INDEX.
Reading edition
A.
Abbeville ceded to the duke of Burgundy, i. 74;
submits to Louis XI., 346.
Abrigan, Sir Thomas, ii. 32.
Abruzzi, revolt of the, ii. 162.
Abstain, count d’, ii. 385.
Acri, count d’, ii. 162.
Adorni, lord John, ii. 126.
Advin, John, ii. 302.
Africa, slavery in, i. 381.
Agincourt, battle of, ii. 2 et n.
Agnes of Burgundy, notices of, i. 9.
Aigreville, lord d’, ii. 304.
Ailly, Jean d’, baron of Picquigny, i. 272.
Aimeries, Antoine Rolin, lord of, i. 161, 293.
Aire, town of, ii. 32;
delivered up to the lord des Cordes, 59.
Albania, submission of, to the Turks, ii. 166.
Albany, duke of, ii. 391.
Albourg, duke of, i. 123.
Albret, Alain, lord d’, ii. 61.
Albret, Charles II., lord of, i. 16.
Alegre, Monsieur d’, ii. 257.
Alençon, René, duke of, his danger, i. 154.
Alençon, city of, ii. 350.
Alexander VI. pope of Rome, ii. 123;
quarrels with his cardinals, 158;
settlement of their differences, 159;
enters into a league with the Venetians, 179;
flies to Orvietto, 187;
his intrigues against the Venetians, 282.
Allegre, Yves, baron of, ii. 147.
Alliance, treaties of. (See Treaties.)
Allies of the duke of Burgundy, i. 9 et seq., 42 et seq.
Alonzo Carrillo, archbishop of Toledo, i. 122.
Alphonso the Great, king of Arragon, surnamed the Wise, ii. 123, 154 et n.;
his armies in the field, 125.
Alphonso, king of Naples, abdicates, and causes his son Ferrand to be crowned, ii. 150, 155;
his atrocities, 150, 151;
his father’s capricious cruelties, 151;
flies into Castile, and does penance, 156.
Alphonzo V., king of Portugal, i. 321, ii. 176 et n.;
designs of, i. 331;
his escape, 333;
visits Louis XI., ii. 385.
Amadeus, duke Charles John, ii. 229.
Ambassadors, the going and coming of, sometimes very dangerous, i. 204, 205;
league formed at Venice by, ii. 179;
grand procession of, 181.
Ambition, public dissertation on, i. 47 et seq.
Amboise, magnificent building at, ii. 281;
the obsequies of Charles VIII. at, 288;
the residence of Louis XI., 309.
Amboise, the illustrious family of, i. xix.;
their family contests, xix-xxi., xxvii et seq.;
property of, restored, xxxiii.
Amboise, Charles, lord of Chaumont, i. 34, ii. 38;
appointed lieutenant of Burgundy, ii. 21;
recovers many towns in Burgundy, 21 et seq.
Amboise, George d’, archbishop of Rome, ii. 233, 234.
Amboise, Louis d’, bishop of Alby, ii. 38.
Amboise, M. d’, his military successes, ii. 390.
Amboise, Peter, lord of Chaumont, i. 34.
Amiens ceded to the duke of Burgundy, i. 74;
delivered up to the king, 172;
besieged by the duke of Burgundy, 177;
conceded to the duke of Burgundy, 216;
taken by the king, 233, 234;
the English entertained at, 268;
disturbances in, 269.
Amurath II., Sultan of Turkey, ii. 90.
Ancenis, castle of, captured, i. 110;
treaty of, 111.
Angers, bishop of, imprisoned, i. 165.
Angoulesme, Charles, count of, ii. 11.
Anjou, king Charles of, ii. 95.
Anne, duchess of Bretagne, married to Charles VIII., ii. 110;
death of all her children, 112.
Anne of France, marriage of, ii. 273.
Anthony, lord, bastard of Burgundy, i. 11, 20;
comes to Paris in disguise, ii. 301.
Anthony le Breton, M., brings information to Charles of Burgundy, i. 26.
Antoine du Bec Crespin, archbishop of Narbonne, i. 2 n.
Apennines passed by Charles VIII. and his army, ii. 199;
the great cannon transported over, 199, 200.
Apulia, revolt of, ii. 162.
Aquapendente delivered up to Charles VIII., ii. 144.
Aquila, revolt of, ii. 162.
Arban, Louis, lord of, admiral of the French fleet, ii. 229.
Archambault, Peter, governor of Ferrette, captured and executed, i. 243;
his extortions, 302.
Archers of the French army, ii. 211.
Argenton, lordship of, i. xxii;
lord of, xxxiv;
chateau of, xxxvi.
(See Commines.)
Arleux ceded to the duke of Burgundy, i. 74.
Armagnac, John V., count of, i. 16.
Armuyden, Marguerite de, mother of Commines XII., death of, i. 16.
Army of the duke of Burgundy and the allies, i. 43, 44, 45.
Arragon, house of, in Naples, disliked by the Venetians, ii. 120, 121;
revolt against the, 162, 163.
Arras, treaty of, i. 5 n.;
the great personages assembled at the treaty of, 107;
the commissioners from England at, ib. n.;
arrival of the duke of Burgundy at, 172;
treaty of, confirmed at the castle of Crotoy, 216;
besieged by Louis XI., 245;
the sally from, defeated, ib.;
answer of the inhabitants to the king, 346;
city and town of, surrendered, 361, 363;
treaty of, between Louis XI. and duke Maximilian, ii. 45 et seq.;
captured by the Burgundians, 111;
attack on, 378.
Arthur, prince of Wales, ii. 64 n., 276 et n.
Artillery, state of, at the end of the 15th century among the French and Italians, ii. 210 et n.
Artois, the whole country of, lost, i. 16;
country of, to be ceded as a dowry to the dauphin of France, ii. 46 et seq.;
freed from the ordinary aid taxes, 51.
Ascanio, Sforza, cardinal, ii. 146 et n.
Asti, town of, visited by Charles VIII., ii. 124, 125;
defence of, 178, 179;
the king’s retreat to, after the battle of Fornova, 223;
his arrival there, 227.
Astoly, duke of, i. 314.
Atella, meeting at, ii. 259;
treaty of, to the prejudice of the French, 260, 261 et n.;
misfortunes of the French after the surrender of, 261, 262 n.
Aubert, Peter, commander of Roye, ii. 368.
Aubigny, Beraut, lord of, ii. 125, 133.
Aubijoux, Hugh, lord d’, ii. 195.
Aubus, Anthony des, ii. 215.
Aussone, capture of, ii. 22.
Austria, the duke of, deceives Louis XI., ii. 389.
Austria and Bavaria, animosities between the houses of, i. 380.
Auxerre, village of, i. 136.
Azevedo, don Diego de, ii. 271 n.
B.
Bajazet II., the sultan of Turkey, ii. 67 n., 130 n.
Balance of power, i. 379.
Ballaigny, Louis, lord of, governor of Beauvais, i. 218.
Ballassat, lord de, plunders the palace of Peter de Medicis, ii. 143.
Balue, Cardinal, bishop of Angiers, i. 94;
appointed king’s ambassador, 111;
imprisoned, 165;
his release, ii. 39;
assault on, 330;
persuades Louis XI. to an ignominious peace, 356, 357;
his treason discovered, and his property confiscated, 358.
Bar, duchy of, claimed by René II., ii. 94, 95.
Bar-sur-Seine, village of, i. 136.
Barberigo, Agostino, doge of Venice, ii. 170.
Barnet, battle of, i. 201.
Bashe, Peron de, ii. 109.
Bashe, Peter de, ii. 146, 147.
Bastard of Rubempré, seizure of, i. 2;
his release demanded, 3.
Bastard of Burgundy, i. 28.
Battle, miseries of those who are defeated in, i. 159.
Battles, of Montlhery, i. 21;
of the civil wars in England, 181;
and their evil consequences, 182;
of Barnet, 201;
of Tewkesbury, 202.
Baudouin, bastard of Burgundy, his revolt, i. 171, 172.
Baudricourt, John, lord of, i. 44.
Bavaria, divisions in the house of, i. 380.
Bear, story of the, i. 246.
Beatrice d’Este, daughter of the duke of Ferrara, ii. 106.
Beaujeu, Madame de, i. xxxiii., xxxiv., 394.
Beaujeu, lord of, i. 16, ii. 69, 394.
(See Bourbon.)
Beaune, rebellion of, ii. 23;
captured, 24;
surrender of, 390.
Beauvais, Louis XI. at, i. 177, 178;
attacked by the Burgundian forces, 218;
siege of, 219;
the besiegers repulsed, 221;
the siege raised, ib.;
its successful defence against Charles of Burgundy, ii. 369-371.
Beauvoisis, provostship of, i. 132.
Becchi, Gentile, bishop of Arezzo, ii. 127.
Bedford, John of Lancaster, duke of, account of, i. 47.
Begar, Abbé de, i. 207.
Belgrade, defeat of the Turks at, ii. 88 n.
Bellejoyeuse, count Charles de, ii. 108;
meets Charles VIII. at Lyons, 122.
Bengon, port of, ii. 229.
Bentivoglio, Annibale de, ii. 209 et n.
Bentivoglio, Prince John, his handsome treatment of Commines, ii. 182.
Berard, Charles de, ii. 323.
Berghes, Sir John de, ii. 60.
Berry, Charles, duke of, i. xx., 15, 19, 34;
joins the duke of Burgundy with his forces, 6;
his offensive remarks in the council of war, 36, 37;
suspicions of him excited, 37;
crosses the Seine with Charles’s army, 43;
president of the council at the conference with the Parisians, 51;
in a conference with the king he demands all Normandy, 65;
the province ceded to him, 69;
the inhabitants swear fidelity to, 70;
sends heralds to Paris to negotiate, ii. 324;
obtains the duchy of Normandy, 332;
received as duke of Roan, 337;
obliged to leave the city, 339.
