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RETHEL , a See also:town of N. See also:France, See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement in the See also:department of See also:Ardennes, on the right See also:bank of the See also:Aisne and the Ardennes See also:canal, 31 m. S.W. of See also:Mezieres by See also:rail. Pop. (1906) 5254. 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 St See also:Nicholas was formed by the amalgamation of two churches, the See also:oldest of which See also:dates from the 13th See also:century. Rethel has a subprefecture, a tribunal of first instance, a See also:board of See also:trade See also:arbitration, a chamber of arts and manufactures and a school of See also:agriculture, and carries on
See also:wool-See also:spinning, the See also:weaving of See also:light woollen fabrics, and the manufacture of millboard and See also:farm implements.
Rethel (Castrum Retectum), of See also:Roman origin, was from the end of the loth century the seat of a countship which passed successively to the families of See also:Flanders, See also:Burgundy, See also:Cleves, See also:Foix and See also:Gonzaga. In 1581 it was erected into a duchy in favour of the latter. In 1663 it was sold by See also:Charles VI. de Gonzaga to See also:Mazarin, whose See also:family held it till the Revolution.
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