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BAYEUX , a See also:town of See also:north-western See also:France, See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement in the See also:department of See also:Calvados, 18 m. N.W. of See also:Caen on the Western railway. Pop. (1906) 6930. Bayeux is situated on the Aure, 5 M. from the See also:English Channel. Its majestic See also:cathedral was built in the 13th See also:century on the site of a Romanesque 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, to which the lateral arcades of the See also:nave
and the two western towers with their high 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 See also:spires belonged. A third and still loftier See also:tower, the upper See also:part of which, in the florid See also:Gothic See also:style, is See also:modern, surmounts the See also:crossing. The See also:chancel, surrounded with radiating chapels, is a See also:fine example of See also:early Gothic. Underneath it there is a See also:crypt of the rrth century restored in the 15th century. The See also:oak stalls in the See also:choir are fine examples of See also:late 16th-century See also:carving. The former See also:bishop's See also:palace, parts of which are of See also:great See also:age though the See also:main See also:building is of the 18th century, serves as See also:law-See also:court and hotel de ville. Bayeux possesses many See also:quaint, timbered houses and stone mansions in its quiet streets.
The museum contains the celebrated Bayeux See also:tapestry (see below). The town is the seat of a bishop and of a sub-See also:prefect; it has tribunals of first instance and of See also:commerce, an ecclesiastical See also:seminary, a communal See also:college and a chamber of arts and manufactures. See also:Dyeing, See also:leather-dressing, See also:lace-making and the manufacture of See also:porcelain for See also:household and laboratory purposes are carried on.
Till the 4th century Bayeux See also:bore the name of Augustodurum, but afterwards, when it became the capital of the two tribes of the Baiocasses and Viducasses, took the name of Civitas Baiocassiuni. Its bishopric See also:dates from the latter See also:half of the 4th century. Before the See also:Norman invasion it was governed by See also:counts. Taken in 890 by the Scandinavian See also:chief, Rollo, it was soon after peopled by the See also:Normans and became a See also:residence of the See also:dukes of See also:Normandy, one of whom, See also:Richard I., built about 96o a See also:castle which survived till the 18th century. During the quarrels between the sons of See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William the Conqueror it was pillaged and sacked by See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry I. in 1 ro6, and in later times it underwent See also:siege and See also:capture on several occasions during the See also:Hundred Years' See also:War and the religious See also:wars of the 16th century. Till 1790 it was the capital of the Bessin, a See also:district of See also:lower Normandy.
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