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CAHORS , a See also:city of See also:south-western See also:France, See also:capital of the See also:department of See also:Lot, 70 M. N. of See also:Toulouse, on the railway between that city and See also:Limoges. Pop. (1906) 10,047. Cahors stands on the right See also:bank of the See also:river Lot, occupying a rocky See also:peninsula formed by a See also:bend in the stream. It is divided into two portions
by the See also:Boulevard See also:Gambetta, which runs from the See also:Pont 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 Philippe on the south to within a. See also:short distance of the fortified See also:wall of the 14th and 15th centuries enclosing the See also:town on the See also:north. To the See also:east lies the old town, with its dark narrow streets and closely-packed houses ; See also:west of the Boulevard a newer See also:quarter, with spacious squares and promenades; stretches to the bank of the river. Cahors communicates with the opposite See also:shore by three See also:bridges. One of these, the Pont Valentre to the west of the town, is the finest fortified See also:bridge of the See also:middle ages in France. It is a structure of the See also:early 14th See also:century, restored in the 19th century, and is defended at either end by high machicolated towers, another See also:tower, less elaborate, surmounting the centre See also:pier. The east bridge, the Pont Neuf, also See also:dates from the 14th century. The See also:cathedral of St See also:Etienne stands in the See also:heart of the old town. It dates from the 12th century, but was entirely restored in the 13th century. Its exterior, for the most See also:part severe in See also:appearance, is relieved by some See also:fine See also:sculpture, that of the north portal being especially remarkable. The See also:nave, which is without aisles, is surmounted by two cupolas; its interior is whitewashed and See also:plain in appearance, while the See also:choir is decorated with See also:medieval paintings. Adjoining the 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 the south-east there are remains of a See also:cloister built from 1494 to 1509. St Urcisse, the See also:chief of the other ecclesiastical buildings, stands near the cathedral. Dating from the 12th and 13th centuries, it preserves Romanesque capitals recarved in the 14th century. The See also:principal of the See also:civil buildings is the See also:palace of See also:Pope See also:John XXII., built at the beginning of the 14th century; a massive square tower is still See also:standing, but the See also:rest is in ruins. The See also:residence of the seneschals of See also:Quercy, a See also:building of the 14th to the 17th centuries, known as the Logis du Roi, also remains. The chief of the old houses, of which there are many in Cahors, is one of the 15th century, known as the Maison d'See also:Henri IV. Most of the See also:state buildings are See also:modern, with the exception of the prefecture which occupies the old episcopal palace, and the old See also:convent and the Jesuit See also:college in which the Lycee Gambetta is established. The See also:Porte de Diane is a large archway of the See also:Roman See also:period, probably the entrance to the See also:baths. Of the commemorative monuments, the finest is that erected in the See also:Place d'Armes to Gambetta, who was a native of the town. There is also a statue of the poet See also:Clement See also:Marot, See also:born at Cahors in 1496. Cahors is the seat of a bishopric, a See also:prefect and a See also:court of assizes. It has tribunals of first instance and of See also:commerce, a chamber of commerce and a See also:branch of the Bank of France. There are also training colleges, a lycee, a communal college for girls, an ecclesiastical See also:seminary, a library, museum and See also:hospital. The manufacture of See also:farm implements, tanning, See also:wool-See also:spinning, 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-See also:founding, distilling and the preparation of pate de foie gran and other delicacies are carried on. See also:Wine, nuts, oil of nuts,' See also:tobacco, truffles and plums are leading articles of commerce.
See also:History.—Before the Roman See also:conquest, Cahors, which See also:grew up near the sacred See also:fountain of Divona (now known as the See also:Fontaine See also:des Chartreux), was the capital of the Cadurci. Under the See also:Romans it enjoyed a prosperity partly due to its manufacture of See also:cloth and of mattresses, which were exported even to See also:Rome. The first See also:bishop of Cahors, St Genulfus, appears to have lived in the 3rd century. In the middle ages the town was the capital of Quercy, and its territory until after the Albigensian Crusade was a See also:fief of the See also:counts of Toulouse. The seigniorial rights, including that of coining See also:money, belonged to the bishops. In the 13th century Cahors was a See also:financial centre of much importance owing to its See also:colony of Lombard bankers, and the name cahorsin consequently came to signify " banker " or " usurer." At the beginning of the century a See also:commune was organized in the town. Its See also:constant opposition to the bishops drove them, in 1316, to come to an arrangement with, the See also:French See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king, by which the See also:administration of the town was placed almost entirely in the hands of royal See also:officers, king and bishop being co-seigneurs. This arrangement survived till the Revolution. In 1331 Pope John XXII., a native of Cahors, founded there a university, which afterwards numbered Jacques See also:Cujas among its teachers and See also:Francois See also:Fenelon among its students. It flourished till 1751, when it was See also:united to its See also:rival the university of Toulouse.-CAILLIE
During the See also:Hundred Years' See also:War, Cahors, Iike the rest of Quercy, consistently resisted the See also:English occupation, from which it was relieved in 1428. In the 16th century it belonged to the viscounts of See also:Beam, but remained See also:Catholic and See also:rose against 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 of See also:Navarre who took it by See also:assault in 1580. On his See also:accession Henry IV. punished the town by depriving it of its privileges as a wines See also:market; the loss of these was the chief cause of its decline.
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