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CASTELNAUDARY , a See also:town of See also:south-western See also:France, See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement in the See also:department of See also:Aude, 22 M. W.N.W. of See also:Carcassonne, on the See also:Southern railway between that See also:city and See also:Toulouse. Pop. (1906) 665o. It is finely situated on an See also:elevation in the midst of a fertile and well-cultivated See also:plain; and its commercial facilities are greatly increased by the See also:Canal du Midi, which widens out, as it passes the town, into an extensive See also:basin surrounded with wharves and warehouses for the See also:timber used in the upkeep of the canal. The See also:principal buildings are the See also:law See also:court, the hotel de ville, and 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 of St See also:Michel, dating from the 14th See also:century; none of these offers any feature of unusual See also:interest. There are a number of See also:flour-See also:mills, as well as manufactories of earthenware, tiles and blankets; an extensive
See also:trade is maintained in See also:lime, See also:gypsum, timber, See also:grain, fruits, See also:wine, See also:wool, See also:cattle and See also:farm implements, and the See also:building of canal boats forms an important See also:industry. The public institutions include the sub-prefecture, tribunals of first instance and of See also:commerce, a communal See also:college and a farm school.
Castelnaudary probably represents the See also:ancient town of Sostomagus, taken during the 5th century by the Visigoths, who, it is conjectured, rebuilt the town, calling it Castrum Novum Arianorum, whence the See also:present name. See also:Early in the 13th century the town was the See also:scene of several struggles during the See also:war against the Albigenses, between See also:Simon IV., See also:count of Mont-fort, and See also:Raymond VI., count of Toulouse, and their supporters. In 1229 it was deprived of its ramparts, and after these had been rebuilt, it was captured and burned by the See also:Black See also:Prince in 1355, but again rebuilt in 1366. In 1632 it was the scene of a See also:cavalry engagement in which the See also:rebel 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 II., See also:duke of See also:Montmorency, was defeated and captured by the royal troops.
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