Angle-on-the Anglin

Geography

It was built on a rock piton, vis-a-vis another piton on which the ruins of its castle are. It preserved an architecture old, even medieval, which gives him charm, reinforced by the sights on the green throats of Anglin.

It organizes a festival of the book every weekend of August 15th.

History

Successive lords

The first stone castle was built by a bishop of Poitiers Gilbert (975 - 1020), on the rock escarpment dominating the river. The command of the garrison is entrusted by it to a cousin of the bishop, Gaucelme Roy, then with its nephew towards 1025. The same year, a bridge is built, which remains until in 1741.

The abbey of Holy-Cross, of which there remains the church, was also founded by a bishop of Poitiers, under the rule bénédictine. Towards 1070, the bishop of Poitiers Isembert II grants more autonomy to the monastery of Holy-Cross. Its Pierre successor, in 1090, gives him authority on the parish of Angles, Saint-Pierre (the high city), on Right Bank of the river, whereas the abbey is on left bank.

The castle is entrusted to the Lusignan. In 1096, before leaving in Crusade, Hugues de Lusignan and his Hugues son the Brown one grant the benefit of the abbey to the abbot of Saint-Cyprien of Poitiers.
The barons de Lusignan hold to them Fief of Angles in frank alms, without homage, nor another obligation of the bishops of Poitiers. They are thus independent. They alter the castle, rebuilding the keep in particular.

However, the lords of Lusignan give up little by little their grounds of Angles, which they sell or exchange. In 1268, Guillaume of Lezay - Lusignan exchanges the castle and its rights to the bishops of Poitiers, against the ground of Villefagnan, and on March 21st 1281, Hélie de Lusignan sells two thirds of its grounds of Angles with the bishop Gautier of Bruges, which supported the pope Boniface VIII against Philippe the Beautiful one, and was exiled for this.

At the 14th century, it is the family of Oyré which defends the castle for the bishops. One of its members, Guichard IV, was celebrated for its exploits with the battles of Poitiers in 1356, of with dimensions of Jean the Good, which it defended valiantly. It combatit then under the command of Prince Noir, having received the order of king de France to obey its new suzerain. He receives the Order of the Garter, becomes governor of the son of Prince Noir. He embellishes his castle, which takes the name of castle Guichard .

May 23rd 1372, Bertrand of Guesclin besieges and takes the castle (or the Capitaine Pierre Gedoin yields to him gracefully), and the village is ruined. The bishops of Poitiers are then the only lords of the castle.

Rebuilding according to the One hundred Year old war

These rebuildings are two: initially that of the bishops, who restore the castle, after the Praguerie, makes some during the One hundred Year old war (which is only one long continuation of conflicts and more or less long truces). The monks of the Holy-Cross abbey work as for them with the raising of the village at the 15th century, by selling many grounds of 1441 to 1482. The weapons of the abbot are reproduced on each wall which they built, which gives an idea of the importance of the destruction. Fairs are restored in 1481 by Louis XI.

Modern times

Its castle remains then a fortress of importance, which one makes a point of ensuring oneself throughout the wars of religion. It is taken by the admiral de Coligny in 1567, which installs there a Protestant garrison which defends the castle until in 1571, date on which it is taken by the governor of Châtellerault. The abbey had been devastated by the Protestants, and its Boivert abbot was thereafter one of the catholic chiefs keenest. In 1591, the Members of a league take and plunder the castle. In 1652, the duke of Roannez, ordering the royal troops, takes it again with the critical poitevins which had plundered it in 1650.

The city is with the XVI {{E}} and 17th centuries a source of revenue regular for the bishop of Poitiers: fairs, communal oven, mill (carried by the torrent in 1646, 1657 and 1699, but upright still today with its wheel) paid to him about approximately 1650 6 200 pounds. These strong incomes testify to the prosperity of the small town, with the crossroads of three provinces (Poitou, Berry and Touraine), therefore in a place favourable with the trade. It seems that certain benefitted from it to round their incomes as a practitioner the smuggling of salt, which caused the installation of an attic with Gabelle in the city in 1664.

On the other hand, the castle is not raised after the damage caused by the civil wars, and even abandoned at the 18th century, after request at the Parliament of Paris. This one gives up in 1708 requiring a complete restoration of the castle (estimated at 10 years of incomes of the stronghold, that is to say 50 000 pounds). It was satisfied with a repair of the new castle, for 2 000 pounds.

The bridge carried in 1741 was replaced only by one vat; on the one hand the construction of a bridge would have cost 20 000 pounds, and the situation of Angles between three provinces, concerned with Poitiers from a feudal point of view, Bourges for the General information and of the White for the election, still complicated the things.

With the Revolution, the castle is even declared career public.

Days of Angles

Industry lacemaker of the Jours of Angle ensured the 19th century the prosperity of the city. The steamers Queen Elizabeth and Normandy provided extremely fine embroideries produced to Angles.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

See the article devoted to with the Castle of Angle-on-Anglin .

The Rock-with-Wizard

The territory of the commune conceals a site decorated with parietal sculptures dating from Paleolithic, more precisely of the average Magdalénien (approximately 14.000 years ago). It is about a Abri-sous-roche called the Rock-with-Wizard, because of a local legend according to which the wizards and witches met in this place.

See the article devoted to with the Rock-with-Wizard .

Personalities related to the commune

the cardinal Jean Balue at the 15th century, which was shown to have betrayed the king Louis XI with the profit of Charles Bold the.
Antoine the Picardy one of Phélippeaux which made move back Napoleon with Saint-Jean-in Acre.
Antoine Périvier which was cofounder and director of the newspaper the Figaro
Samuel François Lhéritier de Chézelle was baron and general of the First Empire

See too

Common of Vienna

External bonds

Angle-on-the Anglin on the site of the national geographical Institute
Angle-on-the Anglin on the site of INSEE
Angle-on-the Anglin on the site of Quid
Localization of Angle-on-the Anglin on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Angle-on-the Anglin on Mapquest
Seen air obliques of Angle-on-the Anglin.

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