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JARNAC , a See also:town of western See also:France in the See also:department of See also:Charente, on the right See also:bank of the See also:river Charente, and on the See also:rail-way 23 M. W. of See also:Angouleme, between that See also:city and See also:Cognac. Pop. (1906), 4493• The town is well built; and an See also:avenue, planted with See also:poplar trees, leads to a handsome suspension See also:bridge. 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 contains an interesting ogival See also:crypt. There are communal colleges for both sexes. See also:Brandy, See also:wine and wine-casks are made in the town. Jarnac was in 1569 the See also:scene of a See also:battle in which the Catholics defeated the Protestants. A See also:pyramid marks the spot where 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, See also:Prince de See also:Conde, one of the See also:Protestant generals, was slain. Jarnac gave its name to an old See also:French See also:family, of which the best known member is Gui See also:Chabot, See also:comte de Jarnac (d. c. 1575), whose lucky back-stroke in his famous See also:duel with Chateigneraie gave rise to the proverbial phrase coup de jarnac, signifying an unexpected See also:blow.
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