Chapter XXIV: Book THE EIGHTH (13)

CHARLES the BOLD, Count CHAROLOIS, and duke of BURGUNDY, the son of
Philip the Good, i. xii.;
receives Commines into his service, _ib._;
fights the battle of Montlhery, _ib._;
his marriage, _ib._;
detains Louis in captivity, xiv.;
captures and destroys Liege, xv.;
his defeat and death, xxiii.;
causes of the war between him and Louis XI., 1 _et seq._;
biographical notices of, 1 _n._;
meets the ambassadors of the French king at Lisle, 2 _et seq._;
his defence of the bastard of Rubempré, 4;
treaty of alliance between him and Francis, duke of Bretagne, 6;
raises an army against Louis XI. under pretence of the public good,
9;
his declaration against the lords of Croy, 10;
the amount of his forces, 11;
his advance upon Paris, 13, 14;
styled by Commines “the greatest monarch in the world,” 25;
encamps near Montlhery, and gives battle to the French, 17 _et
seq._;
his dangerous position and rescue, 26 _et seq._;
joined by the dukes of Berry and Bretagne, 33 _et seq._;
his exultation after the battle of Montlhery, 33;
his valour and intrepidity, _ib._;
passes the Seine on a bridge of boats, and invests Paris, 42 _et
seq._;
his cannonading with the king of France near Charenton, 54 _et
seq._;
lays a second bridge of boats over the Seine, 57;
his troops mistake some high thistles for a body of French lances,
61, 64;
visited by the king of France, who discusses with him the causes of
the quarrel, 65 _et seq._;
his extravagant demands on the king, 65;
concludes a peace by signing the treaty of Conflans, 73;
exclusive concessions made to, by Louis XI., 74, 76, 78;
concludes a treaty of peace at St. Maur-des-Fossés between his
allies and the king of France, 80;
becomes duke of Burgundy on the death of his father, 88, 92;
his wars with the Liegeois, 88 _et seq._;
captures and destroys the town of Dinant, 89, 90;
defeats the Liegeois in a set battle, 97;
his triumphant entry into the city of Liege, 105;
submission of the Gantois to him, 109;
the king of France makes war on his allies, 110;
their interview at Peronne, 118;
he seizes the king, and confines him in the castle of Peronne,
118, 119;
his interview with the emperor Frederic and other great princes,
124-126;
vast concessions made to, by the treaty of Peronne, 132 _et seq._;
compels the king to renounce his league with the Liegeois, and to
sign a treaty of peace, 127, 130 _et seq._;
undertakes an expedition against the Liegeois, accompanied by the
king, 145 _et seq._;
beleaguers the city of Liege, 149;
great distress of his van guard, _ib._;
is in great danger from a sally of the Liegeois, 153;
captures and devastates the city of Liege, 157;
permits the king of France to return home, 161;
his treatment of the Liegeois, and of the people of Franchemont,
161, 162;
Louis acts in opposition to him, 165;
and takes the occasion of making a fresh war, 167 _et seq._;
cited by the king of France to appear before the Parliament at
Paris, 170;
his territories invaded, 171 _et seq._;
designs against, 174;
he takes the field and captures Picquigny, 175, 176;
besieges Amiens, 177;
enters into a truce with the king, 178;
assembles the estates, 179;
his opposition to the Earl of Warwick, 185, 187;
his naval strength, 187;
his difficulties with regard to Edward IV. and the Earl of Warwick,
195;
his conference with Edward IV. at St. Pol, 198;
his liberal assistance to him, 199;
the war between him and King Louis renewed, 203 _et seq._;
negociations for peace broken off by the Duke of Guienne’s death,
210;
he captures and sacks the town of Nesle, 211;
his attempt to outwit the King, 215;
concludes a treaty at the Castle of Crotoy, 216;
Amiens, St. Quentin, and various towns, castles, and fortresses,
ceded to, 216;
besieges Beauvais, 219;
raises the siege and marches against Rouen, 221;
concludes a truce with the King, 224;
his restless ambition, 235;
seizes the Duchy of Guelders, and besieges Nuz, 236 _et seq._;
his military force, 237;
the town relieved by the King of France, and others whom he had
stirred up against the duke, 239 _et seq._;
his obstinacy, 241;
loses the castle of Trouquoy, and several towns, 244;
suspects the constable of France, 247;
assisted by his ally the king of England, 251 _et seq._;
his visit to Edward, 267;
concludes the treaty of Vervins with Louis, 287;
delivers up the constable of France, who is publicly executed,
291-297;
digression concerning his error in delivering up the constable
contrary to the safe conduct, and what happened to him
afterwards, 297-300;
the last sovereign of Burgundy, 298;
at his father’s death one of the richest and most powerful
sovereigns in Christendom, _ib._;
his delivering up the constable base and dishonourable, 298, 299;
had grown distrustful of his best subjects, 299;
makes war upon the Swiss, and is disgracefully defeated near
Granson, 301-306;
his honour and his wealth lost in one day, 305;
abandoned by his allies, 309;
again defeated by the Swiss near Morat with great loss, 315;
seizes the duchess of Savoy who is rescued by the king of France,
317, 319;
lives in melancholy retirement at La Rivière, 321;
and loses the town of Nancy, 324;
his impolitic rejection of advice, 326, 327;
visited by the king of Portugal, while besieging Nancy, 332;
rejects the advice of his officers, and is defeated and slain in a
battle with the duke of Lorraine, 335-7;
Latin epitaph on, 337;
reflections on his character, and on the ancient prosperity of the
house of Burgundy, 340;
state of affairs after his death, 344 _et seq._;
Louis XI. contemplates the destruction of his family, and the
distribution of his territories, 351;
various cities and plains of Burgundy delivered up to the king,
350-364.

CHARLES the BOLD (_continued from Jean de Troyes’ Chronicle_). His
military operations against France and the Parisians, ii. 312
_et seq._;
concessions made to, by Louis XI., 332;
concludes a peace, 333;
at war with the Liegeois, 341;
his conference with Louis XI. at Peronne, 354;
receives intelligence of the massacres of the Liegeois, _ib._;
besieges and captures Liege, in company with Louis XI., 355;
concludes a peace with Louis XI., 356;
declared an enemy to France, 360;
threatens to arrest the earl of Warwick, 361;
enters into a truce with Louis XI., 365;
renews his mad pranks, 367;
captures Nesle and various French towns, 368 _et seq._;
his siege of Beauvais, and his great losses, 369;
is compelled to retreat, 371;
devastates the country, 372;
agrees to a truce, 374, 375;
besieges Nuz, 376;
defeated by the Swiss, 381;
his flight, 382;
refused further supplies, 383;
defeated by the Duke of Lorraine, _ib._;
his signal defeat and death near Nancy, 386, 387;
recognition of his dead body, 387.
(See BURGUNDIANS.)

Charles d’Amboise, lord of Chaumont, i. xxv.

Charles of Artois, Count d’Eu, notices of, i. 1 _et n._

Charles, lord of France, receives the Duchy of Normandy from Louis
XI., i. 78;
requires the king to fulfil the terms of the treaty of Peronne, and
grant him the investiture of Normandy, 164;
the king offers him Guienne and Rochelle, in lieu of Brie and
Champagne, in opposition to the duke of Burgundy, 165;
he accepts the proposal, and is created duke of Guienne, 166.
(See GUIENNE.)

