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Arras
Arras , city (1990 pop. 42,715), capital of Pas-de-Calais dept., and historic capital of Artois, N France, on the canalized Scarpe River. It is a communications, farm, and industrial center, with oil works and factories making machinery, metal products, and esparto goods. Of Gallo-Roman origin, it b... Read more
Treaty of Arras
Treaty of Arras 1 Treaty of 1435, between King Charles VII of France and Duke Philip the Good of Burgundy. Through it, France and Burgundy became reconciled. Philip deserted his English allies and recognized Charles as king of France. In return, Philip received the Somme towns and was exempte... Read more
Mâcon
Mâcon , town (1990 pop. 38,503), capital of Saône-et-Loire dept., E central France, in Burgundy, on the Saône River. It is famous for its quality wines. A transportation center, the town also has foundries and plants that manufacture motorcycles, electrical equipment, and clothing.... Read more
Auxerre
Auxerre , town (1990 pop. 40,597), capital of Yonne dept., N central France, in Burgundy, on the Yonne River. A commercial and industrial center, it has a great variety of manufactures and an important trade in Chablis wines. Auxerre gave its name to the medieval county of Auxerrois. It became part ... Read more
Bliss Carman
Bliss Carman , 1861-1929, Canadian poet, b. Fredericton, N.B. He studied at the universities of New Brunswick and Edinburgh and at Harvard. While at Harvard (1886-88) he began a friendship with Richard Hovey that later resulted in their joint publication of the series Songs from Vagabondia (1894, ... Read more
Owen Roe O'Neill
Owen Roe O'Neill 1590?-1649, Irish chieftain. Nephew of Hugh O'Neill, 2d earl of Tyrone , he left Ireland after the "flight of the earls" in 1607 and spent 30 years in the Spanish army, serving notably at Arras (1640). He returned to Ireland in 1642, superseded his kinsman Sir Phelim O'Neill a... Read more
Tipperary
Tipperary , county (1991 pop. 132,772), 1,643 sq mi (4,255 sq km), S central Republic of Ireland. The county seat is Tipperary . Administratively, the county is divided into North Riding (its administrative center at Nenagh ) and South Riding (its administrative center at Clonmel ). The region is... Read more
Philip the Good
Philip the Good 1396-1467, duke of Burgundy (1419-67); son of Duke John the Fearless. After his father was murdered (1419) at a meeting with the dauphin (later King Charles VII of France), Philip formed an alliance with King Henry V of England. Under the Treaty of Troyes (1420; see Troyes, Treat... Read more
Artois
Artois , 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 diverse industries, and occupies part of the once-productive Franco-Belgian coal basin. Owned in the Middle Ages b... Read more
Margaret of Austria
Margaret of Austria 1480-1530, Hapsburg princess, regent of the Netherlands; daughter of Emperor Maximilian I . She was betrothed (1483) to the dauphin of France, later King Charles VIII , and was transferred to the guardianship of Louis XI of France (see Arras, Treaty of , 2 ). After Charles... Read more

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Arras
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Arras , city (1990 pop. 42,715), capital of Pas-de-Calais...France (15th cent.), which ended with the Treaty of Arras (1435). Occupied (1492) by the Spaniards, Arras was conquered (1630) by the French; French possession...
Arras, Congress of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History Arras, Congress of, 1435. Marked an attempt by the papacy and the Council of Basle to bring...on 6 September, leaving the way clear for a Franco-Burgundian alliance, the treaty of Arras, finalized on 21 September. Anne Curry
Treaty of Arras
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Treaty of Arras 1 Treaty of 1435, between King Charles VII of France and Duke Philip the Good of Burgundy. Through it, France and Burgundy became...
Jean d'Arras (ca. 1387)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Jean d'Arras (ca. 1387) A French writer of the fourteenth century who compiled for his patron Jean, duke of Berry, the Chronique de la...
Robespierre, Maximilien de
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Maximilien de Robespierre Born: May 6, 1758 Arras, France Died: July 28, 1794 Paris...Robespierre was born on May 6, 1758, in Arras, France. His mother died when he was...in Paris, France, and practiced law in Arras. He began to assume a public role as a...
Vaulderie
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology ...Inquisition, administrator of the Diocese of Arras, seconded by the Count d'Etampes, Governor...extracts from the judgment pronounced at Arras in 1460 upon five women, a painter, a...the heirs of the victims. The events as Arras stand behind the formal change of attitude...
Bodel, Jean
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre ...performed in 1200 in the Guildhall at Arras on 5 Dec., the eve of St Nicholas...in later dramatists of 13th-century Arras, notably Adam de la Halle . The play...leprosy and retired to a lazar-house in Arras where he died.
Alessandro Farnese
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...the Netherlands. Negotiated Treaty of Arras That year, Farnese captured the French...Walloon provinces at the May 1579 Treaty of Arras. The treaty, his first great diplomatic...strategist and tactician of his day. At Arras, the Spanish had made several vital concessions...
Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...1758, in the French provincial city of Arras. He was educated first in that city and...up his father's profession of law in Arras and soon had a successful practice. But...member of the Third Estate delegation from Arras to the Estates General, where he quickly...
Netherlands, Southern
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...Douai, and Orchies in Walloon Flanders formed the Union of Arras to defend the Catholic faith and asserted their obedience to...the Netherlands. As the Walloon provinces formed the Union of Arras, seven northern Dutch-speaking provinces, led by Holland...