Bertrand de la Cueva, grand master of the order of Santiago, i. 122.
Besançon, city of, captured, ii. 23;
historical notices of, 23 n.
Bessey, Antoine de, bailiff of Dijon, ii. 126.
Beurs, Philip, lord de, ii. 60.
Bianca Maria, daughter of Galeas, duke of Milan, ii. 112;
duchess of Savoy, 112 n.;
married to the king of the Romans, ib.
Bianca de Montferrat, duchess of Savoy, ii. 124.
Bidaut, Denis, ii. 148.
Bievres, Jean, lord of, i. 322, 324.
Billy, tower of, ii. 327.
Bisches, William, account of, i. 67;
surrenders Peronne to the king, 359.
Bisignano, prince of, ii. 163.
Bisignano, Girolamo, prince de, ii. 100;
the sons of, fly to Venice, ib.
Blasmond, town of, captured, i. 243.
Blazing star over Paris, ii. 305.
Boccaccio, treatise of, ii. 255 et n.
Bohain delivered up to the king, i. 350.
Bolia, town of, ii. 248.
Bomacourt, castle of, i. 304 n.
Bona of Savoy, duchess of Milan, i. 308 n., ii. 101;
regent of Milan, ib.;
deprived of the guardianship of her children, 102, 103.
Books, on the reading of, i. 117.
Booty taken by the Swiss from the Burgundians, i. 312.
Borde, de la, ii. 317, 318.
Borgia, Cæsar, cardinal of Valentia, ii. 159.
Borgia, Roderic, elected pope, ii. 123 n.
Boschetto, count Albertino, ii. 238, 239 n.
Bosuse, John, butler to the duke of Burgundy, i. 112.
Bosworth Field, battle of, i. 397.
Bouchage, lord de, i. 265;
sent ambassador to Castile, ii. 275.
Bouchain, possessed by the king, i. 355;
restored to the duchess of Burgundy, ii. 17.
Boudinière, Gabriel, ii. 216 et n.
Boulenger, John le, ii. 335.
Boulogne delivered up to the king, i. 363.
Bourbon, Charles II., duke of, i. 16.
Bourbon, Louis, bastard of admiral of France, i. 187;
besieges Arras, 245.
Bourbon, John, duke of, lord de Beaujeu, ii. 69, 95, 99;
takes possession of the castle of Rouen for the duke of Berry, i. 69;
declares war against Louis XI., ii. 310;
captures Roan, 332;
concessions made to, 333.
Bourbon, duchess of, ii. 95.
Bourbon, Matthew, the bastard of, ii. 212 et n.
Bourbon, Monsieur et Madame de, ii. 61.
Bourbonnois, the king’s march into, i. 15;
Louis XI.’s operations in, ii. 312, 314.
Bourbons, family of the, i. 9.
(See John, Philip, &c.)
Bourdonnasses described, ii. 209.
Bourgneuf, Julian, slain, ii. 215, 216.
Boussière, Guynot de, steward of the king’s household, ii. 55.
Boutefeu, John, story of his squibs, i. 36.
Boutilhac, Jean, i. 141.
Bouvines, ill treatment of the inhabitants by the people of Dinant, i. 88, 89;
their revenge, 90;
meeting of the royal commissioners, at, 227;
agreement signed against the constable of France at, 291.
Brabant to be taken possession of by the king, i. 351.
Bracci, the partisans of Braccio de Montone, ii. 151.
Bracciano, castle of, ii. 145.
Bresse, Philip of Savoy, lord of, i. 113;
imprisoned by Louis XI., 114;
becomes duke of Savoy, ii. 136.
Bressure, Jacques, lord of, i. 269.
Bretagne, Louis’s design against the province of, i. 93;
protected by the duke of Burgundy, 94;
the king of France makes war in, on the duke of Burgundy’s allies, 110 et seq.
Bretagne, duke and duchess of, i. xx;
their family contests, xxi.
Bretagne, Francis, duke of, i. 3 et n., 5, 14, 19;
treaty of alliance between him and Charles of Burgundy, 6;
arrivals from his army, 32;
joins the duke of Burgundy with his forces, 34;
renews a treaty of alliance with Charles of Burgundy, 38;
crosses the Seine with Charles’s army, 43;
his quarrel with the duke of Normandy, 83;
concludes a treaty with the king at Caen, 84;
enters into a treaty of alliance with the duke of Normandy, 85;
signs the treaty of Ancenis, 111;
his menacing communications to the duke of Burgundy, 174-176;
the war between Louis XI. and the duke of Burgundy renewed through his solicitations, 200 et seq.;
the king concludes a peace with him, 222-224;
a faithful friend to Louis XI., 277;
his ambassadors sent to Louis, ii. 319.
Bretagne, Anne, duchess of, queen of Charles VIII., ii. 254;
her grief at the death of the dauphin, ib.
Breteilles, Louis de, i. 279.
Bretons in the army of Charles of Burgundy, i. 35;
ravage the country near Paris, 54;
the protectors of the malcontents of France, 93;
protected by the duke of Burgundy, 94;
their desire for peace, 223;
their retreat from Paris, ii. 322;
their military operations, 323, 324 et seq.;
make peace with Louis XI., 333;
their hostile spirit in Normandy, 347.
Brézé, Jaques de, grand seneschal of Normandy, i. 70.
Brezey, Pierre de, lord of Varenne, i. 19.
Bridge of boats built over the Seine, i. 43.
Brindisi, castle of, ii. 162.
Briquebec, Jean, lord of, i. 269.
Brissonet, Guillaume, lord of Varennes, ii. 93;
appointed cardinal, and archbishop of Rheims, 93 n., 94, 159;
disheartened at the prospect of the expedition against Naples, 123, 124;
the seneschal, 129, 130.
Bruges, a place of trade, and of great resort for foreigners, i. 378, 379.
Bruges, Jean de, lord of Grutuse, ii. 75 n.
Brustan, village of, i. 96.
Buckingham, Henry, duke of, executed, i. 396 n.; ii. 64.
Budé, M. Dreux, ii. 304.
Bueil, John V., lord of, i. 18.
Burgundians, fight the battle of Montlhery, i. 23 et seq.;
repulse of the, 26;
the battle a drawn one, 29;
number slain, 30;
cross the Seine, 43;
chief officers of the, 45;
offices and employments among the, 46;
their military operations, 61;
always in amity with the Savoyards, 114;
their attack on Beauvais, 218;
their siege, 219;
their repulse, 221;
their military manœuvering, 272 et seq.;
invade France, 312;
enter the Isle of Man, 314;
appear before Paris, 315;
their military operations, 316 et seq.;
capture St. Cloud, 317;
defeated by Louis XI., 318;
their retreat over the Seine, 322;
their military operations, 323 et seq., 327 et seq.;
send heralds to Paris, 324;
their negotiations, 325;
make peace with Louis XI., 333;
at war with the Liegeois, 341, 346;
effect their destruction, 349;
surprise and hang the lord de Merville, 352;
their massacre of the inhabitants of Nesle, 360;
their defeats and great slaughters by the Swiss and Germans, 382-386.
Burgundy, its great prosperity under Philip the Good, i. 12;
its decline, 13;
cessions made to the dukedom of, 74, 76, 78;
the three estates of, assembled at Abbeville, 179;
the prosperous condition of, for about 100 years, 297;
the four great sovereigns of—Philip the Bold, John, Philip the Good, and Charles the Bold, 298;
ancient prosperity of the house of, 337;
ambassadors, in the name of the three estates of, visit the king, 366 et n.;
wealthiness of, ii. 14;
continuation of the wars in, 20;
entire subjugation of, by Louis XI., 23;
treaty between Louis XI. and duke Maximilian respecting, 45 et seq.;
factions of, 86;
affairs of settled at the treaty of Senlis, 113 et seq.;
the territories of, ravaged by the French troops, 391.
Burgundy, duke of. (See Philip, and Charles the Bold.)
Burgundy, duchess dowager of, Margaret of York, i. 368;
letter written by, ib.
Burgundy, Mary, duchess of, daughter of Charles the Bold, and afterwards duchess of Austria, i. 173;
sends an embassy to the king of France, 359;
the Gantois rebel against her, 366;
her letter to the king of France produced against her, 371;
her entreaties for the lives of her ministers, 374;
divested of all powers by the Gantois, 375;
visible decay of her affairs, ii. 9;
marriage of, contemplated, 10 et seq.;
married to duke Maximilian, 15;
her children, 16, 17;
her death and character, 17, 41.
Burgundy, young princess of, daughter of the duchess Mary, forsaken by Charles VIII. of France, ii. 110, 113.
(See Margaret of Austria.)
Burgundy, marshal of, no friend of the king’s, i. 78.
Butler, Eleanor, her marriage to Edward IV., i. 396 n.
C.
Cadet, John, bravery of, i. 27.
Caen, treaty concluded at, between Louis XI. and the duke of Bretagne, i. 84;
the town conferred on the lord de Lescut, ib.
Calabria, in Italy, ii. 274.
Cajazzo, Francisco count of, ii. 103, 133, 201;
commands a troop of Italians, 126;
examines the Swiss captain taken prisoner, 202.
Calabria, John, duke of, account of, i. 43 et n.;
his forces which join the duke of Burgundy, 44, 45;
his military qualities, 63, 64, 177;
concessions made to, ii. 332.
Calabria, Nicholas, duke of, i. 177, 206;
proposes to marry the duke of Burgundy’s daughter, ii. 367.
