INDEX. (continued 2)
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refused by the king, 66;
ceded to the duke of Berry, and its capital occupied by the duke of Bourbon, 69, 70, 78; ii. 332;
declared to be free to all Englishmen of king Henry’s party, 303;
progress of Louis XI. to, 309;
visited by Louis XI., 323, 339.
Normandy, duke of (Charles duke de Berry), his quarrel with the duke of Bretagne, i. 83;
renounces his claim to the duchy, 84;
enters into a treaty of alliance with the duke of Bretagne, 84;
retires into Bretagne in a poor and disconsolate state, 85;
signs the treaty of Amiens, 111.
Northumberland, Henry Percy, earl of, i. 275.
Notre Dame de Clery, ii. 67.
Novara, captured by the duke of Orleans, ii. 192, 193;
the dukes’ behaviour in the city of, 191;
reduced to straits, 228;
the duke of Orleans and the French reduced to great famine at, 234, 235;
negociations respecting, 240;
peace concluded for the preservation of the besieged, 241;
sufferings of the duke of Orleans and the garrison, and how they were delivered from the direst misery by terms of accommodation, 242 et seq.
Nuz, origin of the wars of, i. 124;
a strongly fortified town in the Prussian states, 236;
besieged by Charles of Burgundy, 236, 239 et seq.; ii. 376;
the town of, relieved by the Germans and others, i. 240 et seq.;
want occasioned by the siege, 242;
siege of, raised, 250.
O.
Offices, public, dissertation on, i. 47 et seq.
Oliver de la Marche, notices of, i. 2 n.
Oliver le Mauvais, valet de chambre of Louis XI., i. 350;
sent to treat with the citizens of Ghent, 351;
failed in his designs upon Ghent, 356;
assumes the title of Count de Meulant, 357;
secures Tournay for the king, 358.
Olivet, Mount, monks of, ii. 156.
Onofrio de Santa Croce, legate of Rome at Liege, i. 146.
Oppressors, on the punishment of, i. 391.
Orange, William VII., prince of, i. 149.
Orange, Louis de Chalon, prince of, i. 376.
Orange, John II., prince of, reduced to great distress at Novara, i. 234;
commands the French troops, 236;
in the service of Louis XI., 376;
the captured places withheld from, 377;
abandons his cause, and is banished, 376 n.;
chosen to be lieutenant of Burgundy, ii. 18;
assists in concluding a peace between Charles VIII. and the League, 245 et seq.;
excites a revolt, 388.
Orgemont, Charles d’, lord of Mery, ii. 309.
Orlando, Charles, cardinal of St. Malo, ii. 191.
Orleans, factions of, ii. 86.
Orleans, Louis duke of, his assassination, i. 273, 274.
Orleans, Louis duke of (afterwards Charles XII.), pretends to the duchy of Milan, ii. 130;
captures Novara, 192, 193;
his behaviour in the city, 197;
his preparations for battle, 198;
beleaguered in Novara, 228;
reduced to great famine at Novara, 234, 235;
negotiations respecting, 240;
peace concluded for his preservation, 241;
how he was delivered from dire misery upon terms of accommodation, 242 et seq.;
peace concluded between him and the league, 245 et seq.;
next heir to the crown at the death of the dauphin, 254;
his inconstancy, 266;
succeeds to the French throne as Louis XII., 97 n., 289.
Orleans, Charles, appointed royal commissioner, ii. 341.
Orson, Jacques d’, a brave soldier, i. 222.
Orvietto, flight of the Pope Alexander VI. to, ii. 187.
Ostia, town of ii. 147;
number of troops at, ib.
Oudet de Rye, account of, i. 45.
P.
Pacis, family of the, ii. 25 et seq.;
their contests with the Medicis, 25, 26;
their conspiracy defeated, 27, 28.
Padua, subdued by the Venetians, ii. 138.
Paillart, Chrisstofle, ii. 323.
Palæologus, Thomas, son of emperor Manuel, ii. 166.
Pallevoisin, Jean Francisco, ii. 102.
Pandone, Camillo, ii. 155.
Paris, the march of Charles of Burgundy upon, i. 13, 14, 17;
the duke of, and his allies present themselves before, 45;
rencontres at the gates of, 46;
entered by Louis XI. while the lords of France are tampering with the citizens, and relieved by him, 50, 52;
the Parisians make frequent sallies, 53;
heavy cannonading in the neighbourhood of, 55;
military operations before, 56-58;
negotiations respecting, 65, 67.
Paris (continued from Jean de Troyes’ Chronicle), public entry of Louis XI. into, ii. 306, 307;
magnificent fetes of, 307;
defensive preparations of, 313, 317;
the Burgundians appear before the walls of, 315;
royal favours granted to, 322;
review of the king’s forces at, 326;
the king’s reception at, ib.;
commissioners sent from, to negotiate with Burgundians and Bretons, 325;
punishment of the mayor of, 328;
quarrels with the military, 331;
its vast supplies, 333;
proclamation for repeopling, 344;
the inhabitants marshalled, 345;
great military preparations in, 364;
grand review of the inhabitants, 374.
Parties, spirit of, everywhere prevalent, i. 381.
Passes, difficult ones in Milan, ii. 194.
Paul II. pope of Rome, i. 146.
Pavia, visit of Charles VIII. to, ii. 131.
Pazzi. (See Pacis.)
