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Troyes (trwä), city (1990 pop. 60,755), capital of Aube dept., NE France, on the Seine River. It is an industrial town. Hosiery is the main product. Troyes became an episcopal see in the 4th cent. and the capital of Champagne in the 11th cent. Its commercial importance was reflected in its annual fairs, which attracted merchants from throughout the known world. The fairs set standards of weights and measures for the whole of Europe, the troy weight having survived to this day. Troyes was the first town taken by Joan of Arc on her march to Reims. The city has some fine Gothic structures, including the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul (13th–16th cent.) and the Church of St. Urban (begun 1262).

Troyes

an industrial city in NE France: became prosperous through its great fairs in the early Middle Ages. Pop.: 60 958 (1999)

Troyes

a city in France on the Seine River. Capital of the department of Aube. Population, 75,000 (1968). Troyes is an important center of the knitwear industry. The city produces textile machinery, clothing accessories and notions, and foodstuffs.

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No references found	He and his brother, both born at Troyes, were sent in youth to serve their apprenticeship in a government office. Bureaucracy by de Balzac, Honore View in context What put the "whole population of Paris in commotion," as Jehan de Troyes expresses it, on the sixth of January, was the double solemnity, united from time immemorial, of the Epiphany and the Feast of Fools. Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context Other poets followed, chief among them the delightful Chretien of Troyes, all writing mostly of the exploits of single knights at Arthur's court, which they made over, probably, from scattering tales of Welsh and Breton mythology. A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context	Troupe Trousdale County Trout Trout Unlimited Trouton's rule Trouton-Noble experiment Trouvere Trouvère trouvères Trouville-sur-Mer Trova, Ernest Trowbridge Trowbridge, Breck trowel trowel finish troweled joint troweling machine Troy troy ounce troy pound Troy Springs State Park troy system troy weight troy weights Troyat, Henri Troyes Troyes, Treaty of Troyon, Constant Trpimirovic TRRS TRS TRS-80 TRSB TRSV Tru64 Unix truant Trubachev, Oleg Trubachev, Oleg Nikolaevich Trubchevsk Trube's correlation Trubetskaia, Ekaterina Trubetskaia, Ekaterina Ivanovna Trubetskoi, Aleksei Nikitich Trubetskoi, Dmitrii Trubetskoi, Dmitrii Timofeevich Trubetskoi, Evgenii Trubetskoi, Evgenii Nikolaevich Trubetskoi, Nikita Trubetskoi, Nikita Iurevich Trubetskoi, Nikolai Trubetskoi, Nikolai Sergeevich	Troy system of units troy unit Troy units Troy units Troy units Troy units Troy Varsity Cheerleading Troy War Troy War Troy Waterfront Farmers' Market troy weight troy weight troy weight troy weight troy weight Troy weights Troy weights Troy weights Troy weights Troy weights Troy Youth Soccer League Troy, Jean François de Troy, John Thomas Troy-Bilt Tree Pruner Troyanos, Tatiana Troyat Troyat, Henri Troyat, Henri Troyden Troyens, Les Troyes Troyes, France Troyes, France Troyes, France Troyes, Treaty of Troylus Troylus Troyon, Constant Troyon, Constant Troyounce troys troys troys TroyTech TRP TRP TRP TRP TRP1 TRP2 TRPA TRPA1 TRPAP TRPB TRPC TRPC1 TRPC6 TRPC7 TRPCD TRPCL TRPD

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He and his brother, both born at Troyes, were sent in youth to serve their apprenticeship in a government office.

Bureaucracy by de Balzac, Honore View in context

What put the "whole population of Paris in commotion," as Jehan de Troyes expresses it, on the sixth of January, was the double solemnity, united from time immemorial, of the Epiphany and the Feast of Fools.

Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context

Other poets followed, chief among them the delightful Chretien of Troyes, all writing mostly of the exploits of single knights at Arthur's court, which they made over, probably, from scattering tales of Welsh and Breton mythology.

A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context

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