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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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the conquest of the Turks. The foolish lad actually had himselfcrowned at Naples as Emperor of the East and King of Jerusalem. Here was-glory indeed for himself and his youthful bride. At this juncture wiser counsellors succeeded in persuading Charles tOreturn to France. Even this was no longer easy, for the Italians had beenoffended at every step by his haughty pretensions and the stupid ignorance-with which he trod upon their most sensitive feelings. A league of several ofthe little states sprang up against him. His homeward passage was barred byan army, through which he had to fight his way at Fornovo. His gallant,soldiers defeated thrice their numbers, but even then the battle secured them,only a retreat from Italy. One-half of the French forces had been left behindat Naples. These were almost exterminated by warfare and disease. TheJremnant were made prisoners, and few ever escaped to return to France. ■ Charles turned his back on war and glory; they had proved a less pleasing
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CHARLES VIII. GREETING ANNE OF BRITTANY IN HER CAPITAL I France—The House of Orleans 855 game than he expected. The remaining three years of his life were passed inidle dissipation, and then while hurrying through a dark passage to witness agame of tennis, he struck his head against a beam. He insisted that he wasunhurt, and hastened on, saw the game and chatted with the players, but pres-ently fell down speechless among them, and so died. The court folk among;whom he lived had given him the name of Charles the Affable. Four children had been borne to Charles and Anne, but all died in infancy,and so that individual of so many extremes of fortune, Louis of Orleans, be-came king after all as Louis XII. He had been heir to the throne in LouisXLs time, and had been kept as a sort of state prisoner by that suspiciousmonarch, and married to his daughter Jeanne. Then came the birth of littleCharles to blast his kinsmans hopes. Next Orleans found himself Regent ofthe kingdom, and then a reb

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