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Chapter VIII: Part 8

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Paris--
Bossuet’s sermons, 333-334.
Cæsar’s convocation of the
Parisii, 356-358.
Chapels of, 365-366.
Collège de Beauvais, 345-346.
Early importance, 362-363.
Frankish seizure of, 360.
Historical sketch, 348-363.
La Cité, 365;
Churches of, 365-366.
Lutetia, ancient trade of, 359.
Madeleine, the old, chapels of, 366-369.
Notre Dame, 365, 369-371.
Pont Notre Dame, 358-362.
Rue des Marmousets, 366.
Saint Denis, Benedictine foundation, 381-384.
Saint Etienne, the first Cathedral, 363-364.
Saint Germain-des-Prés, Abbey, Church of, 372-376.
Saint Louis, Chapel of, 365.
Saint Michael du Palais, 366.
Saint Pierre aux Bœufs, Chapel of, 366.
Saint Chapelle, 375-381.
Saint Marie, 365.
“Salle des Pas Perdus,” 378.

Parisian Navigation, the, 357-358.

“Parisii,” meaning of term, 357.

Parker “Glossary,” 31.

Patay, battle of, 45.

Pater, Walter, “Miscellaneous Studies,” _cited_, 36-37;
“Imaginary Portraits,” _cited_, 305-306.

Père-la-Chaise Cemetery, 346, 383.

Périgord, Cardinal de, 278.

Périgueux--
Cathedral of St. Etienne, 262.
Château Barrière, 258-261.
Church of Saint Front, 258-266.
La Cité, 262.
Tour de Vésone, 258-261.

Perpendicular Style in England, 76.

Perpetuus, St., 184.

Perthes, Boucher de, 23.

Peter the Hermit, 22.

Philippe Auguste, confiscation, 66-67, 280, 291;
baptism of, 366.

Pierre, Bishop of Chartres, 370.

Plessis-les-Tours, 187-188.

Poitiers--
Battle of, 274-279.
Cathedral of St. Pierre, 270-273.
Church of Notre Dame la Grande, 274;
Saint Radégonde, 274.
Historical sketch, 279-280.
Temple Saint Jean, 273.

Poitou in English hands, 279-280.

Pomerantin, Castle of, 277.

Pont Notre Dame, 358, 362.

Ponts d’Ouve, the, 139.

Porches of French Cathedrals, evolution from the narthex, 319-322.

Porte du Croux, Nevers, 243-244.

Porte Gayole, Boulogne, 21.

Potentian, St., 202, 300.

Poupinel, 144.

“Précieuses,” the, 333.

Presle, Collège de, 346.

Prestwick, 23.

Prout, drawings, 24, 36.

Queen Eleanor’s Cross, Northampton, 77.

Radégonde, Saint, 274.

Ratuma or Ratumacos, early name of Rouen, 63.

Raymond of Toulouse, 23.

Ravenna, 309.

Ré, Island of, 282.

Remigius, St., legend of, 47-48.

Rheims--
Cathedral, 48-51.
Church of St. Remi, 52-53.
Historical sketch, 42-50.
Hôtel de Moulinet, 53.
Joan the Maid, story of, 45-46.
Papal Councils, 46-47.

Rheims, Archbishop of, policy, 354.

Richard the Fearless, 66, 90;
brought up at Bayeux, 105;
his widow builds Coutances Cathedral, 145.

Richard II., birthplace at Bordeaux, 291.

Richelieu imposes the Gabelle tax, 144-145;
siege of the Huguenots of La Rochelle, 282-286.

Richemont, Constable de, 140.

Robert d’Artois, 300.

Robert of Flanders, 23.

Robert of Lisieux, Bishop of Coutances, 145.

Robert of Normandy, 22, 66.

Robert of Paris, loss of Neustria, 64-65.

Rolf the Ganger, 19, 62;
invasion of Rouen, 64;
conversion, 65-66;
settlement of Lisieux, 99-100;
possession of Bayeux, 104.

