The Story of Rouen

by Theodore Andrea Cook

IV
Authorities

Though I desire to express my indebtedness to all the works mentioned in these pages, the books given in the list that follows are those which should be first consulted by anyone who wishes to follow on completer lines the story of the town which I have been obliged to shorten. The commonplace of artistic, or historical, or architectural literature I have omitted. Those who know it will easily recognise the passages in which I have made use of Freeman, of Ruskin, of Viollet le Duc, of Michelet, of many other standard works. Those who yet have it to discover can find it for themselves in any library.

But the undermentioned works, some of them only to be found in Rouen itself, are worthy of the attention of any student who wishes to carry his researches further into one of the most interesting of French mediæval cities. All the publications of the "Société Rouennaise des Bibliophiles" and of the "Société des Bibliophiles des Normandes" may be consulted with advantage, and every volume of "Normannia" issued by the "Photo Club Rouennais."

• Histoire du Parlement de Normandie—A. Floquet, 1840, 7 vols.
• Histoire du Privilège de St. Romain—A. Floquet, 1833, 2 vols.
• Anecdotes Normandes—A. Floquet, second edition, 1883.
• Rouen Monumental au XVII^me et XVIII^me siècle—Georges Dubosc, 1897.
• Dictionnaire des Rues de Rouen—Nicétas Périaux, 1871.
• Histoire Chronologique de Rouen—Nicétas Périaux, 1874.
• Sculptures Grotesques de Rouen—Jules Adeline, 1878 (illus.).
• Description Historique des Maisons de Rouen—E. Delaquérière, 1821 (illus.).
• Description, etc., vol. ii., 1841 (illus.).
• Siège de Rouen (1418-19)—M.L. Puiseux, 1867.
• La Danse des Morts du cimetière St. Maclou—E.H. Langlois, 1832 (illus.).
• Stalles de la Cathédrale de Rouen—E.H. Langlois, 1838 (illus.).
• Rouen, Rouennais, Rouenneries—Eugène Noël, 1894.
• Rouen, Promenades et Causeries—Eugène Noël, 1872.
• L'Ancien Bureau des Finances—Georges et André Dubosc, 1895.
• Peintures Murales du XII^me siècle—G.A. Le Roy, 1895.
• Tapisseries de Saint-Vincent—Paul Lafond, 1894 (illus.).
• Le Donjon du Château (Tour Jeanne d'Arc)—F. Bouquet, 1877.
• La Muse Normande (David Ferrand, 1625-1653), 5 vols., Rouen, 1891.
• Mystère de l'Incarnation, etc., avec introduction, etc.—P. le Verdier, 1886.
• Description des Antiquités de Rouen—Jacques Gomboust, 1655.
• Roman de Rou (by Robert Wace), edited by F. Pluquet, 2 vols., 1827.
• Le Livre des Fontaines (J. Lelieur), edited by T. de Jolimont, 1845 (illus.).
• Les Quais de Rouen—Jules Adeline, 1879 (illus.).
• Les Fastes de Rouen (H. Grisel), edited by F. Bouquet, 1870.
• Éloges de Rouen (P. Grognet, etc.), edited by Ed. Frère, 1872.
• La Friquassée Crotestyllonnée—"Abbé Raillard," 1604.
• Rouen Pittoresque, drawings by Lalanne, text by various hands, 1886 (illus.).
• Rouen qui s'en va—Jules Adeline, 1876 (illus.).
• Rouen Disparu—Jules Adeline, 1876 (illus.).
• Rouen Illustré, drawings by Allard, text by various hands, 2 vols., 1880 (illus.).
• La Tapisserie de Bayeux—H.F. Delaunay, 1824.
• Une Fête Brésilienne à Rouen en 1550—F. Denis, 1851.
• Rouen au XVI^e siècle (d'après J. Lelieur, 1525)—Jules Adeline, 1892 (illus.).
• Tombeaux de la Cathédrale de Rouen—A. Deville, 1881.

