TOURNAI

toornāˈ, Du. Doornik, commune (1991 pop. 67,732), Hainaut prov., SW Belgium, on the Scheldt River. Tournay and Doornijk are alternate spellings for the commune's French and Dutch names. It is a commercial and industrial center. Manufactures include steel, hose, and leather goods.

One of Belgium's oldest cities, Tournai was the fortified capital of a Roman province and in the 5th cent. became a seat of the Merovingian kings of Austrasia. The city was destroyed by the Normans in 881. It belonged to France from 1187 to 1521, when Emperor Charles V captured it and attached it to the Spanish (from 1714, Austrian) Netherlands. Tournai joined in the rebellion of the Spanish Netherlands and was a Calvinist stronghold until its capture (1581) by Alessandro Farnese. It was taken several times by the French in the wars of the 17th–18th cent.

Tournai has been a cultural center since the 12th cent. Of note are the Cathedral of Notre Dame (11th–12th cent.), with many art treasures; a 15th-century tower named for Henry VIII of England (who took the city in 1513 and made Cardinal Wolsey bishop of Tournai); the clothworkers hall (17th cent.); and a well-known art museum.

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On Original Sin ; And, a Disputation with the Jew, Leo, concerning the Advent of Christ, the Son of God: Two Theological Treatises
Book by Irven M. Resnick, Odo of Tournai; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1994
Subjects: Apologetics--Early Works To 1800, Judaism (Christian Theology)--Early Works To 1800, Judaism--Controversial Literature--Early Works To 1800, Sin, Original--Early Works To 1800
...6,27,100 Notre Dame, cathedral of, Tournai,2-3,8, 14,19,21 Noyon,17 Noyon-Tournai,diocese of,2 Obadiah the Norman 30-31 Odardus,9,102. See also Odo of Tournai Odo of Cambrai,1,21,108. See also...
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War, Government and Power in Late Medieval France
Book by Christopher Allmand; Liverpool University Press, 2000
Subjects: France--History--Medieval Period, 987-1515, France--Politics And Government--1328-1589
that for all Tournai's connections within surrounding economies...s fortunes. 18 But this was because Tournai, like Arles and Marseille in Provence...stretching across Flanders to the coast, Tournai was an important spiritual centre in its...
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Comics as Philosophy
Book by Jeff McLaughlin; University Press of Mississippi, 2005
Subjects: Comic Books, Strips, Etc--History And Criticism, Comic Books, Strips, Etc--Moral And Ethical Aspects
...Island. London: Methuen, 1966 (Paris Tournai: Casterman 1966). . The Blue Lotus. London: Methuen, 1983 (Paris Tournai: Casterman 1946). . The Broken Ear. London: Methuen, 1975 (Paris Tournai: Casterman 1943). . The Calculus Affair...
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Notre-Dame of Noyon in the Twelfth Century: A Study in the Early Development of Gothic Architecture
Book by Charles Seymour Jr.; Yale University Press, 1939
Subjects: Architecture, Gothic
...Vermandois was at Bruges in 1127 16 and at Tournai in 1132, 17 1135, 18 and 1143. 19 It...the total cessation of relations between Tournai and Noyon. 22 The date of 1146, even...importance. The loss of the diocese of Tournai, as we shall see later, had its repercussions...
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The Rise of Cities in North-West Europe
Book by Adriaan Verhulst; Cambridge University Press, 1999
Subjects: Cities And Towns--Europe, Northern--History--To 1500, Urbanization--Europe, Northern--History--To 1500
...of cemeteries have been discovered in Tournai which were used during the sixth and seventh...died c. 531 was head of the bishopric of Tournai the foundation of which may date from...of local landowners, he was count of Tournai, which was the centre of a pagus, before...
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Andrea Valentini, le Remaniement Du Roman De la Rose De Gui De Mori: Etude et Edition Des Interpolations D'apres le Manuscrit Tournai, Bibliotheque De la Ville, 101
Journal article; Medium Aevum, Vol. 78, 2009
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Le Remaniement du Roman de la Rose de Gui de Mori: Etude et Edition des Interpolations d'Apres le Manuscrit Tournai, Bibliotheque de la Ville, 101 (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews
...Des Interpolations Dapres le Manuscrit Tournai, Bibliotheque De la Ville, 101. Andrea...des interpolations dapres le manuscrit Tournai, Bibliotheque de la Ville, 101, Academie...MS 101 of the Bibliotheque Municipale, Tournai. As a result, he did not include the...
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"A Wonderfull Tryumfe, for the Wynnyng of a Pryse": Guilds, Ritual, Theater, and the Urban Network in the Southern Low Countries, Ca. 1450-1650*