Charles Martel, the first king of France who came collaterally to the
throne, ii. 289.

Charles I. king of Naples, ii. 96.

Charles II. king of Sicily, ii. 96.

Charles V. king of France, i. 386.

Charles VI. of France, the wars of his reign, i. 47;
insanity of, 273;
his family jealousies, ii. 256.

Charles VII. king of France, i. 5 _n._, 273, 387; ii. 2;
his power of levying taxes, 43;
suppresses the rebellion of the Praguerie, 69;
at war with his son, 82;
his opinion of his son, 83 _n._;
his death, 304;
his obsequies, 305.

CHARLES VIII., son of Louis XI., ascends the throne of France, i.
xxxiii.;
his patronage of Commines, xxxiv.;
undertakes an expedition to Italy, xxxiv.-v.;
notices of, i. 209 _n._;
birth of, ii. 8 _n._;
born at Amboise, 361;
receives his father’s last injunctions, 69;
the commencement of his reign, 93 _et seq._;
account of his expedition into Italy, 93;
crowned at fourteen years of age, 94;
the Duke of Lorraine demands from him the duchy of Bar, _ib._;
restores the duchy, 95;
his claim to the kingdom of Naples, 96-99;
receives an embassy from Milan, 109;
makes peace with the King of the Romans and the Archduke of
Austria, 110;
forsakes the young princess of Burgundy, and marries the daughter
of the duke of Bretagne, 110;
death of all his children, 112;
signs the treaty at Senlis, 113;
his allies, 117;
his endeavours to obtain the alliance of the Venetians before
undertaking his expedition to Naples, 119 _et seq._;
his advance to Lyons, 121;
his great preparations for invading Naples, 122, 125 _et seq._;
borrows jewels and large sums of money from his friends, 124, 125;
his military successes in Piedmont, 126, 127;
his visit to Pavia, 131;
marches to Placentia, 132;
restores Pisa to its ancient liberty, 138;
the Pisans raise his statue in the place of the Marzocchi, 139;
enters into a treaty with the Florentines, 143 _et n._;
enters Florence, 143;
and passes through various towns in his march to Rome, 144 _et
seq._;
his entry into Rome, 149;
his agreement with the Pope during his stay at Rome, 158;
his departure from Rome to Naples, 159;
account of his journey, 160;
his entry into Capua, 161;
into Naples, 161;
his enthusiastic reception, 161, 162;
is crowned king of Naples, 163;
the errors committed by him, 165;
designs in his favour against the Turks by the Venetians, 165 _et
seq._;
political intrigues against, 174 _et seq._;
the Venetians enter into a league with the Pope against, 179;
his military preparations against the league, 183 _et seq._;
his departure from Naples, 186;
returns to Rome, 186, 187;
arrives at Siena, 187;
his deliberations respecting the restitution of the Florentine
towns, 188;
enters Pisa, 189;
retains Pisa and several Florentine towns, 191;
his dangerous passage over the mountains between Pisa and Sarzana,
194, 195;
his naval forces defeated, 195;
crosses the Apennines with great difficulty, 199;
enters Lombardy, 203;
arrives at Fornovo, near the camp of his enemies, where they are
waiting to encounter and capture him, 204, 205;
prepares for the battle, 207 _et seq._;
gains the victory, 211-214;
the danger to which he was exposed, 218;
his retreat to Asti, 223;
his arrival at Nice, 225;
and also at Asti, 227;
fits out a fleet for relieving the castles at Naples, 229;
defeated in his object, 232;
enters into and concludes negociations for peace, 238 _et seq._;
concludes a peace with the League, 245 _et seq._;
arrives at Trino, 247;
sends to Venice to invite the Venetians to accept the terms of
peace, 248 _et seq._;
his stay at Lyons, 252, 253;
his feastings and pleasure, 252;
he forgets those who were left at Naples, 253;
receives intelligence of the death of his son, the dauphin, 254;
his family disputes and jealousies, 255, 256;
receives intelligence of the loss of the castle of Naples, the
selling of the Florentine towns, the treaty of Atella, &c., 257
_et seq._;
misfortunes of his troops after the treaty of Atella, and the
surrender of Naples, 261-263;
several abortive plots formed in his favour by the Italian princes
for the recovery of Naples and Genoa, and the destruction of
the duke of Milan, 264-269;
differences between him and Ferrand king of Castile, 269;
sends ambassadors to accommodate the affair, 270, 273;
who sign a truce, 275;
account of his death, and of the magnificent building which he
began a while before he died, 281-284;
a short retrospect of his life, 281;
plans another expedition to Italy, 282;
resolves to live a more strictly religious life, _ib._;
his good inclination to reform the Church, the laws, the treasury,
and himself, 283, 284;
his piety, and dying moments, 284;
his obsequies and funeral, 287, 288;
the last of the direct line of Philip de Valois, 290.

Charlotte, daughter of Louis, duke of Savoy, ii. 82 _n._

Charolois, Charles, count of, afterwards duke of Burgundy. (See
CHARLES the BOLD.)

Chartier, William, bishop of Paris, i. 50; ii. 320.

Chartreux at Pavia, ii. 137.

Chassa, Jean de, revolt of, i. 171.

Chasteau-Guyon, Louis and Hugh, lords of, i. 376.

Chasteau-Guyon, Hugh, lord of, i. 309, ii. 20, 21;
his defeat, 388.

Chasteauneuf, Anthony de, ii. 347.

Chastel-Chinon, revenue of, i. 141.

Chastillon, M. de, an officer of the king, i. 139;
his illegal measures, 140.

Chaumont burnt, ii. 340.

Chaumont, Charles, lord of, i. 319, ii. 21, 23.
(See AMBOISE.)

Chaumont, Peter, lord of, i. 34;
death of, _ib._ _n._

Chene, Sir John, i. 267.

Cheney, lord, ii. 4.

Chevalier, M. Etienne, ii. 304.

Childermas-day, sanctity of, i. 270.

Chimay, John, count of, i. 6 _n._

Chimay, Philip, count of, i. 10;
his prudent advice rejected by the duke of Burgundy, 335 _n._

Chinon, town of, i. xviii.

Chollet, Casin, ii, 316.

CHRONICLES of LOUIS XI. from 1460 to 1483, containing various
adventures which occurred both in France and in the
neighbouring countries, ii. 297 _et seq._

Church, reform of, attempted by Charles VIII., ii. 282.

Churches of Liege protected from spoliation, i. 158.

Cibo, cardinal Gian Battista, becomes pope of Rome, ii. 98.

Cico, Francisco, secretary to the regent of Milan, ii. 101;
arrested and executed, 101 _n._, 102.

Cifron, treacherous execution of, i. 327.

Cinquanteniers of Paris, ii. 329.

Citizens of Paris, their conference with the lords of France, i. 50.

Civil Wars in England, i. 48, 49, 93;
during the contests between Louis XI. and Charles of Burgundy,
181-6.

Clairet, Peter, steward of the French king’s household, ii. 5.

Clarence, George, duke of, death of, i. 49.

Clarence, duke of, brother of, Edward IV., i. 188, 189, 275;
goes over to his brother at the battle of Barnet, 200;
flies to Normandy, ii. 360;
his return to England, 363.