Calabria, Alphonso II., duke of, ii. 31.
Calabria, Friar Robert, the holy man of, ii. 54.
Calais, the earl of Warwick repelled from, i. 84;
the richest treasure belonging to him, and the best captaincy in Christendom, 85;
affairs at, under lord Wenlock, 195, 196;
wool the staple mart, 198;
letter of Louis XI. respecting, ii. 40.
Caldoresques, the members of the Caldora family, ii. 163.
Cambray, John, bishop of, i. 10.
Cambray possessed by the king, i. 355;
restored to the duchess of Burgundy, ii. 18;
treachery of the inhabitants, 390.
Campobache, Nicolas, count of, i. 44.
Campobasso, count of, i. 237, 299; ii. 386, 387;
his treachery, i. 299, 300, 325 et seq., 334-336.
Campoforgoso, Signor Baptista di, doge of Genoa, ii. 109, 267.
Candes, town of, ii. 197.
Cannon of unusual size, ii. 197;
transported across the Apennines, 199.
Cannonading between the armies of Louis XI. and the duke of Burgundy before Paris, i. 55.
Canons of the church murdered at Liege, i. 119.
Canreau, John, lord de Pampelie, killed, ii. 329.
Capelare, M. Frederic, ii. 198.
Capponi, Pietro, his enmity to the Medici, ii. 129;
his spirited conduct, 143.
Capua entered by Charles VIII., ii. 161.
Caraffi, family of, their acquisitions, ii. 162.
Caramania overthrown by the Turks, ii. 91.
Caravels, light vessels used in the Mediterranean, ii. 183.
Cardinals of Rome, their quarrels with the pope, ii. 158, 160.
Cardonne, John Francis de, ii. 189.
Carency, Pierre, lord of, i. 245.
Casale, town of, ii. 236, 237;
visited by Charles VIII., ii. 125.
Castel del Ovo taken by storm, ii. 165.
Castellina besieged by the Florentines, ii. 29.
Castile, historical review of the fortunes and misfortunes which happened to the house of Castile, in the author’s lifetime, ii. 277-281.
Castile, prince of, great lamentations and misfortunes attendant on the death of the, ii. 277.
Castile, Ferrand, king of, ii. 269, 270.
Castile, Ferdinand V., king of, i. 331.
Castile, John, prince of, married to Margaret of Austria, ii. 112.
Catherine, duchess of Guelders, i. 9 n.
Catherine, daughter of Charles, duke of Bourbon, i. 232.
Cato, Angelo, archbishop of Vienne, biographical notices of, i. xlv n.
Caux, the country of, ravaged by the Burgundians, i. 222;
bailiwick of, ii. 372.
Cerisay, William de, i. 364.
Cesenna, town of, ii. 133.
Chabannes, Anthony, count de, his honours and territories restored to him, i. 82;
escapes from the Bastile, ii. 311.
Chalanger, Thomas St. Leger, i. 262.
Chalon, Louis de, lord of Chasteauguion, i. 57.
Chambes, Helen de, death of, i. xxxviii.
Chambre, the lords de la, ii. 41.
Chambre, lord de la, arrested, ii. 41.
Champ des Plours, i. 33.
Chantocé, castle of, captured, i. 110.
Charles the Bold, Count Charolois, and duke of Burgundy, the son of Philip the Good, i. xii.;
receives Commines into his service, ib.;
fights the battle of Montlhery, ib.;
his marriage, ib.;
detains Louis in captivity, xiv.;
captures and destroys Liege, xv.;
his defeat and death, xxiii.;
causes of the war between him and Louis XI., 1 et seq.;
biographical notices of, 1 n.;
meets the ambassadors of the French king at Lisle, 2 et seq.;
his defence of the bastard of Rubempré, 4;
treaty of alliance between him and Francis, duke of Bretagne, 6;
raises an army against Louis XI. under pretence of the public good, 9;
his declaration against the lords of Croy, 10;
the amount of his forces, 11;
his advance upon Paris, 13, 14;
styled by Commines “the greatest monarch in the world,” 25;
encamps near Montlhery, and gives battle to the French, 17 et seq.;
his dangerous position and rescue, 26 et seq.;
joined by the dukes of Berry and Bretagne, 33 et seq.;
his exultation after the battle of Montlhery, 33;
his valour and intrepidity, ib.;
passes the Seine on a bridge of boats, and invests Paris, 42 et seq.;
his cannonading with the king of France near Charenton, 54 et seq.;
lays a second bridge of boats over the Seine, 57;
his troops mistake some high thistles for a body of French lances, 61, 64;
visited by the king of France, who discusses with him the causes of the quarrel, 65 et seq.;
his extravagant demands on the king, 65;
concludes a peace by signing the treaty of Conflans, 73;
exclusive concessions made to, by Louis XI., 74, 76, 78;
concludes a treaty of peace at St. Maur-des-Fossés between his allies and the king of France, 80;
becomes duke of Burgundy on the death of his father, 88, 92;
his wars with the Liegeois, 88 et seq.;
captures and destroys the town of Dinant, 89, 90;
defeats the Liegeois in a set battle, 97;
his triumphant entry into the city of Liege, 105;
submission of the Gantois to him, 109;
the king of France makes war on his allies, 110;
their interview at Peronne, 118;
he seizes the king, and confines him in the castle of Peronne, 118, 119;
his interview with the emperor Frederic and other great princes, 124-126;
vast concessions made to, by the treaty of Peronne, 132 et seq.;
compels the king to renounce his league with the Liegeois, and to sign a treaty of peace, 127, 130 et seq.;
undertakes an expedition against the Liegeois, accompanied by the king, 145 et seq.;
beleaguers the city of Liege, 149;
great distress of his van guard, ib.;
is in great danger from a sally of the Liegeois, 153;
captures and devastates the city of Liege, 157;
permits the king of France to return home, 161;
his treatment of the Liegeois, and of the people of Franchemont, 161, 162;
Louis acts in opposition to him, 165;
and takes the occasion of making a fresh war, 167 et seq.;
cited by the king of France to appear before the Parliament at Paris, 170;
his territories invaded, 171 et seq.;
designs against, 174;
he takes the field and captures Picquigny, 175, 176;
besieges Amiens, 177;
enters into a truce with the king, 178;
assembles the estates, 179;
his opposition to the Earl of Warwick, 185, 187;
his naval strength, 187;
his difficulties with regard to Edward IV. and the Earl of Warwick, 195;
his conference with Edward IV. at St. Pol, 198;
his liberal assistance to him, 199;
the war between him and King Louis renewed, 203 et seq.;
negociations for peace broken off by the Duke of Guienne’s death, 210;
he captures and sacks the town of Nesle, 211;
his attempt to outwit the King, 215;
concludes a treaty at the Castle of Crotoy, 216;
Amiens, St. Quentin, and various towns, castles, and fortresses, ceded to, 216;
besieges Beauvais, 219;
raises the siege and marches against Rouen, 221;
concludes a truce with the King, 224;
his restless ambition, 235;
seizes the Duchy of Guelders, and besieges Nuz, 236 et seq.;
his military force, 237;
the town relieved by the King of France, and others whom he had stirred up against the duke, 239 et seq.;
his obstinacy, 241;
loses the castle of Trouquoy, and several towns, 244;
suspects the constable of France, 247;
assisted by his ally the king of England, 251 et seq.;
his visit to Edward, 267;
concludes the treaty of Vervins with Louis, 287;
delivers up the constable of France, who is publicly executed, 291-297;
digression concerning his error in delivering up the constable contrary to the safe conduct, and what happened to him afterwards, 297-300;
the last sovereign of Burgundy, 298;
at his father’s death one of the richest and most powerful sovereigns in Christendom, ib.;
his delivering up the constable base and dishonourable, 298, 299;
had grown distrustful of his best subjects, 299;
makes war upon the Swiss, and is disgracefully defeated near Granson, 301-306;
his honour and his wealth lost in one day, 305;
abandoned by his allies, 309;
again defeated by the Swiss near Morat with great loss, 315;
seizes the duchess of Savoy who is rescued by the king of France, 317, 319;
lives in melancholy retirement at La Rivière, 321;
and loses the town of Nancy, 324;
his impolitic rejection of advice, 326, 327;
visited by the king of Portugal, while besieging Nancy, 332;
rejects the advice of his officers, and is defeated and slain in a battle with the duke of Lorraine, 335-7;
Latin epitaph on, 337;
reflections on his character, and on the ancient prosperity of the house of Burgundy, 340;
state of affairs after his death, 344 et seq.;
Louis XI. contemplates the destruction of his family, and the distribution of his territories, 351;
various cities and plains of Burgundy delivered up to the king, 350-364.
Charles the Bold (continued from Jean de Troyes’ Chronicle). His military operations against France and the Parisians, ii. 312 et seq.;
concessions made to, by Louis XI., 332;
concludes a peace, 333;
at war with the Liegeois, 341;
his conference with Louis XI. at Peronne, 354;
receives intelligence of the massacres of the Liegeois, ib.;
besieges and captures Liege, in company with Louis XI., 355;
concludes a peace with Louis XI., 356;
declared an enemy to France, 360;
threatens to arrest the earl of Warwick, 361;
enters into a truce with Louis XI., 365;
renews his mad pranks, 367;
captures Nesle and various French towns, 368 et seq.;
his siege of Beauvais, and his great losses, 369;
is compelled to retreat, 371;
devastates the country, 372;
agrees to a truce, 374, 375;
besieges Nuz, 376;
defeated by the Swiss, 381;
his flight, 382;
refused further supplies, 383;
defeated by the Duke of Lorraine, ib.;
his signal defeat and death near Nancy, 386, 387;
recognition of his dead body, 387.