Peace, treaty of, signed at Conflans, i. 73 et seq.;
the events which followed, 78 et seq.;
treaty of, signed at St. Maur-des-Fossés, 80;
negotiation for, broken off, on the death of the duke of Guienne, 210;
negotiations for, 212, 214;
negotiations frustrated, 215;
overtures for, 223;
concluded with the duke of Bretagne, 224;
concluded between the emperor of Germany and the duke of Burgundy, 250;
entered into between Charles VIII. and the League, ii. 245 et seq.;
its conditions, 246.
Peers of France, represented at the coronation of Louis XII., ii. 289.
Pembroke, Jasper, earl of, i. 397.
People, the general voice of, the voice of God, ii. 154.
Pequeis, salt of, i. 133.
Perauld, Raimond, cardinal of Gurce, ii. 157.
Peronne ceded to the duke of Burgundy, i. 76;
visit of Louis XI. to, 113-115;
number of illustrious personages at, 114;
Louis XI. is imprisoned by the duke of Burgundy in the castle of, 118 et seq.;
his release from, effected on his renouncing his league with the Liegeois, 127;
treaty of peace concluded at, between Louis XI. and the duke of Burgundy, 130-145;
treaty of, confirmed at the castle of Crotoy, 216;
delivered up to Louis XI., 350, 359;
ignominious peace that resulted therefrom, ii. 357.
Peronne, duke of, i. 112.
Perpignan, surrender of, ii. 377.
Persi, Francis, lord of, ii. 162 et n.
Pesaro, Constantine, prince of, ii. 31.
Pescara, Alfonso, marquis di, ii. 160.
Pescara, Mary of, commands king Ferrand’s forces, ii. 163, 164.
Peter di Medici. (See Medici.)
Petillane, count de, his desertion, ii. 217.
Pharamond, the first who was elected king of France, ii. 289.
Philibert, duke, ii. 41.
Philip of Valois, the third king of France who came collaterally to the throne, ii. 289, 290.
Philip, archduke of Austria, ii. 16;
his treaty of Senlis with Charles VIII., 111, 113.
Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy, i. 298.
Philip the Good, the duke of Burgundy, godfather of Commines, i. xi.;
the brilliant court of, xii.
notices of, 2, 9 et seq.;
speech of, 3;
death of, 88, ii. 344;
his noble treatment of the dauphin, afterwards Louis XI., 82.
Philip the Long of France, ii. 16.
Philip, duke of Bourbon, family of, i. 9.
Philip de la Marche, i. 2 n.
Philip d’Oignies slain, i. 27.
Philippe de Luxemburg created cardinal, ii. 159.
Philippa of Lancaster, daughter of John of Gaunt, i. 181 n.
Picardy, towns in, ceded to the duke of Burgundy, i. 78, 80;
Louis XI. assembles a large army in, ii. 389;
hostilities in, 392.
Picart, captain, of Nesle, ii. 368.
Piccinino, count James, ii. 151 et n.;
Nicolo, ib.
Picquigny, near Amiens, royal meeting at, i. 126;
captured by the duke of Burgundy, 176, 177;
castle of, 272;
appointed as the place of interview between Louis XI. and Edward IV. of England, 272, ii. 378, 379;
reasons for choosing this place, i. 273;
the royal interview takes place at, 275;
treaty of, noticed, ii. 7.
Piennes, Louis, lord of, ii. 76;
chamberlain to Charles VIII., ii. 136.
Pierchon du Chastel, i. 364 n.
Piero de Medici, ii. 26 n.
Pierre de Bretagne, i. xix.
Pierre-fort, town of, razed, i. 242.
Pietrasanta, surrendered to the French, ii. 136;
Charles VIII.’s visit to, 194.
Piquart, William, lord of Estelau, i. 70.
Pisa, surrendered to Charles VIII., ii. 136;
the inhabitants of, cruelly treated by the Florentines, 138, 191;
relieved by Charles VIII., 139, 189;
retained by the king, 189;
difficulties in the king’s march from, 194, 195;
delivered up to the Pisans, contrary to the engagement of Charles VIII., 257.
Pittelhane, Nicolo Ursini, count de, ii. 125.
Placentia, visit of Charles VIII. to, ii. 132.
Plague in France, ii. 342.
Plessis du Parc, the residence of Louis XI. during his last illness, ii. 44.
Plessis-les-Tours, fortified by Louis XI., ii. 76;
Sir Walter Scott’s description of, 77, 78 n.
Poggibonzi, castle of, ii. 189.
Poictiers, battle of, one of the most glorious achievements in English history, i. 390 n.
Poison, suspicion of, at Fornovo, ii. 204.
Polesan, territory of, taken by the Venetians, ii. 106.
Polignac, John, lord de, ii. 195.
Polleur, village of, i. 163.
Pont St. Maxence, surrender of, ii. 314.
Ponthieu, county of, ceded to the duke of Burgundy, i. 74;
fiefs and homages of, ceded to the duke, 132.
Pontoise, betrayal of, ii. 330.
Pontremoli, Charles VIII.’s march towards, ii. 195;
captured, 196;
slaughter committed by the Swiss, ib.
Popes of Rome, their depravity, ii. 98 n.
(See Alexander VI., Eugenius IV., Innocent VIII., Julius II., Paul II., and Sixtus IV.)
Popoli, Pietro, count of, ii. 151 et n.;
his release from prison, 163.
Portinari, Thomas, ii. 128 n.
Portugal, a political check on Spain, i. 379.
