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137 FAIR NORMANDY. By CHARLES W. Woop, F.R.G.S., AUTHOR oF ** THoroucH HOLLAND,” ‘* LETTERS FROM MAJORCA,”’ &c. &c. ae —* —=.aseng <5 if i = = = i= ‘ shape “Gib HOUSES, ROUEN. depriving our monarchs of the titles of Dukes of Normandy. 4 A a i i IKE most towns of me- dizval interest Rouen has yielded to the influence of the march of time, and is no longer what she has been. Much of her glory has become that of tradition. Yet suff- clent remains. to make her still pro- bably the most in- teresting town in Fair Normandy, as she is one of the most important. In the past she has played a great part, and is associated with some of the most romantic events in_ history. | From the days of William the Con- queror Normandy * belonged to Eng- land, until in 1205 Philip Augustus stepped in and quietly annexed it to France, thereby His- torically, Rouen will ever be memorable as having been the scene of the imprisonment, trial and execution of Joan of Arc, the heroine of France par excellence ; who has furnished themes without number for poets, novelists and historians, and who is worthy of all their eloquence. VOL. XLIX. After nearly five centuries of time the name of the TMG DOO (C(O) SS (S©)