Clarence, duchess of, prematurely brought to bed, i. 185.

Claude, Master, physician to Louis XI., ii. 37.

Clerieux, Guillaume, lord of, sent as ambassador to Castile, ii. 273,
274.

Cleves, John, duke of, i. 11, 233, 368, 369, 370;
his quarrels and dissatisfaction, 372;
his attempts to negociate a marriage between his son and the young
duchess of Burgundy, ii. 11-13.

Clodion, the second king of France, ii. 289.

Clugny, William de, bishop of Therouenne, arrest of, i. 372.

Cluny, William of, account of, i. 37 _et n._

Clutin, Master Pierre, i. xvii.

Coctier, James, physician of Louis XI., ii. 71, 74;
predicts the king’s death, 75.

Cœur, Jeffery, ii. 3.

Cohé, Mery de, i. 220.

Cold, fatal effects of, in the duke of Burgundy’s army, i. 163.

Cologne, two pretenders to the bishopric of, i. 235;
great expenses incurred to secure themselves against the duke of
Burgundy, 239.

Colonna, Prospero, cardinal, ii. 147, 158.

Colonne, family of the, in possession of Ostia, ii. 145;
opposed to the Ursini, 146;
enemies of the French, _ib._;
their hostilities against Don Ferrand, 147;
rewarded by Charles VIII., 185;
their cabals and revolt, 185, 186.

Colpin, a brave English soldier, i. 322;
is killed at Nancy, 323.

Commerce, treaty of, made at Vervins, i. 287.

Commines, town of, i. xi.;
importance of the family name, _ib._;
the castle of, the birthplace of Philip de Commines, xi.;
Jean de Clite, the lord of, xii.

COMMINES, PHILIP de, lord of ARGENTON, called the “Father of Modern
History,” i. v.;
his memoirs relate to one of the most interesting periods of
history, _ib._;
they terminate about twenty years before the Reformation, vi.;
his tendency to praise the princes who enjoyed his allegiance,
viii.;
the composition of his memoirs the occupation of the last years of
his life, ix.;
the various editions of his memoirs, _ib._;
the present translation made from the text of Madlle. Dupont, x.;
he was born in the castle of Commines in the year 1447, xi.;
the son of the sovereign-bailiff of Flanders, _ib._;
Philip the Good, his godfather, _ib._;
left an orphan with a small patrimony, xii.;
Philip the Good becomes his royal patron, _ib._;
appointed chamberlain and councillor of the duke of Burgundy, xiii.;
engaged in various important missions, xvi.;
receives tempting offers from Louis XI. to enter into his service,
xvii.;
abandons the duke of Burgundy, and enters the service of Louis,
_ib._, 222;
confiscation of his property, xviii.;
enriched by the munificence of Louis, xix.;
becomes the prince de Talmont on his marriage to the wealthy
heiress, Helene de Chambes, xxii.;
receives the full confidence of Louis, _ib._ _et seq._;
his mission to Florence, xxvi.;
details his personal history, xxvii _et seq._;
compelled to restore the estates of the La Tremoille family after
the death of Louis XI., xxxiii.;
his political difficulties, xxxiv.;
is thrown into prison, and condemned to banishment, _ib._;
recalled to the council of Charles VIII., _ib._;
accompanies the king in his campaign against Naples, xxxv.;
sent on political missions to Venice and Milan, xxxv., xxxvi.;
on the death of the king he retires into private life, xxxvi.;
his last years embittered by vexatious law-suits, _ib._;
his death, _ib._;
interred in the Convent des Grands Augustins at Paris, xxxvii.;
his personal and intellectual qualifications, _ib._;
his memoirs dedicated to Angelo Cato, the archbishop of Vienne,
xlv.
His first presentation to Charles, duke of Burgundy, and his own
account of his early life and subsequent career, 1 _et seq._
_passim_;
at the battle of Montlhery, 21-32;
his mission to lord Wenlock at Calais, 185, 188;
hospitably treated, at Calais, by lord Wenlock, 196, 197;
acquits himself like a loyal and faithful subject, 224;
the displeasure of the king with, 351;
his embassy, 353;
sent to Florence during the wars in Burgundy, ii. 25 _et seq._;
receives homage for the duchy of Genoa in the name of the king, 31;
nobly treated at Florence, _ib._;
his return to France, 32;
appointed one of the council of Charles VIII., 95;
ambassador at Venice, 155;
sent ambassador to Venice, 168;
his opinions of her government, and his general description of, 169
_et seq._;
the subjects of his embassy, ii. 173 _et seq._;
leaves Venice, 182;
handsomely treated, _ib._;
his interview with the king at Siena, 187;
his difficulties with Charles VIII., 206;
at the battle of Fornovo, 211 _et seq._;
sent to parley with the enemy, 220, 221;
appointed to conduct negotiations for peace, 238 _et seq._;
sent to Venice to invite the Venetians to accept the terms of
peace, 248.

Commines, Jeanne de, marriage of, i. xxxvi.;
death of, xxxvii.

Comminges, John, count de, i. 165, ii. 83.

Commissioners appointed by Louis XI. to reform abuses, ii. 341.

Condé, town of, surrendered, ii. 389.

Conflans, the duke of Burgundy’s army encamps at, i. 46;
treaty of, 52;
treaty of, between Louis XI. and Charles of Burgundy, 173 _et seq._;
great concessions made to the latter, 74, 76, 78;
treaty of, confirmed at the castle of Crotoy, 216.

Constable of France. (See LOUIS de LUXEMBOURG, and ST. PAUL.)

Constantine Aranito, ii. 164;
his enterprise against the Turks, 167.

Constantine Palæologus, emperor of Constantinople, slain, ii. 90.

Constantinople, captured by Mahomet II., ii. 90.

Contay, William, lord of, i. 12;
brings information to Charles of Burgundy, 26;
his advice after the battle of Montlhery, 31;
advises the death of the hostages of Liege, 95;
his death predicted and verified, 96, 98.

Contay, Louis, lord of, surrenders the town of Corbie, i. 244;
a servant of the duke of Burgundy, 265;
discovers the duplicity of the constable of France, 266;
sent on an embassy to the king, 307.

Coppenolle, John, town-clerk of Ghent, ii. 42.

Corbeil, the king’s retreat to, i. 29.

Corbie, town of, captured, i. 244.

Corbie, William de, entertains Louis XI., ii. 308.

Corbin ceded to the duke of Burgundy, i. 74.

Cordes, Philip, lord des, i. 21, 161;
attacks the suburbs of Beauvais, 218, 219;
surrenders the city of Arras, 360;
under the service of the king, 361;
his various officers, _ib._;
the king’s lieutenant in Picardy, ii. 32;
his contests with the Flemings, 32, 33.

Cornaro, Catherine, married to the king of Cyprus, ii. 121 _n._;
her rights claimed by the Venetians, _ib._

Correano, town of, ii. 197.

Corrozet, Gilles, ii. 293.

Cossé, John, lord of, his speech to Louis XI., i. 310.

Cotereau, Robert, bravery of, i. 27.

Coulches, Claude de Montagu, lord of, i. 16.

Couldre, Philip de la, ii. 228.

Courtiers should conduct themselves with modesty and forbearance, i.
230, 231.

