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By this means he was able to purchase the counties of Roussillon and Perpignan from the King of Aragon, thus making the Pyrenees his frontier, and on several occasions he made his treasury fight his battles instead of the swords of his knights. BY THIS MEANS HE WAS ABLE TO PURCHASE THE COUNTIES OF ROUSSION AND PAPIGNON FROM THE KING OF ARAGON THUS MAKING THE PYRENEES HIS FRONTIER AND ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS HE MADE HIS TREASURY FIGHT HIS BATTLES INSTEAD OF THE SWORD OF HIS KNIGHTS
hrew herself on the protection of the house of Austria, and marrying Maximilian, son of the Emperor Frederick III., carried her border lands to swell the power of his family. 5. Louis's Home Government.--Louis's system of repression of the nobles went on all this time. His counsellors were of low birth (Oliver le Daim, his barber, was the man he most trusted), his habits frugal, his manners reserved and ironical; he was dreaded, hated, and distrusted, and he became constantly more bitter, suspicious, and merciless. Those who fell under his displeasure were imprisoned in iron cages, or put to death; and the more turbulent families, such as the house of Armagnac, were treated with frightful severity. But his was not wanton violence. He acted on a regular system of depressing the lawless nobility and increasing the royal authority, by bringing the power of the cities forward, by trusting for protection to the standing army, chiefly of hired Scots, Swiss, and Italians, and by saving money. IAGE WITH HIS SON CHARLES BUT SHE THREW HERSELF ON THE PROTECTION OF THE HOUSE OF AUSTRIA AND MARRYING MAXIMILIAN SON OF THE EMPEROR FRIEDRICH THE THIRD CARRIED HER BORDERLANDS TO SWELL THE POWER OF HIS FAMILY FIVE LOUIS HOME GOVERNMENT LOUIS'STEM OF REPRESSION OF THE NOBLES WENT ON ALL THIS TIME HIS COUNSELLORS WERE OF LOW BIRTH OLIVER LEDEME HIS BARBER WAS THE MAN HE MOST TRUSTED HIS HABITS FRUGAL HIS MANNERS RESERVED AND IRONICAL HE WAS DREADED HATED AND DISTRUSTED AND HE BECAME CONSTANTLY MORE BITTER SUSPICIOUS AND MERCILESS THOSE WHO FELL UNDER HIS DISPLEASURE WERE IMPRISONED IN IRON CAGES OR PUT TO DEATH AND THE MORE TURBULENT FAMILIES SUCH AS THE HOUSE OF ALMAGNAC WERE TREATED WITH FRIGHTFUL SEVERITY BUT HIS WAS NOT WANTON VIOLENCE HE ACTED ON A REGULAR SYSTEM OF DEPRESSING THE LAWLESS NOBILITY AND INCREASING THE ROYAL AUTHORITY BY BRINGING THE POWER OF THE CITIES FORWARD BY TRUSTING FOR PROTECTION TO THE STANDING ARMY CHIEFLY OF HYDE SCOTS SWISS AND ITALIANS AND BY SAVING MONEY
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