swuklink: Caen, Calvados, France

The capital city of the Calvados department of France. It is situated about 30 miles SSW of le Havre.

The city is noted for it Ramnesque architectures of which the Abbayes aux Hommes (Church of St Étienne) and uax Dammes are important examples. The castle and the Abbayes aux Hommes (where he is buried) were both founded by William I ('the Conqueror'). The University was founded by King Henry VI of England in 1432.

Caen is famous for its stone of which several English cathedrals are built.

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1432		Foundation of the Univeristy of Caen by King Henry VI of England
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1450.Apr		French army under Guy de Richemont besieges the English commander in France (Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset) in Caen
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1450.Apr.15		*Battle of Formigny:* French troops under the Comte de Clermont defeat an English army under Sir Thomas Kyriel and Sir Matthew Gough which was attempting to relieve Caen
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1450.Jul.06		English surrender Caen to the French
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The Universities of Europe in the Middle Ages
by Rashdall, publisher Oxford, 1895

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The young Frederick, 3rd Viscount St John was sent to Caen by his uncle Henry St John but this proved unsuccessful and Frederick was sent home to England.

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