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DINANT , an See also:ancient See also:town on the right See also:bank of the See also:Meuse in the See also:province of See also:Namur, See also:Belgium, connected by a See also:bridge with the See also:left bank, on which are the station and the suburb of St Medard. Pop. (1904) 7674. The name is supposed to be derived from See also:Diana, and as See also:early as the 7th See also:century it was named as one of the dependencies of the bishopric of Tongres. In the loth century it passed under the titular sway of See also:Liege, and remained the See also:fief of the See also:prince-bishopric till the See also:French revolution put an end to that survival of See also:feudalism. In the See also:middle of the 15th century Dinant reached the height of its prosperity. With a See also:population of 6o,000, and S000 workers in See also:copper, it was one of the most flourishing cities in Walloon Belgium- until it incurred the wrath of See also:Charles the Bold. Belief in the strength of its walls and of the See also:castle that occupied the centre bridge, thus effectually commanding See also:navigation by the See also:river; engendered arrogance and over-confidence, and the See also:people of Dinant thought they could defy the full See also:power of See also:Burgundy. Perhaps they also expected aid from See also:France or Liege. In 1466 Charles, in his See also:father's name, laid See also:siege to Dinant, and on the 27th of See also:August carried the See also:place by See also:storm. He razed the walls and allowed the See also:women, See also:children and priests to retire in safety to Liege, but the male prisoners he either hanged or drowned in the river by causing them to be See also:cast from the projecting cliff of Bouvignes. In 1675 the See also:capture of Dinant formed one of the early military achievements 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 XIV., and it remained in the hands of the French for nearly See also:thirty years after that date. The citadel on the cliff, 300 ft. or 408 steps above the town, was fortified by the Dutch in 1818. It is now dismantled, but forms the See also:chief curiosity of the place. The views of the river valley from this See also:eminence are exceedingly See also:fine. See also:Half way up the cliff, but some distance See also:south of the citadel, is the grotto of Montfat, alleged to be the site of Diana's See also:shrine. 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 Notre See also:Dame, dating from the 13th century, stands immediately under the citadel and flanking the bridge. It has been restored, and is considered by some authorities, although others make the same claim on behalf of Huy, the most See also:complete specimen in Belgium of pointed See also:Gothic See also:architecture. The baptismal fonts date from the 12th century, and the curious See also:spire in the See also:form of an elongated See also:pumpkin and covered with slates gives a fantastic and See also:original See also:appearance to the whole edifice. The See also:present prosperity of Dinant is chiefly derived from its being a favourite summer resort for Belgians as well as foreigners. It has facilities for boating and bathing as well as for trips by steamer up and down the river Meuse. It is also a convenient central point for excursions into the See also:Ardennes. Although there are some indications of increased See also:industrial activity in See also:recent years, the population of Dinant is not one-eighth of what it was at the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of the Burgundians.
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