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VEZELAY , a See also:village of See also:France, in the See also:department of See also:Yonne, 10 m. W.S.W. of See also:Avallon by road. Its See also:population, which was over to,000 in the See also:middle ages, was 524 111 1906. It is situated on the See also:summit and slopes of 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 on the See also:left See also:bank of the Cure, and owes its renown to the Madeleine, one of the largest and most beautiful basilicas in France. The Madeleine See also:dates from the 12th See also:century and was skilfully restored by See also:Viollet-le-Duc. It consists of a See also:narthex, with See also:nave and aisles; a triple nave, without See also:triforium, entered from the narthex by three See also:door-ways; transepts; and a See also:choir with triforium. The See also:oldest portion of 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 is the nave, constructed about 1125. Its groined vaulting is supported on wide, See also:low, semicircular See also:arches, and on piers and columns, the capitals of which are embellished with sculptures full of animation. The narthex was probably built about 1140. The central entrance, leading from it to the nave, is one of the most remarkable features of the church; it consists of two doorways, divided by a central See also:pier supporting sculptured figures, and is surmounted by a tympanum carved with a See also:representation of See also:Christ bestowing the See also:Holy Spirit upon His apostles. The choir and transepts are later in date than the See also:rest of the church, which they surpass in height and See also:- GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
- GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )
grace of proportion. They resemble the eastern portion of the church of St See also:Denis, and were doubtless built in See also:place of a Romanesque choir damaged in a See also:fire in 1165. Acrypt beneath the choir is perhaps the relic of a previous Romanesque church which was destroyed by fire in 1120. The See also:west See also:facade of the Madeleine has three portals; that in the centre is divided by a pier and surmounted by a tympanum sculptured with a bas-See also:relief of the Last See also:Judgment. The upper portion of this front belongs to the 13th century. Only the See also:lower portion of the northernmost of the two flanking towers is left, and of the two towers which formerly See also:rose above the See also:transept that to the See also:north has disappeared. Of the other buildings of the See also:abbey, there remains a See also:chapter-See also:house (13th century) adjoining the See also:south transept. Most of the ramparts of the See also:town, which have a See also:circuit of over a mile, are still in existence. In particular the See also:Porte See also:Neuve, consisting of two massive towers flanking a gateway, is in See also:good preservation. There are several interesting old houses, among them one in which See also:Theodore of See also:Beza was See also:born. Of the old See also:parish church, built in the 17th century, the See also:clock-See also:tower alone is left. A mile and a See also:half from Vezelay, in the village of St Pere-sous-Vezelay, there is a remarkable Burgundian See also:Gothic church, built by the monks of Vezelay in the 13th century. The west facade, flanked on the north by a See also:fine tower, is richly decorated; its lower portion is formed of a projecting See also:porch surmounted by pinnacles and adorned with elaborate See also:sculpture.
The See also:history of Vezelay is See also:bound up with its See also:Benedictine abbey, which was founded in the 9th century under the See also:influence of the abbey of See also:Cluny. This dependence was soon shaken off by the younger monastery, and the acquisition of the See also:relics of St Magdalen, soon after its See also:foundation, began to attract crowds of pilgrims, whose presence enriched both the monks and the town which had grown up See also:round the abbey and acknowledged its supremacy. At the beginning of the 12th century the exactions 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 Artaud, who required See also:money to defray the expense of the - reconstruction of the church, and the refusal of the monks to See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant See also:political See also:independence to the citizens, resulted in an insurrection in which the abbey was burnt and the abbot murdered. During the next fifty years three similar revolts occurred, fanned by the See also:counts of See also:Nevers, who wished to acquire the See also:suzerainty over Vezelay for themselves. The monks were, however, aided by the influence both of the See also:Pope and 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 VII., and the towns-men were unsuccessful on each occasion. During the 12th century Vezelay was the See also:scene of the See also:preaching of the second crusade in 1146, and of the See also:assumption of the See also:cross in 1190 by See also:Richard Cceur de See also:Lion and 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:Augustus. The influence of the abbey began to diminish in r28o when the See also:Benedictines of St Maximin in See also:Provence affirmed that the true See also:body of St Magdalen had been discovered in their church; its decline was precipitated during the See also:wars of See also:religion of the 16th century, when Vezelay suffered See also:great hardships.
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