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PONTOISE , a See also:town of See also:northern See also:France, See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement of the See also:department of See also:Seine-et-See also:Oise, ,8 m. N.W. of See also:Paris on the railway to See also:Dieppe. Pop. (1906), 7963. Pontoise is picturesquely situated on the right See also:bank of the Oise where it is joined by the Viosne. The See also:traffic on the See also:main See also:river is large, and the tributary drives numerous See also:mills. Of the many churches that used to exist in the town two only remain: St Maclou, 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 of the 12th See also:century, altered and restored in the ,5th and 16th centuries by See also:Pierre See also:Lemercier, the famous architect of St Eustache at Paris, and containing a See also:fine See also:holy See also:sepulchre of the r6th century; and Notre-See also:Dame, of the See also:close of the 16th century, which contains the See also:tomb of St See also:Gautier, See also:- ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
- ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
- ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
- ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
- ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)
abbot of Meulan in the 12th century. At the See also:top of the See also:flight of steps by which St Maclou is approached is the statue of See also:General Leclerc, a native of the town and See also:husband of Pauline See also:Bonaparte. See also:Grain and See also:flour are the See also:principal staples of the See also:trade; a well-known See also:fair is held in See also:November. The town has a sub-prefecture, tribunals of first instance and of See also:commerce and a communal See also:college. At Meriel, near Pontoise, there are interesting remains of the Cistercian See also:abbey of Le Val. Pontoise existed in the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of the Gauls as Briva Isarae (See also:Bridge of the Oise). It was destroyed by the See also:Normans in the 9th century, See also:united with See also:Normandy in 1032, and acquired 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 I. in 1064. Capital of the See also:French Vexin, it possessed an important stronghold and played a conspicuous See also:part in the See also:wars'between the French and the See also:dukes of Normandy and in the See also:Hundred Years' See also:War. The See also:English took it in 1419, and again in 1437. In 1441 See also:Charles VII. took it by See also:storm after a three months' See also:siege. After belonging to the See also:count of Charolais down to the treaty of Conflans, it was given as a See also:dowry to Jeanne of France when she was divorced 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 XII. The See also:parlement of Paris several times met in the town; and in 1561 the states-general convoked at See also:- ORLEANS
- ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
- ORLEANS, DUKES OF
- ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
- ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
- ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
- ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
- ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
- ORLEANS, PHILIP I
- ORLEANS, PHILIP II
Orleans removed thither after the See also:death of
See also:Francis II. During the See also:Fronde it offered a See also:refuge to Louis XIV. and See also:Mazarin. 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 III. made it an apanage for his See also:brother the See also:duke of See also:Anjou. At a later See also:period it passed to the duke of See also:Conti. Down to the Revolution it remained a monastic town.
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