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HISTORY OF FRANCE

From the Earliest Times

By M. Guizot

Translated by Robert Black

Volume III.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER XXIII.  THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR—CHARLES VI. AND THE DUKES OF BURGUNDY

CHAPTER XXIV.  THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR.—CHARLES VII. AND JOAN OF ARC (1422-1461)

CHAPTER XXV.  LOUIS XI. (1461-1483.)

CHAPTER XXVI.  THE WARS OF ITALY.— CHARLES VIII. (1483-1498.)

CHAPTER XXVII.     THE WARS IN ITALY.—LOUIS XII. (1498-1515.)

ILLUSTRATIONS

Hotel de Ville Bourges——frontispiece

The Procession Went over the Gates——16

"Thou Art Betrayed."——26

Charles Vi. And Odette——71

Murder of the Duke Of Orleans——38

Death of Valentine de Milan——45

John the Fearless——51

Already Distressed——57

"Into the River!"——77

The Body of Charles VI. Lying in State——84

Portrait of Joan Of Arc——85

Joan of Arc in Her Father's Garden——91

Chinon Castle——95

Joan Entering Orleans——104

Herself Drew out the Arrow——109

Joan Examined in Prison——128

Philip the Good of Burgundy——144

The Constable Made his Entry on Horseback——150

Agnes Sorel——175

Jacques Coeur——165

Jacques Coeur's Hostel at Bourges——169

Louis XI. And Burgesses Waiting for News——193

Charles the Rash——203

Louis XI. And Charles the Rash at Peronne——209

Philip de Commynes——217

The Corpse of Charles the Rash Discovered——236