Account Of A Tour In Normandy - Volume I

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Author

Turner, Dawson, 1775-1858

Title

Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 1

Credits

Produced by Carlo Traverso, David Cavanagh and Distributed Proofreaders Europe, dp.rastko.net. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliotheque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at gallica.bnf.fr.

Language

English

LoC Class

DC: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: France, Andorra, Monaco

Subject

Normandy (France) -- Antiquities

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Text

eBook-No.

12537

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12537

Release Date

June 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Account Of A Tour In Normandy - Volume I — Dawson Turner
2. 2.LETTERS FROM NORMANDY — ADDRESSED — TO THE REV. JAMES LAYTON, B.A. — OF — CATFIELD, NORFOLK.
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.LIST OF PLATES.
6. 6.NORMANDY
7. 7.LETTER I. — ARRIVAL AT DIEPPE—SITUATION AND APPEARANCE OF THE TOWN—COSTUME OF THE PEOPLE—INHABITANTS OF THE SUBURB OF POLLET.
8. 8.LETTER II. — DIEPPE—CASTLE—CHURCHES—HISTORY OF THE PLACE—FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION.
9. 9.LETTER III. — CÆSAR'S CAMP—CASTLE OF ARQUES.
10. 10.LETTER IV. — JOURNEY FROM DIEPPE TO ROUEN—PRIORY OF LONGUEVILLE—ROUEN—BRIDGE OF BOATS—COSTUME OF THE INHABITANTS.
11. 11.LETTER V. — JOURNEY TO HAVRE—PAYS DE CAUX—ST. VALLERY—FÉCAMP—THE PRECIOUS BLOOD—THE ABBEY—TOMBS IN IT—MONTIVILLIERS—HARFLEUR.
12. 12.LETTER VI. — HAVRE—TRADE AND HISTORY OF THE TOWN—EMINENT MEN—BOLBEC—YVETOT—RIDE TO ROUEN—FRENCH BEGGARS.
13. 13.LETTER VII. — ON THE STATE OF AFFAIRS IN FRANCE.
14. 14.LETTER VIII. — MILITARY ANTIQUITIES—LE VIEUX CHÂTEAU—ORIGINAL PALACE OF THE NORMAN DUKES—HALLES OF ROUEN—MIRACLE AND PRIVILEGE OF ST. ROMAIN—CHÂTEAU DU VIEUX PALAIS—PETIT CHÂTEAU—FORT ON MONT STE. CATHERINE—PRIORY THERE—CHAPEL OF ST. MICHAEL—DEVOTEE.
15. 15.LETTER IX. — ANCIENT ECCLESIASTICAL ARCHITECTURE—CHURCHES OF ST. PAUL AND ST. GERVAIS—HOSPITAL OF ST. JULIEN—CHURCHES OF LERY, PAVILLY, AND YAINVILLE.
16. 16.LETTER X. — EARLY POINTED ARCHITECTURE—CATHEDRAL—EPISCOPAL PALACE.
17. 17.LETTER XI. — POINTED ECCLESIASTICAL ARCHITECTURE—THE CHURCHES OF ST. OUEN, ST. MACLOU, ST. PATRICE, AND ST. GODARD.
18. 18.LETTER XII. — PALAIS DE JUSTICE—STATES, EXCHEQUER, AND PARLIAMENT OF NORMANDY—GUILD OF THE CONARDS—JOAN OF ARC—FOUNTAIN AND BAS-RELIEF IN THE PLACE DE LA PUCELLE—TOUR DE LA GROSSE HORLOGE—PUBLIC FOUNTAINS—RIVERS AUBETTE AND ROBEC—HOSPITALS—MINT.
19. 19.LETTER XIII. — MONASTIC INSTITUTIONS—LIBRARY—MANUSCRIPTS—MUSEUM—ACADEMY—BOTANIC GARDEN—THEATRE—ANCIENT HISTORY—EMINENT MEN. — END OF THE FIRST VOLUME.
20. 20.INDEX.

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