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NIORT , a See also:city of western See also:France, See also:chief See also:town of the See also:department of Deux-Sevres, 42 M. E.N.E. of La Rochelle on the railway to See also:Saumur. Pop. (1906) 20,538. Niort is situated on the See also:left See also:bank of the Sevre Niortaise, partly in the valley and partly on the slopes of the enclosing hills. The See also:tower of 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 (15th and 16th centuries) has a See also:spire 246 ft. high, with See also:- BELL
- BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
- BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
- BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
- BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
- BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
- BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
- BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
- BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
- BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
- BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
- BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)
bell-turrets adorned with statues of the evangelists, and at the See also:base a richly decorated See also:dais in the See also:Renaissance See also:style; and the See also:north See also:doorway shows a See also:balustrade, of which the balusters See also:form the inscription 0 Mater Dei, memento mei. St See also:Andre, with a See also:fine window in the See also:apse, and St Hilaire, which contains some beautiful frescoes, both date from the 19th See also:century. Of the old See also:castle, whose site is partly occupied by the prefecture, there remains the See also:donjon—two large square towers See also:united by a central See also:building, flanked by turrets, built, it is said, by See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry II. of See also:England or See also:Richard Cceur de See also:Lion. The See also:platform on the See also:top affords a fine view of the public See also:garden (one of the most picturesque in France) and the valley of the Sevre. The old town-See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, Renaissance in style, is wrongly known as the Alienor See also:palace, after Eleanor of See also:Guienne; it contains a collection of antiquities. The See also:house is still shown in which Madame de See also:Maintenon is erroneously stated to have been See also:born. Near Niort are the fine feudal ruins of the fortress of Coudray-Salbart.
Niort is the seat of a See also:prefect and a See also:court of assizes, and has tribunals of first instance and of See also:commerce, a See also:board of See also:trade-See also:arbitration, lycees for both sexes, a school of See also:drawing, a chamber of commerce and a See also:branch of the Bank of France. Tanning, currying, shammy-dressing, See also:glove-making and the manufacture of brushes and boots and shoes are the See also:staple See also:industries.
Up to the 7th century the Niort See also:plain formed See also:part of the Gulf of See also:Poitou; and the mouth of the Sevre See also:lay at the See also:foot of the hills now occupied by the town which See also:grew up See also:round the castle erected by Henry See also:Plantagenet in 1155. The See also:place was captured by 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 VIII. in 1224. By the See also:peace of Bretigny it was ceded to the See also:English; but its inhabitants revolted against the See also:Black See also:Prince, and most of them were massacred when his troops recovered the town by See also:assault. In 1373 Duguesclin regained
See also:possession of the town for the See also:French. Protestantism made numerous proselytes at Niort, and Gaspard de See also:Coligny made himself See also:master of the town, which successfully resisted the See also:Catholic forces after the See also:Battle of See also:Jarnac, but surrendered without striking a See also:blow after that of Moncontour. Henry IV. rescued it from the See also:League. It suffered severely by the revocation of the See also:edict of See also:Nantes.
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