Chapter V

Story of Anne de Graville--Illness of Claude--Court of Anne de
Bretagne--Italian war--Marriage of Marguérite d’Angoulême--
Dress and customs at Court--Birth of Renée de France--The
Prince de Chalais--The Queen ill--Birth and death of a son--
League of Cambrai--Sea-fight--Death of the Queen 353

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Amboise _Frontispiece_
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Jeanne de Bourbon 6
Meaux 25
French Noble, Fourteenth Century 56
Lady of French Court, Fourteenth Century 67
The Bastille 80
Meeting of the Queen and her Mother 86
Shield of Jeanne de Bourbon 105
Isabeau de Bavière 117
Nevers 186
The Prioress of Poissy 190
Bedroom of the Fifteenth Century 197
Old Paris 202
The Louvre, from the Hôtel de Nesle 207
Hôtel Barbette 237
Bourges 257
Man in Armour, Fifteenth Century 273
Map of English Possessions in France, 1380-1422 287
Shield of Isabeau de Bavière 298
Marie d’Anjou 299
Shield of Marie d’Anjou 300
Charlotte de Savoie 301
Shield of Charlotte de Savoie 302
Anne de Bretagne 310
Trumpeter 316
Tour d’Amboise 323
Louis XII. 330
Bourges 333
Lady of Fifteenth Century 339
Blois 342
Loches 349
Shield of Anne de Bretagne 364

PICTURES OF THE OLD FRENCH COURT

_REIGN OF CHARLES V. AND JEANNE DE BOURBON_