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GISORS , a See also:town of See also:France, in the See also:department of See also:Eure, situated in the pleasant valley of the Epte, 44.m. N.W. of See also:Paris on the
railway to See also:Dieppe. Pop. (1906) 4345. Gisors is dominated by a feudal stronghold built chiefly by the See also:kings of See also:England in the
11th and 12th centuries. The See also:outer See also:enceinte, to which is attached a cylindrical See also:donjon erected by See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip See also:Augustus, 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 of France, embraces an See also:area of over 7 acres. On a See also:mound in the centre of this space rises an older donjon, octagonal in shape, protected by another enceinte. The outer ramparts and the ground they enclose have been converted into promenades. 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:Gervais See also:dates in its See also:oldest parts—the central See also:tower, the See also:choir and parts of the aisles—from the See also:middle of the 13th See also:century, when it was founded by See also:Blanche of See also:Castile. The See also:rest of the church belongs to, the See also:Renaissance See also:period. The See also:Gothic and Renaissance styles mingle in the See also:west See also:facade, which, like the interior of the See also:building, is adorned with a profusion of sculptures; the See also:fine See also:carving on the wooden doors of the See also:north and west portals is particularly noticeable. The less interesting buildings of the town include a wooden See also:house of the Renaissance era, an old See also:convent now used as an hotel de ville, and a handsome See also:modern See also:hospital. There is a statue of See also:General de Blanmont, See also:born at Gisors in 1770. Among the See also:industries of Gisors are See also:felt manufacture, See also:bleaching, See also:dyeing and See also:leather-dressing.
In the middle ages Gisors was See also:capital of the Vexin. Its position on the frontier of See also:Normandy caused its See also:possession to be hotly contested by the kings of England and France during the 12th century, at the end of which it and the dependent fortresses of Neaufles and Dangu were ceded by See also:Richard Cceur de See also:Lion to Philip Augustus. During the See also:wars of See also:religion of the 16th century it was occupied by the See also:duke of See also:Mayenne on behalf of the See also:League, and in the 17th century, during the See also:Fronde, by the duke of See also:Longueville. Gisors was given to See also:Charles Auguste See also:Fouquet in 1718 in See also:exchange for Belle-Ile-en-Mer and made a duchy in 1742. It afterwards came into the possession of the See also:count of Eu and the duke of Penthievre.
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