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THOUARS , a See also:town of western See also:France, in the See also:department of Deux-Sevres, on the right See also:bank of the Thouet, 24 M. S. by W. of See also:Saumur on the railway to See also:Bordeaux. Pop. (1906), 5321. A massive stronghold built in the first See also:half of the 17th See also:century by the La Tremoille See also:family, and now used as a See also:prison, stands on a rocky See also:eminence overlooking the See also:river, towards which it has a frontage of nearly 400 ft. The adjoining Sainte-Chapelle dating from the See also:early years of the 16th century is in the See also:Gothic See also:style with See also:Renaissance details, and was built by Gabrielle de See also:Bourbon, wife of 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 II. of La Tremoille. 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 Medard, rebuilt in the 15th century, preserves a See also:doorway of a previous Romanesque See also:building. That of St See also:Laon (12th and 15th centuries) was formerly attached to an See also:abbey, the buildings (17th century) of which serve as 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. It has a See also:fine square See also:tower in the Romanesque style and contains the sculptured See also:tomb of the 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 See also:Nicholas. Remains ofl'histoire ancienne et See also:modern.
' 'His See also:brother, See also:MICHEL AUGUSTIN See also:THOURET (1748-3810), a physician, was a keen opponent of the ideas of See also:Mesmer and a See also:promoter of See also:vaccination in France.
See F. See also:Aulard, See also:Les Orateurs de l'assemblee constituante (2nd ed., See also:Paris, 1905) ; E. Carette and A. See also:Sanson, Thouret . . . se See also:vie, ses muvres (1890).
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