(See Burgundians.)
Charles d’Amboise, lord of Chaumont, i. xxv.
Charles of Artois, Count d’Eu, notices of, i. 1 et n.
Charles, lord of France, receives the Duchy of Normandy from Louis XI., i. 78;
requires the king to fulfil the terms of the treaty of Peronne, and grant him the investiture of Normandy, 164;
the king offers him Guienne and Rochelle, in lieu of Brie and Champagne, in opposition to the duke of Burgundy, 165;
he accepts the proposal, and is created duke of Guienne, 166.
(See Guienne.)
Charles Martel, the first king of France who came collaterally to the throne, ii. 289.
Charles I. king of Naples, ii. 96.
Charles II. king of Sicily, ii. 96.
Charles V. king of France, i. 386.
Charles VI. of France, the wars of his reign, i. 47;
insanity of, 273;
his family jealousies, ii. 256.
Charles VII. king of France, i. 5 n., 273, 387; ii. 2;
his power of levying taxes, 43;
suppresses the rebellion of the Praguerie, 69;
at war with his son, 82;
his opinion of his son, 83 n.;
his death, 304;
his obsequies, 305.
Charles VIII., son of Louis XI., ascends the throne of France, i. xxxiii.;
his patronage of Commines, xxxiv.;
undertakes an expedition to Italy, xxxiv.-v.;
notices of, i. 209 n.;
birth of, ii. 8 n.;
born at Amboise, 361;
receives his father’s last injunctions, 69;
the commencement of his reign, 93 et seq.;
account of his expedition into Italy, 93;
crowned at fourteen years of age, 94;
the Duke of Lorraine demands from him the duchy of Bar, ib.;
restores the duchy, 95;
his claim to the kingdom of Naples, 96-99;
receives an embassy from Milan, 109;
makes peace with the King of the Romans and the Archduke of Austria, 110;
forsakes the young princess of Burgundy, and marries the daughter of the duke of Bretagne, 110;
death of all his children, 112;
signs the treaty at Senlis, 113;
his allies, 117;
his endeavours to obtain the alliance of the Venetians before undertaking his expedition to Naples, 119 et seq.;
his advance to Lyons, 121;
his great preparations for invading Naples, 122, 125 et seq.;
borrows jewels and large sums of money from his friends, 124, 125;
his military successes in Piedmont, 126, 127;
his visit to Pavia, 131;
marches to Placentia, 132;
restores Pisa to its ancient liberty, 138;
the Pisans raise his statue in the place of the Marzocchi, 139;
enters into a treaty with the Florentines, 143 et n.;
enters Florence, 143;
and passes through various towns in his march to Rome, 144 et seq.;
his entry into Rome, 149;
his agreement with the Pope during his stay at Rome, 158;
his departure from Rome to Naples, 159;
account of his journey, 160;
his entry into Capua, 161;
into Naples, 161;
his enthusiastic reception, 161, 162;
is crowned king of Naples, 163;
the errors committed by him, 165;
designs in his favour against the Turks by the Venetians, 165 et seq.;
political intrigues against, 174 et seq.;
the Venetians enter into a league with the Pope against, 179;
his military preparations against the league, 183 et seq.;
his departure from Naples, 186;
returns to Rome, 186, 187;
arrives at Siena, 187;
his deliberations respecting the restitution of the Florentine towns, 188;
enters Pisa, 189;
retains Pisa and several Florentine towns, 191;
his dangerous passage over the mountains between Pisa and Sarzana, 194, 195;
his naval forces defeated, 195;
crosses the Apennines with great difficulty, 199;
enters Lombardy, 203;
arrives at Fornovo, near the camp of his enemies, where they are waiting to encounter and capture him, 204, 205;
prepares for the battle, 207 et seq.;
gains the victory, 211-214;
the danger to which he was exposed, 218;
his retreat to Asti, 223;
his arrival at Nice, 225;
and also at Asti, 227;
fits out a fleet for relieving the castles at Naples, 229;
defeated in his object, 232;
enters into and concludes negociations for peace, 238 et seq.;
concludes a peace with the League, 245 et seq.;
arrives at Trino, 247;
sends to Venice to invite the Venetians to accept the terms of peace, 248 et seq.;
his stay at Lyons, 252, 253;
his feastings and pleasure, 252;
he forgets those who were left at Naples, 253;
receives intelligence of the death of his son, the dauphin, 254;
his family disputes and jealousies, 255, 256;
receives intelligence of the loss of the castle of Naples, the selling of the Florentine towns, the treaty of Atella, &c., 257 et seq.;
misfortunes of his troops after the treaty of Atella, and the surrender of Naples, 261-263;
several abortive plots formed in his favour by the Italian princes for the recovery of Naples and Genoa, and the destruction of the duke of Milan, 264-269;
differences between him and Ferrand king of Castile, 269;
sends ambassadors to accommodate the affair, 270, 273;
who sign a truce, 275;
account of his death, and of the magnificent building which he began a while before he died, 281-284;
a short retrospect of his life, 281;
plans another expedition to Italy, 282;
resolves to live a more strictly religious life, ib.;
his good inclination to reform the Church, the laws, the treasury, and himself, 283, 284;
his piety, and dying moments, 284;
his obsequies and funeral, 287, 288;
the last of the direct line of Philip de Valois, 290.
Charlotte, daughter of Louis, duke of Savoy, ii. 82 n.
Charolois, Charles, count of, afterwards duke of Burgundy. (See Charles the Bold.)
Chartier, William, bishop of Paris, i. 50; ii. 320.
Chartreux at Pavia, ii. 137.
Chassa, Jean de, revolt of, i. 171.
Chasteau-Guyon, Louis and Hugh, lords of, i. 376.
Chasteau-Guyon, Hugh, lord of, i. 309, ii. 20, 21;
his defeat, 388.
Chasteauneuf, Anthony de, ii. 347.
Chastel-Chinon, revenue of, i. 141.
Chastillon, M. de, an officer of the king, i. 139;
his illegal measures, 140.
Chaumont burnt, ii. 340.
Chaumont, Charles, lord of, i. 319, ii. 21, 23.
(See Amboise.)
Chaumont, Peter, lord of, i. 34;
death of, ib. n.
Chene, Sir John, i. 267.
Cheney, lord, ii. 4.
Chevalier, M. Etienne, ii. 304.
Childermas-day, sanctity of, i. 270.
Chimay, John, count of, i. 6 n.
Chimay, Philip, count of, i. 10;
his prudent advice rejected by the duke of Burgundy, 335 n.
Chinon, town of, i. xviii.
Chollet, Casin, ii, 316.
Chronicles of Louis XI. from 1460 to 1483, containing various adventures which occurred both in France and in the neighbouring countries, ii. 297 et seq.
Church, reform of, attempted by Charles VIII., ii. 282.
Churches of Liege protected from spoliation, i. 158.
Cibo, cardinal Gian Battista, becomes pope of Rome, ii. 98.
Cico, Francisco, secretary to the regent of Milan, ii. 101;
arrested and executed, 101 n., 102.
Cifron, treacherous execution of, i. 327.
Cinquanteniers of Paris, ii. 329.
Citizens of Paris, their conference with the lords of France, i. 50.
Civil Wars in England, i. 48, 49, 93;
during the contests between Louis XI. and Charles of Burgundy, 181-6.
Clairet, Peter, steward of the French king’s household, ii. 5.
Clarence, George, duke of, death of, i. 49.
Clarence, duke of, brother of, Edward IV., i. 188, 189, 275;
goes over to his brother at the battle of Barnet, 200;
flies to Normandy, ii. 360;
his return to England, 363.
Clarence, duchess of, prematurely brought to bed, i. 185.
Claude, Master, physician to Louis XI., ii. 37.
Clerieux, Guillaume, lord of, sent as ambassador to Castile, ii. 273, 274.
Cleves, John, duke of, i. 11, 233, 368, 369, 370;
his quarrels and dissatisfaction, 372;
his attempts to negociate a marriage between his son and the young duchess of Burgundy, ii. 11-13.
Clodion, the second king of France, ii. 289.
Clugny, William de, bishop of Therouenne, arrest of, i. 372.
Cluny, William of, account of, i. 37 et n.
Clutin, Master Pierre, i. xvii.
Coctier, James, physician of Louis XI., ii. 71, 74;
predicts the king’s death, 75.
Cœur, Jeffery, ii. 3.
Cohé, Mery de, i. 220.
Cold, fatal effects of, in the duke of Burgundy’s army, i. 163.
Cologne, two pretenders to the bishopric of, i. 235;
great expenses incurred to secure themselves against the duke of Burgundy, 239.
Colonna, Prospero, cardinal, ii. 147, 158.
Colonne, family of the, in possession of Ostia, ii. 145;
opposed to the Ursini, 146;
enemies of the French, ib.;
their hostilities against Don Ferrand, 147;
rewarded by Charles VIII., 185;
their cabals and revolt, 185, 186.
Colpin, a brave English soldier, i. 322;
is killed at Nancy, 323.
Commerce, treaty of, made at Vervins, i. 287.
Commines, town of, i. xi.;
importance of the family name, ib.;
the castle of, the birthplace of Philip de Commines, xi.;
Jean de Clite, the lord of, xii.
