AVRANCHES

ävräNshˈ, town (1993 est. pop. 9,520), Manche dept., NW France, in Normandy, on the English Channel. Because of its proximity to the rocky island of Mont-Saint-Michel, Avranches has a large tourist trade. A Roman town, it became an intellectual center in the early Middle Ages; Lanfranc taught there. It was devastated in the Hundred Years War, the Wars of Religion, and World War II.

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books on: Avranches  - 466 results

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Battle for Mortain: The 30th Infantry Division Saves the Brakout, August 7-12, 1944
Book by Alwyn Featherston; Presidio Press, 1998
Subjects: Avranches (France)--History, Military, Mortain (France)--History, Military, United States--Army--Division, 30th--History, World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Avranches, World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Mortain
...an hour, not only winning the race to Avranches, but continuing four miles south to...of various mobile units are through to Avranches. But its perfectly clear that everything...that if the Americans get through at Avranches, theyll be able to do what they want...
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Retreat to the Reich: The German Defeat in France, 1944
Book by Samuel W. Mitcham Jr.; Praeger, 2000
Subjects: Germany--Armed Forces--History--20th Century, World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France
VIII Corps along the coast toward Avranches, an ancient town of 7,000 citizens...advanced 25 miles in 36 hours, reaching Avranches at nightfall on July 30. By the following...hors de combat, Kluge realized that Avranches had to be recaptured via immediate counterattack...
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Tanks and Armor in Modern Warfare
Book by James Cary; Franklin Watts, 1966
Subjects: Tank Warfare
...pour across the See River bridges into Avranches, Dager received an order from General...seize high ground south and southeast of Avranches. While jammed-up American columns...approach the See River bridge northwest of Avranches under the cover of darkness. The Germans...
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From the Normandy Beaches to the Baltic Sea: The Northwest Europe Campaign, 1944-1945
Book by Alan J. Levine; Praeger, 2000
...VIII Corps was to drive south toward Avranches between the See and Selune rivers, where...crossing the Selune at Pontaubault. The Avranches-Pontaubault corridor would take the...Command B, 4th Armored Division, entered Avranches, finding it undefended. Later a German...
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The Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis - Vol. 2
Book by Marjorie Chibnall, Orderic Vitalis; Clarendon Press, 1969
Subjects: Church History--Middle Ages, 600-1500--Sources, Crusades--Sources, Great Britain--History--To 1485--Sources, Middle Ages--Sources, Normandy (France)--History--To 1515--Sources, Normans--Sources
...all his might to have John bishop of Avranches raised to this dignity in preference...therefore was translated from the see of Avranches which he had ruled seven years and three...lawfully promoted to the bishopric of Avranches. 7 He remained a model bishop for over...
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Forgiveness
Journal article by Kevin Hart; Christianity and Literature, Vol. 56, 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Forgiveness (Book)--Book reviews
...the Germans have not asked for forgiveness: "German repentance, its name is Stalingrad, its name is the breakthrough at Avranches, its name is defeat" (566). "To presume to be pardoned one must admit to being guilty, without conditions or alleging...
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The Paradox of Unlikeness in Achard of St. Victor and Marguerite Porete
Journal article by Joanne Maguire; Magistra, Vol. 4, 1998
Subjects: Christianity, Creationism, Females, Gender, Literature, Religion, Sermons, Sex roles, Spirituality, Women
...born in the early twelfth century to a noble British family, was appointed third abbot of St. Victor in 1155 and bishop of Avranches in 1162. He served for a time as the leader of the school of regular canons at St. Victor.(8) In his scholarship, Achard...
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Heritage Preservation as a Public Duty: The Abbé Grégoire and the Origins of an Idea
Journal article by Joseph L. Sax; Michigan Law Review, Vol. 88, 1990
Subjects: Law, Law Reviews--Michigan
...partly to those who built them, and partly to all the generations of mankind who are to follow us. . . . Did the cathedral of Avranches belong to the mob who destroyed it, any more than it did to us, who walk in sorrow to and fro over its foundation? J...
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Carta Al Doctor Percy
Journal article by Daniel Eisenberg; Cervantes: Bulletin of the Cervantes Society of America, Vol. 21, 2001
Subjects: Bowle, John, Cartas, Editores
...were consecrated by the clergy.(***) To both, fasting and abstinence from meats were alike enjoined by the Council at Avranches in 1172.(****) The learned Monsieur de LaCurne de Sainte-Palaye, in his Memoires sur lancienne chevalerie, has...