Portunay, Thomas, ii. 128.
Power, balance of, i. 379.
Praguerie, the war so called, ii. 69.
Pretigny, lord of, ii. 323.
Prevost, Mons. Jehan, the king’s secretary, i. 101.
Prevost, John, ii. 349.
Priests, illiterate princes often misled by, i. 116, 117.
Princes, how to avoid mutual jealousies and suspicions among, i. 79;
the evils they sustain by divisions, 85;
different temperaments and dispositions of, 86;
evils of ignorance among, 87;
ought to have several privy councillors to ensure a correct judgment, 95;
on the advantages which they may derive from the knowledge of letters, and especially of history, 115 et seq.;
instances of treachery and murder which have taken place at the interviews of, 115 n.;
instances of treachery among, 115, 116;
illiterate princes often misled by lawyers and priests, 116;
dangerous results of ignorance to, 117;
an ignorant prince a great curse to a nation, 117;
the meeting of great princes to adjust differences often more prejudicial than profitable, 121 et seq.;
reasons why they ought never to meet, 126;
their want of confidence in each other, 156;
the hatred and revenge of, 174;
prudent advice and circumspection necessary, 193;
ought to be careful of their language, 226;
a digression on the wisdom of, with remarks for those who are in authority with, 229, 230;
should narrowly watch over the conduct of his governors, 302;
the prudence and judgment of Louis XI. a fair example to, 307;
wars permitted by God for the punishment of their wickedness, 378 et seq.;
their rapacity, 382;
their tyranny and caprice, 383, 384;
their modes of governing and raising taxes, 385;
the greatest misfortunes proceed from the most powerful, 388;
the sums they are ready to pay for ransom from captivity, 390;
examples of misfortunes that have happened to, 393, 399;
consequences of their folly and imprudence, ii. 19;
the miseries and troubles of, 80 et seq.;
moderation in all things recommended to, 92;
should take upon themselves the conduct of their own affairs, 252;
envy and jealousy of, 255, 256;
on the mismanagement of their affairs, 268;
their troubles greater than those of inferior persons, 280.
Princes of France, their alliance with the duke of Burgundy, i. 65;
their extravagant demands on the king, 65;
their departure from Paris, after signing a treaty of peace with the king, 79;
sign the treaty of St. Maur-des-Fossés, 80.
Procida, island of, ii. 261, 262.
Proveditors of Venice and Padua, ii. 205, 206.
Provence, duchy of, claimed by René II., ii. 94, 95;
will respecting, produced in favour of the French king, 96;
refused to René, 97.
Pruce, island of, ii. 229.
Public Good, the Duke of Burgundy raises an army against Louis XI. under pretence of the, i. 9 et seq.;
confederation so called, 121.
Punishments of criminals in 1490, ii. 298.
Puy, Peter, ii. 337.
Q.
Quanvese, Gerard, his great wealth, ii. 128.
Quarteniers, of Paris, ii. 329.
Quesnoy, possessed by the king, i. 355;
restored to the duchess of Burgundy, ii. 17.
Quiers, town of, ii. 232, 248.
Quingy, Simon de, his elevation and honours, i. 28 et n.;
duke of Burgundy’s ambassador at the court of Louis XI., 210;
negociates terms of peace, 212, 214;
enters Verdun with Burgundian troops, ii. 24.
R.
Rabot, Jean, lord of Uppi, ii. 138.
Ranvers, Jean, commander de, i. 317.
Rapalo, town of, ii. 126;
naval engagement off, 129.
Rapine, servant of the constable of France, i. 280, 281.
Rasse, lord de Lintre, i. 100;
declares against peace, 102;
abandons Liege, 103.
Ravenspur, Edward IV. lands at, i. 199 n.
Ravestain, Adolphus, lord of, i. 11;
commands the left wing of the Burgundian army, 25;
commands the van against the Liegeois, 97;
his removal from command, 375.
Ravestain, Philip of, defeated, ii. 3.
Rayer, Francis, bailiff of Lyons, i. 96.
Reading, advantages of, i. 117.
Rebellion, Louis XI. endeavours to stir up the towns on the River Somme against the duke of Burgundy, i. 167 et seq.;
fanned by the constable of France, 168.
Reggio, castle of, ii. 162.
Reindeers, &c., strange fancy of Louis XI. for, ii. 58.
Rely, Jean de, bishop of Angers, ii. 71 n., 283.
Renard de Rouvroy, i. 96.
René of Anjou, king of Sicily, abandons his alliance with the duke of Burgundy, i. 309;
his interview with Louis XI., 310;
surnamed the Good, 396.
René de Brosse, count of Penthièvre, marriage of, i. xxxvi.
Revenue of France, in the fifteenth century, i. 386, 387.
Revolutions of England, i. 84, 394 et seq.;
reflections on, 50;
of Spain, 398 (see Civil War).
Rheims, holy vial at, carried to Louis XI., ii. 66, 67 et n.
Richard III. of England, i. 396 (see Gloucester).
Richebourg, lord of, ii. 76.
Richmond, Earl of (afterwards Henry VII.), of the house of Lancaster, i. 49, 396;
his vicissitudes and final success, 397, ii. 64 et n.;
gains the battle of Bosworth, and ascends the throne of England, 65 et n.
Richter, John, secretary of the constable, i. 265.
Rieux, John, lord of, ii. 160.
Rimini, Robert, lord of, ii. 30.
