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RENNES , a See also:town of western See also:France, formerly the See also:capital of See also:Brittany and now the See also:chief town of the See also:department of Ille-et-Vilaine. Pop. town, 62,024; See also:commune, 75,640. Rennes is situated at the See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting of the Ille and the Vilaine and at the junction of several lines of railway connecting it with See also:Paris (232 M. E.N.E.), St Maio (51 M. N.N.W.), See also:Brest (155 M. W.N.W.). A few narrow winding streets with old houses are See also:left in the vicinity of the See also:cathedral, but the town was for the most See also:part rebuilt on a See also:regular See also:plan after the seven days' See also:fire of 1720. Dark See also:granite was used as See also:building material. The old town or Ville-Haute, where the chief buildings are situated, occupies 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 bounded on the See also:south by the Vilaine, on the See also:west by the canalized Ille. The Vilaine flows in a deep hollow bordered with quays and crossed by six See also:bridges leading to the new town or Ville-Basse on its left See also:bank. The cathedral of Rennes was rebuilt in a pseudo-Ionic See also:style between 1787 and 1844 on the site of two churches dating originally from the 4th See also:century. The west See also:facade with its twin towers was finished in 1700 and is in the See also:Renaissance style. The interior is richly decorated, a See also:German See also:altar-piece of the 15th century being conspicuous for its See also:carving and See also:gilding. The See also:archbishop's See also:palace occupies in part the site of the See also:abbey dedicated to St Melaine, whose 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 is the See also:sole specimen of 11–13th century See also:architecture among the numerous churches in the town. A See also:colossal statue of the Virgin was placed above its See also:dome in 1867. The Mordelaise See also:Gate, by which the See also:dukes and bishops used to make their See also:state entry into the town, is a curious example of 15th-century architecture, and preserves a Latin inscription of the 3rd century, a See also:dedication by the Redones to the See also:emperor Gordianus. The finest building in Rennes is the old See also:parliament See also:house (now the See also:law-See also:court), designed by Jacques Debrosse in the 17th century, and decorated with statues of legal celebrities, carving, and paintings by See also:Jean See also:Jouvenet and other well-known artists. The 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 was erected in the first See also:half of the 18th century. It contains the library and the municipal archives, which are of See also:great importance for the See also:history of Brittany. In the Palais Universitaire, a See also:modern building occupied by the university, there are scientific collections and important galleries of See also:painting s.nd See also:sculpture, the chief See also:work being the " Perseusdelivering See also:Andromeda " of See also:Paul Veronese. About a M. from the town is the See also:castle (16th century) of La Prevalaye, a See also:hamlet famous for its See also:butter.
Rennes is the seat of an archbishop and a See also:prefect, See also:head-quarters of the X. See also:army See also:corps and centre of an academie (educational See also:division). Its university has faculties of law, See also:science and letters, and a preparatory school of See also:medicine and See also:pharmacy, and there are training colleges, a lycee and See also:schools of See also:agriculture, dairying, See also:music, See also:art, architecture and See also:industry (Ecole pratique). The town is also the seat of a court of See also:appeal, of a court of assizes, of tribunals of first instance and See also:commerce, and of a chamber of commerce, and has a See also:branch of the Bank of France. Tanning, See also:iron-See also:founding, See also:timber-sawing and the See also:production of See also:furniture and wooden goods, See also:flour-milling, See also:flax-See also:spinning and the manufacture of tenting and other coarse fabrics, See also:bleaching and various smaller See also:industries are carried on. See also:Trade is chiefly in butter made in the neighbourhood, and in See also:grain, flour, See also:leather, poultry, eggs and See also:honey.
Rennes, the chief See also:city of the Redones, was formerly (like some other places in See also:Gaul) called Condate (hence Condat, See also:Conde), probably from its position at the confluence of two streams. Under the See also:Roman See also:empire it was included in Lugdunensis Tertia, and became the centre of various Roman roads still recognizable in the vicinity The name Urbs Rubra given to it on the See also:oldest See also:chronicles is explained by the bands of red See also:brick in the See also:foundations of its first See also:circuit of walls. About the See also:close of the loth century Conan le See also:Tort, See also:count of Rennes, subdued the whole See also:province, and his son and successor See also:Geoffrey first took the See also:title See also:duke of Brittany. The dukes were crowned at Rennes, and before entering the city by the Mordelaise Gate they had to swear to preserve the privileges of the church, the nobles and the See also:commons of Brittany. During the See also:War of See also:Succession the city more than once suffered See also:siege, notably in 1356–57, when See also:Bertrand du Guesclin saved it from See also:capture by the See also:English under 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, first duke of See also:Lancaster. The See also:parlement of Brittany, founded in 1551, held its sessions at Rennes from 1561, they having been previously shared with See also:Nantes. During the troubles of the See also:League 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 See also:Emmanuel, duke of Mercceur, attempted to make himself See also:independent at Rennes (1589), but his See also:- SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)
scheme was defeated by the See also:loyalty of the parlement. Henry IV. entered the city in state on the 9th of May 1598. In 1675 an insurrection at Rennes, caused by the taxes imposed 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 XIV. in spite of the See also:advice of the parlement, was cruelly suppressed by See also:Charles, duke of Chaulnes, See also:governor of the province. The parlement was banished to See also:Vannes till 1689, and the inhabitants crushed with forfeits and put to See also:death in great See also:numbers. The fire of 1720, which destroyed eight See also:hundred houses, completed the ruin of the town. At the beginning of the Revolution Rennes was again the See also:scene of bloodshed, caused by the discussion about doubling the third See also:estate for the See also:con-vocation of the states-See also:general. In See also:January 1789, Jean See also:Victor See also:Moreau (afterwards general) led the law-students in their demonstrations on behalf of the parlement against the royal See also:government. During the Reign of Terror Rennes suffered less than Nantes, partly through the courage and uprightness of the See also:mayor, Jean Leperdit. It was soon afterwards the centre of the operations of the Republican army against the Vendeans. The bishopric, founded in the 5th century, in 1859 became an See also:arch-bishopric, a See also:rank to which it had previously been raised from 1790 to 1802. In 1899 the revision of the See also:sentence of See also:Captain See also:Alfred See also:Dreyfus was carried out at Rennes.
See Orain, Rennes et ses environs (See also:Reims, 1904).
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