Account Of A Tour In Normandy - Volume II
Dawson Turner
LETTERS FROM NORMANDY,
ADDRESSED
TO THE REV. JAMES LAYTON, B.A.
OF
CATFIELD, NORFOLK.
UNDERTAKEN CHIEFLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF INVESTIGATING THEARCHITECTURAL ANTIQUITIES OF THE DUCHY, WITH OBSERVATIONS ON ITSHISTORY, ON THE COUNTRY, AND ON ITS INHABITANTS.
ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS.
CONTENTS.
Ducler—St. Georges de Bocherville—M. Langlois
Abbey of Jumieges—Its History—ArchitecturalDetails—Tombs of Agnes Sorel and of the Enervez
Gournay—Castle of Neufmarché—Castle andChurch of Gisors
Andelys—Fountain of Saint Clotilda—La GrandeMaison—Château Gaillard—Ecouis
Evreux—Cathedral—Abbey of St. Taurinus—AncientHistory
Vicinity of Evreux—Château deNavarre—Cocherel—Pont-Audemer—Montfort-sur-Risle—Harfleur—Bourg-Achard—FrenchWedding
Moulineaux—Castle of Robert theDevil—Bourg-Theroude—Abbey of Bec—Brionne
Bernay—Broglie—Orbec—Lisieux—Cathedral—EcclesiasticalHistory
Site and Ruins of the Capital of the Lexovii—History ofLisieux—Monasteries of the Diocese—OrdericusVitalis—M. Dubois—Letter from the Princess Borghese
French Police—Ride from Lisieux toCaen—Cider—General Appearance and Trade ofCaen—English resident there
Historians of Caen—Towers andFortifications—Château de laGendarmerie—Castle—Churches of St. Stephen, St.Nicholas, St. Peter, St. John, and St. Michel de Vaucelles
Royal Abbeys of the Holy Trinity and St. Stephen—Funeralof the Conqueror, Exhumation of his Remains, and Destruction of hisMonument
Palace of the Conqueror—Heraldic Tiles—Portraits ofWilliam and Matilda—Museum—PublicLibrary—University—Academy—EminentMen—History of Caen
Vieux—La Maladerie—Chesnut Timber—CaenStone—History of Bayeux—Tapestry
Cathedral of Bayeux—Canon of Cambremer—Cope of St.Regnobert—Odo
Church and Castle ofCreully—Falaise—Castle—Churches—Fair ofGuibray
Rock and Chapel of St. Adrien—Pont-de-l'Arche—Prioryof the two Lovers—Abbey ofBonport—Louviers—Gaillon—Vernon
LIST OF PLATES.
Plate 26 Sculpture upon a capitalin the Chapter-House at St. Georges