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VITRE , a See also:town of See also:north-western See also:France, See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement in the See also:department of Ille-et-Vilaine, situated on 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 rising from the See also:left See also:bank of the Vilaine, 24 M. E. of See also:Rennes by See also:rail. Pop. (1906) town, 7106; See also:commune, 10,092. The town largely retains its feudal aspect. The ramparts on the north See also:side and on the See also:west, consisting of a machicolated See also:wall with towers at intervals, are still See also:standing. Only one gateway remains of the See also:original See also:castle, founded towards the end of the 1th See also:century; the See also:rest was rebuilt in the 14th and 15th centuries (the best See also:period of See also:Breton military See also:architecture) and restored in See also:recent times. It is now occupied by a See also:prison, a museum of natural See also:history and See also:painting and the town library. 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 Notre-See also:Dame, formerly a priory of the abbeyof St Melaine of Rennes; See also:dates from the 15th and 16th centuries. An outside See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone See also:pulpit is a See also:fine example of 16th-century See also:sculpture. The church possesses a fine enamelled See also:triptych of the 16th century. A See also:tower of the 16th century is all that remains of the church of St See also:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin. The See also:chateau of See also:Les Rochers 3 m. from Vitre was the See also:residence of Madame de See also:Sevigne.
Vitre was formerly a Breton See also:barony, and belonged in the loth century to the younger See also:branch of the See also:counts of Rennes. In 1295 it passed to See also:Guy IX., See also:baron of See also:Laval, on his See also:marriage with the heiress, and afterwards successively belonged to the families of Rieux, See also:Coligny and La Tremoille. The town was seized by See also:Charles VIII. in 1488. Protestantism spread under the See also:rule of the houses of Rieux and Coligny; Vitre became a Huguenot stronghold; and a See also:Protestant church was established, which was not suppressed till the revocation of the See also:edict of See also:Nantes in 1685. 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, See also:duke of Mercceur, the See also:head of the members of the See also:League in See also:Brittany, besieged the town in vain for five months in .1589. The estates of Brittany, over which the barons of Vitre and of See also:Leon alternately presided, met here several times.
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