Cousinot, M., ii. 317, 318.

Craon, George, lord of, i. xxv., xxvi., 211, 332;
his danger, 154;
the king’s lieutenant in Burgundy, 376; ii. 20;
withholds the captured places from the Prince of Orange, 377;
besieges Dole, 20;
is defeated, and deposed, 20, 21;
his successes over the Prince of Orange, 388.

Crespin, Jeanne, of Normandy, i. 69 _n._

Crevecœur ceded to the duke of Burgundy, i. 74.

Crevecœur, Antony, lord of, i. 21.

Crevecœur, Philip de, i. 97.

Creville, Louis de, a servant of the constable’s, i. 265.

Criminals, punishment of in 1490, ii. 298.

Croia, in Albania, surrender of, ii. 166.

Cross-bow-men of the French army, ii. 211.

Crotoy ceded to the duke of Burgundy, i. 74;
treaty concluded at the castle of, between Louis XI. and the duke
of Burgundy, 216.

Croussol, Lord de, arrested, ii. 310.

Croy, the lords of, expelled from the palace of the duke of Burgundy,
i. 6;
the duke of Burgundy’s declaration against, 10.

Croy, Antony, lord of, i. 6 _n._

Croy, John of, count of Chimay, i. 6 _n._

Croy, Philip of, i. 10 _n._

Crussol, Louis, lord of, i. 220.

Curton, Gilbert, lord of, i. 213.

Cyprus, title of the Venetians to, ii. 121.

D.

Dabecfin, Geo., ii. 232.

Dammartin, count of, is reconciled to the constable of France, i. 228;
strange story about his intended assassination, 248;
restored to his possessions, ii. 333.

Darsson, Jean, revolt of, i. 171 _n._

Dauphin of France (son of Louis XI.), treaty respecting his projected
marriage with Margaret of Flanders, ii. 45 _et seq._;
his marriage to the countess of Flanders, 58, 393, 394;
receives his father’s last injunctions, 69.
(See CHARLES VIII.)

Dauphin (son of Charles VIII.), death of, ii. 254;
loss sustained thereby, 257.

Death divides all things, and defeats the counsels of mankind, i. 215.

De Croy, Sieur, i. 76.

D’Eu, count, i. 1, 5.

Denmark, king of, quartered at Unterbilk, i. 242.

Despiris, lord, i. 221;
crushed to death at the siege of Beauvais, 222.

Destouteville, Robert, mayor of Paris, committed to the Bastille, ii.
301;
restored to the mayoralty of Paris, 336.

De Ville, William de, i. 119.

Diamonds taken by the Swiss from the Burgundians, i. 311.

Digonne, Jean de, i. 141.

Dijon surrenders to the king, i. 376.

Dinant, town of, captured by the duke of Burgundy, i. 88 _et seq._;
caused by its cruel treatment to the people of Bouvines, 88, 89.

Divine chastisements, i. 339.

Divisions, mischiefs of among princes, i. 85;
among citizens, 89;
result of among the Liegeois, 101;
permitted by God for the punishment of wickedness, 378 _et seq._

Doge of Venice, Commines’ visit to the, ii. 170;
his palace, _ib._;
his friendly assurances towards Charles VIII., 176-178;
his conferences with Commines, 250.

Doges of Venice, ii. 267.

Dogs, &c., strange fancy of Louis XI. for, ii. 57.

Dole, the capital of Franche-Comté, besieged by the lord of Craon,
ii. 20;
historical notice of, 20 _n._;
taken by storm, 22; destruction of, 391.

Domjulien, Antoine lord of, ii. 184 _et n._

Doreille, Rigault de, ii. 250.

Doriolle, Peter, Chancellor of France, i. 212;
arrested, ii. 310.

Dormans, Regnault, ii. 337.

Dorset, Thomas Gray, Marquis of, ii. 4.

Douay, sally from, defeated, i. 363.

Doullens, or Dourlens, ceded to the duke of Burgundy, i. 74;
the duke of Burgundy’s arrival at, 171, 233.

Duisie, Guillot, notice of, i. 67.

Dunois, John, count of, i. 18;
crosses the Seine, 42;
his lands and lordships recovered from the count of Maine, 82;
appointed royal commissioner, ii. 341.

Dunois, Francis, count of, ii. 74.

Du Pont, Marquis, i. 112 _n._

Du Pont des Archers, town of, ii. 238;
surrendered, 339.

Duras, Galhard, lord, i. 186.

Durazzo, Paolo, Archbishop of, ii. 166;
his capture, 167.

Duties, regulations for the levying of, i. 133, 134.

E.

Easterlings, at war with England, i. 192;
danger of Edward IV. being captured by the, 193;
their opposition to the kings of Denmark, 380.

Edward, the black prince, his capture of king John at the battle of
Poictiers, i. 390;
his exalted character, 390 _n._

EDWARD IV., king of England, i. 22;
notices of, 37;
his interview with Charles of Burgundy, 124;
with Louis XI., 126;
contemporary with Louis XI. and the duke of Burgundy, 181;
his sister married to the latter, _ib._;
supported by the earl of Warwick, 183;
imprisoned by the earl of Warwick, _ib._;
escapes and defeats the earl in various battles, 184;
his character and person, 187;
is driven out of England by the earl of Warwick, assisted by Louis
XI., 190-194;
dangers to which he was exposed, 191-193;
his conference with the duke of Burgundy at St. Pol, 198;
liberally assisted by the duke, 199;
he returns to England, _ib._;
and defeats the earl of Warwick, who is slain, 201;
defeats the prince of Wales at Tewkesbury, 202;
his executions, 203;
his reign no longer disturbed, _ib._;
opposes the contemplated marriage of the duke of Burgundy’s
daughter, 208, 209;
invades France, 251 _et seq._;
his great army, _ib._;
sends a letter of defiance to the king of France, 252;
the courteous reception of his herald, 253, his landing at Calais,
255;
the bad reception of his troops, 257;
receives a herald from Louis XI., 251;
receives overtures of peace from Louis, 261;
enters into a truce for nine years, 263 _et seq._;
visited by the duke of Burgundy, 267;
his troops entertained by Louis, 269;
his answer to the constable of France, 270;
disorderly conduct of his troops, 271;
interview between him and Louis, 275 _et seq._;
the treaty signed, 276;
his private conversation with Louis, 277;
his return to England, 283;
the vicissitudes of his life, 393 _et seq._;
his death, 394 _n._;
his amours, 395, 396; ii. 63;
a voluptuous prince, 7;
offers made to, by Louis XI., 8, 9;
his displeasure at the marriage of the dauphin of France and
Margaret of Flanders, 62;
remarks on his death and character, 62 _et seq._;
murder of his two sons, 63 _n._;
his life a continued scene of trouble, 85;
his love of pleasure, 87;
died of apoplexy, _ib._

EDWARD IV. (_continued from Jean de Troyes’ Chronicle_). He seizes
the crown of England, ii. 300;
his preparations for invading France, 360;
expels the Earl of Warwick, _ib._;
flies to his brother-in-law the Duke of Burgundy, 363;
demands the duchies of Guienne and Normandy, 376;
his intercourse with Louis XI. at Picquigny, 378, 379;
concludes a truce, 380;
death of, 394.