Romain, St., Bishop of Rouen, legend, 81-82.

Roman Conquest, effect on Gaul, 5-10.

Roman de Rou, the, 65.

Roman Remains, Basilica of Angers, 52;
at Périgueux, 258-261;
at Bourges, 261;
Practorium Ramparts at Senlis, 336-337;
Palace of the Thermes, near Paris, 357.

Rouen--
Aître de St. Maclou, 83-84.
Basse-Vieille-Tour, 78.
Cathedral, 74-82.
Chapelle de la Fierte Saint-Romain, 78-81.
Church of St. Maclou, 83.
Church of St. Ouen, 82-83.
Description of, 73-74.
Franco-Prussian War, incidents, 84-87.
Historical sketch, 62-75.
Huguenot troubles, 72-73.
Jeanne d’Arc, trial of, 67-72.
Market-place, 45.
Place and Haute-Vielle-Tour, 78.
Rue Martainville, 83.
Tour Jeanne d’Arc, 67.

Roy, General, 84.

Ruskin, criticisms on Abbeville, 27;
Amiens Cathedral, 28;
on Rouen Churches, 74-75, 83;
Diary, _quoted_--Amiens Cathedral by the Somme, 32-36;
drawings of Abbeville, 27.

Rusticus, St., 359.

Saint Aignan, Churches of, 366.

Saint Bonnet, Church of, Orléans, 228.

Saint Clair-sur-Epte, treaty at, 64.

Saint Cyr, Cathedral, Nevers, 240-243.

Saint Denis, Paris, Benedictine Foundation, 381-384.

Saint Etienne, Auxerre, 305-306;
Limoges, 252-253, 262;
Nevers, 52, 239-240;
Paris, 363-364;
Sens, 300-305.

Saint Eureptiolus, Basilica of, Coutances, 138.

Saint Eusébe, Church of, Auxerre, 310.

Saint Front, Church of, Périguex, 258-261.

Saint Gall, Church of, Switzerland, 240.

Saint Gatien, Cathedral, Tours, 337-338.

Saint George’s Chapel, Windsor, 51.

Saint Germain, Church of, Auxerre, 305-309.

Saint Germain-des-Prés, Abbey, Church, Paris, 372-376.

Saint Germain-le-Vieux, 366.

Saint Jacques, Church of, Lisieux, 99.

Saint Jean des Vignes, Soissons, 61.

Saint Jean, temple of, Poitiers, 273.

Saint Julien, Cathedral, Le Mans, 161-163.

Saint Julien du Pré, Le Mans, 163-167.

Saint Lizier, Roman Walls of, 337.

Saint-Lô --
Basse Ville, the, 130, 133.
Cathedral, 133-134.
Historical sketch, 128-138.
Maison Dieu, 133.
Place Ferrier, 129.
Rue Torterton, 128.
Tour Beauregard, 129, 130.
Tour de la Rose, 130.

Saint Louis, Cathedral of, Blois, 192-193.

Saint Maclou, Rouen, 83.

Saint Mark’s, Venice, influence on style of Saint Fronte, 262-263.

Saint Martin, Church of, Tours, 52;
Fort of, on the Island of Ré, 282.

Saint Maurice, Cathedral, Angers, 174, 179-180, 273.

Saint Médard, Abbey of, Soissons, 57.

Saint Michael du Palais, Paris, 366-369.

Saint Nicholas, Church of, Blois, 193-194.

Saint Pierre, Cathedral, Angoulême, 269-273;
Church, Auxerre, 305;
Coutances, 137, 145;
Lisieux, 95, 100-103;
Poitiers, 270-273;
Senlis, 337-338.

Saint Remi, Church of, Rheims, 52-53;
Monastery of, 46-47.

Saint Sauveur-le-Vicomte, Château of, 140.

Saint Stephen’s, Caen, burial of William I., 120-122.

Saint Taurin, Church of, Evreux, 52, 95.

Saint Urbain Cathedral, Troyes, 74, 75, 322.

