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See also:TOURNAI (Flemish Doornik) , a See also:city of See also:Belgium, in the See also:province of See also:Hainaut, situated on the See also:Scheldt. Pop. (1904), 36,744. Although in the course of its See also:long See also:history it has undergone many sieges and was sacked at various epochs by the See also:Vandals, See also:Normans, See also:French and Spaniards, it preserves many monuments of its See also:ancient days. Among these is the See also:cathedral of Notre-See also:Dame, one of the finest and best preserved Romanesque and See also:Gothic examples in Belgium (for See also:plan, &c., see See also:ARCHITECTURE: Romanesque and Gothic in Belgium). Its See also:foundation See also:dates from the See also:year 1030, while the See also:nave is Romanesque of the See also:middle of the 12th See also:century, with much pointed See also:work. The See also:transept was added in the 13th century. The first See also:choir was burned down in 1213, but was rebuilt in 1242 at the same 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 as the transept, and is a superb specimen of pointed Gothic. There are five towers with See also:spires, which give the outside an impressive See also:appearance, and much has been done towards removing the squ. lid buildings that formerly concealed the cathedral. There are several old pictures of merit, and the See also:shrine of St Eleuthere, the first See also:bishop of Tournai in the 6th century, is a remarkable product of the silversmith's See also:art. The See also:belfry on the See also:Grand See also:Place was built in 1187, partly reconstructed in 1391 and finally restored and endowed with a See also:steeple in 1852. The best view of the cathedral can be obtained from its See also:gallery. 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 Quentin in the, same square as the belfry is almost as ancient as Notre-Dame, and the See also:people of Tournai See also:call it the " little cathedral." In the church of St Brice is the See also:tomb of Childeric discovered in 1655. Among the See also:relics were three See also:hundred small See also:golden See also:models of bees. These were removed to See also:Paris, and when See also:Napoleon was crowned See also:emperor a century and a See also:half later he See also:chose Childeric's bees for the decoration of his See also:coronation See also:mantle. In this manner the See also:bee became associated with the See also:Napoleonic See also:legend just as the lilies were with the Bourbons. The See also:Pont See also:des Trous over the Scheldt, with towers at each end, was built in 1290, and among many other interesting buildings there are some old houses still in occupation which date back to the 13th century. On the Grand Place is the See also:fine statue of Christine de See also:Lalaing, princess d'Epinoy, who defended Tournai against See also:Parma in 1581. Tournai carries on a large See also:trade in carpets (called See also:Brussels), See also:bonnet shapes, corsets and See also:fancy goods generally. With regard to the See also:carpet manufactory, it is said locally to date from the time of the See also:Crusades, and it is presumed that the Crusaders learnt the art from the See also:Saracens.
The history of Tournai dates from the time of See also:Julius See also:Caesar, when it was called See also:civil as Nerviorum or castrum Turnacum. In the reign of See also:Augustus, See also:Agrippa fixed the newly mixed See also:colony of Suevi and Menapii at Tournai, which continued throughout the See also:period of See also:Roman occupation to be of importance. In the 5th century the See also:Franks seized Tournai, and Merovaeus made it the See also:capital of his See also:dynasty. This it remained until the subdivision of the See also:Frank See also:monarchy among the sons of See also:Clovis. When feudal possessions, instead of being purely See also:personal, were vested in the families of the holder after the See also:death of See also:Charlemagne, Tournai was specially assigned to See also:Baldwin of the See also:Iron See also:Arm by See also:Charles
the Bald, whose daughter See also:Judith he had abducted, on receiving the hereditary See also:title of See also:count of See also:Flanders. During the Burgundian period it was the See also:residence of See also:Margaret of See also:York, widow of Charles the Bold; and the pretender See also:Perkin See also:Warbeck, whom she championed, if not See also:born there, was the reputed son of a See also:Jew of Tournai. In the See also:early 16th century Tournai was an See also:English See also:possession for a few years and 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 VIII. sold it to See also:Francis I. It did not long remain French, for in 1521 the count of See also:Nassau, Charles V.'s See also:general, took it and added it to the See also:Spanish provinces. During the whole of the middle ages Tournai was styled the " seigneurie de Tournaisis," and possessed a See also:charter and See also:special privileges of its own. Near Tournai was fought, on the 1th of May 1945, the famous See also:battle of See also:Fontenoy. (D. C.
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