The works published by M. Charles Robillard de Beaurepaire deserve special mention by themselves. The student should consult every one he can discover. They are chiefly in the shape of paper pamphlets, containing invaluable reprints from the manuscripts of the town, with notes and introductions. Published, as they ought to be, in several collected volumes, they would make an extraordinary contribution to the history of Northern France from Norman times to the present day. I have consulted and quoted so many, that I have no space to give all their titles, but the few which follow are merely those which were of the greatest importance to me in the pages which have gone before:—

• Memoire sur le lieu du supplice de Jeanne d'Arc, 1867.
• Don Pedro Niño en Normandie, 1872.
• Duc de Bedford à Rouen.
• Accord conclu par Robert de Braquemont, etc.
• La Sénéchaussée de Normandie, 1883.
• Les États de Normandie sous Charles VII., 1875.
• L'Écurie de Catherine de Médicis.
• Notes sur les Lépreux.
• Notice sur une Maison de la rue de la Grosse Horloge.
• Les Architectes de Saint Maclou.
• Logis de Lord Clarendon en 1674, Rue Damiette.
• L'Ancien Clos des Galées, 1869.
• Charles VIII. à Rouen, 1853.
• Les Tavernes de Rouen au XVI siècle, 1867.

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INDEX

A
Abbaye de St. Amand, [15]; [71]; [85].
Abingdon, [76].
"Abjuration" of Jeanne d'Arc, [223].
Aître St. Maclou, [299] etc.
Alain Blanchart, [194].
Aligre (Hôtel d'), [384] etc.
Ampère (No. 13 Rue), [389].
André (St.), [247].
Anglo-Saxon Architecture, [100].
Anselm, [40]; [63]; [77].
Antiquaries (Society of), [341]; [342].
Antiquités (Musée des), [7]; [12] etc.; [23]; [397].
Architects (of Cathedral), [126] etc.; [129] etc.
Argenteuil (Tale of the murder at), [288] etc.
Aristote (lai d'), [260].
Armagnacs, [174].
Arpents (Rue des), [4].
Arrêt du Sang Damné, [275].
Athanagild, [26].
Aubette, [2]; [70].
Audowere, [25]; [29].
Authorities, [400].
B
Bac (Rue du), [15].
Balais (Marché aux), [352].
Bapaume, [2].
Basse Vieille Tour, [5].
Bataille (Pré de la), [52].
Bayeux Tapestry, [66]; [78].
Beaurepaire (Charles Robillard de), [402].
Beaurain, [359].
Beauvais (Bishop of), [206] etc.
Beauvoisine (Porte), [54].
Bec (Hôtel du), [172].
Bedford (Duke of), [197]; [198].
Belfry of the town, [139].
Bellengues (The Story of Jeanne de), [172].
Bergeries carved on Maison Bourgtheroulde, [334].
Bernard the Dane, [52].
Bertrand du Guesclin, [149].
Bigot (Laurent), [289] etc.
Blind man of Argenteuil, [288] etc.
Blois (Theobald of), [46].
Bohier (Thomas), [286].
Boise de St. Nicaise, [370] etc.
Bois Guillaume, [2].
Bonne Âme (Bishop Guillaume), [69].
—— Nouvelle (Church), [68].
Bonsecours, [2].
Bons Enfants (Hôtel des), [161].
Boulingrin (Place du), [6].
Bourgtheroulde (Maison), [9]; [83]; [321] etc.
Bourse (Quai de la), [48].
Bouvreuil (Castle of), [5].
—— (Porte), [91].
Brazil, [349].
Brazilian Fête, [350].
Brazilians, [351].
Brézé (Jacques de), [263].
—— (Tomb of Louis de), [314].
—— (Pierre de), [261].
Brunhilda, [24] etc.