Edward V., of England, birth of, i. 195.

Elizabeth, Princess, daughter of Edward IV. of England, i. 263, 395;
ii. 7;
married to Henry VII., 8 _n._

Embassies sent to Venice, ii. 173, 174.

Emmanuel, King of Portugal, ii. 278.

ENGLAND, gradually loses her power in France, i. 48;
civil wars in, 48, 93, 363, 364 _et seq._;
civil wars during the contests between Louis XI. and the duke of
Burgundy, 181-186;
the various battles fought, 181 _n._;
a check to France, 379;
Scotland a check to, _ib._;
the excellence of her government, 385;
the royal families of, and their misfortunes, 393 _et seq._;
revolutions in, 395-397;
strange adventures that happened in, in 1460, ii. 299;
Louis XI. sends an embassy to, 340.

Englebert, lord of Cleves, ii. 211 _et n._

English, in the service of the duke of Burgundy, i. 237;
France invaded by the, 238, 251 (see EDWARD IV.);
entertained by Louis XI., 269;
their disorderly conduct, 271;
anxiety of Louis concerning the, 279;
cajoled by Louis XI., after the duke of Burgundy’s death, from fear
of being interrupted in his conquests, ii. 1 _et seq._;
how they became masters of the duchy of Guienne, 2 _et n._;
the French king’s liberality to the, 3-5;
and his policy, 7.

Entragues, Robert lord of, ii. 192;
governor of Pietrasanta, 194;
sells the Florentine towns, 255, 257.

Envy, passion of, in high stations, ii. 255.

Espinal, in Lorraine, taken from the marshal of Burgundy, and, given
to the duke of Calabria, i. 78.

Essars, Philip des, lord of Thieux, i. 222;
pensions granted to, 224.

Estampes, Charles of Burgundy’s army quartered at, i. 34;
the united forces at, _ib._;
treaty of alliance at, between the dukes of Bretagne and Burgundy,
1, 8.

Estates, meeting of the Three, at Tours, i. 386.

Estissac, Jean, baron of, i. 207.

Estradiots, their skirmishes with the French and Swiss, ii. 201;
description of them, _ib._;
number of, in the Venetian service, 204;
attack the French, 205; their onslaught on the king’s, camp, 212;
their flight, 213;
their plunder, 216.

Eu, town of, captured by the Burgundians, i. 221, 222;
retaken, 222;
capture of, ii. 371.

Eu, Charles d’Artois, Count d’, his complaint against the Duke of
Burgundy, i. 169;
death of, ii. 366.

Eugenius IV., Pope, i. 47.

Eustachio, Filippo, of Pavia, captor of the castle of Milan, ii. 102;
seized and imprisoned, 105.

Exeter, Henry Holland, Duke of, reduced to beggary, i. 182.

F.

Factions, danger of, ii. 86;
historical notices of, 146;
appear as if necessary for the world, i. 381.

Faith in God, on the want of, i. 389.

Favre, Jourdain, the friar, i. 211 _n._, 223 _n._

Fay, lord of, i. 323 _n._

Febvre, Gerard le, i. 141.

Fecamp church, in Normandy, burnt by a fiery exhalation, ii. 302.

Female diplomacy, i. 189.

Ferdinand, duke of Braganza, ii. 278 _n._

Ferdinand I. (or Ferrand), King of Naples, i. 313; ii. 26;
the conspiracy of the Pazzi at Florence promoted by, 26-28;
besieges Florence, 29;
rebellion against, 97;
his treachery and cruelty, 99;
his atrocities, 151;
his tyrannical measures, 152;
his death, 155.

Ferdinand II. (Don Ferrand), son of Alfonso, King of Naples, ii. 123,
133;
hostilities against, 147;
crowned king by his father Alfonso, 149;
received as king of Naples, 157;
prepares to oppose Charles VIII. at St. Germain, _ib._;
his flight and dispersion of his army, 160, 161, 163;
retakes Naples from the French, 230, 231 _et n._;
conditions by which he was to abide for peace, 249;
the advantages gained by him after the treaty of Atella, 261;
his marriage and death, 263.

Ferdinand II., of Castile (or Ferrand), cedes different towns to the
Venetians, ii. 121, 172 _n._;
differences between him and Charles VIII., 269;
ambassadors sent to, 270, 273;
and a truce signed, 275.

Ferdinand V., King of Spain, i. 331 _et n._

Ferrara, duke of, his handsome treatment of Commines, ii. 182.

Ferrand, king of Naples (See Ferdinand).

Ferrette, county of, i. 236;
captured and restored to the duke of Austria, 243;
the Swiss gain right of passage through, _ib._

Ferriers, village of, ii. 372.

Fiennes, Jacques, lord of, i. 248.

Flanders, countess of, married to the Dauphin, ii. 393, 397;
her public entry into Paris, 394.

Flemings, rebellion of the, i. 358;
conclude a peace with Louis XI., ii. 393, 394.

Flisco, Breto di, of Genoa, ii. 126.

Flisco, Lord John Lewis di, ii. 126.

Flocquet, Captain Robert de Hain, i. 30.

Florence, Commines sent on a mission to, i. xxvi., ii. 25 _et seq._;
conspiracy of the Pazzi at, 26, 27;
besieged by Pope Sixtus IV., 29;
governed by the Medici, 127;
affairs of, 129, 135;
Peter de Medicis banished from, 141;
entered by Charles VIII., 143;
preachings of Friar Jerome at, 189 _et n._

Florentine towns, Charles VIII.’s deliberations respecting their
restitution, ii. 188;
several retained by him, 191.

Florentines send ambassadors to Charles VIII., ii. 127;
cruelly treat the Pisans, 138;
enter into a treaty with Charles VIII., 143 _et n._;
capture and sale of their towns, 257, 258;
great divisions among them at the death of Charles VIII., 285.

Foix, count of, ii. 213.

Forgosa, Signor John, taken prisoner, ii. 127.

Forli, town of, ii. 133.

Fornovo, village of, i. xxxv.;
arrival of Charles VIII. at, ii. 204;
preparation for the battle of, 207;
battle of, gained by the French, 211-214;
consequences of the victory, 215 _et seq._;
losses at, 217;
a grand parley takes place after the battle of, 220;
retreat of the French from, 223.

Fortune nothing but a poetical fiction, i. 293;
changes of, 294.

Fou, John du, i. 363.

Foucart, Captain Patris, i. 213.

Fracasse, Gasparo, de Sanseverino, ii. 148.

Framezelles, Robinet de, ii. 212 _et n._

FRANCE throws off the power of England, i. 48;
plundered for many years by the nobility of England, 182;
invaded by the English, 238, 251 (see Edward IV.);
England a check to, 379;
taxation of, in the fifteenth century, 386, 387;
women excluded from the throne of, ii. 14, 16;
the founders of their different dynasties, 289;
its fertility in 1460, 298;
invaded by the Burgundians, 312;
Edward IV. makes preparations for invading, 360.

France and Spain, league between, ii. 359.

Franchemont, the country of, i. 153;
desperate attack of, on the duke of Burgundy’s troops, 153-156;
the hilly country of, 162;
the dwellings burnt down, and the country devastated, 163;
extreme cold in, _ib._

Francis, duke, i. 397.

