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Title: A mediaeval princess : being a true record of the changing fortunes which brought divers titles to Jacqueline, Countess of Holland, together with an account of her conflict with Philip, Duke of Burgundy (1401-1436)
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Putnam, Ruth, 1856-1931
Subjects: Jacoba, Countess of Hainault and Holland, 1401-1436
Publisher: New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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his Friends and of his Enemies, andfrom Official Documents. By Ruth Putnam.Fully illustrated. 2 vols., 8°, gilt tops . $3.75 It is doubtful if any previous works on this interesting character aremore readable and accurate than this of Ruth Putnam. Her book showsavast amount of intelligent research among original^ documents, and anunbiased, thoughtful, discriminating study of the histories of her sub-ject.—N. Y. Times. It is certain that the authors book will be read with pleasure, for itthrows new light upon the struggle for religious civil liberty in theNetherlands, and renders it easier for us to detect in the most conspicu-ous figure of its earlier stages the real lineaments of the man.—N. Y.Szcn. New York—Q. P. PUTNAMS SONS—London AUG 2 5 boa PLEASE DO NOT REMOVECARDS OR SLIPS FROM THIS POCKET UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO LIBRARY ,;A^^ ^if V.
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MINIATURE IN BOOK OF HOURS. Jacqueline kneeling at the right of the Virgin, OS) I AMEDIAEVALPRINCESS BEING^TRUE RECORD ^^ ™^CHANGING FORTUNES WHICHBROUGHT DIVERS TITLES JACQUELINE COUNTESS ^^ HOLLANDTOGETHER WITH AN ACCOUNT ^^ HER CONFLICT WITHPHILIP DUKE OF BURGUNDY(1401 • 1436) BY RUTH^PUTNANf HONORARY MEMBER OF THE •maatschappij van NEDERLANDSCHE LETTERKUNDE* AT LEYDEN AUTHOR oy WILLIAM the SILENT ETa GPPUTNAM S SONSNEW YORK.LONDON1904- 585301 t.r. 54 Copyright, 1904 BY RUTH PUTNAM Published, June, 1904 Ube Iknfclterbocfter iprees, new ^orb A woman whose grdcious personality has influencedmany maidens of the nineteenth and a few of thetwentieth century, once listened with pleasant interestto this story of a less fortunate damsel of long ago. Inmemory of the first sketch of the narrative this volumeis affectionately inscribed to S. J. L PREFACE /^NLY a very audacious romancer would^^ dare to make his heroine pass throughmore varied fortunes than those actuallyexperienced by Jamediaevalprinc00putn

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