Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 2
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Account Of A Tour In Normandy - Volume II
Dawson Turner
LETTERS FROM NORMANDY,
ADDRESSED
TO THE REV. JAMES LAYTON, B.A.
OF
OF
CATFIELD, NORFOLK.
CONTENTS.
LIST OF PLATES.
LETTERS
FROM
NORMANDY
LETTER XIV.
DUCLER—ST. GEORGES DE BOCHERVILLE—M. LANGLOIS.
LETTER XV.
ABBEY OF JUMIEGES—ITS HISTORY—ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS—TOMBS OF AGNES SOREL AND OF THE ENERVEZ.
LETTER XVI.
GOURNAY—CASTLE OF NEUFMARCHÉ—CASTLE AND CHURCH OF GISORS.
LETTER XVII.
ANDELYS—FOUNTAIN OF SAINT CLOTILDA—LA GRANDE MAISON—CHÂTEAU GAILLARD—ECOUIS.
LETTER XVIII.
EVREUX—CATHEDRAL—ABBEY OF ST. TAURINUS—ANCIENT HISTORY.
LETTER XIX.
VICINITY OF EVREUX—CHÂTEAU DE NAVARRE—COCHEREL—PONT-AUDEMER —MONTFORT-SUR-RISLE—HARFLEUR—BOURG-ACHARD—FRENCH WEDDING.
LETTER XX.
MOULINEAUX—CASTLE OF ROBERT THE DEVIL—BOURG-THEROUDE—ABBEY OF BEC—BRIONNE.
LETTER XXI.
BERNAT—BROGLIE—ORBEC—LISIEUX—CATHEDRAL—ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.
LETTER XXII.
SITE AND RUINS OF THE CAPITAL OF THE LEXOVII—HISTORY OF LISIEUX—MONASTERIES OF THE DIOCESE—ORDERICUS VITALIS—M. DUBOIS—LETTER FROM THE PRINCESS BORGHESE.
LETTER XXIII.
FRENCH POLICE—RIDE FROM LISIEUX TO CAEN—CIDER—GENERAL APPEARANCE AND TRADE OF CAEN—ENGLISH RESIDENT THERE.
LETTER XXIV.
HISTORIANS OF CAEN—TOWERS AND FORTIFICATIONS—CHÂTEAU DE LA GENDARMERIE—CASTLE—CHURCHES OF ST. STEPHEN, ST. NICHOLAS, ST. PETER, ST. JOHN, AND ST. MICHEL DE VAUCELLES.
LETTER XXV.
ROYAL ABBEYS OF THE HOLY TRINITY AND ST. STEPHEN—FUNERAL OF THE CONQUEROR, EXHUMATION OF HIS REMAINS, AND DESTRUCTION OF HIS MONUMENT.
LETTER XXVI.
PALACE OF THE CONQUEROR—HERALDIC TILES—PORTRAITS OF WILLIAM AND MATILDA—MUSEUM—PUBLIC LIBRARY—UNIVERSITY—ACADEMY—EMINENT MEN—HISTORY OF CAEN.
LETTER XXVII.
VIEUX—LA MALADERIE—CHESNUT TIMBER—CAEN STONE—HISTORY OF BAYEUX—TAPESTRY.
LETTER XXVIII.
CATHEDRAL OF BAYEUX—CANON OF CAMBREMER—COPE OF ST. REGNOBERT—ODO.
LETTER XXIX.
CHURCH AND CASTLE OF CREULLY—FALAISE—CASTLE—CHURCHES-FAIR OF GUIBRAY.
LETTER XXX.
ROCK AND CHAPEL OF ST. ADRIEN—PONT-DE-L'ARCHE—PRIORY OF THE TWO LOVERS—ABBEY OF BONPORT—LOUVIERS—GAILLON—VERNON.
APPENDIX I.
APPENDIX II.
END OF THE SECOND VOLUME.
INDEX.
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