Francis, friar, of Apulia, ii. 286 _et n._

Francisco de Pazzi, his conspiracy and death, ii. 28.

Frederic I., the count palatine, troops of, i. 44.

Frederic III., the emperor of Germany, his interview with Charles of
Burgundy, i. 124;
embassy sent by Louis XI. to, 245;
his story and its moral, 246;
declines the king’s proposals, 247;
sends an embassy to Charles VIII., ii. 110.

Frederic, Don, son of Alphonso king of Naples, ii. 123, 157;
a military commander, 126;
naval defeat of, 129;
succeeds Ferdinand II. as king of Naples, 263.

French, on the character of the, and the government of their kings,
i. 385 _et seq._;
their affection towards their princes, 386;
their obedience, 387;
their difficulties in marching from Pisa, ii. 194 _et seq._;
their skirmishes with the Estradiots, 201, 205;
gain the battle of Fornovo, 207-214;
superiority of their artillery, 210;
their retreat from Fornovo, 223;
more than men in their attacks, and less than women in their
retreats, 225;
their sufferings, 226, 227;
their retreat secured by the Swiss, 226.

French army, two sorts of Germans in the, ii. 260.

Friar, Robert, the holy man of Calabria, ii. 54;
sent for by Louis XI., 55;
biographical notices of, 56, 58.

Fumée, Adam, physician to Louis XI., ii. 27.

G.

Gaeta, castle of, ii. 263.

Galeas, John Visconti, lord of Milan in 1378, ii. 100.

Galeas, Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan in 1466, ii. 101;
banishment of his brothers, _ib._ _n._

Galeas, John Sforza, duke of Milan, ii. 31, 100;
pays homage to Louis XI. for the duchy of Genoa, 31;
his duchess, 131;
his illness, _ib._

Galeas, Ludovic the Moor, (afterwards duke of Milan) ii. 101, 102;
his dispute with St. Severino, 103;
seizes the castle of Milan, and assumes the reins of government,
105;
aspires to the ducal power, 106 _et seq._;
sends an embassy to Charles soliciting an expedition to Naples,
108.

Galeazzo, Maria Giovanni, duke of Milan, i. 27.

Galee, Jacques de la, i. 141.

Galeot, James, notices of, i. 44, 237.

Galeot, lord de la Mirandola, ii. 148.

Gallipoli, town of, ii. 162.

Gannay, Jean, lord of Persan, ii. 147;
president of Pisa, 191.

Gantois, their rebellion and submission to the duke of Burgundy, i.
106 _et seq._;
their character and customs, 108;
their charters, 109;
rebellion of the, 366;
embassy from the, to Louis XI., 367;
on the return of their ambassadors they put the chancellor Hugonet
and the lord of Humbercourt to death, 375;
assume the sole authority of the duchess, and the management of
government, 375, 377;
persecute the Burgundians, 377;
are defeated before Tournay, 378;
their negociations with Louis on the death of their duchess, ii. 42;
their seditious spirit, 60.
See Ghent.

Garigliano, the river, ii. 157.

Garrison, a strong one cannot be attacked with safety, i. 220.

Gascony, the English merchant of, i. 280.

Genetaires, a Spanish light horse, ii. 201.

Genly, Jaques, lord of, ii. 230.

Genoa, the duke of Milan pays homage to Louis XI. for the duchy of,
ii. 31;
revolt of, 109 _et n._;
great military preparations at, 122;
the French at, 127;
defeat of the French forces at, 195;
plots of the Italian princes for the recovery of, 267;
the plan against, proves abortive, 268, 269.

Gens, bailiff of, i. 142.

Gens du Camp, pioneers so called, ii. 40.

George le Grec, i. 333.

George, prince of Scutari, ii. 166.

George, son of John II., ii. 278.

Gerault, M., the military engineer, i. 43.

Germans, inroads made upon the, by the duke of Burgundy, i. 223 _et
seq._;
the town of Nuz relieved by the, 240 _et seq._;
Charles defeated and slain by the, 336, ii. 383-386 (see Swiss);
boorish manners of the, 14;
secretly assist the Burgundians, 18;
liberal offers made to the, 210;
their contests with the French in Florence, 135;
capitulate to Charles VIII., 165;
two sorts of, in the French army, 260.

Germany, several towns of, abandon their alliance with the duke of
Burgundy, i. 311;
confederacy of, defeat the duke of Burgundy, 315;
factions and divisions in, 380.

Ghent, the duke of Burgundy’s triumphal entry into, i. 106;
riotous assemblies in, 107;
their customs, 108, 109;
submission of the Gantois, 109;
fines imposed upon, _ib._;
the duke of Burgundy retires to, 110;
Master Oliver’s designs upon defeated, 356;
the citizens of, rebel against the duchy of Burgundy, and put their
magistrates to death, 365 _et n._ (see GANTOIS);
disquisition on its political and commercial position, 378 _et
seq._ (see GANTOIS.)

Gié, Pierre de Rohan, lord of, i. 271;
marshal of France, ii. 38;
leads the French across the Apennines, 200;
retires to the mountains for fear of attack, 202;
commands at the battle of Fornovo, 209 _et seq._

Girault, the engineer, i. 56.

Girl, in the city of Mans, trained to certain impostures, ii. 302.

Gisors, weak condition of, ii. 331.

Gloucester, Richard, of York, duke of, afterwards Richard III. of
England, i. 194, 201, 277;
historical notices of, 395;
his atrocities, 396, 397, ii. 63;
declares himself king of England, 63;
his death, i. 49 _n._, 397; ii. 64, 65.

GOD, inscrutable ordinances of, i. 327;
the sole governor of human affairs, 328;
gives princes as He in his wisdom thinks fit, 340, 341;
wars and divisions permitted by, for the punishment of wicked
princes and people, 378 _et seq._;
on want of faith in, 389;
on the judgments of, 392, 393;
gives wise ministers of state to that nation he designs to support,
ii. 24;
the disposal of all things proceeds from, 86;
the wisdom and policy of man of no avail when He chooses to
interpose, 120;
His providence in favour of the French, 148;
the general voice of the people, the voice of God, 154;
providence of, 165;
the conductor of the French in the Italian expedition, 226;
the power of, shown in affliction, 280.

Gormont, Jean, i. 140.

Goux, Pierre de, chancellor of the duke of Burgundy, i. 108;
cancels the charter of Ghent, 109.

Grammont, Michel de, sent ambassador to Castile, ii. 275.

Grand-Villiers, granary of, i. 132.

Granada, troublesome to Castile, i. 379.

Granson, besieged by the Burgundians, i. 303;
their barbarous treatment, 304;
the inhabitants defeat the Burgundians, 305;
consequence of Charles’s defeat near, 307 _et seq._;
capture of, ii. 381;
recaptured, 382.

Grassay, or Grassé, Gilbert de, lord of Champeroux, i. 258; ii. 37.

Grassé, James de, Lord of Yors, i. 258.

Grave, town of, i. 233.

Graville, Louis, lord of, ii. 97.

Gravina, Francisco, duke of, ii. 163.

Grips, in the ports of Albania, ii. 166.

Gruthuyse, Louis, lord de la, i. 193, 194.

Grutuse, lord de la, ii. 75.