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D-day: Launching the 'great Crusade'
Magazine article by Martin Blumenson; Army, Vol. 54, June 2004
Subjects: Army-US, Invasions, Military history, Military occupations, Nazi era, Normandy France, World War II
...extended his objective from Coutances to Avranches, 30 miles ahead. By the end of July...hole in the German line and had taken Avranches, a decisive objective that gave access...H. Haislips XV Corps coming through Avranches. Haislip began a headlong rush, and...
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A.J. Liebling, a Writist at Work: Old Days at the New Yorker
Magazine article by Dan Pinck; American Scholar, Vol. 67, Winter 1998
Subjects: Authors--Appreciation, Journalists--Appreciation, Liebling, A.J.--Appreciation, Writers--Appreciation
...food. I am still of the opinion that Lower Normandy has the best sea food, the best mutton (from the salt meadows of the Avranches region), the best beef, the best butter, the best cream, and the best cheese in Europe, and that the ideal light lunch...
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A.J. Leibling, a Writist at Work: Old Days at the New Yorker
Magazine article by Dan Pinck; American Scholar, Vol. 67, Winter 1998
Subjects: Authors--Appreciation, Journalists--Appreciation, Liebling, A.J.--Appreciation, Writers--Appreciation
...food. I am still of the opinion that Lower Normandy has the best sea food, the best mutton (from the salt meadows of the Avranches region), the best beef, the best butter, the best cream, and the best cheese in Europe, and that the ideal light lunch...
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Gathering Mulberries
Magazine article by Alan Harris; History Today, Vol. 44, May 1994
Subjects: Floating harbors--History, Military engineering--History, Normandy Invasion, 1944--Equipment and supplies, World War, 1939-1945--Amphibious operations
...Quiberon bay would be required -- they could accept big ships straight from the USA. But by the time the US Army had reached Avranches at the foot of the Cotentin peninsula, things looked rather different. The Mulberries were going great guns whereas Cherbourg...
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Britain 1100
Magazine article by Brian Golding; History Today, Vol. 50, April 2000
Subjects: Henry I, King of England--Conduct of life, United Kingdom--History
...These men might dominate whole shires, as did William Is half-brother, Robert of Mortain, in Cornwall, or Hugh of Avranches in Cheshire. While many were already well-established in Normandy, others came from nowhere. The origins, for example...
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newspaper articles on: Avranches  - 6 results

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A Wyddoch Chi. Y CELFYDDYDAU
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), October 31, 2007
...adeiladwyd mwnt a beili yno gan Robert o Rhuddlan, cefnder Hugh o Avranches, iarll Normanaidd Caer, a sefydlodd fwrdeistref ar lannau...adeiladwyd mwnt a beili yno gan Robert o Rhuddlan, cefnder Hugh o Avranches, iarll Normanaidd Caer, a sefydlodd fwrdeistref ar lannau...
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It's the Ley of the Land
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 11, 2010
...not connect with Mont Saint Michel in France. This sits on a similar ley called the DAvranches Alignment which runs from Avranches (once home to Bishop Aubert who saw St Michael in a vision), south-west through Mont Saint Michel to Dol-de-Breton...
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La Vie En Rose
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), June 19, 2004
...Contact VEF, tel: 020 7515 8660 or visit www.vefuk.com Normandy pounds sterling211,490 An impressive presbytery near Avranches. On three floors, it has five bedrooms, two reception rooms, dining room and three bathrooms. Recently renovated, it...
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Marooned on Mont St Michel; Simon Heptinstall Stays on France's Most Famous Island And,in His Pyjamas,watches from the Ramparts as the Tide Comes In
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), February 19, 2006
...Breton countryside - especially the wonderfully wild coast between Cancale and St Malo, and pretty towns such as Dinan and Avranches. Then we returned to the island in the afternoon to explore countless little passageways between gargoyle-encrusted stone...
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It's the Ley of the Land; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 11, 2010
...not connect with Mont Saint Michel in France. This sits on a similar ley called the DAvranches Alignment which runs from Avranches (once home to Bishop Aubert who saw St Michael in a vision), south-west through Mont Saint Michel to Dol-de-Breton...
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encyclopedia articles on: Avranches  - 7 results

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Avranches
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
AVRANCHES avraNsh , town (1993 est. pop. 9,520), Manche dept., NW France...Because of its proximity to the rocky island of Mont-Saint-Michel , Avranches has a large tourist trade. A Roman town, it became an intellectual center...
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Mont-Saint-Michel
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...dept., NW France, 1 mi (1.6 km) off the coast, near Avranches . The isle is linked with the mainland by a causeway (built...Saint-Michel was founded in 708 by Saint Aubert, bishop of Avranches. A gigantic group of buildings, rising three stories high...
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Normandy Campaign
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...into the battle and broke through the German left flank at Avranches. Patton raced into Brittany and S to the Loire, swinging...Paris. A German attempt to cut the U.S. forces in two at Avranches was foiled (Aug. 7 11). The British had taken Caen on...
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Henry II , King of England
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...indirectly responsible. The crime aroused such indignation that Henry had to make his peace with the papacy in the Compromise of Avranches (1172). But, though he made some concessions, most clauses of the Constitutions remained in force. Henrys most significant...
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Manche
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...coextensive with the Cotentin peninsula and extends S into the Norman woods. Saint-Lo (the capital), Cherbourg , and Avranches are the chief towns, and Mont-Saint-Michel is off the coast. Manche is largely agricultural, with extensive animal...
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