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BEAUNE , a See also:town of eastern See also:France, See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement in the See also:department of Cote-d'Or, on the Bouzoise, 23 M. S.S.W. of See also:Dijon on the See also:main See also:line of the See also:Paris-See also:Lyon railway. Pop. (1906) 11,668. Beaune lies at the See also:foot of the hills of Coted'Or. Portions of its See also:ancient fortifications are still to be seen, but they have been for the most See also:part replaced by a shady See also:promenade which separates the town from its suburbs. The most interesting feature of Beaune is the old See also:hospital of St Esprit, founded in 1443 by See also:Nicolas Rolin, See also:chancellor of See also:Burgundy. Though it is built largely of See also:wood, the fabric is in See also:good preservation. The exterior is See also:simple, but the buildings which surround the main courtyard have high-pitched See also:roofs surmounted by numerous See also:dormer windows with decorated gables, recalling the Flemish See also:style of See also:architecture. In the interior there are several interesting apartments; the See also:chief of these is the ample See also:council chamber with its See also:fine tapestries, where an. import-See also:- ANT
- ANT (O. Eng. aemete, from Teutonic a, privative, and maitan, cut or bite off, i.e. " the biter off "; aemete in Middle English became differentiated in dialect use to (mete, then amte, and so ant, and also to emete, whence the synonym " emmet," now only u
ant See also:wine See also:sale is held annually. The hospital possesses many See also:artistic treasures, among them the mural paintings of the 17th See also:century in the Salle St See also:Hugues and an See also:altar-piece, the Last See also:Judgment, attributed to See also:Roger See also:van der See also:Weyden. The See also:principal 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 of the town, Notre-See also:Dame, dating mainly from the 12th and 13th centuries, has a fine central See also:tower and a triple portal with handsome wooden doors.
In the interior there is some valuable See also:tapestry of the 15th century, and other See also:works of See also:art. Two See also:round towers (15th century) are a survival of the See also:castle of Beaune, dismantled 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 IV. A See also:belfry of 1403 and several houses of the See also:Renaissance See also:period, some of which are built over ancient wine-cellars, are architecturally notable. There is a statue to the mathematician, G. See also:Monge, See also:born in the town (1746), and a See also:monument to See also:Pierre Joigneaux the politician (d. 1892). Beaune has tribunals of first instance and of See also:commerce, a chamber of commerce, a school of See also:agriculture and viticulture and colleges for girls and boys. It carries on considerable See also:trade in live-stock and cereals and in the vegetables of its See also:market-gardens, and manufactures of casks, corks, See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white See also:- METAL
- METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)
metal, oil, See also:vinegar and machinery for the wine-trade are included among the See also:industries; it is chiefly important for its vineyards and as the centre of the wine-trade of Burgundy.
Beaune was a fortified See also:Roman See also:camp and a stronghold during the See also:middle ages. It was the capital of a See also:separate See also:county which in 1227 was See also:united to the duchy of Burgundy; it then became the first seat of the Burgundian See also:parlement or fours generaux and a ducal See also:residence. On the See also:death of See also:Charles the Bold, it sided with his daughter, See also:Mary of Burgundy, but was besieged and taken by the forces of See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis XI. in 1478. Its See also:rank as See also:commune, conceded to it in 1203, was confirmed by See also:Francis I. in 1521.
In the See also:Wars of See also:Religion it at first sided with the See also:League, but afterwards opened its See also:gates to the troops of Henry IV., from whom it received the See also:confirmation of its communal privileges and permission to demolish its fortifications. The revocation of the See also:edict of See also:Nantes struck a severe See also:blow at the See also:cloth and See also:iron industries, which had previously been a source of prosperity to the town. In the 18th century there were no fewer than seven monastic buildings in Beaune, besides a Bernardine See also:abbey, a Carthusian See also:convent and an ecclesiastical See also:college.
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