Riverol, Geoffroi, lord of, i. 317, 318.
Rivers, Richard Earl, put to death, i. 184.
Rivière, Poncet, lord de la, i. 23, 62, 114, 160; ii. 337.
Roan, captured by the Duke of Bourbon, ii. 332;
receives the Duke of Berry as governor, 337;
is taken possession of by the king’s troops, 339;
visited by Louis XI. and the earl of Warwick, 343;
visited by the Queen of England, 344.
Robert of Bavaria, Count Palatine and archbishop of Cologne, i. 235.
Robertet, Florimont, ii. 208.
Robinet d’Odenfort, i. xxiv., 351.
Robinet le Beuf, i. 333.
Roche, Henry de la, i. 211 n., 223 n.
Rochefort, capture of, ii. 22, 391.
Rochefort, William, lord of, the chancellor of France, i. 16, ii. 70.
Rochelle, government of, conferred on Charles of France, i. 166.
Roctaillé, pass of, ii. 194.
Rodolph, count of Mantua, ii. 148, 201;
slain, 214.
Rome entered by Charles VII., ii. 149;
his stay at, 157;
his departure from, 159.
Romefort, Louis, lord of, ii. 242.
Romont, Jacques, count of, i. 114; ii. 33;
his territories possessed by the Swiss, i. 301, 303.
Roquebertin, Pierre de, ii. 76.
Rossano, Marino, prince of, ii. 150;
his melancholy end, 150 n.;
released from prison, 163.
Rotherham, Thomas of, bishop of Lincoln and lord chancellor, i. 176;
memoir of, ii. 3 n.
Rottelin, Philip, marquis of, i. 16, 45.
Rouault, Marshal Joachim, lord of Boismenart, i. 13, ii. 329.
Roucy, Antoine, count of, notices of, i. 150.
Rouen, how it was delivered into the hands of the duke of Bourbon for the duke of Berry, i. 69, 70;
contentions at, between the dukes of Bretagne and Normandy, i. 83;
beleaguered by Henry V., 273.
Roussi, Antoine, count of, ii. 192.
Roussi, Bastard of, ii. 257.
Roussillon, county of, contentions for, ii. 81;
rival pretensions to, 272.
Roussy, count of, taken prisoner, i. 247.
Rouville, John de, vice-chancellor of Bretagne, i. 14, 21, 32.
Rouvre, castle of, i. 317.
Rovere, cardinal Giuliano della, pope of Rome, ii. 98, 145 n.
Rovigo, town of, ii. 106.
Royal family of France, line of the, ii. 289, 290.
Roye, town of, ceded to the duke of Burgundy, i. 76;
invested by him, 217;
delivered up to him, 218;
royal meeting at, 226;
captured by the French, 244;
captured by the Burgundians, ii. 368;
surrendered to the French, 377.
Rubempré, Bastard of, arrested, ii. 309.
Ryn, William, pensionary of Ghent, ii. 42.
S.
Sables, town of, i. xviii., xx.
Salaries, public, dissertation on, i. 47 et seq.
Salerno, Antonio, prince of, chief of the house of St. Severino, ii. 104, 147, 163;
his escape to France, 99, 100;
he endeavours to persuade the king of France to make war upon the king of Naples, 100.
Salic Law of France, ii. 14, 16.
Salins, salt of, i. 133.
Salisbury, Thomas Montague, earl of, i. 22;
father of the great earl of Warwick, beheaded, i. 48.
Sallezard, John de, account of, i. 41, 42 n.
Sallezard, Robert, lord of Asnoi, ii. 192.
Sallazart, of Beauvais, ii. 370;
his bravery, 371.
Sallies out of a besieged town often dangerous, i. 148.
Salt, regulations for the vending of, and levying duties, i. 133.
Salviati, Francisco, archbishop of Pisa, ii. 27;
his conspiracy and death, 28.
San Severino, Fracasse de, ii. 225 et n.
(See Salerno, Galeas, Frederic, and Robert.)
Sancy diamond, taken by the Swiss from the Burgundians, i. 312.
Sansonna, town of, ii. 147.
Sarzana, castle of, ii. 135;
surrender of, 136;
difficulties of Charles VIII.’s march towards, 194.
Sarzanello, castle of, ii. 192.
Sassenage, lord de, lends money to the dauphin, ii. 83 n.
Sausses, town of, captured, ii. 271.
Sauvagière, François de, slays the duke of Guelders, i. 358.
Savarot, Pierre, the archer, i. 31.
Savelly, cardinal Giambattista, ii. 158.
Saveuse, Philip, lord de, brings succours to Charles of Burgundy, i. 71;
the prosecution of a decree against published, 141.
Savona, plot for delivering up the town of, ii. 268;
its failure, 269.
Savonarola, Jerome, the Dominican friar, memorable preachings of, ii. 189 et n.;
his predictions, 190;
his predictions realised, 208, 285;
burnt at Florence by the malice and solicitation of the pope and others, 285, 287;
system of persecution carried on against, 286.
Savoy, Charles I. duke of, i. 317.
Savoy, Jacques Louis de, i. 318.
Savoy, Philibert, duke of, i. 206, 317.
Savoy, Yolande, duchess of, abandons her alliance with the duke of Burgundy, i. 309;
seized by the duke of Burgundy, 317;
and rescued by Louis XI., 319.
Savoyards, always in amity with the Burgundians, i. 114.
Scales, Anthony, lord, i. 191, 241.
