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Title: The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and a pronouncing vocabulary of each nation
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
Subjects: World history
Publisher: New York : F.R. Niglutsch
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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is army intoNormandy, and repelled its possessors, meeting but faint resistance. TheEnglish clamored that he should observe the truce; and for answer he turnedsouth into Aquitaine, and swept them out of there as well. Two years later the falling conquerors made a last effort to retrieve theircause. They sent a fresh army to the south under the veteran soldier Talbot,who had fought against Joan at Orleans. The people of Bordeaux were almostEnglish in feeling, and they readily welcomed Talbot. Soon all Aquitainewas again in his hands, but Charles marched his army against him, slew him,and completely defeated his forces at Chatillon, recapturing Bordeaux (1453).Chatillon was the last battle of the Hundred Years War. England herselfwas now plunged into the frightful civil wars of the Roses and could make nofurther effort abroad. Of all her vast French territories she retained only thetown and neighborhood of Calais. Agnes Sorel died and Charles relapsed again into idleness. In the weak- 1
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France—Rule of Charles VII. 847 ness of his people, and the strength of his army, he had all the means at handto be a tyrant, but he lacked the energy. His indifference left the land atpeace, and out of its own inherent vitality, energy, and fertility, it slowlyrecuperated. Its woes had left it far behind other countries in civilization.The Italian Renaissance had not yet influenced it. But from this time theprogress was rapid, until two centuries later France had become once more theleader of Europe. The closing years of Charles were clouded by the plots and rebellions ofhis son, afterward the notorious Louis XI. Something, too, of the shadow ofhis fathers madness fell upon the king. It is hard to decide to just whatextent he was responsible for his actions in his later days. The crafty Louis gathered about him all the forces of discontent within thekingdom, but was at last compelled to flee and take refuge at the court ofPhilip of Burgundy. Even there he remained a source of terro

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