The French Monarchy (1483-1789) (Volume 1) - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 1154191818 ISBN 13: 9781154191813

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER II. THE ITALIAN WARS. Louis XI was in every way the restorer of the power of France and of the French Monarchy, and yet at his death his work was popular with no vm"'" one. Immediately on the accession of his son Charles VIII, the States General were summoned (Jan. 1484), and their debates show how every order--Clergy, Nobility, and Commons almost equally--desired the overthrow of the system that Louis XI had established. But their protests remained ineffectual, and France proceeded along the lines that Louis XI had marked out for it, under the careful management of Anne of Beaujeu, the sister of the King, who was as yet too young to reign. Shortly afterwards the Crown of France gained a very important addition to its territory. The Duchy of Brittany still retained its semi-independence, but a chance came of uniting it to the Crown. Francis II, the last Duke of Brittany, died in Sept. 1487, leaving only a daughter, Anne. The King of France at once claimed the control of the Duchy, and sent troops into it to secure it. So great an addition to the territory of the Crown of France, so very valuable because it excluded the entry of a foreign power, and especially the English, by that route, and gave to France excellent harbours and a vigorous seafaring population, was bound to be resisted, and was resisted, especially by England and the Emperor. The struggle that ensued, whether of arms or diplomacy, does not fall within the scope of this book. Enough that a marriage treaty secured what arms had already gained. In 1491, under circumstances of some mystery, Charles VIII married Anne of Brittany, and the treaty of Tlessis les Tours gave Brittany into the hands of the French King. Soon other treaties relieved him from all his other enemies. The treaty of...

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• ISBN 10: 1154191818
• ISBN 13: 9781154191813
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