Guelders, duchy of, i. 399;
seized by the duke of Burgundy, 222;
lost and restored, 234 _n._

Guelders, duke de, slain, ii. 388.

Guelders, Arnold, duke of, i. 232;
cruelly treated by his own son, 232, 233;
is released from prison, 358;
invests Tournay, is repelled and slain, 358 _et n._, 378.

Guelders, Adolphus, duke of, allied to the house of Bourbon, i. 232;
his unnatural conduct to his father, 232, 233;
his imprisonment and miserable death, 234.

Guelphs and Ghibellines, factions of the, ii. 135 _et n._, 146.

Guerres, Gratian des, lord of Aubenton, ii. 185.

Guienne, the duchy of, conferred on Charles of France, i. 165, 166;
how the English became masters of the, ii. 2 _et n._;
ceded to Louis XI., 359.

Guienne, duke of (Charles of France), is desirous of stirring up a
war between Louis XI. and Charles of Burgundy, i. 169;
his designs in promoting the war between the king and the duke of
Burgundy, 173;
his object to marry the duke’s daughter, 173, 180;
the war between Louis XI. and the duke of Burgundy renewed through
his solicitations, 203 _et seq._;
promises passed respecting the marriage, 206;
his death, 210;
and the final peace negotiating between the king and the duke of
Burgundy thereby broken off, 210;
union established between him and Louis XI., ii. 358, 359;
his dissatisfaction, 366.

Guillaume de Bische, i. xxiv.

Guinegaste, battle of, ii. 32.

Guise, Louis, count of, ii. 160.

Guisnes, county of, ceded to the duke of Burgundy, i. 76.

Guns, great, use of, ii. 133.

Guy, town of, ii. 388.

Guy de Brimeu, lord of Humbercourt, i. 95.

Guynegate, battle of, ii. 216.

H.

Hague, Edward IV.’s arrival at the, i. 194.

Hainault, intended for bestowal by the king on his own subjects, i.
351.

Halles, Olivier, lord des, i. 259.

Hallewin, Madame Jeanne de, her opinion on the projected marriage of
the duchess of Burgundy, ii. 11.

Halots, conference at, ii. 59.

Han delivered up to Louis XI., i. 350;
his abode at, ii. 365.

Haquelebac gallery, ii. 283.

Haraucourt, Guillaume de, bishop of Verdun, imprisonment of, i. 165,
ii. 75.

Hastings, William, lord, i. 191;
receives a pension from Louis XI., i. 267, ii. 5;
his high character, 4.

Haultbourdin, John, lord of, i. 11;
his bravery, 29, 30;
his advice after the battle of Montlhery, 31.

Heberge, John, bishop of Evreux, one of the royal commissioners at
Bouvines, i. 227.

Helene des Chambes, married to Commines, i. xxii.

Henry, a Parisian, employed to negotiate terms of peace, i. 214.

Henry III. landgrave of Hesse, i. 236.

Henry IV., king of Castile, his interview with Louis XI., i. 121-123.

Henry V. king of England, i. 12, 17;
qualities of, 22;
is offered the duchies of Normandy and Guienne, 48;
captures Rouen, 273 _n._;
his death, 22 _n._

Henry VI. king of England, i. 22;
his imprisonment, 48;
released from the Tower by the earl of Warwick, 195;
his misfortunes, 393;
rebellion against, ii. 299;
reinstated, 363;
his wife and friends visit Paris, and are royally received, 364;
his army defeated, 366;
death of, i. 48, 201.

Henry VII. king of England, i. 396.
(See Richmond).

Herald sent by Edward IV. to Louis XV., i. 253;
one sent to Edward, 260.

Herman IV., archbishop of Cologne, i. 235.

Hermits of St. Pancras, ii. 56.

Herycourt, castle of, besieged, i. 213.

Hesdin, the duke of Burgundy’s arrival at, i. 170;
delivered up to the King, 362.

Hesevare, Cardinal, i. 241.

Hieronymo, Girolamo, Count de, ii. 28, 133 _n._

History, advantages arising from the knowledge of, especially to
princes, i. 115 _et seq._

Holland, Louis XI. intends to take possession of, i. 351.

Holy Ghost, asserted to be present at the treaty between Edward IV.
and Louis XI., i. 279.

Hostages of Liege, their liberation, i. 96;
present the keys of the city to the Duke of Burgundy, 101;
some of them put to death, 106.

Houaste, John de Montespedon, bailiff of Rouen, i. 70.

Houcs and Caballans, contentions between the two factions, ii. 146.

Howard, Lord John, i. 253, 258, 261;
master of the horse, 267;
created earl of Norfolk, 282, ii. 4, 5;
the English ambassador, 391.

Hugh Capet, the second king of France, who came collaterally to the
throne, ii. 289, 290.

Hugonet, William, lord of Saillans, and chancellor of Burgundy, sent
as ambassador to Louis XI., i. 359;
arrested by the Gantois, 372;
charges brought against, 373;
condemned, and publicly executed, 359 _n._, 374, 375.

Humbercourt, Guy de Brimeu, lord of, i. 95;
appointed to negotiate with the Liegeois, 101;
takes possession of the city of Liege, 103;
his great abilities in managing the affair, 104;
gates of the city delivered up to, 105;
appointed lieutenant of the Liegeois, 113;
captured by the rioters of Liege, 118;
effects his escape, 119;
sent as ambassador to the king, 359, 360;
arrested by the Gantois, 372;
charges against, 373;
condemned and executed, 374, 375.

Hungary, victories of, against the Turks, ii. 88, 89;
Matthias I. chosen king of, 89.

Hunniades, regent of Hungary, his wisdom and bravery, ii. 87;
defeats the Turks at Belgrade, 88 _et n._

Hunting, the greatest pleasure of Louis XI., ii. 80, 81.

Hure, John de, plundered, ii. 312.

Huye, capture of, i. 93. ii. 346.

I.

Ignorance, the great curse of princes, i. 117.

Imbert de Batornay, Count du Bouchage, i. xlvii _n._

Impiety never goes unpunished, i. 234.

Ingratitude often the reward of faithful services, i. 231.

Innocent VIII., his depravity and incapacity, ii. 98 _n._

Interviews between kings for the settlement of differences often
prejudicial, i. 121 _et seq._;
between Henry IV. king of Castile, and Louis XI., 121-123;
between Charles of Burgundy and the emperor Frederic, 124;
and other great princes, 124-126.

Isabella, daughter of John, king of Portugal, and countess of
Charolois, ii. 3 _n._, 9 _n._, 37 _n._

Isabella of Castile, i. 333.

Isabella, daughter of Alphonzo II. of Naples, ii. 104.

Isabella, daughter of the earl of Warwick, i. 184.

Ischia, island of, ii. 150, 161.

Isle of France, entered by the Burgundians, ii. 314.

Italians, their nature to side with the strongest, ii. 139, 145.

Italy, the princes of, kept in check by the free states of, i. 379;
the mission of Commines to, ii. 25 _et seq._;
expedition of Charles VIII. into, 93 _et seq._;
consists but of three powers, 130;
league formed in, against Charles VIII., 179, 183 _et seq._;
the princes of, form various plots in favour of Charles VIII. for
the recovery of Naples, and the destruction of the duke of
Milan, 264 _et seq._;
their miscarriage, 266, 267.

J.

