r fault, 368
QUEBEC, THE. A British vessel;
her fight with the _Surveillante_, 238-240
QUEEN ANNE'S TOWER. Name of the keep of the chateau of Dinan, 209
QUESTEMBERT. A town in Brittany;
the Chateau des Paulpiquets at, 49
QUIBERON. A town in Brittany, 46
QUIMPER. A city in Brittany;
St Convoyon Bishop of, 335;
national costume in, 372-373;
mentioned, 186, 188
QUIMPER, COUNT OF. In a story of Morvan, 213, 216
Quimperle. A town in Brittany;
the chateau of Rustefan near, 208;
St Goezenou killed at the building of the monastery at, 370
R
RAMA. A hero in Hindu mythology;
mentioned, 52
R[=A]M[=A]YANA. A Hindu epic;
mentioned, 52
RAOUL LE GAEL. A Breton knight, 29
RAVELSTON QUARRY. A quarry near Edinburgh;
mentioned, 51
REDON or RODON. A town in Brittany;
the abbey of: founded by St Convoyon, 335-336;
the bones of St Apothemius carried to, 336;
the bones of St Marcellinus carried to, 337;
Nomenoe takes spoil from the Abbey of Saint-Florent to, 337;
St Convoyon removes from, 338;
St Convoyon buried at, 338
REDONES. A Gallic tribe which inhabited Brittany, 16
REGINALD. Bishop of Vannes, 335, 336
REID, GENERAL JOHN. The composer of _The Garb of Old Gaul_, 238
REINACH, SALOMON. Cited, 53
RELIGION. Brittany the most religious of the French provinces,
377;
the religious element in the Breton character, 377-378
RELIQUARIES. In Brittany, 382
REMUS. In Roman legend, brother of Romulus;
mentioned, 358
RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE. References to, 205, 206, 209
RENE. Constable of Naples, 190
RENNES. A city in Brittany;
the scene of Nomenoe's vengeance, 23-25;
the Counts of, gain ascendancy in Brittany, 27;
the marriage of Charles of Blois and Joan of Penthievre at, 32;
Robert the sorcerer dwelt in, 242;
Nomenoe obtains possession of, 338;
mentioned, 17, 181, 195
RESTALRIG. A village near Edinburgh;
the well of St Triduana at, 59-60
RETIERS. A town in Brittany the Roches aux Fees at, 51
RETZ, or RAIS. A district in Brittany, 23, 174
RETZ, CARDINAL DE. A French politician and writer;
imprisoned in the castle of Nantes, 205
RETZ, GILLES DE. A Breton nobleman;
a story of, 173-180;
the identification of, with Bluebeard, 174, 180
REVOLUTION, FRENCH. Of 1789;
mentioned, 188, 195, 338, 353, 369
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