Commines, Philip de, lord of Argenton, called the “Father of Modern History,” i. v.;
his memoirs relate to one of the most interesting periods of history, ib.;
they terminate about twenty years before the Reformation, vi.;
his tendency to praise the princes who enjoyed his allegiance, viii.;
the composition of his memoirs the occupation of the last years of his life, ix.;
the various editions of his memoirs, ib.;
the present translation made from the text of Madlle. Dupont, x.;
he was born in the castle of Commines in the year 1447, xi.;
the son of the sovereign-bailiff of Flanders, ib.;
Philip the Good, his godfather, ib.;
left an orphan with a small patrimony, xii.;
Philip the Good becomes his royal patron, ib.;
appointed chamberlain and councillor of the duke of Burgundy, xiii.;
engaged in various important missions, xvi.;
receives tempting offers from Louis XI. to enter into his service, xvii.;
abandons the duke of Burgundy, and enters the service of Louis, ib., 222;
confiscation of his property, xviii.;
enriched by the munificence of Louis, xix.;
becomes the prince de Talmont on his marriage to the wealthy heiress, Helene de Chambes, xxii.;
receives the full confidence of Louis, ib. et seq.;
his mission to Florence, xxvi.;
details his personal history, xxvii et seq.;
compelled to restore the estates of the La Tremoille family after the death of Louis XI., xxxiii.;
his political difficulties, xxxiv.;
is thrown into prison, and condemned to banishment, ib.;
recalled to the council of Charles VIII., ib.;
accompanies the king in his campaign against Naples, xxxv.;
sent on political missions to Venice and Milan, xxxv., xxxvi.;
on the death of the king he retires into private life, xxxvi.;
his last years embittered by vexatious law-suits, ib.;
his death, ib.;
interred in the Convent des Grands Augustins at Paris, xxxvii.;
his personal and intellectual qualifications, ib.;
his memoirs dedicated to Angelo Cato, the archbishop of Vienne, xlv.
His first presentation to Charles, duke of Burgundy, and his own account of his early life and subsequent career, 1 et seq. passim;
at the battle of Montlhery, 21-32;
his mission to lord Wenlock at Calais, 185, 188;
hospitably treated, at Calais, by lord Wenlock, 196, 197;
acquits himself like a loyal and faithful subject, 224;
the displeasure of the king with, 351;
his embassy, 353;
sent to Florence during the wars in Burgundy, ii. 25 et seq.;
receives homage for the duchy of Genoa in the name of the king, 31;
nobly treated at Florence, ib.;
his return to France, 32;
appointed one of the council of Charles VIII., 95;
ambassador at Venice, 155;
sent ambassador to Venice, 168;
his opinions of her government, and his general description of, 169 et seq.;
the subjects of his embassy, ii. 173 et seq.;
leaves Venice, 182;
handsomely treated, ib.;
his interview with the king at Siena, 187;
his difficulties with Charles VIII., 206;
at the battle of Fornovo, 211 et seq.;
sent to parley with the enemy, 220, 221;
appointed to conduct negotiations for peace, 238 et seq.;
sent to Venice to invite the Venetians to accept the terms of peace, 248.
Commines, Jeanne de, marriage of, i. xxxvi.;
death of, xxxvii.
Comminges, John, count de, i. 165, ii. 83.
Commissioners appointed by Louis XI. to reform abuses, ii. 341.
Condé, town of, surrendered, ii. 389.
Conflans, the duke of Burgundy’s army encamps at, i. 46;
treaty of, 52;
treaty of, between Louis XI. and Charles of Burgundy, 173 et seq.;
great concessions made to the latter, 74, 76, 78;
treaty of, confirmed at the castle of Crotoy, 216.
Constable of France. (See Louis de Luxembourg, and St. Paul.)
Constantine Aranito, ii. 164;
his enterprise against the Turks, 167.
Constantine Palæologus, emperor of Constantinople, slain, ii. 90.
Constantinople, captured by Mahomet II., ii. 90.
Contay, William, lord of, i. 12;
brings information to Charles of Burgundy, 26;
his advice after the battle of Montlhery, 31;
advises the death of the hostages of Liege, 95;
his death predicted and verified, 96, 98.
Contay, Louis, lord of, surrenders the town of Corbie, i. 244;
a servant of the duke of Burgundy, 265;
discovers the duplicity of the constable of France, 266;
sent on an embassy to the king, 307.
Coppenolle, John, town-clerk of Ghent, ii. 42.
Corbeil, the king’s retreat to, i. 29.
Corbie, town of, captured, i. 244.
Corbie, William de, entertains Louis XI., ii. 308.
Corbin ceded to the duke of Burgundy, i. 74.
Cordes, Philip, lord des, i. 21, 161;
attacks the suburbs of Beauvais, 218, 219;
surrenders the city of Arras, 360;
under the service of the king, 361;
his various officers, ib.;
the king’s lieutenant in Picardy, ii. 32;
his contests with the Flemings, 32, 33.
Cornaro, Catherine, married to the king of Cyprus, ii. 121 n.;
her rights claimed by the Venetians, ib.
Correano, town of, ii. 197.
Corrozet, Gilles, ii. 293.
Cossé, John, lord of, his speech to Louis XI., i. 310.
Cotereau, Robert, bravery of, i. 27.
Coulches, Claude de Montagu, lord of, i. 16.
Couldre, Philip de la, ii. 228.
Courtiers should conduct themselves with modesty and forbearance, i. 230, 231.
Cousinot, M., ii. 317, 318.
Craon, George, lord of, i. xxv., xxvi., 211, 332;
his danger, 154;
the king’s lieutenant in Burgundy, 376; ii. 20;
withholds the captured places from the Prince of Orange, 377;
besieges Dole, 20;
is defeated, and deposed, 20, 21;
his successes over the Prince of Orange, 388.
Crespin, Jeanne, of Normandy, i. 69 n.
Crevecœur ceded to the duke of Burgundy, i. 74.
Crevecœur, Antony, lord of, i. 21.
Crevecœur, Philip de, i. 97.
Creville, Louis de, a servant of the constable’s, i. 265.
Criminals, punishment of in 1490, ii. 298.
Croia, in Albania, surrender of, ii. 166.
Cross-bow-men of the French army, ii. 211.
Crotoy ceded to the duke of Burgundy, i. 74;
treaty concluded at the castle of, between Louis XI. and the duke of Burgundy, 216.
Croussol, Lord de, arrested, ii. 310.
Croy, the lords of, expelled from the palace of the duke of Burgundy, i. 6;
the duke of Burgundy’s declaration against, 10.
Croy, Antony, lord of, i. 6 n.
Croy, John of, count of Chimay, i. 6 n.
Croy, Philip of, i. 10 n.
Crussol, Louis, lord of, i. 220.
Curton, Gilbert, lord of, i. 213.
Cyprus, title of the Venetians to, ii. 121.
D.
Dabecfin, Geo., ii. 232.
Dammartin, count of, is reconciled to the constable of France, i. 228;
strange story about his intended assassination, 248;
restored to his possessions, ii. 333.
Darsson, Jean, revolt of, i. 171 n.
Dauphin of France (son of Louis XI.), treaty respecting his projected marriage with Margaret of Flanders, ii. 45 et seq.;
his marriage to the countess of Flanders, 58, 393, 394;
receives his father’s last injunctions, 69.
(See Charles VIII.)
Dauphin (son of Charles VIII.), death of, ii. 254;
loss sustained thereby, 257.
Death divides all things, and defeats the counsels of mankind, i. 215.
De Croy, Sieur, i. 76.
D’Eu, count, i. 1, 5.
Denmark, king of, quartered at Unterbilk, i. 242.
Despiris, lord, i. 221;
crushed to death at the siege of Beauvais, 222.
Destouteville, Robert, mayor of Paris, committed to the Bastille, ii. 301;
restored to the mayoralty of Paris, 336.
De Ville, William de, i. 119.
Diamonds taken by the Swiss from the Burgundians, i. 311.
Digonne, Jean de, i. 141.
Dijon surrenders to the king, i. 376.
Dinant, town of, captured by the duke of Burgundy, i. 88 et seq.;
caused by its cruel treatment to the people of Bouvines, 88, 89.
Divine chastisements, i. 339.
Divisions, mischiefs of among princes, i. 85;
among citizens, 89;
result of among the Liegeois, 101;
permitted by God for the punishment of wickedness, 378 et seq.
Doge of Venice, Commines’ visit to the, ii. 170;
his palace, ib.;
his friendly assurances towards Charles VIII., 176-178;
his conferences with Commines, 250.
Doges of Venice, ii. 267.
Dogs, &c., strange fancy of Louis XI. for, ii. 57.
Dole, the capital of Franche-Comté, besieged by the lord of Craon, ii. 20;
historical notice of, 20 n.;
taken by storm, 22; destruction of, 391.
Domjulien, Antoine lord of, ii. 184 et n.
Doreille, Rigault de, ii. 250.
Doriolle, Peter, Chancellor of France, i. 212;
arrested, ii. 310.
Dormans, Regnault, ii. 337.
Dorset, Thomas Gray, Marquis of, ii. 4.
Douay, sally from, defeated, i. 363.
Doullens, or Dourlens, ceded to the duke of Burgundy, i. 74;
the duke of Burgundy’s arrival at, 171, 233.
Duisie, Guillot, notice of, i. 67.
Dunois, John, count of, i. 18;
crosses the Seine, 42;
his lands and lordships recovered from the count of Maine, 82;
appointed royal commissioner, ii. 341.
Dunois, Francis, count of, ii. 74.
Du Pont, Marquis, i. 112 n.
Du Pont des Archers, town of, ii. 238;
surrendered, 339.
Duras, Galhard, lord, i. 186.
Durazzo, Paolo, Archbishop of, ii. 166;
his capture, 167.
Duties, regulations for the levying of, i. 133, 134.
E.
Easterlings, at war with England, i. 192;
danger of Edward IV. being captured by the, 193;
their opposition to the kings of Denmark, 380.
Edward, the black prince, his capture of king John at the battle of Poictiers, i. 390;
his exalted character, 390 n.
