entente cordiale—The Queen short of ready cash—A stormy passage—Chicken-pox?—The King’s ring—A famous tire-woman—Extraordinary presents—Pageants—Queen Margaret crowned—“La Française”—The Queen’s strong character—The Duke of York nonplussed—Pious foundations—The King’s seizure—She had to play the man!—The Prince of Wales—York’s dastardly insinuations—A costly churching-robe—Civil war begins—Margaret leads the Lancastrians in person—Success and failure—York’s grey gory head—“Love Lady-Day”—Lord Grey de Ruthen’s treason—King Henry a prisoner in the Tower—“Fie on thee, thou traitor!”—The Queen in Scotland—King Louis’s double game—A shipwreck—A common robette—Galant Sir Pierre de Brézé—“Une Merrie Mol!”—The kiss of etiquette—Thorns—All the poets sing of Margaret—All is lost!—Margaret at home again—Earl of Warwick’s loyalty—A diplomatic marriage—The sea flouts Margaret—Perjured Lord Wenlock—A treacherous blow—The Prince murdered—“Bloody Edward”—The “she-wolf”—Hands tied behind her back—King Henry killed—The Queen in a dungeon—René’s pathetic letter—The great heroine of the Wars of the Roses—Repose at Reculée—A lioness at bay—“The grim grey wolf of Anjou”—A sad and lonely death

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JEHANNE DE LAVAL Roses—“December” and “May”—A famous House—The Queen of Beauty—All in love with Jehanne—The champion’s crest—A tournament banquet—The Grand Prix—René struck with Jehanne—His Genoese innamorate—“Devils at home”—A second marriage desirable—The King bemoans Isabelle—No festivities—A moral allegory—A new course of life—Costly offerings—“Les Tards-Venus”—Court of Love at Les Baux—“La Passe Rose”—A coffin full of golden hair—Ruralizing royalty—Jehanne, nymph of the bosquets—“Pastorals”—“Regnault et Jehanneton”—All fall in love, and all fall out!—An allegory of chivalry—Cuer reads the strange inscription—Louis XI.’s outrageous behaviour—“L’Abuzé en Court”—René the victim—The Pageant of the Pheasant—An elysium of love—The Queen’s virtues—Her portrait—René’s school of architects—St. Bernardin, the King’s confessor—René’s heart—Pious Sovereigns—Relics—The crown of Catalonia—Queen Jehanne and Queen Margaret—Church spectacles—Magnificent hospitality—Demoiselle Odille—La Petite Hélène—Patroness of crafts—“The Golden Rose”—René’s green old age—“Le bon Roy est mort!”—Marie de la Chapelle’s children—Queen Jehanne retires to Beaufort—A studious widow—“I have no other rôle to play!”-“La Reine” in an iron cage—The Queen’s sweet death—Her will—Her monument and René’s—“Priez pour la bonne Jehanne” 306-356

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

	FACING PAGE
Ceremonious Entry of the “Lady of the Crest”	Frontispiece
Queen Yolanda d’Arragona	30
Entry of a Queen into her Capital	40
Favourite Recreations	50
A Mystery	60
King Louis II. of Sicily-Anjou	68
Communion of a Knight	74
A Royal Repast	80
Street Scene in Aix	86
Queen Isabelle de Lorraine	94
King René (circa 1440)	106
Royal Patronesses and Crafts	118
“Cœur” and “the Island of Love”	130
“The White Queen”—Jeanne d’Arc	144
Expulsion of Gay Women	152
Siege of Orléans	160
Sacré of Charles VII.	168
Queen Marie d’Anjou