Bureau des Finances, [285].
Burgundians, [175].
Burning of Jeanne d'Arc, [228].
C
Cache Ribaut (bell), [9]; [137].
Calende (Place de la), [42]; [48]; [70].
Canada, [383].
Canaries (King of the), [150].
Canteleu, [2].
Caradas (Maison), [346].
Carmes (Rue des), [7]; [90]; [114].
Carvings of Maison Bourgtheroulde, [338] etc.
Cathedral, [115] etc.; [256] etc.
—— Architects, [126] etc.
Catherine de Médicis, [350].
Catherine (Mont Ste.), [2].
Cauchoise (Place), [6].
—— (Rue), [6].
Cauchon (Pierre), [206] etc.
Caudebec, [186].
Célestins (Couvent des), [197].
Célestin (Joyeux), [198].
Cemetery of St. Maclou, [299] etc.
—— of St. Ouen, [222].
Champ du Pardon, [69].
Channel Islands, [52].
Chapel of the Archbishop, [213].
Chapelle de la Fierte, [5]; [37]; [108]; [357].
—— St. Julien, [96].
—— des Ordres, [214].
Charles V., [129].
—— VI., [155].
—— VII., [232].
—— VIII., [40].
—— VIII. in Rouen, [240] etc.
—— le Mauvais, [148].
Chartreuse de la Rose, [182].
Chartreux, [95].
Chasselièvre (Rue), [17].
Chastel (St. Pierre du), [5].
Château, Gaillard, [87].
Churches of Rouen, [233] etc.
Civille (François de), [316].
Clarendon's House at Rouen, [383] etc.
Clément (St.), [42]; [48].
Clercs (Tour aux), [71].
Clock of the Town, [139].
Clos aux Galées, [112].
Clos aux Juifs, [70].
Clovis, [21].
Commerce, [85]; [112]; [349]; [369] etc.
Commune (of Rouen), [110].
Conan, [80].
Conception (Confrèrie de la), [69].
Confrèries, [79]; [85].
—— (carvings), [259].
Confrèrie de la Conception, [69].
—— de la Passion, [168].
Confrèrie de St. Michel, [305].
—— St. Romain, [356] etc.
Corday (Charlotte), [391].
Cordeliers (Rue des), [5]; [48].
Corneille, [377] etc.
—— (Pont de Pierre), [7].
Cour d'Albane, [218].
—— des Comptes, [287].
Coustou's Bas Relief, [389].
Crepin (St.), [85].
Crimes. See [Records] of the Fierte.
Croix (Ile St.), [3].
—— (St., des Pelletiers), [85].
Crosne (Intendant de), [392].
Crypte, St. Gervais, [9]; [18] etc.
Custom-House, [389].
D
D'Amboise (Tomb of the Cardinals), [310].
Damiette (No. 29 Rue), [12].
—— (No. 30 Rue), [384] etc.
—— (Rue), [299].
Danse Macabre, [306] etc.
Daré (Pierre), [369].
Darnétal, [2].
Death, [292] etc.
—— personified, [293].
Democratic Architecture, [119].
Denis (Rue St.), [15]; [48].
Détancourt (Maison), [140].
Donjon of Château de Bouvreuil, [208] etc.
Dudo of St. Quentin, [40].
E
Eau de Robec (Rue de l'), [6].
Edward the Confessor, [66].
Église St. Paul, [99].
Election of Georges d'Amboise, [253] etc.
Eloi (St.), [23]; [42]; [48].
Émendreville (St. Sever), [68].
Enfants (Hôtellerie des Bons), [9].
English Army of 1418, [179].
Englishmen and Rouen, [326].
English Palace, [196].
Englishmen with Henry of Navarre, [319].
Entry of Francis I., [280] etc.
Épée (Rue de l'), [6].
Épicerie (Rue de l'), [9]; [352]; [353].
Epte, [48].
Ermondeville (St. Sever), [55].
Espagnols (Rue des), [6].
Étienne des Tonneliers (St.), [70].
Eûre (river), [2].
F
Façade of St. Ouen, [237].
Façades of Rouen churches, [237].
Faience and Ceramics, [398].
Feast of the Farmers, [375].
Ferrand (David), [370].
