VOLUME II.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER XVII. THE CRUSADES, THEIR DECLINE AND END. CHAPTER XVIII. THE KINGSHIP IN FRANCE. CHAPTER XIX. THE COMMUNES AND THE THIRD ESTATE. CHAPTER XX. THE HUNDRED YEARS’ WAR.—PHILIP VI. AND JOHN II. CHAPTER XXI. THE STATES—GENERAL OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY. CHAPTER XXII. THE HUNDRED YEARS’ WAR.—CHARLES V.

ILLUSTRATIONS

Richard’s Farewell to the Holy Land——10

Preaching the Second Crusade——13

Defeat of the Turks——16

The Christians of the Holy City Defiling Before Saladin.——28

Richard Coeur de Lion Having the Saracens Beheaded.——37

St. Louis Administering Justice——46

Sire de Joinville——55

The Death of St. Louis——64

Louis the Fat on an Expedition——69

Battle of Bouvines——81

Death of de Montfort——104

De La Marche’s Parting Insult——126

St. Louis Mediating Between Henry III. And his Barons—— 136

“It is Rather Hard Bread.”——146

The Sicilian Vespers——156

The Town and Fortress of Lille——164

The Battle of Courtrai——167

Colonna Striking the Pope——185

The Hanging of Marigny——200

The Peasants Resolved to Live According To Their Own Inclinations and Their Own Laws——209

Insurrection in Favor of the Commune at Cambrai——214

Burghers of Laon——220

The Cathedral of Laon——233

Homage of Edward Iii. To Philip Vi.——250

Van Artevelde at his Door——264

“See! See!” She Cried——283

Statue of James Van Artevelde——296

Queen Philippa at the Feet of The King——314

John II., Called the Good——318

“Father, Ware Right! Father, Ware Left!”——326

Charles the Bad, King of Navarre, in Prison——335

The Louvre in the Fourteenth Century——336

Stephen Marcel——342

The Murder of the Marshals——345

“In his Hands the Keys of The Gates.”——354

Charles V.——371

Big Ferre——376

Bertrand Du Guesclin——388

Putting the Keys on Du Guesclin’s Bier——407