Scandalous Chronicle of Louis XI. from 1460 to 1483, ii. 291 et seq.;
literary history of the, 293.
Scanderbeg, descendants of, ii. 166.
Scotch guards, in the duke of Burgundy’s service, valour of the, i. 155.
Scotland, civil war in, i. 398;
a check upon England, 379.
Scutari, captured by the Turks, ii. 120;
surrender of, 166.
Secco, Signor Francisco, at the battle of Fornovo, ii. 218.
Segre, Jacques, lord of, ii. 37.
Seierre, pass of, ii. 194.
Seine, the duke of Burgundy’s army passes over the, by a bridge of boats, i. 42;
great preparations for crossing the, 57;
a second bridge of boats laid over, ib.;
inundation of the, 302.
Semur, town of, rebels, ii. 23;
captured, 24.
Seneschal of Normandy, i. 70.
Senlis, peace negociated at, ii. 110;
treaty of, between Charles VIII. and Maximilian I., 113.
Sergine, M. de, i. 149.
Sforza, ducal family of, i. 52;
the dukes of Milan, ii. 112.
Sforza, Catherine, ii. 133 n.
Sforza, Francis duke of Milan, i. 52.
Sforza, Francesco, duke of Milan, ii. 104 n., 112, 113.
Sforza, Louis Marie (See Milan, duke of).
Sforza, Muzio Attendolo, ii. 112.
Shrewsbury, John Talbot, earl of, i. 22.
Sicily, geographical position and advantages of, ii. 270.
Siena, visited by Charles VIII., ii. 144, 187;
M. de Ligny the governor of, 188;
the occupants expelled from, 189.
Sigismund, duke of Austria, and count palatine of the Rhine, his interview with Charles of Burgundy, i. 125;
concludes a peace with the Swiss, and recovers the county of Ferrette, 243;
joins the Swiss, 302;
his character, ii. 18, 19;
conveys his estates to his nephew Maximilian, 19.
Silver plate taken by the Swiss from the Burgundians, i. 311.
Simon Charles, M., ii. 304.
Sixtus IV. pope of Rome, ii. 25, 107;
the conspiracy of the Pazzi at Florence promoted by him, 26-28;
besieges Florence, 29;
his interest for the health of Louis XI., 66.
Soderini, Paul Anthony, ii. 141.
Soderini, Peter, ii. 127.
Soly, bank of, at Genoa, ii. 94 et n.
Somerset, the noble family of, in England, i. 182;
the greatest supporters of the house of Lancaster, 183.
Somerset, duke of, defeats the Yorkists at St. Albans, ii. 303;
defeated at Tewkesbury, i. 202;
beheaded, 203;
his two sons slain at Tewkesbury, 202.
Somme, the river, cities, fortresses, &c. of the, ceded to the duke of Burgundy, i. 74.
Sora, Giovanni, duke of, ii. 163, 265 et n.
Sorbier, Lewis, his treachery, ii. 329, 330.
Soubs-Plainville, William de, i. 222, 223;
pensions granted to, 224.
Spain, Portugal and Granada, checks to, i. 379;
revolutions in, 398;
political power of, ii. 100;
her league with France, 359.
Spezzia, town of, ii. 126.
Spinoli, Laurence, ii. 136.
Spurs, battle of the, ii. 32 n.
Squillazzo, marquis de, ii. 163.
Squibs, confusion caused by, at Estampes, i. 36.
St. Albans, battle of, between the Lancastrians and the Yorkists, ii. 303 et n.
St. André, Monsieur de, captures Sausses, ii. 271.
St. Belin, lord Geoffrey de, slain, i. 30.
St. Cloud, captured by the Burgundians, ii. 317.
St. Gengon, bailiwick of, i. 136.
St. Germain, near Naples, ii. 157, 160;
captured by Charles VIII., 161.
St. Lievin, riot on account of, i. 107.
St. Mathurin de Larchant, village of, i. 42.
St. Maur-des-Fossés, i. 46;
treaty of, between the princes of France and Louis XI., 80.
St. Maurice besieged and captured by the French, ii. 313.
St. Omer, captured by the Burgundians, ii. 111.
St. Paul, Louis de Luxembourg, count of, i. 20, 21, 89;
commands the left wing of the Burgundian army, 25, 28;
his advice after the battle of Montlhery, 31;
leads the Burgundian van, 45;
appointed constable of France, 79;
his fruitless negotiations with the duke of Burgundy respecting the Liegeois, 94;
is desirous of stirring up a war between Louis XI. and the duke of Burgundy, 168;
forces the inhabitants of St. Quentin to swear fidelity to the king, 171;
his designs in promoting the war between the king and the duke of Burgundy, 173, 174;
his anxiety to promote the marriage between the duke of Guienne and the daughter of the duke of Burgundy, 203 et seq.;
complaints against him, 225;
the strong position of his territories, and his wealth and influence, 226;
gives the lie to the lord of Humbercourt, which eventually leads to his ruin, ib.;
he cunningly escapes the plot laid against him, 227;
his interview with the king, 228;
a digression on his wisdom, 230;
his misfortune, 247;
falls under the suspicion both of the king and the duke of Burgundy, 247 et seq.;
his great duplicity, 248;
his alarm, 249;
sends messengers to the king, 265;
scheme for detecting his duplicity, 266;
sends messages to the king of England, entreating him not to rely on the French king, 270;
makes proposals to the king, after the truce with the English, and endeavours to excuse his conduct, 281 et seq.;
his traitorous letters to the king of England sent to Louis, 282;
the king of France and the duke of Burgundy swear his death, 291;
he places himself in the hands of the duke of Burgundy, under a safe conduct, 290;
is placed under arrest, 293;
reflections on his once powerful position, and the caprice of fortune, ib.;
he is taken a prisoner to Paris, 296;
is found guilty of treason, and executed, 297, 325 n.;
a digression concerning the duke of Burgundy’s error in delivering him up to the king, contrary to the safe conduct, 297 et seq.;
the sentence upon him, ii. 72 n.
