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    of Fouilloy (born between 1096 and 1111 in Fouilloy (near Amiens); died c. 1172, Saint-Laurent-au-Bois) was a French cleric, prior of St.-Nicholas-de-Regny...
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  • according to the "H" text or Book II of De bestiis et aliis rebus of Hugues de Fouilloy (olim of Pseudo-Hugo de St. Victor). Cambridge, Sidney Sussex College...
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    1260) Amiens Cathedral was begun in 1220. Its builder, the Bishop Evrard de Fouilloy, had the ambition of making it the largest cathedral in France, and he...
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    eccentric clock tower [fr] Forêt de Crécy [fr] History of Abbeville [fr] Travel of Victor Hugo [fr] Ponthieu List of Comtes de Ponthieu [fr] Communes of the...
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    Timeline of ornithology (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Avicenna in Latin) author of Abbreviatio de animalibus, a homage to Aristotle c 1100 Hugh of Fouilloy authors De avibus, a moral treatise on birds later...
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    was popular during the 19th century with artists and writers and Victor Hugo, Jules Verne, Alfred Sisley and Edgar Degas all had villas here at one time...
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    medieval author Jean de Boves. July 1185 : Philippe-Auguste signed the treaty acquiring part of Picardy. August 1835 : Victor Hugo visited the ruins of...
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    Spain, Ailly was pillaged by French troops of Charles de La Porte. During September 1849, Victor Hugo passed through the town. He noted that there were few...
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    Alexis (1865–1940) Jules Verne spent holidays here with his family. Victor Hugo wrote of his summers here. Pierre Lefort, doctor and surgeon was born here...
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