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NOYON , a See also:city of N. See also:France, in the See also:department of See also:Oise, 67 m. N.N.E. of See also:Paris by the railway to See also:Brussels. Pop. (1906) 5968. Noyon is built at the See also:foot and on the slopes of a See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill, and traversed by a small stream, the See also:Verse, which joins the Oise r m. farther down. The old See also:cathedral of Notre-See also:Dame, constructed on the site of a 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 burned in 1131, is a See also:fine example of the transition from Romanesque to See also:Gothic See also:architecture. In See also:plan it is a Latin See also:cross, with a See also:total length from E. to W. of about 340 ft.; the height of the See also:nave vaulting is 75 ft. The See also:west front has a See also:porch, added in the 14th See also:century, and two unfinished towers, their upper portions dating from the 13th century; its decorations have been greatly mutilated. The nave consists of eleven bays, including those of the W. front, which, in the interior, forms a See also:kind of See also:transept. In the windows of the aisles, the See also:arches of the See also:triforium, and the windows of the See also:clerestory the See also:round type is maintained; but See also:double pointed arches appear in the See also:lower See also:gallery; and the vaults of the roof, originally six-ribbed, were rebuilt after a See also:fire in 1293 in the prevailing Pointed See also:style. The transepts have apsidal terminations. See also:Side chapels were added in the N. See also:aisle in the 14th century and in the S. aisle in the 15th and the 16th, one of the latter (15th) is especially See also:rich in decorations. The flying buttresses of the See also:building were restored in the 19th century in the style of the 12th century. From the N.W. corner of the nave runs the western gallery of a fine See also:cloister erected in 1230; and next to the cloister is the See also:chapter-See also:house of the same date, with its entrance adorned with statues of the bishops and other See also:sculpture. The bishops' tombs within the cathedral were destroyed during the Revolution. The See also:chapel of the bishops' See also:palace is an example of the See also:Early
Pointed style; the canons' library was built of See also:wood early in the 16th century; and the See also: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 (Gothic and See also:Renaissance) See also:dates from 1485-1523. Among the town See also:manuscripts is the Red See also:Book or communal See also:charter of Noyon. Remains of the See also:Roman walls may be traced. There is a statue to Jacques See also:Sarrazin, the painter (1592-1660), a native of the town. Noyon has See also:good See also:trade in See also:grain and live-stock, and contains chemical and artificial manure See also:works, tanneries and ironfoundries and carries on sawmilling and See also:sugar manufacture.
Noyon, the See also:ancient Noviomagus Veromanduorum, was christianized by St Quentin at the See also:close of the 3rd century; and about 530 St Medard, See also:bishop of the See also:district of See also:Vermandois, transferred his see thither from St Quentin. The episcopate of St Eligius towards the See also:middle of the 7th century, the See also:burial of See also:Chilperic I., the See also:coronation of See also:Pippin the See also:Short in 752, and on the same occasion the coronation of his See also:infant son See also:Carloman with the See also:title of 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 Noyon, the coronation of See also:Charlemagne in 768 and the See also:election of See also:Hugh See also:Capet in 987, the See also:plunder of the town by the See also:Normans in 859 are the See also:chief events in the See also:history of Noyon down to the loth century. Till the Revolution the bishopric was one of the ecclesiastical peerages of the See also:kingdom. At the beginning of the 12th century Noyon easily obtained a communal charter through the favour of its bishops. The extent of the bishopric was considerably curtailed towards the middle of the 12th century by the breaking off of the See also:diocese of See also:Tournai. Noyon was ravaged by the See also:English and the Burgundians during the See also:Hundred Years' See also:War. In 1516 a truce was signed there by See also:Francis I. and See also:Charles V. The city was captured by the Spaniards in 1552, and afterwards by the Leaguers, who were expelled in 1594 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 IV. See also:John See also:Calvin was See also:born at Noyon in 1509.
See A. Lefranc, Histoire de Noyon jusqu'd la fin du XIII' sicle (Paris, 1887).
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