CALAIS

kälāˈ, city (1990 pop. 78,836), Pas-de-Calais dept., N France, in Picardy, on the Straits of Dover. An industrial center with a great variety of manufactures, it has been a major commercial seaport and a communications center with England since the Middle Ages. A major cross-channel ferry and hovercraft port, it is near the site of the Channel Tunnel linking France with England. It was fortified (13th cent.) by the counts of Boulogne. In 1347, after a siege of 11 months, Calais fell to Edward III of England. A bronze monument by Rodin commemorates the famous episode of the six burghers who offered their lives to save the town; they were spared when Edward's queen, Philippa, interceded. The city remained in English hands until it was recovered (1558) by the French under François de Lorraine, the duke of Guise. It was the scene of much fighting (1940, 1944) in World War II. A Gothic church survived.

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The Chronicle of Calais: In the Reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII to the Year 1540
Book by John Gough Nichols; AMS Press, 1846
Subjects: Calais (France)--History
THE CHRONICLE OF CALAIS, IN THE REIGNS OF HENRY VII. AND HENRY...son Richard Turpyn the herald, victualler of Calais xiii Historical notices of Calais in the hands of the English xxiii...
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Tudor Family Portrait
Book by Barbara Winchester; J. Cape, 1955
Subjects: England--Social Life And Customs
TUDOR FAMILY PORTRAIT CALAIS IN 1545 TUDOR FAMILY PORTRAIT by...ILLUSTRATIONS CALAIS IN 1545 frontispiece From Thomas...drawings of Thomas Pettyt, the town of Calais rises sheer from the sea, encircled...
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Warwick, the Kingmaker
Book by Charles W. Oman; Macmillan, 1903
Subjects: Great Britain--History--Wars Of The Roses, 1455-1485, Warwick, Richard Neville--Earl Of--1428-1471
...47 CHAPTER VII WARWICK CAPTAIN OF CALAIS AND ADMIRAL 60...woman who sold Berwick to the Scots and Calais to the French, who reintroduced the hateful...superseded the dead Somerset as Captain of Calais; Salisbury was made Steward of the Duchy...
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The King's Council in England during the Middle Ages
Book by James Fosdick Baldwin; The Clarendon Press, 1913
Subjects: Great Britain--History, Great Britain--Politics And Government, Great Britain--Privy Council
...Frontispiece PETITIONS OF THE BURGESSES OF CALAIS PLATE II WITH ANSWERS OF THE COUNCIL...Petitions of the burgesses of Calais, temp. Ric. II...2. Petitions of the burgesses of Calais, temp. Ric. II " No. 3...
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The Fifteenth Century 1399-1485
Book by E. F. Jacob; Clarendon Press, 1961
Subjects: Great Britain--History--Lancaster And York, 1399-1485
...The march to Calais 152...The negotiations at Calais 168...356 Calais and the Staple 361...
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The Occasion, Author, and Readers of Knyghthode and Bataile
Journal article by Daniel Wakelin; Medium Aevum, Vol. 73, 2004
...br/> The roaring sea threatens Calais, and it looks: As...oppresse and ouerthrowe the nymph Tethys and Calais, just as the Yorkists threatened England and engaged in piracy from the garrison of Calais. The metaphor is more gratuitous and graphic...
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Comparing Local Cross-Border Relations under the EU and NAFTA
Journal article by Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly; Canadian-American Public Policy, 2004
Subjects: Boundaries (Geography)--International aspects, Boundaries--International aspects, Commercial treaties--Management, European Union--International relations, Trade agreements--Management
...countries buy 75.9 percent of Nord-Pas de Calais (NPC) exports and sell 59.7 percent of...Interreg funds. The French Nord-Pas de Calais region and bordering Western Flanders...funds. Prior to Interreg, in Nord-Pas de Calais, the socialist elite wanted to expand...
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Richard Beauchamp and the Uses of Romance
Journal article by Yin Liu; Medium Aevum, Vol. 74, 2005
Subjects: Beauchamp, Richard, Earl of Warwick--Biography, England--History, Genealogy, Heraldry, Romantic love
...a pavilion set up at Guines, south of Calais, a fortnight before Christmas. In it he...satisfied; and Richard Beauchamp returned to Calais a celebrated man. Now this event evidently...Malory is listed on the muster roll of the Calais garrison when Richard Beauchamp was Captain...
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The Eurotunnel
Journal article by Ivan Chermayeff; World Policy Journal, Vol. 11, 1994
Subjects: World Politics
...England , to the French seacoast village of Calais, it is the first dry-land passage between...permitting air to flow between them. Calais. After having dug through more than...branch tunnels have an elliptical shape. Calais. Construction of the terminal buildings...
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Business Writing in History: What Caused the Dictamen's Demise?
Journal article by Jane Thomas; The Journal of Business Communication, Vol. 36, 1999
Subjects: Business letters--History, Business writing--History
...then selling it in London or shipping it to Calais as fells, or undressed hides. From Calais, the Celys representative would travel to the...marts with the fells, which had been stored in Calais in the interim. Richard Senior had three sons...
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Calais Falls to Edward III and His English Army (Part of Hundred Years War, August 4, 1347)(freeze Frame)
Magazine article; History Today, Vol. 47, August 1997
Subjects: Calais, France--History, Edward III, King of England--Military policy, England--Relations with France, Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453--Personalities
Calais falls to Edward III and his English army (part of Hundred...Frame) The surrender of the French, Channel port of Calais to the besieging English king Edward III not only was a...the French. His success there left him free to besiege Calais which, lying as it does at the narrowest crossing point...
