel Is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norman Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Norman Language - History
When Norse invaders arrived in the then province of Neustria and settled the land which became known as Normandy, they adopted the Gallo-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pierre Cauchon: Encyclopedia Ii - Pierre Cauchon - Early Career
By 1404 Cauchon was curé of Égliselles and sought a post near Rheims. He defended the university of Paris in a quarrel against Tolouse....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pierre Cauchon: Encyclopedia Ii - Pierre Cauchon - Alliance With The English
Bishop Cauchon spent most of the next two years in service to the king. Cauchon returned to his diocese with the deaths of Charles VI and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caen: Encyclopedia Ii - Caen - Administration
Recent Mayors of Caen have included: 1959-1970: Jean-Marie Louvel, MRP Centre démocrate 1970-2001: Jean-Marie Girault Parti républicai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nicolas Oresme: Encyclopedia Ii - Nicolas Oresme - Oresme's Life
Nicole Oresme: Therefore, I indeed know nothing except that I know that I know nothing.[2] Oresme was born c. 1320-1325 in the village of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caen: Encyclopedia Ii - Caen - Transport
Caen has one of the first type and controversial tramway on tyres - in actual fact a guided busway based on Bombardier Transportation's G...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caen: Encyclopedia Ii - Caen - Miscellaneous
Caen - Education. The Université de Caen has around 25,000 students in three different campuses linked by a tramway. The University i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Calvados: Encyclopedia Ii - Calvados - Geography
Calvados is surrounded by the départements of Seine-Maritime, Eure, Orne, and Manche. On the north is the Baie de la Seine, part of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pierre Cauchon: Encyclopedia Ii - Pierre Cauchon - New Appointment
Cauchon could not hope to go back to Beauvais, which had fallen under French control. Cauchon was interested in a vacancy at the archbish...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pilgrimage: Encyclopedia Ii - Pilgrimage - Judaism
See related article Three pilgrim festivals. Within Judaism, the Temple in Jerusalem was the center of the Jewish religion, until its des...   » Read the article