St. Paul (continued from Jean de Troyes’ Chronicle), concessions made to, ii. 333;
made constable of France, ib.;
is reconciled to Louis XI., 375;
delivered to the king, and beheaded, 380, 381;
his treason and villanies, 381.
St. Paul, Jacques de, his capture at Arras, i. 245, 247;
examined and released by the king, 249.
St. Paul, Pierre de Luxembourg, count of, son of the constable of France, i. 372.
St. Peter ad Vincula, cardinal, ii. 145;
the town of Savona offered to be delivered up to, 268.
St. Pierre, Jean, lord of, i. 262.
St. Pol, Edward IV. arrives at, i. 198.
St. Priest, Louis, lord of, i. 299.
St. Quentin ceded to the duke of Burgundy, i. 74, 216;
the inhabitants forced to swear fidelity to Louis XI., 171;
delivered up to him, 174;
menaced by the constable’s forces, 249;
entered by the French troops, 293;
the duke of Burgundy’s army assembles at, ii. 349, 350;
delivered up to Louis XI., 350;
occupied by the constable of France, 374.
St. Riquier, ceded to the duke of Burgundy, i. 74.
St. (or San) Severino, the prince of Salerno the chief of the house of, ii. 104.
St. Severino, lord Francesco de, ii. 103;
count of Cajazzo, 103;
his great reputation at Milan, 108, 109.
St Severino, lord Galeas di, meets Charles VIII. at Lyons, ii. 122;
his chivalric accomplishments, ib.;
meets the king at Suza, 124;
in great credit at Milan, 103, 109;
his instructions from the duke of Milan, 137;
his intrigues, 137, 138.
St. Severino, Federigo, cardinal de, ii. 158.
St. Severino, Robert lord di, ii. 101, 102;
his dispute with Ludovic of Milan, 103;
quits Milan, ib.
St. Tron, town of, i. 84;
besieged by the duke of Burgundy, 94, 96;
surrender of, 100.
St. Vallery, town of, i. 169;
captured by the Burgundians, 222; ii. 371;
retaken, i. 222.
Stanley, Thomas, afterwards earl of Derby, i. 253, 258, 261;
joins the earl of Richmond, 397; ii. 65.
Stillington, Robert, bishop of Bath, his eventful life, i. 395 et n.; ii. 63;
miserable end of his son, 64.
Suilly, George de, ii. 185.
Swiss, the, conclude a ten years’ alliance with Louis XI., i. 242;
come to terms of peace with Sigismund, duke of Austria, 242;
their successful military operations, 243;
the duke of Burgundy makes war upon the, 301 et seq.;
they defeat the duke near Granson, and inflict upon him the greatest misfortunes, 304, 305;
their great poverty, 305;
enriched by the plunder of the duke of Burgundy’s camp, 311;
ignorant of the value of the articles captured, 312;
list of the spoils taken, 311;
take the famous Sancy diamond, 312 n.;
presents received by the, from Louis XI., 312;
the duke of Burgundy again defeated by the, near the town of Moret, 315;
they defeat and slay the duke near Nancy, 336;
in the pay of the Burgundians, ii. 18;
liberal offers made to the, 21;
enter the service of Louis XI., 22;
slaughter committed by the, at Pontremoli, 196;
assist the French army in transporting their large cannon across the Apennines, 199, 200;
their contests with the Estradiots, 201;
the finest infantry of the age, 211 et n.;
arrival of the, to the relief of Charles VIII. and the duke of Orleans, 244, 245;
their tumultuous spirit against Charles VIII., 247;
number of, in the French army, 260;
their great fidelity, 262;
their decisive victories over the duke of Burgundy, 381-386.
T.
Tagliacozzo, county of, ii. 146.
Talbot, Sir Gilbert, joins the duke of Richmond, ii. 65 n.
Talbot, John, earl of Shrewsbury, i. 22.
Talbot, Thomas, apprehends Henry VI. of England, ii. 300 n.
Talmont, principality of, i. xviii., xix., xx.
Talmont, prince de, the title assumed by Commines on his marriage, i. xxii.
Tanneguy, lord du Chastel, i. 3 n., 112.
Tarento, surrender of, ii. 162;
surrendered to Frederic, king of Naples, 249 et n.
Tarento, Frederick, prince of, i. 313; ii. 31.
Tassini, Anthony, chamberlain to the duke of Milan, ii. 101, 102.
Taxation of France in the 15th century, i. 386, 387.
Taxes, on the raising of, i. 385.
Ter Veere, in Holland, i. 199 n.
Ternant, M. de, i. 140.
Terzago, Ludovico, death of, ii. 105.
Therouenne, invested by the Flemings, ii. 32.
Thibault, marshal of Burgundy, i. 10.
Thiboust, Master Robert, i. xxi.
Thouars, vicomte de, i. xix.;
his family contests, xx-xxii., xxviii.
