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Tournai, known as Tornacum, was a place of minor importance in Roman times, a stopping place where the Roman road from Cologne on the Rhine to Boulogne on the coast crossed the river Scheldt. It was fortified under Emperor Maximiam in the 3rd century AD, [6] when the Roman limes was withdrawn to the string of outposts along the road.
Tournaisis. The Tournaisis, or Tournai (Flemish: Doornik ), a territory in the Low Countries in present-day Belgium, is one of Europe's oldest town centres. [1] Located in the Wallonia region of Belgium on the Scheldt River (French: L'Escaut ), northwest of Mons, Tournai residents are primarily French-speaking.
Picardy Wallonia. Picardy Wallonia ( French: Wallonie picarde, pronounced [walɔni pikaʁd]; Picard: Walonnie picarte) or Western Hainaut ( French: Hainaut-Occidental; Picard: Hénau occhidintal) is the North-West part of the province of Hainaut in Wallonia, where the Picard language is used.
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Tournai remained in English hands, with William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy as Governor. The fortifications and a new citadel were reconstructed between August 1515 and January 1518, costing around £40,000. Work ceased because Henry VIII planned to restore the town to France. Tournai was returned by treaty on 4 October 1518.
The Tournai Mass is the first known mass to have been written in a manuscript as if it were a single unified setting of the entire Ordinary. Three other similarly compiled masses from the 13th and early 14th century survive: the Toulouse Mass, Barcelona Mass, and Sorbonne Mass (also known as the Besançon Mass ).
The great gilt -copper and enamel Reliquary Shrine of Saint Eleutherius in the cathedral of Tournai ( Belgium ), one of the masterpieces of Gothic metalwork, [1] was commissioned by Bishop Walter de Marvis of Tournai, and completed in 1247, [2] on the occasion of the retranslation of relics of Saint Eleutherius of Tournai, traditionally the ...
The Battle of Tournay or Battle of Tournai or Battle of Pont-à-Chin (22 May 1794) saw Republican French forces led by Jean-Charles Pichegru attack Coalition forces under Emperor Francis II and Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. After a bitter all-day struggle, Coalition troops recaptured a few key positions including Pont-à-Chin, forcing ...