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CLAMECY , a See also:town of central See also:France, See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement in the See also:department of See also:Nievre, at the confluence of the See also:Yonne and Beuvron and on the See also:Canal du See also:Nivernais, 46 m. N.N.E. of See also:Nevers on the See also:Paris-See also:Lyon railway. Pop. (1906) 4455• Its See also:principal See also:building is 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:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin, which See also:dates chiefly from the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries. The See also:tower and See also:facade are of the 16th See also:century. The See also:chevet, which is surrounded by an See also:aisle, is rectangular—a feature found in few See also:French churches. Of the old See also:castle of the See also:counts of Nevers, vaulted cellars alone remain. A church in the suburb of See also:Bethlehem, dating from the 12th and 13th centuries, now serves as See also:part of an hotel. The public institutions include the sub-prefecture, tribunals of first instance and of See also:commerce and a communal See also:college. Among the See also:industrial establishments are saw-See also:mills, fulling-mills and See also:flour-mills, tanneries and manufactories of boots and shoes and chemicals; and there is considerable See also:trade in See also:wine and See also:cattle and in See also:wood and See also:charcoal, which is conveyed principally to Paris, by way of the Yonne.
In the See also:early See also:middle ages Clamecy belonged to the See also:abbey of St See also:Julian at See also:Auxerre; in the rrth century it passed to the counts of Nevers, one of whom, Herve, enfranchised the inhabitants in 1213. After the See also:capture of See also:Jerusalem by See also:Saladin in 1188, Clamecy became the seat of the bishops of Bethlehem, who till the Revolution resided in the See also:hospital of Panthenor, bequeathed by 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 IV., See also:count of Nevers. On the coup d'etat of 1851 an insurrection See also:broke out in the town, and was repressed by the new authorities with See also:great severity.
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