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POITOU , one of the old provinces of See also:

France, which also formed one of the See also:

GREAT

great military governments of the See also:

KINGDOM

kingdom, was bounded on the N. by See also:

BRITTANY

Brittany, See also:

ANJOU

Anjou and See also:

TOURAINE

Touraine; on the S. by See also:

ANGOUMOIS

Angoumois and Aunis; on the E. by Touraine, Berri and See also:

Marche; and on the W. by the ocean. It was divided into See also:

LOWER

Lower Poitou, which corresponded to the See also:

MODERN

modern See also:

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

department of La See also:

Vendee, and Upper Poitou, now split into the departments of Deux-Sevres and See also:

Vienne. The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal towns in Upper Poitou were See also:

POITIERS

Poitiers the See also:

capital, Mirebeau, Chitellerault, See also:

Richelieu, See also:

LOUDUN

Loudun, See also:

THOUARS

Thouars, See also:

MAULEON, SAVARI DE (d. 1236)

Mauleon, See also:

PARTHENAY

Parthenay, See also:

NIORT

Niort, &c.; and in Lower Poitou Fontenay-le-See also:

COMTE, AUGUSTE [ISIDORE AUGUSTE MARIE FRANCOIS XAVIER] (1798-1857)

Comte, Maillezais, Lucon and See also:

ROCHE, SIR BOYLE, BART

Roche-sur-See also:

YON (1822-1847)

Yon. Ile d'Yeu or tle-Dieu and See also:

NOIRMOUTIER

Noirmoutier belonged to the See also:

province. Ecclesiastically, Poitou was a See also:

DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese which was broken up in 1317 to See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form two new dioceses of Lugon and Maillezais; the seat of the latter was transferred in the 17th See also:

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

century to La Rochelle. For the See also:

ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration of See also:

JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice, Poitou was attached to the See also:

PARLEMENT (see PARLIAMENT)

parlement of See also:

Paris. After 778 it formed See also:

PART

part of the domain of the See also:

COUNTS

counts of Poitiers (q.v.). Poitou (Poictou, Pictavia) takes its name from the Pictones or Pictavi, a Gallic nation mentioned by See also:

Caesar, See also:

STRABO (born c. 63 n.c.)

Strabo and See also:

PTOLEMY (CLAUDIUS PTOLEMAEUS)

Ptolemy, and described by Strabo as separated from the Namnetes on the See also:

north by the See also:

LOIRE

Loire. It formed part of the territory known as See also:

AQUITAINE

Aquitaine (q.v.). For the See also:

HISTORY

history see the Memoires of the Societe See also:

DES

des Antiquaires de l'Ouest (1835 sqq.) and the documents published by the Archiveshistoriques du Poitou (1872 sqq.) ; also the Dictionnaire topographique de la Vienne, by L. Redet (1881).

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