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A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 3
A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 3
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Volume III.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
XXIII. THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR.--CHARLES VI. AND THE DUKES OF BURGUNDY.
XXIV. THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR.--CHARLES VII. AND JOAN OF ARC. (1422-
1461.)
XXV. LOUIS XI. (1461-1483.)
XXVI. THE WARS OF ITALY.--CHARLES VIII. (1483-1498.)
XXVII. THE WARS IN ITALY.--LOUIS XII. (1498-1515.)
LIST OF STEEL ENGRAVINGS.
VOLUME III.
PAGE
[Illustration: HOTEL DE VILLE BOURGES----FRONTISPIECE]
[Illustration: PORTRAIT OF JOAN OF ARC----85]
[Illustration: CHINON CASTLE----95]
[Illustration: JOAN ENTERING ORLEANS----104]
[Illustration: CHARLES VIII.----263]
[Illustration: CASTLE OF AMBOISE----308]
[Illustration: STATES GENERAL AT TOURS----329]
WOOD-CUTS:
[Illustration: The Procession went over the Gates----16]
[Illustration: '"Thou art betrayed."'----26]
[Illustration: Murder of the Duke of Orleans----38]
[Illustration: Death of Valentine de Milan----45]
[Illustration: John the Fearless----51]
[Illustration: Already distressed----57]
[Illustration: Charles VI. and Odette----71]
[Illustration: '"Into the River!"'----77]
[Illustration: The Body of Charles VI. lying in State----84]
[Illustration: The Shepherdess of Domremy----90]
[Illustration: Joan of Arc in her Father's Garden----91]
[Illustration: Herself drew out the Arrow----109]
[Illustration: Joan examined in Prison----128]
[Illustration: Philip the Good of Burgundy----144]
[Illustration: The Constable Made his Entry on Horseback----150]
[Illustration: Jacques Coeur----165]
[Illustration: Jacques Coeur's Hostel at Bourges----169]
[Illustration: Agnes Sorel----175]
[Illustration: Louis XI. and Burgesses waiting for News----193]
[Illustration: Charles the Rash----203]
[Illustration: Louis XI. and Charles the Rash at Peronne----209]
[Illustration: Philip de Commynes----217]
[Illustration: The Corpse of Charles the Rash Discovered----236]
[Illustration: The Balue Cage----245]
[Illustration: Louis XI. at his Devotions----255]
[Illustration: Views of the Castle of Plessis-les-Tours----258]
[Illustration: Louis XI----260]
[Illustration: Anne de Beaujeu----264]
[Illustration: Meeting between Charles VIII, and Anne of Brittany----282]
[Illustration: Charles VIII. crossing the Alps----285]
[Illustration: Charles VIII----293]
[Illustration: Battle of Fornovo----303]
[Illustration: Louis XII----310]
[Illustration: Bayard----315]
[Illustration: Battle of Agnadello----334]
[Illustration: Cardinal d'Amboise----347]
[Illustration: Chaumont d'Amboise----350]
[Illustration: Bayard's Farewell----358]
[Illustration: Gaston de Foix----364]
CHAPTER XXIII.----THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR--CHARLES VI. AND THE DUKES OF
BURGUNDY.
Sully, in his Memoirs, characterizes the reign of Charles VI. as "that
reign so pregnant of sinister events, the grave of good laws and good
morals in France." There is no exaggeration in these words; the
sixteenth century with its St. Bartholomew and The League, the eighteenth
with its reign of terror, and the nineteenth with its Commune of Paris,
contain scarcely any events so sinister as those of which France was, in
the reign of Charles VI., from 1380 to 1422, the theatre and the victim.
Scarcely was Charles V. laid on his bier when it was seen what a loss he
was and would be to his kingdom. Discord arose in the king's own family.
In order to shorten the ever critical period of minority, Charles V. had
fixed the king's majority at the age of fourteen. His son, Charles VI.,
was not yet twelve, and so had two years to remain under the guardianship
of his four uncles, the Dukes of Anjou, Berry, Burgundy, and Bourbon; but
the last being only a maternal uncle and a less puissant prince than his
paternal uncles, it was between the other three that strife began for
temporary possession of the kingly power.
Though very unequal in talent and in force of character, they were all
three ambitious and jealous. The eldest, the Duke of Anjou, who was
energetic, despotic, and stubborn, aspired to dominion in France for the
sake of making French influence subserve the conquest of the kingdom of
Naples, the object of his ambition. The Duke of Berry was a mediocre,
restless, prodigal, and grasping prince. The Duke of Burgundy, Philip
the Bold, the most able and the most powerful of the three, had been the
favorite, first of his father, King John, and then of his brother,
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
XXIII. THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR.--CHARLES VI. AND THE DUKES OF BURGUNDY.
XXIV. THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR.--CHARLES VII. AND JOAN OF ARC. (1422-
1461.)
