In turning from the ecclesiastical to the secular annals of the diocese, the barons of the Côtentin scarcely occupy a less distinguished place.
Côtentin a dreadful famine spread over the district and reduced the town to a state of the utmost misery.
The barons of the Côtentin played a considerable part in the Norman Conquest of England, being among William's most loyal supporters.
In conformation the Côtentin peninsula is akin to Brittany, being almost entirely of granite, which ancient formation extends over the whole district, with the exception of a strip south of La Hogue, on the western coast.
As the northern coast was a very convenient landing-place from England, it was often the Côtentin which bore the first brunt of an English engagement.
Henry’s power extended as far south as Domfront, for the titles of Count of Mortain and Count of the Côtentin still went together.
It is not only in position that the Côtentin resembles Denmark, but also in race; here and here alone in Normandy may still be found men of the same blood as the Conqueror.
We have dealt so fully with the Côtentin and with its continuation on the west to the little stream Couesnon, that it is of no use to say more here.
Here stands Carentan, and before the land was drained Carentan was almost surrounded with water, for the tides ran far inland, making any attempt to pass that way from the Côtentin hazardous and difficult.
When Henry became King of England he yielded the Côtentin to Robert, until he won it back again by his sword.
Not only in scenery is the Côtentin a delightful place for a holiday, but in more unusual attractions.
Such a district there is in the Côtentin peninsula jutting out from the north coast of France, one of the only two peninsulas in Europe, by the way, which do point in that direction.
Now, in the case of Wallis, it is certainly much easier to say what the etymology of the name is not than to say what it is; but in the case of the Côtentin one would have thought that it was as clear as the sun at noon-day the other way.
We have called the Côtentin a peninsula, and so it is.
How did he who derived Côtentin from côte deal with other names of districts following the same form?
But without attributing to the art of Coutances or the Côtentin so miraculous a development as this, the district was at all times fertile in men who could build in the styles of their several ages.
And the Côtentin does look on the map very much as if it were inviting settlers from more northern parts.
But before the men of the Côtentin could show themselves as avengers at Senlac, they had first to be themselves overthrown at Val-ès-dunes.
The chief church, though not insignificant, is French and not Norman, and so teaches the wrong lesson to an Englishman who begins his Côtentin studies at this point.
There was a John de Robsart whom we have seen serving under Gloucester in the CA'tentin expedition.
This town was far nearer to the scene of Gloucester's activity than to the districts in which Clarence and Warwick were operating, and yet Cherbourg was the only place in the CA'tentin that was likely to give serious opposition.
During the CA'tentin expedition he showed unexpected determination, and on occasions he could try persuasion when force was useless.
To Clarence was confided the task of opening up the approach to Rouen; Warwick was sent to capture Domfront, and to secure the south-eastern corner of the duchy; Gloucester was to reduce the CA'tentin to obedience.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tentin" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