Edward IV., king of England, i. 22;
notices of, 37;
his interview with Charles of Burgundy, 124;
with Louis XI., 126;
contemporary with Louis XI. and the duke of Burgundy, 181;
his sister married to the latter, ib.;
supported by the earl of Warwick, 183;
imprisoned by the earl of Warwick, ib.;
escapes and defeats the earl in various battles, 184;
his character and person, 187;
is driven out of England by the earl of Warwick, assisted by Louis XI., 190-194;
dangers to which he was exposed, 191-193;
his conference with the duke of Burgundy at St. Pol, 198;
liberally assisted by the duke, 199;
he returns to England, ib.;
and defeats the earl of Warwick, who is slain, 201;
defeats the prince of Wales at Tewkesbury, 202;
his executions, 203;
his reign no longer disturbed, ib.;
opposes the contemplated marriage of the duke of Burgundy’s daughter, 208, 209;
invades France, 251 et seq.;
his great army, ib.;
sends a letter of defiance to the king of France, 252;
the courteous reception of his herald, 253, his landing at Calais, 255;
the bad reception of his troops, 257;
receives a herald from Louis XI., 251;
receives overtures of peace from Louis, 261;
enters into a truce for nine years, 263 et seq.;
visited by the duke of Burgundy, 267;
his troops entertained by Louis, 269;
his answer to the constable of France, 270;
disorderly conduct of his troops, 271;
interview between him and Louis, 275 et seq.;
the treaty signed, 276;
his private conversation with Louis, 277;
his return to England, 283;
the vicissitudes of his life, 393 et seq.;
his death, 394 n.;
his amours, 395, 396; ii. 63;
a voluptuous prince, 7;
offers made to, by Louis XI., 8, 9;
his displeasure at the marriage of the dauphin of France and Margaret of Flanders, 62;
remarks on his death and character, 62 et seq.;
murder of his two sons, 63 n.;
his life a continued scene of trouble, 85;
his love of pleasure, 87;
died of apoplexy, ib.
Edward IV. (continued from Jean de Troyes’ Chronicle). He seizes the crown of England, ii. 300;
his preparations for invading France, 360;
expels the Earl of Warwick, ib.;
flies to his brother-in-law the Duke of Burgundy, 363;
demands the duchies of Guienne and Normandy, 376;
his intercourse with Louis XI. at Picquigny, 378, 379;
concludes a truce, 380;
death of, 394.
Edward V., of England, birth of, i. 195.
Elizabeth, Princess, daughter of Edward IV. of England, i. 263, 395; ii. 7;
married to Henry VII., 8 n.
Embassies sent to Venice, ii. 173, 174.
Emmanuel, King of Portugal, ii. 278.
England, gradually loses her power in France, i. 48;
civil wars in, 48, 93, 363, 364 et seq.;
civil wars during the contests between Louis XI. and the duke of Burgundy, 181-186;
the various battles fought, 181 n.;
a check to France, 379;
Scotland a check to, ib.;
the excellence of her government, 385;
the royal families of, and their misfortunes, 393 et seq.;
revolutions in, 395-397;
strange adventures that happened in, in 1460, ii. 299;
Louis XI. sends an embassy to, 340.
Englebert, lord of Cleves, ii. 211 et n.
English, in the service of the duke of Burgundy, i. 237;
France invaded by the, 238, 251 (see Edward IV.);
entertained by Louis XI., 269;
their disorderly conduct, 271;
anxiety of Louis concerning the, 279;
cajoled by Louis XI., after the duke of Burgundy’s death, from fear of being interrupted in his conquests, ii. 1 et seq.;
how they became masters of the duchy of Guienne, 2 et n.;
the French king’s liberality to the, 3-5;
and his policy, 7.
Entragues, Robert lord of, ii. 192;
governor of Pietrasanta, 194;
sells the Florentine towns, 255, 257.
Envy, passion of, in high stations, ii. 255.
Espinal, in Lorraine, taken from the marshal of Burgundy, and, given to the duke of Calabria, i. 78.
Essars, Philip des, lord of Thieux, i. 222;
pensions granted to, 224.
Estampes, Charles of Burgundy’s army quartered at, i. 34;
the united forces at, ib.;
treaty of alliance at, between the dukes of Bretagne and Burgundy, 1, 8.
Estates, meeting of the Three, at Tours, i. 386.
Estissac, Jean, baron of, i. 207.
Estradiots, their skirmishes with the French and Swiss, ii. 201;
description of them, ib.;
number of, in the Venetian service, 204;
attack the French, 205; their onslaught on the king’s, camp, 212;
their flight, 213;
their plunder, 216.
Eu, town of, captured by the Burgundians, i. 221, 222;
retaken, 222;
capture of, ii. 371.
Eu, Charles d’Artois, Count d’, his complaint against the Duke of Burgundy, i. 169;
death of, ii. 366.
Eugenius IV., Pope, i. 47.
Eustachio, Filippo, of Pavia, captor of the castle of Milan, ii. 102;
seized and imprisoned, 105.
Exeter, Henry Holland, Duke of, reduced to beggary, i. 182.
F.
Factions, danger of, ii. 86;
historical notices of, 146;
appear as if necessary for the world, i. 381.
Faith in God, on the want of, i. 389.
Favre, Jourdain, the friar, i. 211 n., 223 n.
Fay, lord of, i. 323 n.
Febvre, Gerard le, i. 141.
Fecamp church, in Normandy, burnt by a fiery exhalation, ii. 302.
Female diplomacy, i. 189.
Ferdinand, duke of Braganza, ii. 278 n.
Ferdinand I. (or Ferrand), King of Naples, i. 313; ii. 26;
the conspiracy of the Pazzi at Florence promoted by, 26-28;
besieges Florence, 29;
rebellion against, 97;
his treachery and cruelty, 99;
his atrocities, 151;
his tyrannical measures, 152;
his death, 155.
Ferdinand II. (Don Ferrand), son of Alfonso, King of Naples, ii. 123, 133;
hostilities against, 147;
crowned king by his father Alfonso, 149;
received as king of Naples, 157;
prepares to oppose Charles VIII. at St. Germain, ib.;
his flight and dispersion of his army, 160, 161, 163;
retakes Naples from the French, 230, 231 et n.;
conditions by which he was to abide for peace, 249;
the advantages gained by him after the treaty of Atella, 261;
his marriage and death, 263.
Ferdinand II., of Castile (or Ferrand), cedes different towns to the Venetians, ii. 121, 172 n.;
differences between him and Charles VIII., 269;
ambassadors sent to, 270, 273;
and a truce signed, 275.
Ferdinand V., King of Spain, i. 331 et n.
Ferrara, duke of, his handsome treatment of Commines, ii. 182.
Ferrand, king of Naples (See Ferdinand).
Ferrette, county of, i. 236;
captured and restored to the duke of Austria, 243;
the Swiss gain right of passage through, ib.
Ferriers, village of, ii. 372.
Fiennes, Jacques, lord of, i. 248.
Flanders, countess of, married to the Dauphin, ii. 393, 397;
her public entry into Paris, 394.
Flemings, rebellion of the, i. 358;
conclude a peace with Louis XI., ii. 393, 394.
Flisco, Breto di, of Genoa, ii. 126.
Flisco, Lord John Lewis di, ii. 126.
Flocquet, Captain Robert de Hain, i. 30.
Florence, Commines sent on a mission to, i. xxvi., ii. 25 et seq.;
conspiracy of the Pazzi at, 26, 27;
besieged by Pope Sixtus IV., 29;
governed by the Medici, 127;
affairs of, 129, 135;
Peter de Medicis banished from, 141;
entered by Charles VIII., 143;
preachings of Friar Jerome at, 189 et n.
Florentine towns, Charles VIII.’s deliberations respecting their restitution, ii. 188;
several retained by him, 191.
Florentines send ambassadors to Charles VIII., ii. 127;
cruelly treat the Pisans, 138;
enter into a treaty with Charles VIII., 143 et n.;
capture and sale of their towns, 257, 258;
great divisions among them at the death of Charles VIII., 285.
Foix, count of, ii. 213.
Forgosa, Signor John, taken prisoner, ii. 127.
Forli, town of, ii. 133.
Fornovo, village of, i. xxxv.;
arrival of Charles VIII. at, ii. 204;
preparation for the battle of, 207;
battle of, gained by the French, 211-214;
consequences of the victory, 215 et seq.;
losses at, 217;
a grand parley takes place after the battle of, 220;
retreat of the French from, 223.
Fortune nothing but a poetical fiction, i. 293;
changes of, 294.
Fou, John du, i. 363.
Foucart, Captain Patris, i. 213.
Fracasse, Gasparo, de Sanseverino, ii. 148.
Framezelles, Robinet de, ii. 212 et n.
France throws off the power of England, i. 48;
plundered for many years by the nobility of England, 182;
invaded by the English, 238, 251 (see Edward IV.);
England a check to, 379;
taxation of, in the fifteenth century, 386, 387;
women excluded from the throne of, ii. 14, 16;
the founders of their different dynasties, 289;
its fertility in 1460, 298;
invaded by the Burgundians, 312;
Edward IV. makes preparations for invading, 360.
France and Spain, league between, ii. 359.
Franchemont, the country of, i. 153;
desperate attack of, on the duke of Burgundy’s troops, 153-156;
the hilly country of, 162;
the dwellings burnt down, and the country devastated, 163;
extreme cold in, ib.
Francis, duke, i. 397.
Francis, friar, of Apulia, ii. 286 et n.
Francisco de Pazzi, his conspiracy and death, ii. 28.
Frederic I., the count palatine, troops of, i. 44.
