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Read in the Wunder reader — freePAGE Introductory 1
CHAPTER II
The First City 12
CHAPTER III
Merovingian Rouen 24
CHAPTER IV
Rouen under her own Dukes 44
CHAPTER V
The Conquest of England and the Fall of Normandy 72
CHAPTER VI
A French Town 103
CHAPTER VII
La Rue de la Grosse Horloge 134
CHAPTER VIII
The Siege of Rouen by Henry V. 169
CHAPTER IX
Jeanne d'Arc and the English Occupation 200
CHAPTER X
A City of Churches 233
CHAPTER XI
Justice 264
CHAPTER XII
Death 292
CHAPTER XIII
Life 321
CHAPTER XIV
Literature and Commerce 369
A Madrigal of 1550 362
Appendix 394
Index 403
ILLUSTRATIONS
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St. Maclou Frontispiece
The Arms of Rouen* 1
The Original Fontaine Croix de Pierre 13
Crypt of St. Gervais 19
Statue of St. Louis 22
Initial Letter from an old Manuscript 24
The Arms of Rouen* 35
Chapelle de la Fierte de St. Romain 37
The Arms of Normandy* 44
Figure from the Border of the Bayeux Tapestry* 56
Figure from the Border of the Bayeux Tapestry* 64
Figure from the Border of the Bayeux Tapestry* 72
Horses for the Army of William the Conqueror crossing the Channel, Bayeux Tapestry* 74
Figure from the Border of the Bayeux Tapestry* 88
Interior of the Chapel of St. Julien 96
Corbel from the old Church of St. Paul 99
Apse of the old Church of St. Paul 101
The Arms of France* 103
A Mason at Work* 118
Portail des Libraires 123
Rouen Cathedral from the North-West 128
The Good Shepherd of the Grosse Horloge 141
The Salt Porter of St. Vincent 147
La Grosse Horloge and the Town Belfry 151
Hôtel des Bons Enfants 159
A Cobbler at Work* 161
The Rue du Hallage 165
The Chartreuse de la Rose 181
The Apse of St. Ouen 193
Maison des Célestins 196
Rue St. Romain 206
La Cour d'Albane 218
Central Tower of St. Ouen from the South-East 222
Tour Jeanne d'Arc 230
The Original West Front of St. Ouen 236
Nave of St. Ouen 239
Staircase of St. Maclou 245
Door of St. Maclou 246
Tour St. André 247
Église St. Laurent 249
Western Porch of St. Vincent 257
Palais de Justice. Tourelle in the Rue St. Lô 267
Courtyard of Palais de Justice 272
Octagon Room of the Palais de Justice 278
Bureau des Finances, from the Parvis 284
Cour des Comptes, from the Rue des Carmes 288
The Dead Body of De Brézé, from his Tomb in Rouen Cathedral* 292
Entrance to the Aître St. Maclou 299
The Cemetery of St. Maclou 304
Tomb of the two Cardinals d'Amboise, from Rouen Cathedral 311
Tomb of Louis de Brézé in Rouen Cathedral 313
A Monk praying, from the Tomb of the Cardinals d'Amboise 315
Sir Christopher Lytcot, from the Brass in West Hanney Church* 319
Des Todes Wappenschild, after Holbein* 320
Rouen in 1525, by Jacques Lelieur Facing 321
The Gallery of the Maison Bourgtheroulde 323
The Field of the Cloth of Gold 327
A Window in the Maison Bourgtheroulde 335
Inner Façade of the Maison Bourgtheroulde 339
Maison Caradas 347
Rue de l'Épicerie 353
A Window in the Maison Bourgtheroulde* 361
Rouen in 1620, by Mérian Facing 369
Coustou's Bas-relief of Commerce* 369
Pierre Corneille, by Lasne Facing 376
Eau de Robec 381
Courtyard in the Rue Petit Salut 388
The illustrations marked with * are drawn by Jane E. Cook.
MAPS
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A. The Site of Rouen between the Seine and the Hills 3
B. Main Streets and Boulevards, showing the Walls besieged by Henry V. Facing 5
C. The Gallo-Roman Walls, and the oldest Streets in Rouen Facing 71
D. Rouen in the Thirteenth Century Facing 103
E. The Extension of Rouen Eastwards at the end of the Fourteenth Century Facing 169
F. Plan (and elevation of the Houses) of the Vieux-Marché and the Marché-aux-Veaux (now Place de la Pucelle) drawn by Jacques Lelieur for his "Livre des Fontaines" in 1525 Facing 209
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