Dictionary entries related to "Arras,"

Arras tapestries
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art Arras tapestries. Tapestries produced in the 14th and 15th centuries at Arras in northern France. They are first mentioned in 1313...hangings (Polonius is hiding ‘behind the arras’ when he is killed by Hamlet). However...
arras
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology arras XV. — arras in AN. draps d'arras ‘cloths of Arras ’, name of a town in Artois, France.
Matthias of Arras
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Matthias of Arras (d. 1352). See Arras .
Arras, Congress of
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History Arras, Congress of, 1435. Marked an attempt by the papacy and the Council of Basle to bring about peace between England and France...
Arras, Mathias of
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Arras, Mathias of ( fl. 1342–52). French architect of the Gothic Cathedral of St Vitus in Prague, Bohemia, commenced 1342, and influenced by the Cathedrals of Narbonne, Rodez, and Toulouse. Bibliography Sturgis et al. (1901–2); Jane Turner (1996)
Adam de la Halle
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Adam de la Halle [ Adam de la Hale , Adam le Bossu ] ( b Arras, c. 1245; d Naples, ?1288 or in England after 1306...biographical facts known. Probably studied in Paris, returning to Arras c. 1270. His Le jeu de Robin et de Marion , probably written...
Hindenburg Line
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military ...The triple-lined entrenched position, which extended from Arras to Soissons, had barbed wire and concrete pillboxes with machine...breached during the Battle of Cambrai on November 20, 1917; at Arras at the end of August 1918; and finally near Cambrai in mid...
Mollet, Guy
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...he joined the Socialist Party in 1923 and became a teacher in Arras. He became a résistance leader in World War II...government representative in liberated northern France and Mayor of Arras, was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1945, and served...
Vimy Ridge, Battle of
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...9–14 Apr. 1917) A ridge, lying north-east of Arras in France, had been occupied by the Germans in 1914 and had long...became a key defensive position against the German offensive on Arras and Amiens in March 1918.
Daret, Jacques
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art ...this master are one and the same. Four panels survive from Daret's chief work, an altarpiece for the abbey of St Vaast in Arras (1432–5), and one of these—the Nativity (Thyssen Mus., Madrid)—is obviously based...

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RONALD J. ARRAS.(CAPITAL REGION)
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European Times Arras: Arm in arm they lie, `Grimsby Chums' in death as in life, twenty soldiers killed by friendly fire
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They looked so beautiful when we buried them ..I can still see their faces now; ARRAS VETERAN SMILER, 104, REMEMBERS HIS FALLEN COMRADES.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 6/25/2001; 700+ words ; ...whose mass grave was recently uncovered in Arras, Northern France. Boys who once had fluff...struggle that was the appalling Battle of Arras. Smiler, who is now 104, is one of only two known British survivors of the Arras offensive which cost the lives of 146...
The battleground of Arras surrenders its secret
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Arras takes on tire group.(Inside Track: Advertising)
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Project Management - A Survey by Arras People.
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George W. Arras
Newspaper article from: Naperville Sun, The (IL); 1/29/2003; 450 words ; George W. Arras George W. Arras, 83, a Glen Ellyn resident since 1986, died Saturday, Jan. 25...Ellen (husband Bruce) Kummer of Glen Ellyn, Paul (wife Adelle) Arras of Naperville and Celene Arras of Glen Ellyn. He was preceded in...