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Louis's uprightness and wisdom gained him honour and love everywhere, and he was always remembered as sitting under the great oak at Vincennes, doing equal justice to rich and poor. LOUIS UPRIGHTNESS AND WISDOM GAINED HIM HONOR AND LOVE EVERYWRE AND HE WAS ALWAYS REMEMBERED AS SITTING UNDER THE GREAT OAK AT VARSENNES DOING EQUAL JUSTICE TO RICH AND POOR
in her son, _Louis IX._, who is better known as _St. Louis_, and who was a really good and great man. He was the first to establish the Parliament of Paris--a court consisting of the great feudal vassals, lay and ecclesiastical, who held of the king direct, and who had to try all causes. They much disliked giving such attendance, and a certain number of men trained to the law were added to them to guide the decisions. The Parliament was thus only a court of justice and an office for registering wills and edicts. The representative assembly of France was called the States-General, and consisted of all estates of the realm, but was only summoned in time of emergency. Louis IX. was the first king to bring nobles of the highest rank to submit to the judgment of Parliament when guilty of a crime. Enguerrand de Coucy, one of the proudest nobles of France, who had hung two Flemish youths for killing a rabbit, was sentenced to death. The penalty was commuted, but the principle was established. ILL BETTER ONE IN HER SON LOUIS THE NINTH WHO IS BETTER KNOWN AS SAINT LOUIS AND WHO WAS A REALLY GOOD AND GREAT MAN HE WAS THE FIRST TO ESTABLISH THE PARLIAMENT OF PARIS A COURT CONSISTING OF THE GREAT FEUDAL VASSALS LAY AND ECCLESIASTICAL WHO HELD OF THE KING DIRECT AND WHO HAD TO TRY ALL CAUSES THEY MUCH DISLIKED GIVING SUCH ATTENDANTS AND A CERTAIN NUMBER OF MEN TRAINED TO THE LAW WERE ADDED TO THEM TO GUIDE THE DECISIONS THE PARLIAMENT WAS THUS ONLY A COURT OF JUSTICE AND AN OFFICE FOR REGISTERING WILLS AND EDICTS THE REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY OF FRANCE WAS CALLED THE STATES GENERAL AND CONSISTED OF ALL ESTATES OF THE REALM BUT WAS ONLY SUMMONED IN TIME OF EMERGENCY LOUIS THE NINTH WAS THE FIRST KING TO BRING NOBLES OF THE HIGHEST RANK TO SUBMIT TO THE JUDGMENT OF PARLIAMENT WHEN GUILTY OF A CRIME ONGO HON DE CUSI ONE OF THE PROUDEST NOBLES OF FRANCE WHO HAD HUNG TWO FLEMISH YOUTHS FOR KILLING A RABBIT WAS SENTENCED TO DEATH THE PENALTY WAS COMMUTED BUT THE PRINCIPAL WAS ESTABLISHED
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