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Philip's son, John the Fearless, had married a lady who ultimately brought into the family the great imperial counties of Holland and Zealand; and her son, Duke Philip the Good, by purchase or inheritance, obtained possession of all the adjoining little fiefs forming the country called the Netherlands, some belonging to the Empire, some to France. PHILIP'S SON JOHN THE FEARLESS HAD MARRIED A LADY WHO ULTIMATELY BROUGHT INTO THE FAMILY THE GREAT IMPERIAL COUNTIES OF HOLLAND AND ZEALAND AND HER SON DUKE PHILIP THE GOOD BY PURCHASE OR INHERITANCE OBTAINED POSSESSION OF ALL THE ADJOINING LITTLE THIEFS FORMING THE COUNTRY CALLED THE NETHERLANDS SOME BELONGING TO THE EMPIRE SOME TO FRANCE
s 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. His marriage had given to him Flanders, with a gallant nobility, and with the chief manufacturing cities of Northern Europe.  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 HIS MARRIAGE HAD GIVEN TO HIM FLANDERS WITH A GALLANT NOBILITY AND WITH THE CHIEF MANUFACTURING CITIES OF NORTHERN EUROPE
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