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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. IN THE SOUTH THERE WAS LESS MISERY AND MORE PROGRESS JACQUES GEUR'S HOUSE AT BOURS IS STILL A MARVEL OF HOUSEHOLD ARCHITECTURE AND RENEE DUKE OF ANJOU AND COUNT OF PROVENCE WAS AN EXCELLENT PAINTER ON GLASS AND ALSO A POE
d from the miseries of the long strife. The war had kept back much of progress. There had been grievous havoc of buildings in the north and centre of France; much lawlessness and cruelty prevailed; and yet there was a certain advance in learning, and much love of romance and the theory of chivalry. Pages of noble birth were bred up in castles to be first squires and then knights. There was immense formality and stateliness, the order of precedence was most minute, and pomp and display were wonderful. Strange alternations took place. One month the streets of Paris 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.  WAS LONG BEFORE IT RECOVERED FROM THE MISERIES OF THE LONG STRIFE THE WAR HAD KEPT BACK MUCH OF PROGRESS THERE HAD BEEN GRIEVOUS HAVOC OF BUILDINGS IN THE NORTH AND CENTRE OF FRANCE MUCH LAWLESSNESS AND CRUELTY PREVAILED AND YET THERE WAS A CERTAIN ADVANCE IN LEARNING AND MUCH LOVE OF ROMANCE AND THE THEORY OF CHIVALRY PAGES OF NOBLE BIRTH WERE BRED UP IN CASTLES TO BE FIRST SQUIRES AND THEN KNIGHTS THERE WAS IMMENSE FORMALITY AND STATELINESS THE ORDER OF PRECEDENCE WAS MOST MINUTE AND POMP AND DISPLAY WERE WONDERFUL STRANGE ALTERNATIONS TOOK PLACE ONE MONTH THE STREETS OF PARIS 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 WERE ALL THE VIRTUES HARANGUED IN TURN OR WHEN KNIGHTS DELIVERED MAIDENS FROM GIANTS AND SALVAGE MEN
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