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Avranches (ävräNsh`), town (1993 est. pop. 9,520), Manche dept., NW France, in Normandy, on the English Channel. Because of its proximity to the rocky island of Mont-Saint-Michel Mont-Saint-Michel (môN-săN-mēshĕl`), rocky isle (1993 est. pop. ..... Click the link for more information. , Avranches has a large tourist trade. A Roman town, it became an intellectual center in the early Middle Ages; Lanfranc taught there. It was devastated in the Hundred Years War, the Wars of Religion, and World War II. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Known as the Avranches Psalter, the 344-page work was acquired privately by the Getty and will join its growing medieval manuscripts collection, one of the Brentwood museum's most important. Aubert, Bishop of Avranches, built a small sanctuary here in 709 A. cessation of production in Avranches, France, -- Refocusing the Company's Clik |
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