AURAY

ôrāˈ, town (1990 pop. 10,323), Morbihan dept., NW France, in Brittany, on the Auray River estuary. Oysters are bred, food is canned, and furniture is manufactured. Nearby the decisive battle of the War of the Breton Succession took place (1364). On the Champ des Martyrs, also near Auray, some 800 royalists, who had landed at Quiberon, were massacred (1795). North of the town is the famous Basilica of Sainte-Anne-d'Auray, built in Renaissance style in the 19th cent. Pilgrimages to the shrine have occurred every July 26 since the 17th cent., when a peasant, Yves Nicolazic, claimed to have seen a vision of St. Anne.

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books on: Auray  - 117 results

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Olivier de Clisson and Political Society in France under Charles V and Charles VI
Book by John Bell Henneman; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996
Subjects: Clisson, Olivier De--1336-1407, England--Relations--France, France--Politics And Government--1328-1589, France--Relations--England, Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453--Biography, Nobility--France--Brittany--Biography, Soldiers--France--Biography
...and La Roche-Periou, then laid siege to Auray. Besides Clisson, his army included such...of Blois marched to relieve the siege of Auray, accompanied by many of the great lords...recently beaten the Navarrese at Cocherel. Auray occupies a high bluff overlooking a river...
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The Chronicles of Froissart
Book by John Bourchier, G. C. Macaulay, Jean Froissart; Macmillan, 1899
Subjects: Europe--History--476-1492, Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453
...Charles V. 151 Battle of Auray 152 End of the wars in Brittany...the siege of Dinan in 1342, he was present at the battle of Auray i. 226 , he accompanied the prince of Wales to Spain, he...
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Brittany and the Angevins: Province and Empire, 1158-1203
Book by J. A Everard; Cambridge University Press, 2000
Subjects: Anjou, House Of, Brittany (France)--History, France--Relations--Great Britain, Great Britain--Relations--France, Henry--Ii--King Of England--1133-1189
...controlled the town of Vannes, which like Nantes was an important focus for marine and river trade, and the castellanies of Auray and PloeErmel. Most of the extensive coastline of the BroeErec was also comital/ducal domain, but apart from PloeErmel and...
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Exchange Rate Dynamics: A New Open Economy Macroeconomics Perspective
Book by Jean-Olivier Hairault, Thepthida Sopraseuth; Routledge, 2003
Subjects: Foreign Exchange Rates, Foreign Exchange Rates--Econometric Models
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Creating Colette - Vol. 2
Book by Claude Francis, Fernande Gontier; Steerforth Press, 1998
Subjects: Authors, French--20th Century--Biography, Colette--1873-1954
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Developpement Local et PME Quebecoises Innovantes: Un Lien a Explorer
Journal article by Andre Joyal, Laurent Deshaies; Canadian Journal of Regional Science, Vol. 19, 1998
Subjects: Regional development--Quebec
...le developpement regional. GREMI, EDES, Neuchatel. _____. 1994. "Comportements spatiaux et milieux innovateurs", dans J.P. Auray, A. Bailly, J.P. Derycke et J.M. Huriot (eds.). Encyclopedie deconomie spatiale, concepts, comportements, organisations. Paris...
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The Local Dimension of Information Spillovers: A Critical Review of Empirical Evidence in the Case of Innovation *
Journal article by Rachel Guillain, Jean-Marie Huriot; Canadian Journal of Regional Science, Vol. 24, 2001
Subjects: Technological innovations--Social aspects, Technology transfer--Analysis
...Regional Science. London: Macmillan, pp. 184-221. _____. 1994. "Lequilibre spatial - Linteraction entreprises menages", in J.P. Auray, A. Bailly, P.-H. Derycke and J.-M Huriot. (eds.). Encyclopedie deconomie spatiale. Paris: Economica (Bibliotheque de Science...
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Cleansing the Images: Wordsworth, Rome, and the Rise of Historicism
Journal article by Peter J. Manning; Texas Studies in Literature and Language, Vol. 33, 1991
Subjects: Literature--History And Criticism, Philology
...After further aggravation the collegians secretly formed themselves into a troop and absconded to join the chouans. At Auray in May 1815, they fought the battle recorded in "The Eagle and the Dove," and only Waterloo brought their militancy to an...
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Telling Differences: Chaucer's Tale of Melibee and Renaud De Louens' Livre De Mellibee et Prudence
Journal article by Dominick Grace; Philological Quarterly, Vol. 82, 2003
Subjects: Chaucer, Geoffrey--Criticism and interpretation, English literature, 1100-1485 (Middle English period)--Works, Hermeneutics, Louen, Renaud de--Criticism and interpretation, Medieval French literature--Translations and translating, Middle English period, 1100-1500--Works, Translating and interpreting--Comparative analysis, Translation (Languages)--Comparative analysis
...dist Melibee, ... pour ce quilz se sont vengez de moy et mont fait injure, je me vengeray deulz et leur feray injure, et lors auray cure un contraire par autre contraire" (490-93). Chaucers translation here seems perfectly faithful; neither Severs nor Geissman...


