large/12344/historyoffrance_1807_librivox_64kb_mp3/historyoffrance_02_yonge_64kb_30
large/12344/historyoffrance_1807_librivox_64kb_mp3/historyoffrance_02_yonge_64kb
English
12344
Bertrand du Guesclin offered the king to relieve the country from these Free Companies by leading them to assist the Castilians against their tyrannical king, Peter the Cruel. BRETON DE GISCON OFFERED THE KING TO RELIEVE THE COUNTRY FROM THESE FREE COMPANIES BY LEADING THEM TO ASSIST THE CASTILIANS AGAINST THEIR TYRANNICAL KING PETER THE CRUEL
f Cocherel, in 1364, Charles the Bad was defeated, and forced to make peace with France. On the other hand, the French party in Brittany, led by Charles de Blois and the gallant Breton knight, Bertrand du Guesclin, were routed, the same year, by the English party under Sir John Chandos; Charles de Blois was killed, and the house of Montfort established in the duchy. These years of war had created a dreadful class of men, namely, hired soldiers of all nations, who, under some noted leader, sold their services to whatever prince might need them, under the name of Free Companies, and when unemployed lived by plunder. The peace had only let these wretches loose on the peasants. Some had seized castles, whence they could plunder travellers; others roamed the country, preying on the miserable peasants, who, fleeced as they were by king, barons, and clergy, were tortured and murdered by these ruffians, so that many lived in holes in the ground that their dwellings might not attract attention.  AND AT THE BATTLE OF COCHERELLES IN THIRTEEN SIXTY FOUR CHARLES THE BAD WAS DEFEATED AND FORCED TO MAKE PEACE WITH FRANCE ON THE OTHER HAND THE FRENCH PARTY IN BRITTANY LED BY CHARLES DE BLOIS AND THE GALLANT BRETON KNIGHT BRETON DE GISCON WERE ROUTED THE SAME YEAR BY THE ENGLISH PARTY UNDER SIR JOHN CHANDOS CHARLES DE BLOIS WAS KILLED AND THE HOUSE OF MONFER ESTABLISHED IN THE DUCHY THESE YEARS OF WAR HAD CREATED A DREADFUL CLASS OF MEN NAMELY HIRED SOLDIERS OF ALL NATIONS WHO UNDER SOME NOTED LEADER SOLD THEIR SERVICES TO WHATEVER PRINCE MIGHT NEED THEM UNDER THE NAME OF FREE COMPANIES AND WHEN UNEMPLOYED LIVED BY PLUNDER THE PEACE HAD ONLY LET THESE WRETCHES LOOSE ON THE PEASANTS SOME HAD SEIZED CASTLES WHENCE THEY COULD PLUNDER TRAVELLERS OTHERS ROAMED THE COUNTRY PREYING ON THE MISERABLE PEASANTS WHO FLEECED AS THEY WERE BY KING BARONS AND CLERGY WERE TORTURED AND MURDERED BY THESE RUFFIANS SO THAT MANY LIVED IN HOLES IN THE GROUND THAT THEIR DWELLINGS MIGHT NOT ATTRACT ATTENTION
large/12344/historyoffrance_1807_librivox_64kb_mp3/historyoffrance_02_yonge_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/12344/historyoffrance_1807_librivox_64kb_mp3/historyoffrance_02_yonge_64kb.flac