Saint Wolfran, Church of, Abbeville, 27.

Sainte Chapelle, Paris, 375-381.

Sainte Colombe, Abbey, Sens, 300.

Sainte Croix, nuns of, 274.

Sainte Emilion--
Grotte of, 297-298.
Vineyards of, 294.

Sainte Marie, Paris, 364-365.

Sainte Radégonde, Church of, Poitiers, 274.

Salisbury Cathedral, 75.

Saumur, 171.

Savinian, St., 202, 300.

Saxon inhabitants of the Bessin, 104.

Scott, “Quentin Durward,” 187-188.

Seine, the, 64;
towards Evreux, 88-89.

Selby Abbey, Yorkshire, 309.

Semur, 305.

Senlis--
Cathedral of Notre Dame, 338-341.
Church of St. Pierre, 337-338.
Historical sketch, 336-337.
Roman remains, 336-337.

Sens--
Abbey of Sainte-Colombe, 300.
Cathedral of St. Etienne, 235, 300-305.
Historical sketch, 299-301.

Soissons--
Abbey of St. Jean des Vignes, 61.
Cathedral of Notre Dame, 58-61.
Historical sketch, 54-58.

Somerset, Duke of, 72.

Somme river, the, 32-36.

Somme valley, geological discoveries, 21, 22.

Sorel, Agnes, 231.

South Kensington Museum, 75.

Spiers, Mr., “Architecture East and West,” 239-240, 262-265.

Stephen of Blois, 23, 99.

Strabo, _cited_, 359.

Suger, Minister of Louis VI., 382.

Sully, Maurice de, 365-366.

Syagrius, “Romanorum Rex,” 54.

Taillefer, the warrior, 138.

Tancred, the “Very perfect gentle knight,” 23.

Tapestry, the Bayeux, 110-115.

Taurin, Saint, 89, 95.

Temple Church, 110.

Texier, Jean le, 207.

Theobald or Thibaut, Count of Chartres, 202.

Thérain valley, 341.

Thermes, Roman Palace of the, 357.

Thibaut, Count, of Anjou, 172.

Thibaut, Count, of Chartres, 90.

Thibaut le Tricheur, Count of Chartres, 205.

Thibaut IV., Count of Troyes, 315.

Thomas à Becket, St., 100;
at Sens, 300, 301.

“Toillette de Duc Guillaume,” 114.

Toulouse, Church of the Cordeliers, 292.

Tour Beauregard, Saint-Lô, 129.

Tour de la Chaîne La Rochelle, 289.

Tour de la Lanterne, La Rochelle, 289.

Tour de Vésone, Périgueux, 258-261.

Tour St. Nicholas, La Rochelle, 286.

Touraine, description of, 181-182.

Tours--
Angevin struggle for, 171-172.
Church of St. Gatien, 188-192, 337.
Church of St. Martin, 52.
Historical sketch, 183-188.
Rue des Halles, 184.
Tour Charlemagne, 187.
Tour de l’Horloge, 187.

Toury, Cloister of, 321.

Treaty of Troyes, 313-314.

“Triforium,” description of term, 32.

Troyes--
Cathedral of St. Urbian, 74-75, 318-322.
Commerce and Fairs of, 315-319.
Historical sketch, 310-319.
Huguenot massacre, 314-315.
Treaty of Henry V., 313-314.

Truce of God, 47;
preached in Normandy, 122-125.

Ursin, St., 99.

Valonges, fall of, 139.

Vaurus, the bastard of, death of, 330.

Vendôme--
Abbey of La Trinité, 216.
Counts of, 215-216.
Loire at, 216-217.

Venetian Colonies at Limoges, 266.

Venice, St. Mark’s, style influences architecture of Saint Front, 262-266.

Vercingetorix, 299.

Verheilh, M. Félix de, 266.

Vieil-Evreux, Roman Settlement, 89.

_Villes bastide_, the, of Guyenne, 293-294.

Vincent, St., Childebert’s Church, 372-375.

