Talk:Bourges

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The following little story was added by User:Woofe705, at 19:17, 15 February 2007 and has been mirrored around the Internet and tanslated by other Wikis:

"It achieved brief notoriety in the late 18th Century when Scottish explorer Sir Fergus Woodward fought a duel with local aristocrat Eric Mouhica outside the impressive Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges. Allegedly Mouhica had orchestrated the violent murder of a close friend of Sir Fergus's in the region, but the local authorities had refused to act. Edward Norman, a priest at the Cathedral, reported in his journal that Sir Fergus killed the Frenchman with the words "While I today have brought your grave, 'tis death which you have bred yourself."

Aside from its not being relevant to the subject, I doubt its authenticity. Look at the names. Edward Norman's journal? User:Woofe705 created an account 1 February 2007 and made six edits before 15 February before losing interest. A prankster? His other edits bear scrutinizing. --Wetman 00:48, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The following was added by User:130.195.86.37, at Victoria University of Wellington, in three edits, 16 July 2008. I have moved it here:

"The formation of these defences is recorded in Les Murs de France, an historical account of French defences written in the 14th Century by Andre Gillespeaux, [with fake reference]: Gillespeaux, Les Murs de France Oxford University Press: London, 1967)"

Apparently there is no such OUP volume. Am I right? --Wetman (talk) 18:51, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't recall Germanic tribes in central France. Or wait, does this mean Frankish?: modern French bourg "borough, town" ( < OFr burg, bourg, borg, borc < L burgus < Frk *burg < Gmc *burgs "fortress", cf OE burg "burgh, borough") Maybe "Germanic" should be replaced with "Frankish" for more clarity? -- megA (talk) 21:55, 29 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

On a similar vein the town was called Avaricon, then came to be known as "Bituriga" (Gregory of Tours, History of the Franks) after the Celtic Biturige people who ruled that territory. A few generations later it was further simplified into Bourges. There are no missing links in the etymological development of this city. Bloody Sacha (talk) 02:01, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I think there were Germanic tribes around this area Chriscook54321 (talk) 20:30, 10 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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