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The Counts of Gruyère

The Counts of Gruyère

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THE COUNTS OF GRUYÈRE

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BY

Mrs. REGINALD de KOVEN

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK
DUFFIELD & COMPANY
1916

Copyright, 1916, by Duffield & Co.


CONTENTS

  CHAPTER PAGE
  Prologue 3
I. Origin of the People 7
II. Influence of the Church 14
III. Sovereignty of the House of Savoy 25
IV. Foreign Wars 46
V. The Burgundian Wars (Count François I) 57
VI. The Burgundian Wars (Count Louis) 67
VII. Struggle for Succession 85
VIII. Religious Reform 94
IX. The Fall of the House of Gruyère 105
X. Gruyère without Its Counts 128
  Appendix 139
  Bibliography 141

ILLUSTRATIONS

La Place de Gruyère From a watercolour by Colonel R. Goff Frontispiece
The Château 10
Gateway 22
Lace-makers 38
Fortified Houses—North Wall 56
The City on the Hill 72
Terrace of the Château 90
Church of St. Theodate 112
Jousting Court 132

BIS SEPTEM SEACULA CURRENT
MOENIA FUNDAVIT BELLO FORTISSIMUS
HAEROS VANDALUS ATQUE SUO SIGNAVIT
NOMINE MUROS GRUS VIXIT AGNOMEN
COMITE DEDIT ADVENA PRIMO
RUBEA GRUEM VEXILLA AC SCUTI PILOSI SUSTENTENT
QUORUM EUTIS PARRIDA RUGIS AC ARMATA MANUS
VULSIS RADICIBUS ARAE EST
HUIC CELEBRIS SERVES ET LONGA PROPAGO NEPOTUM
DIVES OPUM OLIVES PIETA
VESTIS AURIS EXTITIT ET NOSTRIS
PER PLURIMA SAECULA TERRAS PRAEFUIT
GRUERIUS SEXTAE LEGIONIS VANDALORUM DUX

ANNO 436

Behold now twice seven centuries.—That a Vandal hero bravest among warriors.—Founded this fortress.—This fortified city has since preserved the name of the Grue.—The stranger became the first count.—His descendants carried the Grue on their scarlet banners.—And on their hairy shields.—To the Vandal hero succeeded a long line of illustrious descendants.—Rich in fortune, rich in their piety.—These Counts

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