Thunder and lightning at Paris, ii. 346.
Tiberius, his death predicted by Thrasullus, ii. 75.
Tiercelin, George, lord of Brosse, i. 241.
Tiercelin, John, lord of Brosse, sent on an embassy to the emperor, i. 245.
Tinteville, Gaucher de, ii. 188.
Torcy, Jean, lord of, i. 141, 270; ii. 33.
Toullois, provostship of, i. 132.
Tournay, bailiff of, i. 133;
Oliver’s visit to, 357;
secured for the king, 358;
the inhabitants defeat and repel the Gantois, 378;
garrison of, ii. 388.
Tours, the three estates assembled at, i. 169, 386.
Tower of London, Henry VI. released from the, i. 195.
Towns ceded to the duke of Burgundy, i. 74.
Trade, royal monopoly of, ii. 152.
Treachery, instances of, among princes, i. 115, 116;
existence of, among the duke of Burgundy’s retainers, 171.
Treasury, reform of the, attempted by Charles VIII., ii. 282.
Treaties, passim;
treaty of alliance between Francis duke of Bretagne and Charles duke of Burgundy, i. 6;
of alliance between the dukes of Bretagne and of Burgundy, 38;
of Conflans, 73 et seq.;
the events which followed, 78 et seq.;
of St. Maur des Fossés, 80;
of Caen, 84;
of Ancenis, 111;
concluded at the castle of Crotoy, 216;
between Edward IV. of England and Louis XI., 277;
of Vervins, 285, 287;
between Louis XI. and the duke of Milan, 309.
Trebizond, empire of, overthrown by Mahomet II., ii. 91.
Tremouille, George de la, minister of Charles VII., i. xix., xx., 230;
family of, despoiled of their property, xxvii.;
the property restored, xxxiii.
Tremouille, Louis II., lord de la, ii. 147.
Trèves, treaty of, ii. 18 n.
Trecate, town of, ii. 198.
Trimouille, Sieur de la, ii. 212 et n.
Trino, Charles VIII.’s arrival at, ii. 247.
Tristan l’Ermite, i. xxxiii.
Trivulce, lord John James di, ii. 125, 196, 268;
at the battle of Fornovo, 218.
Trivulzio, bishop of Como, ii. 174.
Trouquoy, castle of, captured, i. 244.
Troye, count de, ii. 163.
Troyes, Jean de, Scandalous Chronicle attributed to, ii. 293 et seq.;
his inducements for writing it, 297, 298.
Truce between Louis XI. and the duke of Burgundy, i. 224 et seq.;
between the kings of France and England, 263 et seq.;
terms of the, 267.
“Truth, with its secret counsel,” a book written by bishop St. Cotade, ii. 154.
Turin, Charles VIII.’s arrival at, ii. 229.
Turks defeated at Belgrade, ii. 88 n.;
the number of their conquests, 90, 91;
dreaded by the Venetians, 120, 121;
their treaty of peace with Ferdinand of Arragon and the king of Hungary, 120 n.;
design against the, by the Venetians, 165;
they capture the whole of Albania, 166;
send an embassy to Venice, 173.
Tyranny of princes, i. 383, 384.
U.
Ulrich, bishop of Trent, ii. 174.
Unicorn’s horn belonging to the Medici family, ii. 143.
University of Paris, its quarrel with the Court of Aids, ii. 300.
Unterbilk, town of, i. 242.
Urbin, Federigo, duke of, ii. 30;
memoirs of, ib. n.
Urbino, Anthony d’, ii. 209.
Urfé, Pierre, lord of, i. 114; ii. 134;
his gallantry, i. 149;
his advice for war, 208.
Ursini, lord Charles, surrenders his territories to Charles VIII., ii. 145.
Ursini (Orsini), Giordano, lord of Bracciano, ii. 262 n.
Ursini, Paul, lord of Lomentana, ii. 140;
his death, 140 n.
Ursini, lord Virgil, ii. 125, 262.
Ursins, William Juvenal des, ii. 336;
arrested, 310.
V.
Vallée, William de, i. 220.
Vallori, Francisco, murdered, ii. 287.
Valois, Louis of. (See Louis XI.)
Valona, a town in Albania, ii. 165.
Vaquerie, Jean de la, i. 346.
Vaudray, Monsieur de, ii. 22.
Vaudray, Claude de, ii. 388.
Venafro, Marquis de, ii. 163.
Vendôme, Francis, duke of, his death, ii. 237.
Vendôme, Jacques, vidame of, ii. 245.
Venetians, their designs against the Turks, ii. 15;
French embassy to the, 119;
their contest with the Turks, 120 n.;
their title to the kingdom of Cyprus, 121;
cessions made to the, 121 n.;
subdue Padua, 138;
cabal against Charles VIII., 178;
enter into a league with the pope and other confederates against France, 179;
their number of forces brought against the French, 203;
Charles VIII. sends an embassy to invite them to accept terms of peace, which are refused, 248, 249;
towns possessed by, in Apulia, 259;
compelled to surrender them, ib. n.;
enemies opposed to them, 282.
Venice, opinions of the senate of, on the government of Naples, ii. 100;
one of the three powers of Italy, 130;
on the government of, 168 et seq.;
entry of Commines into, as ambassador of France, 169;
his description of, 170, 171;
naval expeditions of, 172;
her civil polity, ib.;
the objects of Commines’ embassy to, 173 et seq.;
various embassies sent to, 173, 174;
her friendly intentions towards Charles VIII., 176, 177;
doges of, 267.