Frederic III., the emperor of Germany, his interview with Charles of Burgundy, i. 124;
embassy sent by Louis XI. to, 245;
his story and its moral, 246;
declines the king’s proposals, 247;
sends an embassy to Charles VIII., ii. 110.
Frederic, Don, son of Alphonso king of Naples, ii. 123, 157;
a military commander, 126;
naval defeat of, 129;
succeeds Ferdinand II. as king of Naples, 263.
French, on the character of the, and the government of their kings, i. 385 et seq.;
their affection towards their princes, 386;
their obedience, 387;
their difficulties in marching from Pisa, ii. 194 et seq.;
their skirmishes with the Estradiots, 201, 205;
gain the battle of Fornovo, 207-214;
superiority of their artillery, 210;
their retreat from Fornovo, 223;
more than men in their attacks, and less than women in their retreats, 225;
their sufferings, 226, 227;
their retreat secured by the Swiss, 226.
French army, two sorts of Germans in the, ii. 260.
Friar, Robert, the holy man of Calabria, ii. 54;
sent for by Louis XI., 55;
biographical notices of, 56, 58.
Fumée, Adam, physician to Louis XI., ii. 27.
G.
Gaeta, castle of, ii. 263.
Galeas, John Visconti, lord of Milan in 1378, ii. 100.
Galeas, Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan in 1466, ii. 101;
banishment of his brothers, ib. n.
Galeas, John Sforza, duke of Milan, ii. 31, 100;
pays homage to Louis XI. for the duchy of Genoa, 31;
his duchess, 131;
his illness, ib.
Galeas, Ludovic the Moor, (afterwards duke of Milan) ii. 101, 102;
his dispute with St. Severino, 103;
seizes the castle of Milan, and assumes the reins of government, 105;
aspires to the ducal power, 106 et seq.;
sends an embassy to Charles soliciting an expedition to Naples, 108.
Galeazzo, Maria Giovanni, duke of Milan, i. 27.
Galee, Jacques de la, i. 141.
Galeot, James, notices of, i. 44, 237.
Galeot, lord de la Mirandola, ii. 148.
Gallipoli, town of, ii. 162.
Gannay, Jean, lord of Persan, ii. 147;
president of Pisa, 191.
Gantois, their rebellion and submission to the duke of Burgundy, i. 106 et seq.;
their character and customs, 108;
their charters, 109;
rebellion of the, 366;
embassy from the, to Louis XI., 367;
on the return of their ambassadors they put the chancellor Hugonet and the lord of Humbercourt to death, 375;
assume the sole authority of the duchess, and the management of government, 375, 377;
persecute the Burgundians, 377;
are defeated before Tournay, 378;
their negociations with Louis on the death of their duchess, ii. 42;
their seditious spirit, 60.
See Ghent.
Garigliano, the river, ii. 157.
Garrison, a strong one cannot be attacked with safety, i. 220.
Gascony, the English merchant of, i. 280.
Genetaires, a Spanish light horse, ii. 201.
Genly, Jaques, lord of, ii. 230.
Genoa, the duke of Milan pays homage to Louis XI. for the duchy of, ii. 31;
revolt of, 109 et n.;
great military preparations at, 122;
the French at, 127;
defeat of the French forces at, 195;
plots of the Italian princes for the recovery of, 267;
the plan against, proves abortive, 268, 269.
Gens, bailiff of, i. 142.
Gens du Camp, pioneers so called, ii. 40.
George le Grec, i. 333.
George, prince of Scutari, ii. 166.
George, son of John II., ii. 278.
Gerault, M., the military engineer, i. 43.
Germans, inroads made upon the, by the duke of Burgundy, i. 223 et seq.;
the town of Nuz relieved by the, 240 et seq.;
Charles defeated and slain by the, 336, ii. 383-386 (see Swiss);
boorish manners of the, 14;
secretly assist the Burgundians, 18;
liberal offers made to the, 210;
their contests with the French in Florence, 135;
capitulate to Charles VIII., 165;
two sorts of, in the French army, 260.
Germany, several towns of, abandon their alliance with the duke of Burgundy, i. 311;
confederacy of, defeat the duke of Burgundy, 315;
factions and divisions in, 380.
Ghent, the duke of Burgundy’s triumphal entry into, i. 106;
riotous assemblies in, 107;
their customs, 108, 109;
submission of the Gantois, 109;
fines imposed upon, ib.;
the duke of Burgundy retires to, 110;
Master Oliver’s designs upon defeated, 356;
the citizens of, rebel against the duchy of Burgundy, and put their magistrates to death, 365 et n. (see Gantois);
disquisition on its political and commercial position, 378 et seq. (see Gantois.)
Gié, Pierre de Rohan, lord of, i. 271;
marshal of France, ii. 38;
leads the French across the Apennines, 200;
retires to the mountains for fear of attack, 202;
commands at the battle of Fornovo, 209 et seq.
Girault, the engineer, i. 56.
Girl, in the city of Mans, trained to certain impostures, ii. 302.
Gisors, weak condition of, ii. 331.
Gloucester, Richard, of York, duke of, afterwards Richard III. of England, i. 194, 201, 277;
historical notices of, 395;
his atrocities, 396, 397, ii. 63;
declares himself king of England, 63;
his death, i. 49 n., 397; ii. 64, 65.
God, inscrutable ordinances of, i. 327;
the sole governor of human affairs, 328;
gives princes as He in his wisdom thinks fit, 340, 341;
wars and divisions permitted by, for the punishment of wicked princes and people, 378 et seq.;
on want of faith in, 389;
on the judgments of, 392, 393;
gives wise ministers of state to that nation he designs to support, ii. 24;
the disposal of all things proceeds from, 86;
the wisdom and policy of man of no avail when He chooses to interpose, 120;
His providence in favour of the French, 148;
the general voice of the people, the voice of God, 154;
providence of, 165;
the conductor of the French in the Italian expedition, 226;
the power of, shown in affliction, 280.
Gormont, Jean, i. 140.
Goux, Pierre de, chancellor of the duke of Burgundy, i. 108;
cancels the charter of Ghent, 109.
Grammont, Michel de, sent ambassador to Castile, ii. 275.
Grand-Villiers, granary of, i. 132.
Granada, troublesome to Castile, i. 379.
Granson, besieged by the Burgundians, i. 303;
their barbarous treatment, 304;
the inhabitants defeat the Burgundians, 305;
consequence of Charles’s defeat near, 307 et seq.;
capture of, ii. 381;
recaptured, 382.
Grassay, or Grassé, Gilbert de, lord of Champeroux, i. 258; ii. 37.
Grassé, James de, Lord of Yors, i. 258.
Grave, town of, i. 233.
Graville, Louis, lord of, ii. 97.
Gravina, Francisco, duke of, ii. 163.
Grips, in the ports of Albania, ii. 166.
Gruthuyse, Louis, lord de la, i. 193, 194.
Grutuse, lord de la, ii. 75.
Guelders, duchy of, i. 399;
seized by the duke of Burgundy, 222;
lost and restored, 234 n.
Guelders, duke de, slain, ii. 388.
Guelders, Arnold, duke of, i. 232;
cruelly treated by his own son, 232, 233;
is released from prison, 358;
invests Tournay, is repelled and slain, 358 et n., 378.
Guelders, Adolphus, duke of, allied to the house of Bourbon, i. 232;
his unnatural conduct to his father, 232, 233;
his imprisonment and miserable death, 234.
Guelphs and Ghibellines, factions of the, ii. 135 et n., 146.
Guerres, Gratian des, lord of Aubenton, ii. 185.
Guienne, the duchy of, conferred on Charles of France, i. 165, 166;
how the English became masters of the, ii. 2 et n.;
ceded to Louis XI., 359.
Guienne, duke of (Charles of France), is desirous of stirring up a war between Louis XI. and Charles of Burgundy, i. 169;
his designs in promoting the war between the king and the duke of Burgundy, 173;
his object to marry the duke’s daughter, 173, 180;
the war between Louis XI. and the duke of Burgundy renewed through his solicitations, 203 et seq.;
promises passed respecting the marriage, 206;
his death, 210;
and the final peace negotiating between the king and the duke of Burgundy thereby broken off, 210;
union established between him and Louis XI., ii. 358, 359;
his dissatisfaction, 366.
Guillaume de Bische, i. xxiv.
Guinegaste, battle of, ii. 32.
Guise, Louis, count of, ii. 160.
Guisnes, county of, ceded to the duke of Burgundy, i. 76.
Guns, great, use of, ii. 133.
Guy, town of, ii. 388.
Guy de Brimeu, lord of Humbercourt, i. 95.
Guynegate, battle of, ii. 216.
H.
Hague, Edward IV.’s arrival at the, i. 194.
Hainault, intended for bestowal by the king on his own subjects, i. 351.
Halles, Olivier, lord des, i. 259.
Hallewin, Madame Jeanne de, her opinion on the projected marriage of the duchess of Burgundy, ii. 11.
Halots, conference at, ii. 59.
Han delivered up to Louis XI., i. 350;
his abode at, ii. 365.
Haquelebac gallery, ii. 283.
Haraucourt, Guillaume de, bishop of Verdun, imprisonment of, i. 165, ii. 75.
Hastings, William, lord, i. 191;
receives a pension from Louis XI., i. 267, ii. 5;
his high character, 4.
Haultbourdin, John, lord of, i. 11;
his bravery, 29, 30;
his advice after the battle of Montlhery, 31.
Heberge, John, bishop of Evreux, one of the royal commissioners at Bouvines, i. 227.
Helene des Chambes, married to Commines, i. xxii.
Henry, a Parisian, employed to negotiate terms of peace, i. 214.
Henry III. landgrave of Hesse, i. 236.
Henry IV., king of Castile, his interview with Louis XI., i. 121-123.
