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Noyon

(Encyclopedia)Noyon nwäyôNˈ [key], town (1990 pop. 14,628), Oise dept., N France. It has foundries, metalworks, and machine, clothing, and food-processing industries. In 768 at Noyon, Charlemagne was crowned kin...

Chalon-sur-Saône

(Encyclopedia)Chalon-sur-Saône shălôNˈ-sür-sōn [key], town, Saône-et-Loire dept., E central France, in Burgundy, ...

Foix

(Encyclopedia)Foix fwä [key], town, capital of Ariège dept., S France, on the Ariège River at the foot o...

Avars

(Encyclopedia)Avars äˈvärz [key], mounted nomad people who in the 4th and 5th cent. dominated the steppes of central Asia. Dislodged by stronger tribes, the Avars pushed west, increasing their formidable army by...

Carolingians

(Encyclopedia)Carolingians kărəlĭnˈjēənz [key], dynasty of Frankish rulers, founded in the 7th cent. by Pepin of Landen, who, as mayor of the palace, ruled the East Frankish Kingdom of Austrasia for Dagobert ...

Fürth

(Encyclopedia)Fürth fürt [key], city, Bavaria, S Germany, at the confluence of the Rednitz and Pegnitz ri...

Vermandois

(Encyclopedia)Vermandois vĕrmäNdwäˈ [key], region, N France, now in Somme and Aisne depts. The region is largely agricultural (wheat, beets) but has some industry (metallurgy, textiles, rubber) located principa...

James I, king of Aragón and count of Barcelona

(Encyclopedia)James I (James the Conqueror), 1208–76, king of Aragón and count of Barcelona (1213–76), son and successor of Peter II. After a minority was disturbed by private wars among the nobles, James soon...

Argenteuil

(Encyclopedia)Argenteuil ärzhäNtöˈyə [key], city, Val-d'Oise dept., N France, on the Seine, a suburb of Paris. It has important metalworks and factories making furniture, railroad ...

Dithmarschen

(Encyclopedia)Dithmarschen dĭtˈmärshən [key], region, SW Schleswig-Holstein, N Germany, between the Elbe and Eider rivers. It is chiefly an agricultural region, with extensive cattle raising in the west. The ea...