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BERNAY , 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:Eure, on the See also:left See also:bank of the Charentonne, 31 M. W.N.W. of See also:Evreux, on the Western railway between that town and See also:Lisieux. Pop. (1906) 5973. It is beautifully situated in the midst of See also:green wooded hills, and still justifies Madame de See also:Stael's description of it as " a See also:basket of See also:flowers." Of See also:great antiquity, it possesses numerous See also:quaint wooden houses and See also:ancient ecclesiastical buildings of considerable See also:interest. The See also:abbey 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 is now used as a See also:market; and the abbey, which was founded by See also:Judith of See also:Brittany See also:early in the 11th See also:century, and underwent a restoration in the 17th century, serves for municipal and legal purposes. The church of Ste Croix, which has a remarkable See also:marble figure of the See also:infant Jesus, See also:dates from the 14th and 15th centuries, that of Notre-See also:Dame de la See also:Couture, which preserves some See also:good stained See also:glass, from the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries. Bernay has a sub-prefecture, a communal See also:college, tribunals of See also:commerce and of first instance, and a See also:board of See also:trade-arbitrators. Among the See also:industrial establishments of the See also:place are manufactories of See also:cotton and woollen goods, bleacheries and dye-See also:works. Large See also:numbers of See also:Norman horses are sold in See also:- LENT (0. Eng. lenclen, " spring," M. Eng. lenten, lente, lent; cf. Dut. lente, Ger. Lenz, " spring," 0. H. Ger. lenzin, lengizin, lenzo, probably from the same root as " long " and referring to " the lengthening days ")
Lent, at the See also:fair known as the Foire fleurie, and there is also a trade in See also:grain. Bernay See also:grew up See also:round the See also:Benedictine abbey mentioned above, and early in the 13th century was the seat of a See also:viscount. The town, formerly fortified.
was besieged by See also:Bertrand du Guesclin, See also:- CONSTABLE (0. Fr. connestable, Fr. connetable, Med. Lat. comestabilis, conestabilis, constabularius, from the Lat. comes stabuli, count of the stable)
- CONSTABLE, ARCHIBALD (1774-1827)
- CONSTABLE, HENRY (1562-1613)
- CONSTABLE, JOHN (1776-1837)
- CONSTABLE, SIR MARMADUKE (c. 1455-1518)
constable of France, in 1378; it was taken several times by the See also:English during the first See also:half of the 15th century, and by See also:Admiral de See also:Coligny in 1563. The fortress was razed in 1589.
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