Festin du Cochon, [375].
Fête St. Anne, [375].
—— aux Normands, [69]; [369].
—— des Rois, [383].
—— St. Vivien, [375].
Field of the Cloth of Gold, [326].
Fierte (Chapelle de la), [5].
—— (Levée de la), [69].
—— (Prisoners released by), [163].
—— (Prisoners of the), [200] etc.
—— (Procession of the), [354] etc.
—— (Record of the), [264] etc.; [295].
Finances (Bureau des), [285].
Fitzosbern (William), [62]; [66].
Foire du Pardon, [69].
—— du Pré, [68].
Fontaine Croix de Pierre, [13].
—— de la Grosse Horloge, [111].
Fontenelle, [377] etc.
Fortin (Mont), [2].
Fossés Louis VIII. (Rue aux), [15].
France (Hôtel de), [15].
Francis I. (Entry), [279] etc.
Franco, [47].
Fredegond, [24] etc.
Fridegode, [35].
Fuller-Maitland, [359].
G
Galeswintha, [26].
Gargouille, [39].
Garrison of Rouen in 1418, [178].
Gastinel (Tomb of Denis), [212].
Gâteau des Rois, [376].
Georges d'Amboise (Election), [253] etc.
Georges d'Amboise, [256]; [390].
—— (bell), [9]; [129]; [356].
German Invasion, [391].
Gervais (St.), [5].
Gervais (Crypte St.), [9]; [18] etc.
—— (Fair of St.), [68].
—— (Priory of St.), [17]; [77].
Gisela, [49]; [51].
Godard (St.), [21]; [48].
Gosse (Edmond), [274].
Gothic Architecture, [102]; [116].
Goujon (Jean), [244].
Grand Pont (Rue), [7].
Gregory of Tours, [31].
Grisel (Hercule), [375]; [377].
Grosse Horloge (Rue de la), [6].
Grotesque carvings, [124] etc.
Guiscard (Robert), [61].
H
Hallage (Rue du), [159]; [353].
Halles, [91]; [112]; [348].
Harelle (Révolte de la), [150] etc.
Harenguerie (Rue), [343].
Haro (Clameur de), [146].
Harold Blacktooth, [53].
Hastings the Dane, [47].
Haute Vieille Tour, [5].
Henri Beauclerc, [77]; [80].
Henry II., [95].
Henri II. (Entry), [350].
Henry V.'s plan of invasion, [177].
Herbland (Église St.), [16]; [22].
—— (St.), [41].
Herlwin, [77].
Hilaire (St.), [2].
—— (Place St.), [6].
Hildeswinda; [25].
Hilperik, [25] etc.
Hlodowig (Clovis), [21]; [24].
Hlothair, [24].
Holbein, [307].
Horloge de la Ville, [138].
—— (Rue de la Grosse), [6].
Hôtel Bourgtheroulde, [321].
Hôtel d'Aligre, [384] etc.
Hôtel de France, [15].
Hôtel des Bons Enfants, [161].
Hôtel de Ville (Place de l'), [6].
Hôtel de Ville, [84]; [110]; [144].
Hôtel du Bec, [172].
Hugh II. (Archbishop), [58].
I
Ile, St. Croix, [3].
Inns, [160].
J
Jeanne D'Arc, [6]; [200] etc.
—— (Rue), [7]; [15].
—— (Tour), [5]; [6]; [208].
John Lackland, [87].
Juifs (Clos aux), [70].
—— (Rue aux), [90].
Julien (St. J. Petit Quévilly), [95] etc.
Jumièges (William of), [40]
Justice (Mediæval), [264] etc.
—— (Palais de), [15]; [277].
L
Lai d'Aristote, [260].
Lanfranc, [63]; [64]; [67]; [75]; [77].
Latin Language, [377].
Laurent (St.), [85]; [248].
Lecointe (Guillaume), [97].
Lelieur (Jacques), [5]; [16]; [40]; [344]; [345].
Le Puy (des Palinods), [69].
Leroux (Rouland), [130].
Le Roux, [322].
Lestrange (Archbishop Guillaume de), [155].
Levée de la Fierte St. Romain, [69]; [104] etc.
Library, [398].
Lion (Porte Guillaume), [4]; [6]. Lô (Parish of St.), [90].
—— (Priory St.), [15].
London, [16]; [21]; [88].
Lothair (of France),