Journal article by Anne-Laure Van Bruaene; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 59, 2006
Subjects: Art--Analysis, Art--Belgium, Art--History, Art--United Kingdom, Theater in art--Analysis, Theater in art--Belgium, Theater in art--History, Theater in art--United Kingdom, Theater--Analysis, Theater--History
...Our Lady procession in the city of Tournai and donated devotional objects to the miraculous statue of the Virgin. Tournai was an episcopal city situated on the...the inhabitants of the nearby city of Tournai--which had been recently conquered...
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Henry VIII's Early Foreign Policy, 1509-29: Jez Ross Takes Issue with the Traditional View Which Sees the Early Foreign Policy of the Second Tudor Monarch as a Costly Failure
Journal article by Jez Ross; History Review, 2001
Subjects: Henry VIII, King of England--Foreign relations, International relations--History, Kings and rulers--Foreign relations, National security--History, United Kingdom--History, 1485-1603 (Tudors)
...capturing the towns of Therouanne and Tournai in northern France in 1513, and these...Maximilians Burgundian territories, whilst Tournai was a French enclave in Burgundy. Further...Similarly, the capture of Therouanne and Tournai was anything but a reflection of Henrys...
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Lille 2004 and the Role of Culture in the Regeneration of Lille Métropole
Journal article by Didier Paris, Thierry Baert; The Town Planning Review, Vol. 82, 2011
Subjects: Art galleries & museums, Cities, Colleges & universities, Creativity, Human relations, Metropolitan areas, Popular culture, Social integration, Society
...cooperation with the cities of Kortrijk and Tournai, has intensified over recent years...facilities * Eurometropole Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai. This cross-border district is the...northern arc links the Belgian cities of Tournai, Kortrijk, Ypres and beyond. This territory...
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Richard Sampson, His "oratio," and Henry Viii's Royal Supremacy
Journal article by Andrew A. Chibi; Journal of Church and State, Vol. 39, 1997
Subjects: Culture, Henry III, King of England (1207-72), History, Kings, Royalty, Sampson, Richard
...legal services for King Henry VIII in Tournai in 1516 and 1517 and later in the treason...colleagues. The problems he had faced at Tournai evidently convinced him that the political...vicar-general and the kings proctor at Tournai between 1513 and 1517 and had watched...
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Classroom Use of the Art Print
Magazine article by Rogier Van Der Weyden; Arts & Activities, Vol. 137, February 2005
Subjects: Art education--Methods, Flemish painters--Criticism and interpretation, Flemish painters--Works, Oil painting--Criticism and interpretation, Oil-painting--Criticism and interpretation, Painters, Flemish--Criticism and interpretation, Painters, Flemish--Works, Weyden, Rogier van der--Criticism and interpretation, Weyden, Rogier van der--Works
...study a map of Europe and also find the cities of Tournai and Brussels. Tournai has remained a small town but Brussels is now a large city and is the capital of Belgium. Having found Tournai and Brussels on the map, students may be interested...
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Perfume Genius
Magazine article by Abdellah Taïa; Out, Vol. 19, April 2011
Subjects: Careers, Entrepreneurs, Lutens, Serge, Perfumes
...origins, to a place: a street in the city of Lille, where Lutens grew up. The Rue de Tournai. Like in a text by Proust, uttering the name Rue de Tournai brings Lutens back to a particular part of his life: adolescence. He speaks at length...
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The Execution of Perkin Warbeck November 23rd, 1499
Magazine article by Rachel Goble; History Today, Vol. 49, November 1999
Subjects: Princes--History, Warbeck, Perkin--Conduct of life
...hurdle from the Tower to Tyburn to be hanged. A native of Tournai, his six-year masquerade as Richard, Duke of York had come...1497, Warbeck admitted that he was the son of a bourgeois of Tournai. He said he had come to Cork in 1491 as a merchants apprentice...
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Clip & Save Art Notes
Magazine article by Guy Hubbard; Arts & Activities, Vol. 137, February 2005
Subjects: Painting (Art)--Criticism and interpretation, Painting--Criticism and interpretation, Self portraits--Criticism and interpretation, Self-portraits--Criticism and interpretation, Weyden, Rogier van der--Works
...one that became a tapestry wall hanging. ABOUT THE ARTIST Rogier van der Weyden was born in the town of Tournai. Six hundred years ago Tournai was in the country of Flanders but that country has since been renamed Belgium. While we dont know very...