Vercelli, or Verceil, town of, ii. 233;
treaty of, between Charles VIII. and the League, i. xxxv.; ii. 245.
Verdun-sur-Saône, town of, rebels, ii. 23;
captured, 24.
Verdun, Guillaume, bishop of, imprisoned, i. 165.
Vere, Wolfert, lord de la, i. 359.
Vergy, Guillaume, lord de, i. 76, 362;
his various appointments, 362 n.;
swears allegiance to the king, 363.
Vermandois, revenue of, i. 139.
Vermandois, Herbert II., count of, i. 120.
Vers, sir Stephen de, ii. 70, 108;
seneschal of Beaucaire, 93, 94, 96;
made governor of Gaeta, 184.
Versé, Pierre, bishop of Amiens, ii. 74 n.
Vervins, treaty of, between Louis XI. and the duke of Burgundy, i. 285, 287.
Vidame of Amiens, i. 72.
Vienne, Angelo Cato, archbishop of, the work dedicated to, i. xlv.
Vigevano, town of, ii. 197.
Vignolles, Thevenot de, i. 220.
Vilde, M. Jehan de, i. 147;
his death, 148.
Vilhères, Jean de, cardinal of St. Dennis, ii. 157.
Villeneuf, William de, ii. 184 et n.
Villeneuve, Louis, baron of Sernon, ii. 147.
Villiers-le-Bel, near Paris, i. 79.
Villiers, Alain, lord de, i. 260.
Villiers, James de, ii. 336.
Villiers, William de, i. 140.
Vimeux, provostship of, i. 132.
Vincennes, castle of, meeting of Charles of Burgundy and the French princes in the, i. 78.
Vingt Escus, the king’s guard, ii. 213 et n.
Virtues and vices of Louis XI., i. 59.
Visen, Charles de, valet de chambre to the duke of Burgundy, i. 120.
Visconti, faction of the, ii. 160.
Visconti, the dukes of Milan descended from the family of, ii. 112.
Visconti, Bianca Maria, ii. 112 n.
Visconti, lord Galeas de, ii. 108.
Visconti, Francesco Bernardo, ii. 174.
Vitelli, Signor Camilla, at the battle of Fornovo, ii. 218.
Viterbo, visited by Charles VIII., ii. 144.
W.
Wales, Edward, prince of, i. 188, 189;
defeated at the battle of Tewkesbury, 202;
his death, ib.
Wales, prince of, murdered, ii. 366.
War, easily begun between two great princes, but difficult to be composed, i. 113;
on the proclaiming of, 205.
Wars, their prevalence in France, i. 209;
those which originated from the duke of Burgundy’s siege of Nuz, 242;
permitted by God for the punishment of wickedness, 378 et seq.
Warwick, Richard Neville, earl of, account of, i. 48;
the greatest supporter of the house of York, 183;
appointed governor of Calais, ib.;
quarrels with Edward IV., and imprisons him, ib.;
his great power, 184;
defeated by Edward in various battles, ib.;
flies to Calais and is repulsed, ib.;
opposed by the duke of Burgundy, 185, 187;
proceeds to Normandy, 187;
furnished with money by Louis XI., ib.;
raises a fleet, and sails to England, 190;
expels Edward IV., 191;
his numerous partisans, 194 et n.;
releases Henry VI. from the Tower, 195;
defeated by Edward, and slain, 201, 248 n.;
his great political power, 394;
the reason of his espousing the interest of the house of York, ii. 86.
Warwick, earl of, (continued from Jean de Troyes’ Chronicle); he deposes Henry VI. of England, ii. 200;
meets Louis XI. at Roan, and is sumptuously treated, 343;
flies to Normandy, 360;
his return to England, 363;
reinstates Henry VI., ib.;
the countess and her daughter royally received at Paris, 364;
defeated and slain, 366.
Wenlock, lord John, lieutenant-governor of Calais, i. 174;
repels his captain the Earl of Warwick, ib.;
complimented by the king of England and the duke of Burgundy, and made governor of the place, 185;
his advice to the earl of Warwick, 186;
receives the forces sent by the earl of Warwick, 195;
entertains Commines, 196, 197.
Westmoreland, Richard, earl of, ii. 85.
Wine, pailful of, drunk by Commines’ horse, i. 32.
Wines, scarcity of, in France, in 1490, ii. 298.
Wisdom, a digression on, i. 229.
Withem, Captain Frederick de, i. 162 n.
Women, excluded from the throne of France, ii. 14, 16.
Woodville, Elizabeth, her marriage to Edward IV., i. 396 n.; ii. 63.
Wool, Calais the staple of, i. 198.
Y.
Yolande de France, the duchess of Savoy, i. 306, 310 n.;
sister of René II., ii. 95 n.;
death of, i. xxxi.
York, royal house of, in England, i. 22, 37, 38, 393;
their civil contests, 181 et seq.
(See Edward IV., and Warwick, earl of.)
York, George Neville, archbishop of, i. 190.
York, Richard, duke of, proclaims himself king of England, i. 48;
is defeated and slain, ib.
Yorkists, defeated at St. Albans, ii. 303.
Ypres, viscount. (See Hugonet.)
Z.
Zizim, brother of Bajazet II., delivered by the pope to Charles VIII., ii. 159;
his misfortunes and death, 67 n.
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