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LATE PUSH SEALSWIN FOR THOR; Update
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), July 7, 2008
...NORWEGIAN Thor Hushovd won stage two of the Tour de France with a fantastic sprint finish in the final 300 metres between Auray and Saint Brieuc yesterday. The Credit Agricole rider snatched victory on the line from Colombias Kim Kirchen, who had also...
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Cycling: HUSHOVD TIMES HIS SPRINT FINISH TO PERFECTION FOR STAGE TRIUMPH
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), July 7, 2008
...TRIUMPH. NORWEGIAN Thor Hushovd won stage two of the Tour de France with a fantastic sprint finish in the final 300m between Auray and Saint Brieuc. The Credit Agricole rider snatched the win on the line from Colombias Kim Kirchen, who had looked set to...
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Sports World
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), July 7, 2008
Subjects: Bouygues Telecom S.A., Communications industry, Telecommunications industry, Telecommunications services industry, Tour de France (Bicycle race)
...France ORWEGIAN Thor Hushovd won stage two of the Tour de France with a fantastic sprint finish in the final 300 metres between Auray and Saint Brieuc. The Credit Agricole rider snatched the win on the line from Colombias Kim Kirchen, whose team-mate Gerald...
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Hushovd Bolts in at the Finish to Claim Stage Two
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), July 7, 2008
...France with a sprint finish in the final 300 metres between Auray and Saint Brieuc yesterday. The Credit Agricole rider snatched...holding off the challenges of Kirchen and Ciolek. AFTER STAGE 2 (Auray - Saint Brieuc, 164.5km): 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole...
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Hushovd Snatches Victory at the Death; TOUR DE FRANCE
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), July 7, 2008
Subjects: Bicycle racing, Tour de France (Bicycle race)
...with a fantastic sprint finish in the final 300 metres between Auray and Saint Brieuc yesterday. The Credit Agricole rider snatched...of Kirchen and Ciolek. LEADING FINAL POSITIONS AFTER STAGE 2 (Auray - Saint Brieuc, 164.5km): 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole...
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encyclopedia articles on: Auray  - 6 results

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Auray
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
AURAY ora , town (1990 pop. 10,323), Morbihan dept., NW France, in Brittany, on the Auray River estuary. Oysters are bred, food is canned, and furniture...Succession took place (1364). On the Champ des Martyrs, also near Auray, some 800 royalists, who had landed at Quiberon, were massacred...
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Charles of Blois
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Philip VI of France. He was one of the chief participants in the War of the Breton Succession and was killed at the battle of Auray. An extremely pious man, he has been beatified. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with...
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Chandos, Sir John
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...distinction in the Hundred Years War by his bravery at Poitiers (1356) and by his capture (1364) of Bertrand Du Guesclin at Auray. He was made constable of Guienne in 1362 and senechal of Poitiers in 1365. In the Spanish campaign of the Black Prince he again...
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Breton Succession, War of The
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...supported by Philip VI, John II, and Charles V of France. The resulting war continued through several truces. In the battle of Auray (1364), Charles of Blois was defeated and killed, despite the support of his faithful follower, Bertrand Du Guesclin . The...
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Du Guesclin, Bertrand
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...of Navarre. The victory forced Charles II into a new peace with the French king. Du Guesclin was captured in the same year at Auray by English forces under Sir John Chandos. Ransomed by Charles V, who placed him at the head of the "free companies," the marauding...
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