Friday, July 13, 2012
RANDOM ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA
FR ANCE.....at duke phil's death new league against LXI. the king of england, ed VI, duke of burgundy, + brittney + kings of aragon + castile. LXI fought back. 1468 convoked the states-generals at tours. the 3 estates asked to give opinion as to the power of the crown to alienate normandy, the step insisted by duke of burgundy forbid the crown to dismember france. thus fortified, LXI began to break the coalition. made terms w/ duke of bourbon + house of anjou; his brother charles was a cipher(as in nothing? or tool?), the king of eng paralysed by warwick; he attacked + reduced brittney; burgundy, most formidable, remained a force war or negotiation? his court divided. king decided negotiation, + tried friendship. he miscalculated both his own 'charm' + his opponents temper. the interview of peronne followed. chuck held LXI prisoner + compelled LXI to sign treaty of peace, on basis of conflans + not sufficient humiliation. chuck made LXI go on his expedition to punish the men of liege, who trusting the help of LXI, had revolted(14 69) + let LXI go to paris. an assembly of nobled declared treaty of peronne dead + king made small frontier war + ended in truce of amiens 1471. truce spent preparing for fresh struggle. but stalled til the death of charles., now duke of guienne, in 1472. chuck the bold broke truce + made war, marching into northern france, sacking + raping til beauvais. there the despair of the citizens + bravery of the women saced it. chuck raised the siege, + marched to rouen, hoping to meet the duke of britney, but that duke's hands full. LXI had overan his lands + reduced him to terms. the duke of burgubdy saw that the coalition failed. made fresh truce w/ LXI 1472. chuck the bold turned east.
FR ANCE.....at duke phil's death new league against LXI. the king of england, ed VI, duke of burgundy, + brittney + kings of aragon + castile. LXI fought back. 1468 convoked the states-generals at tours. the 3 estates asked to give opinion as to the power of the crown to alienate normandy, the step insisted by duke of burgundy forbid the crown to dismember france. thus fortified, LXI began to break the coalition. made terms w/ duke of bourbon + house of anjou; his brother charles was a cipher(as in nothing? or tool?), the king of eng paralysed by warwick; he attacked + reduced brittney; burgundy, most formidable, remained a force war or negotiation? his court divided. king decided negotiation, + tried friendship. he miscalculated both his own 'charm' + his opponents temper. the interview of peronne followed. chuck held LXI prisoner + compelled LXI to sign treaty of peace, on basis of conflans + not sufficient humiliation. chuck made LXI go on his expedition to punish the men of liege, who trusting the help of LXI, had revolted(14 69) + let LXI go to paris. an assembly of nobled declared treaty of peronne dead + king made small frontier war + ended in truce of amiens 1471. truce spent preparing for fresh struggle. but stalled til the death of charles., now duke of guienne, in 1472. chuck the bold broke truce + made war, marching into northern france, sacking + raping til beauvais. there the despair of the citizens + bravery of the women saced it. chuck raised the siege, + marched to rouen, hoping to meet the duke of britney, but that duke's hands full. LXI had overan his lands + reduced him to terms. the duke of burgubdy saw that the coalition failed. made fresh truce w/ LXI 1472. chuck the bold turned east.
