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His marriage had given to him Flanders, with a gallant nobility, and with the chief manufacturing cities of Northern Europe. HIS MARRIAGE HAD GIVEN TO HIM FLANDERS WITH A GALLANT NOBILITY AND WITH THE CHIEF MANUFACTURING CITIES OF NORTHERN EUROPE
aris would be a scene of horrible famine, where hungry dogs, and even wolves, put an end to the miseries of starving, homeless children of slaughtered parents; another, the people would be gazing at royal banquets, lasting a whole day, with allegorical "subtleties" of jelly on the table, and pageants coming between the courses, where all the Virtues harangued in turn, or where knights delivered maidens from giants and "salvage men." In the south there was less misery and more progress. Jacques Cœur's house at Bourges is still a marvel of household architecture; and René, Duke of Anjou and Count of Provence, was an excellent painter on glass, and also a poet. CHAPTER III. THE STRUGGLE WITH BURGUNDY. 1. Power of Burgundy.--All the troubles of France, for the last 80 years, had gone to increase the strength of the Dukes of Burgundy. The county and duchy, of which Dijon was the capital, lay in the most fertile district of France, and had, as we have seen, been conferred on Philip the Bold.  CHAPTER THREE OF HISTORY OF FRANCE THIS IS A LIBRAVOX RECORDING ALL LIBRAVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBRAVOX DOT ORG RECORDING BY ADEL POOLY HISTORY OF FRANCE BY CHARLOTTE M YOUNGER CHAPTER THREE THE STRUGGLE WITH BURGUNDY ONE POWER OF BURGUNDY ALL THE TROUBLES OF FRANCE FOR THE LAST EIGHTY YEARS HAD GONE TO INCREASE THE STRENGTH OF THE DUKES OF BURGUNDY THE COUNTY AND DUCHY OF WHICH DIJON WAS THE CAPITAL LAY IN THE MOST FERTILE DISTRICT OF FRANCE AND HAD AS WE HAVE SEEN BEEN CONFERRED ON PHILIP THE BOLD
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