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Good Friends and Brothers? Francis I and Henry VIII
Magazine article by Glenn Richardson; History Today, Vol. 44, September 1994
Subjects: France--Kings and rulers, Francis I, King of France--Foreign relations, Henry VIII, King of England--Foreign relations, United Kingdom--Kings and rulers
...Battle of the Spurs and captured the towns of Therouanne and Tournai. Nevertheless, these victories and the subsequent peace treaty...Franciss various alliances had isolated England and he now wanted Tournai back. Henry was desperate to curb Francis ambition but lacked...
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BEL CALLS FOR IRISH LEAGUE XI; Jeffrey Backs Young Stars to Make Sweet Music in Tournai Belgium U23 V N Ireland U23, 7pm Belgium U23 V N Ireland U23, 7pm
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), December 11, 2007
...LEAGUE XI; Jeffrey Backs Young Stars to Make Sweet Music in Tournai Belgium U23 V N Ireland U23, 7pm Belgium U23 V N Ireland U23...between David Jeffreys Northern Ireland outfit and Belgium in Tournai (7pm). The Irish kick-off the U23 tournament against the...
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YOU-BEAUTY-O! Tees Trio Flick Their Way to TV Stardom in Euro Contest
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), November 14, 2009
...Football Alliance took on Europes finest at the Europa Cup in Tournai, Belgium. The lads, who meet monthly in Lazenby Village...Mike in action, right, during the Europa Cup competition in Tournai FOCUSED: Mike Parnaby on the right with Matthew Thomas and...
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Potty about Caughley; CHRIS PROUDLOVE SEEKS OUT SHROPSHIRE PORCELAIN
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), April 17, 2010
Subjects: Ceramic materials, Ceramics
...Over three quarters of the factorys production was blue and white porcelain printed with chinoiserie designs or painted with Tournai or Chantilly influenced designs as founder Thomas Turner sought to compete with the vast quantities of Chinese porcelain flooding...
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Howa Quest for Cheap Cigarettes Endedin Historical Novel; Catherine Jones Talks to Writer Terence Morgan about Losing out to Jimmy McGovern and His Debut Novel Set in Medieval Bruges
Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), January 8, 2010
...the English throne. Terence is already well ahead with research and writing for his second book, having just returned from Tournai where Warbeck lived for some time. But he admits he doesnt find writing the easiest thing in the world. "I do anything rather...
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Brew Up a Bargain with Vintage Cups
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), May 14, 2011
...quite different from the sort of handleless teabowl the Chinese themselves used. Its based on a European design known as the Tournai shape, which was also made in England by companies such as Caughley. The all white cup with the embossed decoration dates...
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encyclopedia articles on: Tournai  - 12 results

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Tournai
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TOURNAI toorna , Du. Doornik, commune (1991...goods. One of Belgiums oldest cities, Tournai was the fortified capital of a Roman province...from 1714, Austrian) Netherlands. Tournai joined in the rebellion of the Spanish...
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Flemish Art and Architecture
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...century an important late Romanesque cathedral was built at Tournai (see Romanesque architecture and art ). In succeeding centuries...cloth hall and the city halls of Brussels and Louvain. At Tournai painting, sculpture, and tapestry-making also flourished...
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Quellinus, Artus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...at Amsterdam. The younger man soon showed an independent talent in works that he created for the cathedrals of Antwerp and Tournai. The refined elegance of his early art developed into a dramatic baroque illusionism in the figure of God the Father (1682...
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Campin, Robert
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...basis of three panels in Frankfurt-am-Main said to have come from the abbey of Flemalle near Liege. Campin was active in Tournai, having become a citizen of that city in 1410 and the dean of the painters guild in 1423. To him have been attributed the...
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Doornik
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
DOORNIK or Doornijk, Belgium: see Tournai . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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