Viollet-le-Duc, _cited_, 28, 41-45, 48-51, 265, 270-273, 302, 342;
panegyric on Chartres Cathedral, 211;
restorations in Notre Dame, 369.

Vire, the, 130.

“Week of Battles,” 1871, the 156.

Wells Cathedral, 75;
tomb of William de la Merche, 77.

Westminster Abbey, 109;
tomb of Aymer de Valence, 77, 257.

Whewell, _quoted_, 93, 94, 100, 110.

William de la Merche, tomb at Wells, 77.

William Longsword, 66, 105, 138.

William of Poitiers, 116.

William the Conqueror, 66;
connection with Caen, 117-126;
funeral at Caen, 120-122;
at Le Mans, 155;
struggle with Geoffrey the Hammer, 172;
at Moulins, 248-251.

Wittich, General von, 207.

Wolsey, Cardinal, the French alliance, 24.

Yonne River, 299;
at Sens, 301.

Young, Arthur, account of the Guise tragedy, 199-200;
indignation of, 375;
Rouen, description of, _quoted_, 73.

Yves, Bishop of Chartres, 370.

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Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber:

St. Front, Perigueux=> St. Front, Périgueux {pg x}

has gazed up at the great buttressed hill, silhoutted=> has gazed up at the great buttressed hill, silhouetted {pg 38}

RUE DE L’HORLAGE, ROUEN=> RUE DE L’HORLOGE, ROUEN {pg 79}

Charlottle Corday spent=> Charlotte Corday spent {pg 96}

Another memory of the Conquerer in Caen=> Another memory of the Conqueror in Caen {pg 122}

CONTANCES=> COUTANCES {pg 141}

THE SOUTH PORCH OF THE CATHEDRAL, CONTANCES=> THE SOUTH PORCH OF THE CATHEDRAL, COUTANCES {pg 147}

ST. PIERRE, CONTANCES=> ST. PIERRE, COUTANCES {pg 153}

converted him to Christianty=> converted him to Christianity {pg 152}

Goeffrey of Mayenne=> Geoffrey of Mayenne {pg 155}

the Duke of Mecklenburg and Von der Taun=> the Duke of Mecklenburg and Von der Tann {pg 161}

If Le Mans marks the first stage from Normandy upon the southward road, Angiers=> If Le Mans marks the first stage from Normandy upon the southward road, Angers {pg 169}

TOUR DE L’HORLAGE, TOURS=> TOUR DE L’HORLOGE, TOURS {pg 185}

Tour de la Chaine=> Tour de la Chaîne {pg 286}

salon of the Hôtel Rambouillet=> salon of the Hotel Rambouillet {pg 333}

was vested in the spiritul power=> was vested in the spiritual power {pg 343}

The beseiging army of Charles the Bold=> The besieging army of Charles the Bold {pg 346}

leaving Charles at Compiégne=> leaving Charles at Compiègne {pg 353}

and indeed the eccleciastical=> and indeed the ecclesiastical {pg 360}

Archibishop Maurice de Sully=> Archbishop Maurice de Sully {pg 366}

“Manned d’Archéologie Française,”=> “Manuel d’Archéologie Française,” {pg 388}

Tour Charlemange, 187=> Tour Charlemange, 187 {pg 395}

La Beuriere quarter of Boulogne, 16.=> La Beurière quarter of Boulogne, 16. {index}

Louis le Debonnair, 57.=> Louis le Débonnair, 57. {index}

Orleans=> Orléans {pg x, 71, 390}

“Precieuses,” the, 333.=> “Précieuses,” the, 333. {index}

Radégonde, Saint, 274.=> Radegonde, Saint, 274. {index}

Saint-Emilion=> Saint-Émilion {index}

PERIGUEUX=> PÉRIGUEUX {pg 13, 258. 265}

Lancelot, M., discovery regarding the Bayeaux tapestry, 113-114.=> Lancelot, M., discovery regarding the Bayeux tapestry, 113-114. {index}

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