Jacqueling, M. Jean, i. 140.

Jacques de Beaumont, lord of Bressuyre, i. xxi., xxii.

Jacques d’Armagnac, i. xxv.

James de Pacis, Signor, his conspiracy and death, ii. 27 _et n._

James of Portugal, duke of Viseo, ii. 278.

James III. of Scotland, i. 398 _n._

James IV. of Scotland, i. 398 _n._

Janly, M. Jean de, i. 140.

Jealousy, passion of, in high stations, ii. 255.

Jean de Beaune, a merchant of Tours, i. xvi.

Jean de Halewyn, i. 96 _n._, 98.

Jean de la Clite, lord of Commines, i. xii.

Jean Louis, bishop of Geneva, i. 114.

Jerome, the Dominican friar, ii. 189 _et n._
(See Savonarola.)

Jesus Christ, the protector of the French army in Italy, ii. 226, 227.

Jewels taken by the Swiss from the Burgundians, i. 312.

Joachim, son of Louis XI., marshal of France, i. 42, ii. 80, 316.

Joan, Prince, of France, death of, ii. 393.

Joan du Bois, ii. 309.

Joanna, daughter of John II. of Arragon, ii. 155.

John, bishop of Cambray, i. 10.

John of Lancaster, duke of Bedford, i. 47.

John, duke of Burgundy, i. 10 _n._, 298;
surnamed “Sans-peur,” 72.

John II., king of France, i. 347;
the heavy sums paid for his ransom, 390.

John II., duke of Bourbon and Auvergne, notices of, i. 9.

John II. of Portugal, ii. 66 _n._

John II., king of Arragon, i. 123;
pledges his territories to Louis XI., ii. 65.

Jou, castle of, ii. 23.

Juana, queen of Arragon, i. 122.

Juana, daughter of Henry IV. of Castile, i. 333.

Julian de Medicis, slain, ii. 26.

Julius II., pope of Rome, his character, ii. 98.

K.

Kings, on the wisdom of, i. 229;
their jealousies and contests with their own children, ii. 255, 256.
(See Princes.)

Kings of France, the early ones, ii. 289, 290.

King’s evil, touching for the, ii. 37.

King’s nets, adopted by Louis XI., ii. 75.

Knowledge, general advantages of, i. 381.

L.

Labadio, town of, ii. 106.

Ladislaus V., king of Hungary, ii. 88;
his cruelties and death, _ib._

Lallain, Phillip lord de, i. 21;
killed at Montlhery, 12 _n._, 22, 30.

La Levée, the king contemplates its destruction, i. 353.

Lamoureux, William, i. 132.

Lancaster, royal House of in England, i. 393;
their civil contests, 93, 181 _et seq._; ii. 365;
the duke of Somerset its greatest supporter, i. 183.

Lancelot of Hungary. (See Ladislaus).

Landais, Pierre, i. 397 _n._

Lannoy, Baudoin de, lord of Molembais, i. 225; ii. 60.

Lansquenets, in the French army, ii. 260.

La Rivière, town of, i. 316;
the solitary retreat of the duke of Burgundy, i. 321 _et seq._

Lau, Antoine, lord de, i. 62;
his gallantry, 149.

Lau, Monsieur du, i. 114.

Laurence de Medicis, ii. 25, 26, 29.
(See Medicis.)

La Vere, in Holland, i. 192.

Laws, reform of the, attempted by Charles VIII., ii. 282.

Lawyers, illiterate princes often misled by, i. 116, 117.

League, formation of the, between the Venetians and the Pope against
France, ii. 179;
declared on Palm Sunday, 181;
the French forces menaced by the, 202, 203;
their formidable force, 209;
defeated at Fornovo by the French, 211-214;
peace concluded between the, and Charles VIII., 245 _et seq._;
offensive and defensive, between France and Spain, 359.

Learning, utility of, to princes, i. 117;
general utility of, 381.

Leather-money of France, i. 390, 391.

Leghorn, surrendered to Charles VIII., ii. 136.

Lenoncourt, Claude, bailiff of Vitry, ii. 185.

Le Sauvage, i. 119.

Lescut, Odet, lord of, i. 165;
obtains the city of Caen, 84;
demands made on behalf of, 223, 224.

Letters, advantages arising from the knowledge of, i. 115 _et seq._

Librefatta, surrendered to Charles VIII., ii. 136.

Liege, rebellion of, i. xiv.;
captured, burnt, and pillaged by the Burgundians, i. xv., 80, 103,
157; ii. 356;
the Liegeois compelled to make peace, i. 80;
city beleaguered, 100;
set on fire, and destroyed, 102;
its great strength and population, 104;
the duke of Burgundy’s triumphal entry into, 105;
new laws prescribed, and large sums exacted, 106;
the duke of Burgundy again marches against the city, in company
with Louis XI., 145 _et seq._;
confusion of the city, 146;
the inhabitants sally out and commit great slaughter, 147, 148;
its situation and extent, 150;
dilapidated state of, _ib._
(See Liegeois.)

Liege, bishop of. (See Louis de Bourbon.)

Liegeois, wars of the duke of Burgundy with the, i. 88 _et seq._;
its causes, 89;
a peace agreed to, 92;
the peace broken by the, 93;
debate concerning their hostages, 95;
amount of their forces, 96;
defeat of the, 97;
great number of slain, 98;
consequences of their defeat, 99;
divisions among the, 101;
their submission, 103;
the city of Liege triumphantly entered by the duke of Burgundy, 105;
the submission of the garrison, 109;
excommunication against the Liegeois, _ib._;
act of treachery, at the instigation of Louis XI., perpetrated by
the, 118;
murders committed by the, 118;
in consequence of which the king is seized and imprisoned at
Peronne, 120;
the king is compelled to renounce his league with them, 127 _et
seq._;
make vigorous sallies on the duke’s forces, by which the duke and
the king are placed in great danger, 154, 155;
their miseries after the capture of the city, 159;
barbarously treated, 161;
their treatment justified by their frequent rebellions and
cruelties, _ib._

Liegeois (_continued from Jean de Troyes’ Chronicle_). They invade
the Burgundian territories, ii. 336;
at war with the duke of Burgundy, 341, 346;
subdued, 349;
massacres committed by the, 354;
their city captured by the duke of Burgundy, 355;
sustain dreadful slaughter, _ib._

Ligny, Louis, count of, ii. 147;
made governor of Siena, 188.

Lisle, meeting of ambassadors at, i. 1 _et seq._

Livre, Henry de, ii. 318.

Lodesma, count of, i. 122;
afterwards duke of Albourg, 123.

Loheac, André, lord of, i. 18.

Loheac, M. de, marshal of France, ii. 337.

Lombardy entered by Charles VIII., ii. 203;
fineness of the country, _ib._

Lombes, bishop of, the Spanish ambassador, ii. 391.

Longjumeau, village of, i. 17, 18.

Longuejoye, John, count de, ii. 337;
appointed royal commissioner, 318.

Lords of France, their conference with the Parisians, i. 50.

Lorenzo de Medici, i. xxvii.

Lornay, Louis, lord of, ii. 211 _et n._

Lorraine, John de, ii. 339.

Lorraine, the duke of Burgundy’s hostilities in, i. 295;
entirely subdued by the duke of Burgundy, 301.