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Rodin, the Burghers of Calais
Magazine article by Rika Burnham; School Arts, Vol. 106, October 2006
Subjects: French sculpture--Criticism and interpretation, Rodin, Auguste--Works, Sculptors--Works, Sculpture, French--Criticism and interpretation
Rodin, the Burghers of Calais. by Rika Burnham Their soul...About the Artwork The French city of Calais commissioned Auguste Rodin to produce...would Day tribute to the burghers of Calais, heroes of the Hundred Years War and...
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Ignorance Begins at Calais
Magazine article by Jonathan Romney; New Statesman, Vol. 129, March 6, 2000
Subjects: Filmmakers--Conduct of life, Foreign films--Social aspects, Hsiao-hsien, Hou--Conduct of life, Kiarostami, Abbas--Conduct of life
Ignorance begins at Calais by JONATHAN ROMNEY FILM JONATHAN ROMNEY urges the media to be more receptive to foreign cinema I have two current...
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L'assedio Di Calais
Magazine article by Margaret Davies; Musical Opinion, Vol. 133, January 2010
Lassedio Di Calais by Margaret Davies Donizettis Lassedio di Calais was given four performances from November 5 by the...inspiration for Rodins great sculpture The Burghers of Calais, it tells of Edward Ills ultimatum that six citizens...
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The French Connection: A First-Class Documentary about Immigration Finally Gets an Airing
Magazine article by Andrew Billen; New Statesman, Vol. 133, March 8, 2004
Subjects: British Broadcasting Corp.--Television program reviews, Calais: The Last Border (Television program), Television programs--Television program reviews
...is not the only English heart on which Calais is for ever etched--not with booze at...if the Home Counties ferry gangs love Calais, the worlds dispossessed love it more...Mare Isaacss haunting one-hour film, Calais: the last border, inter weaved the stories...
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Holidays: Hic, Hic, Hooray - Let's All Raise a Glass to Calais
Newspaper article by Phil Mellor; Sunday Mirror (London, England), November 22, 1998
Subjects: Calais, France
...Hic, Hooray - Lets All Raise a Glass to Calais. by Phil Mellor THE invitation...have a few hours to spare to pop over to Calais to sample some award-winning wines...market is only a few minutes drive from Calais. You simply zip along the A16 main road...
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And in Calais Another Army Waits to Come; Commentary
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), December 5, 2005
Subjects: Immigrants
And in Calais Another Army Waits to Come; Commentary...disused warehouse on the savagely cold Calais waterfront. Adel and Majed, Ahmad and Ali...the same number of immigrants are now in Calais as were on the day that the hostel was...
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RETURN OF SANGATTE; Thought Sangatte Was Closed? Wrong! Meet Yama. as Countless Immigrants Swarm into Calais, Where the Council Is Now Building a NEW Migrant Centre, He's Plotting to Slip Back into a Britain That Deported Him a Year Ago. Plus Ca Change . .
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 14, 2007
...Yama. as Countless Immigrants Swarm into Calais, Where the Council Is Now Building a NEW...Byline: SUE REID SITTING on a dirty Calais pavement, Yama Maradi finishes his charity...jumper and blue trainers from the same Calais charity that provided his cheese sandwich...
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A Channel Commute? Yes Please; Overseas Property: From Pas De Calais Bolthole to Central London in Less Than an Hour? the Dream Could Soon Become a Reality
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 6, 2007
Subjects: Real estate industry
...Please; Overseas Property: From Pas De Calais Bolthole to Central London in Less Than...BEST-KNOWN as a booze-cruisers paradise, Calais is often thought of as consisting merely...But the northern French region of Pas de Calais could soon become a hotspot for UK property...
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BRUM V CALAIS; IT'S WAR AS FRENCH TRY TO POACH OLYMPIC ATHLETES
Newspaper article; Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England), May 17, 2009
Subjects: Olympic athletes, Olympics
BRUM V CALAIS; ITS WAR AS FRENCH TRY TO POACH OLYMPIC...row has erupted after the President of Calais ridiculed Birmingham as a training base...attack the official, President of the Pasde-Calais region, criticised the lifestyle of Brummies...
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Pas-De-Calais , French Name for the Strait of Dover
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PAS-DE-CALAIS , French name for the Strait of Dover see Dover, Strait of . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Calais
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CALAIS kala , city (1990 pop. 78,836), Pas-de-Calais dept., N France, in Picardy, on the Straits of Dover. An...counts of Boulogne. In 1347, after a siege of 11 months, Calais fell to Edward III of England. A bronze monument by Rodin...
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Pas-De-Calais , Department, France
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PAS-DE-CALAIS , department, France pa-d -kala , department (1990 pop. 1,435,000), N France, on the Strait of Dover. Arras is the capital...
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Dover, Strait Of
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the English Channel with the North Sea. It is 21 mi (34 km) wide between Dover and Cape Gris-Nez, near Calais , and is called Pas-de-Calais by the French. It is traversed regularly by ferry, hovercraft, and, with the completion of the Channel...
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Artois
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ARTOIS artwa , region and former province, in Pas-de-Calais dept., N France, near the English Channel, between Picardy and Flanders. Arras is the chief city. Largely agricultural, it contains...
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