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DOUAI , a See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

NORTHERN

northern See also:

France, See also:

capital of an See also:

ARRONDISSEMENT (from arrondir, to make round)

arrondissement in the See also:

DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

NORD

Nord, 20 M. S. of See also:

LILLE

Lille on the Northern railway between that See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and See also:

CAMBRAI

Cambrai. Pop. (1906) town, 21,679; See also:

commune, 33,247. Douai is situated in a marshy See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain on the See also:

banks of the Scarpe which intersects the town from See also:

south to See also:

north, and supplies See also:

WATER

water to a See also:

canal skirting it on the See also:

west. The old fortifications, of which the See also:

PORTE, THE SUBLIME (Arab. babi-'ali, the high gate, through the French translation la sublime porte)

Porte de See also:

VALENCIENNES

Valenciennes (15th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century) is the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief survival, have been demolished to make See also:

ROOM

room for boulevards and public gardens. The See also:

INDUSTRIAL

industrial towns of Dorignies, See also:

Sin-1e-See also:

NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

Noble and Aniche are practically suburbs of Douai. Of the churches, that of Notre-See also:

Dame (12th and 14th centuries) is remarkable for the See also:

possession of a See also:

FINE

fine See also:

ALTAR (Lat. altare, from alias, high; some ancient etymological guesses are recorded by St Isidore of Seville in Etymologiae xv. 4)

altar-piece of the See also:

early 16th century, composed of wooden panels painted by See also:

JEAN

Jean Bellegambe, a native of Douai. The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

BUILDING

building of the town is a handsome hotel de ville, partly of the 15th century, with a lofty See also:

BELFRY (Mid. Eng. berfrey, through Med. Lat. berefredus, from Teut. bergfrid or bercvrit, which, according to the New Eng. Dict., is a combination of bergen, to protect, and frida, safety or peace; the word thus meaning a shelter; the change from r to 1,—

belfry. The Palais de See also:

JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice (18th century) was formerly the town See also:

house (See also:

REFUGE

refuge) of the See also:

abbey of Marchiennes. Houses of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries are numerous. There is a statue of Madame Desbordes Valmore, the poet (d.

1859), a native of the town. The municipal museum contains a library of over 85,000 volumes as well as "Boo See also:

MSS

MSS., and a fine collection of See also:

sculpture and paintings. Douai is the seat of a See also:

court of See also:

APPEAL

appeal, a court of assizes and a subprefect, and has a tribunal of first instance, a See also:

BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board of See also:

trade-arbitrators, an See also:

EXCHANGE

exchange, a chamber of See also:

commerce and a See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the See also:

BANK

Bank of France. Its educational institutions include a lycee, training colleges, a school of mines, an See also:

ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery school, See also:

SCHOOLS

schools of See also:

MUSIC

music, See also:

agriculture, See also:

DRAWING

drawing, See also:

ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, &c., and a See also:

NATIONAL

national school for instruction in See also:

BREWING

brewing and other See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries connected with agriculture. In addition to other See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron and See also:

ENGINEERING

engineering See also:

WORKS

works, Douai has a large See also:

CANNON (a word common to Romance languages, from the Lat. canna, a reed, tube, with the addition of the augmentative termination -on, -one)

cannon foundry and an See also:

ARSENAL

arsenal; See also:

COAL

coal-See also:

MINING

mining and the manufacture of See also:

glass and bottles and chemicals are carried on on a large See also:

scale in the environs; among the other _industries are See also:

FLAX

flax-See also:

SPINNING (from O. Eng. spinnen, to spin, cf. Ger. spinnen, &c., the Teut. root is seen, to draw out, cf. span, spider)

spinning, rope-making, brewing and the manufacture of See also:

FARM

farm implements, oil, See also:

SUGAR

sugar, See also:

SOAP

soap and See also:

leather. Trade, which is largely water-See also:

BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne, is in See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain and agricultural products, coal and building material. Douai, the site of which was occupied by a See also:

castle (Castrum Duacense) as early as the 7th century, belonged in the See also:

MIDDLE

middle ages to the See also:

COUNTS

counts of See also:

FLANDERS (Flem. Vlaanderen)

Flanders, passed in 1384 to the See also:

dukes of See also:

BURGUNDY

Burgundy, and so in 1477 with the See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of the See also:

NETHERLANDS

Netherlands to See also:

Spain.In 1667 it was captured by See also:

Louis XIV., and was ultimately ceded to France by the treaty of See also:

Utrecht in 1713. Historically Douai is mainly important as the centre of the See also:

POLITICAL

political and religious propaganda of the exiled See also:

ENGLISH

English See also:

ROMAN

Roman Catholics. In 1562 See also:

Philip II. of Spain founded a university here, in which several English scholars were given chairs; and in connexion with this See also:

William See also:

Allen (q.v.) in 1568 founded the celebrated English See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

college. It was here that the " Douai See also:

Bible " was pre-pared (see Vol. III. p. 901).

There were also an Irish and a Scots college and houses of English See also:

BENEDICTINES, or BLACK MONKS

Benedictines and See also:

Francis-cans. All these survived till 1793, when the university was suppressed. See F. Brassart, Hist. du See also:

CHATEAU (from Lat. castellum, fortress, through O. Fr. chastel, chasteau)

chateau et de la chdtellenie de Douai (Douai, 1877-87) ; C. Mine, Hist. pop. de Douai (lb. 1860 ; B. See also:

Ward, See also:

DAWN (the 16th-century form of the earlier " Jawing " or " dawning," from an old verb " daw," O. Eng. dagian, to become day; cf. Dutch dagen, and Ger. tagen)

Dawn of the See also:

CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic Revival (See also:

LONDON

London, 1909) ; Handecoeur, Hist. du College anglais, Douai (See also:

Reims, 1898) ; Daucoisne, Etablissements britanniques a Douai (Douai, 1881).

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