XXV. LOUIS XI. (1461-1483.)
XXVI. THE WARS OF ITALY.--CHARLES VIII. (1483-1498.)
XXVII. THE WARS IN ITALY.--LOUIS XII. (1498-1515.)
LIST OF STEEL ENGRAVINGS.
VOLUME III.
PAGE
[Illustration: HOTEL DE VILLE BOURGES----FRONTISPIECE]
[Illustration: PORTRAIT OF JOAN OF ARC----85]
[Illustration: CHINON CASTLE----95]
[Illustration: JOAN ENTERING ORLEANS----104]
[Illustration: CHARLES VIII.----263]
[Illustration: CASTLE OF AMBOISE----308]
[Illustration: STATES GENERAL AT TOURS----329]
WOOD-CUTS:
[Illustration: The Procession went over the Gates----16]
[Illustration: '"Thou art betrayed."'----26]
[Illustration: Murder of the Duke of Orleans----38]
[Illustration: Death of Valentine de Milan----45]
[Illustration: John the Fearless----51]
[Illustration: Already distressed----57]
[Illustration: Charles VI. and Odette----71]
[Illustration: '"Into the River!"'----77]
[Illustration: The Body of Charles VI. lying in State----84]
[Illustration: The Shepherdess of Domremy----90]
[Illustration: Joan of Arc in her Father's Garden----91]
[Illustration: Herself drew out the Arrow----109]
[Illustration: Joan examined in Prison----128]
[Illustration: Philip the Good of Burgundy----144]
[Illustration: The Constable Made his Entry on Horseback----150]
[Illustration: Jacques Coeur----165]
[Illustration: Jacques Coeur's Hostel at Bourges----169]
[Illustration: Agnes Sorel----175]
[Illustration: Louis XI. and Burgesses waiting for News----193]
[Illustration: Charles the Rash----203]
[Illustration: Louis XI. and Charles the Rash at Peronne----209]
[Illustration: Philip de Commynes----217]
[Illustration: The Corpse of Charles the Rash Discovered----236]
[Illustration: The Balue Cage----245]
[Illustration: Louis XI. at his Devotions----255]
[Illustration: Views of the Castle of Plessis-les-Tours----258]
[Illustration: Louis XI----260]
[Illustration: Anne de Beaujeu----264]
[Illustration: Meeting between Charles VIII, and Anne of Brittany----282]
[Illustration: Charles VIII. crossing the Alps----285]
[Illustration: Charles VIII----293]
[Illustration: Battle of Fornovo----303]
[Illustration: Louis XII----310]
[Illustration: Bayard----315]
[Illustration: Battle of Agnadello----334]
[Illustration: Cardinal d'Amboise----347]
[Illustration: Chaumont d'Amboise----350]
[Illustration: Bayard's Farewell----358]
[Illustration: Gaston de Foix----364]
CHAPTER XXIII.----THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR--CHARLES VI. AND THE DUKES OF
BURGUNDY.
Sully, in his Memoirs, characterizes the reign of Charles VI. as "that
reign so pregnant of sinister events, the grave of good laws and good
morals in France." There is no exaggeration in these words; the
sixteenth century with its St. Bartholomew and The League, the eighteenth
with its reign of terror, and the nineteenth with its Commune of Paris,
contain scarcely any events so sinister as those of which France was, in
the reign of Charles VI., from 1380 to 1422, the theatre and the victim.
Scarcely was Charles V. laid on his bier when it was seen what a loss he
was and would be to his kingdom. Discord arose in the king's own family.
In order to shorten the ever critical period of minority, Charles V. had
fixed the king's majority at the age of fourteen. His son, Charles VI.,
was not yet twelve, and so had two years to remain under the guardianship
of his four uncles, the Dukes of Anjou, Berry, Burgundy, and Bourbon; but
the last being only a maternal uncle and a less puissant prince than his
paternal uncles, it was between the other three that strife began for
temporary possession of the kingly power.
Though very unequal in talent and in force of character, they were all
three ambitious and jealous. The eldest, the Duke of Anjou, who was
energetic, despotic, and stubborn, aspired to dominion in France for the
sake of making French influence subserve the conquest of the kingdom of
Naples, the object of his ambition. The Duke of Berry was a mediocre,
restless, prodigal, and grasping prince. The Duke of Burgundy, Philip
the Bold, the most able and the most powerful of the three, had been the
favorite, first of his father, King John, and then of his brother,