Henry V. king of England, i. 12, 17;
qualities of, 22;
is offered the duchies of Normandy and Guienne, 48;
captures Rouen, 273 n.;
his death, 22 n.
Henry VI. king of England, i. 22;
his imprisonment, 48;
released from the Tower by the earl of Warwick, 195;
his misfortunes, 393;
rebellion against, ii. 299;
reinstated, 363;
his wife and friends visit Paris, and are royally received, 364;
his army defeated, 366;
death of, i. 48, 201.
Henry VII. king of England, i. 396.
(See Richmond).
Herald sent by Edward IV. to Louis XV., i. 253;
one sent to Edward, 260.
Herman IV., archbishop of Cologne, i. 235.
Hermits of St. Pancras, ii. 56.
Herycourt, castle of, besieged, i. 213.
Hesdin, the duke of Burgundy’s arrival at, i. 170;
delivered up to the King, 362.
Hesevare, Cardinal, i. 241.
Hieronymo, Girolamo, Count de, ii. 28, 133 n.
History, advantages arising from the knowledge of, especially to princes, i. 115 et seq.
Holland, Louis XI. intends to take possession of, i. 351.
Holy Ghost, asserted to be present at the treaty between Edward IV. and Louis XI., i. 279.
Hostages of Liege, their liberation, i. 96;
present the keys of the city to the Duke of Burgundy, 101;
some of them put to death, 106.
Houaste, John de Montespedon, bailiff of Rouen, i. 70.
Houcs and Caballans, contentions between the two factions, ii. 146.
Howard, Lord John, i. 253, 258, 261;
master of the horse, 267;
created earl of Norfolk, 282, ii. 4, 5;
the English ambassador, 391.
Hugh Capet, the second king of France, who came collaterally to the throne, ii. 289, 290.
Hugonet, William, lord of Saillans, and chancellor of Burgundy, sent as ambassador to Louis XI., i. 359;
arrested by the Gantois, 372;
charges brought against, 373;
condemned, and publicly executed, 359 n., 374, 375.
Humbercourt, Guy de Brimeu, lord of, i. 95;
appointed to negotiate with the Liegeois, 101;
takes possession of the city of Liege, 103;
his great abilities in managing the affair, 104;
gates of the city delivered up to, 105;
appointed lieutenant of the Liegeois, 113;
captured by the rioters of Liege, 118;
effects his escape, 119;
sent as ambassador to the king, 359, 360;
arrested by the Gantois, 372;
charges against, 373;
condemned and executed, 374, 375.
Hungary, victories of, against the Turks, ii. 88, 89;
Matthias I. chosen king of, 89.
Hunniades, regent of Hungary, his wisdom and bravery, ii. 87;
defeats the Turks at Belgrade, 88 et n.
Hunting, the greatest pleasure of Louis XI., ii. 80, 81.
Hure, John de, plundered, ii. 312.
Huye, capture of, i. 93. ii. 346.
I.
Ignorance, the great curse of princes, i. 117.
Imbert de Batornay, Count du Bouchage, i. xlvii n.
Impiety never goes unpunished, i. 234.
Ingratitude often the reward of faithful services, i. 231.
Innocent VIII., his depravity and incapacity, ii. 98 n.
Interviews between kings for the settlement of differences often prejudicial, i. 121 et seq.;
between Henry IV. king of Castile, and Louis XI., 121-123;
between Charles of Burgundy and the emperor Frederic, 124;
and other great princes, 124-126.
Isabella, daughter of John, king of Portugal, and countess of Charolois, ii. 3 n., 9 n., 37 n.
Isabella of Castile, i. 333.
Isabella, daughter of Alphonzo II. of Naples, ii. 104.
Isabella, daughter of the earl of Warwick, i. 184.
Ischia, island of, ii. 150, 161.
Isle of France, entered by the Burgundians, ii. 314.
Italians, their nature to side with the strongest, ii. 139, 145.
Italy, the princes of, kept in check by the free states of, i. 379;
the mission of Commines to, ii. 25 et seq.;
expedition of Charles VIII. into, 93 et seq.;
consists but of three powers, 130;
league formed in, against Charles VIII., 179, 183 et seq.;
the princes of, form various plots in favour of Charles VIII. for the recovery of Naples, and the destruction of the duke of Milan, 264 et seq.;
their miscarriage, 266, 267.
J.
Jacqueling, M. Jean, i. 140.
Jacques de Beaumont, lord of Bressuyre, i. xxi., xxii.
Jacques d’Armagnac, i. xxv.
James de Pacis, Signor, his conspiracy and death, ii. 27 et n.
James of Portugal, duke of Viseo, ii. 278.
James III. of Scotland, i. 398 n.
James IV. of Scotland, i. 398 n.
Janly, M. Jean de, i. 140.
Jealousy, passion of, in high stations, ii. 255.
Jean de Beaune, a merchant of Tours, i. xvi.
Jean de Halewyn, i. 96 n., 98.
Jean de la Clite, lord of Commines, i. xii.
Jean Louis, bishop of Geneva, i. 114.
Jerome, the Dominican friar, ii. 189 et n.
(See Savonarola.)
Jesus Christ, the protector of the French army in Italy, ii. 226, 227.
Jewels taken by the Swiss from the Burgundians, i. 312.
Joachim, son of Louis XI., marshal of France, i. 42, ii. 80, 316.
Joan, Prince, of France, death of, ii. 393.
Joan du Bois, ii. 309.
Joanna, daughter of John II. of Arragon, ii. 155.
John, bishop of Cambray, i. 10.
John of Lancaster, duke of Bedford, i. 47.
John, duke of Burgundy, i. 10 n., 298;
surnamed “Sans-peur,” 72.
John II., king of France, i. 347;
the heavy sums paid for his ransom, 390.
John II., duke of Bourbon and Auvergne, notices of, i. 9.
John II. of Portugal, ii. 66 n.
John II., king of Arragon, i. 123;
pledges his territories to Louis XI., ii. 65.
Jou, castle of, ii. 23.
Juana, queen of Arragon, i. 122.
Juana, daughter of Henry IV. of Castile, i. 333.
Julian de Medicis, slain, ii. 26.
Julius II., pope of Rome, his character, ii. 98.
K.
Kings, on the wisdom of, i. 229;
their jealousies and contests with their own children, ii. 255, 256.
(See Princes.)
Kings of France, the early ones, ii. 289, 290.
King’s evil, touching for the, ii. 37.
King’s nets, adopted by Louis XI., ii. 75.
Knowledge, general advantages of, i. 381.
L.
Labadio, town of, ii. 106.
Ladislaus V., king of Hungary, ii. 88;
his cruelties and death, ib.
Lallain, Phillip lord de, i. 21;
killed at Montlhery, 12 n., 22, 30.
La Levée, the king contemplates its destruction, i. 353.
Lamoureux, William, i. 132.
Lancaster, royal House of in England, i. 393;
their civil contests, 93, 181 et seq.; ii. 365;
the duke of Somerset its greatest supporter, i. 183.
Lancelot of Hungary. (See Ladislaus).
Landais, Pierre, i. 397 n.
Lannoy, Baudoin de, lord of Molembais, i. 225; ii. 60.
Lansquenets, in the French army, ii. 260.
La Rivière, town of, i. 316;
the solitary retreat of the duke of Burgundy, i. 321 et seq.
Lau, Antoine, lord de, i. 62;
his gallantry, 149.
Lau, Monsieur du, i. 114.
Laurence de Medicis, ii. 25, 26, 29.
(See Medicis.)
La Vere, in Holland, i. 192.
Laws, reform of the, attempted by Charles VIII., ii. 282.
Lawyers, illiterate princes often misled by, i. 116, 117.
League, formation of the, between the Venetians and the Pope against France, ii. 179;
declared on Palm Sunday, 181;
the French forces menaced by the, 202, 203;
their formidable force, 209;
defeated at Fornovo by the French, 211-214;
peace concluded between the, and Charles VIII., 245 et seq.;
offensive and defensive, between France and Spain, 359.
Learning, utility of, to princes, i. 117;
general utility of, 381.
Leather-money of France, i. 390, 391.
Leghorn, surrendered to Charles VIII., ii. 136.
Lenoncourt, Claude, bailiff of Vitry, ii. 185.
Le Sauvage, i. 119.
Lescut, Odet, lord of, i. 165;
obtains the city of Caen, 84;
demands made on behalf of, 223, 224.
Letters, advantages arising from the knowledge of, i. 115 et seq.
Librefatta, surrendered to Charles VIII., ii. 136.
Liege, rebellion of, i. xiv.;
captured, burnt, and pillaged by the Burgundians, i. xv., 80, 103, 157; ii. 356;
the Liegeois compelled to make peace, i. 80;
city beleaguered, 100;
set on fire, and destroyed, 102;
its great strength and population, 104;
the duke of Burgundy’s triumphal entry into, 105;
new laws prescribed, and large sums exacted, 106;
the duke of Burgundy again marches against the city, in company with Louis XI., 145 et seq.;
confusion of the city, 146;
the inhabitants sally out and commit great slaughter, 147, 148;
its situation and extent, 150;
dilapidated state of, ib.
(See Liegeois.)
Liege, bishop of. (See Louis de Bourbon.)
Liegeois, wars of the duke of Burgundy with the, i. 88 et seq.;
its causes, 89;
a peace agreed to, 92;
the peace broken by the, 93;
debate concerning their hostages, 95;
amount of their forces, 96;
defeat of the, 97;
great number of slain, 98;
consequences of their defeat, 99;
divisions among the, 101;
their submission, 103;
the city of Liege triumphantly entered by the duke of Burgundy, 105;
the submission of the garrison, 109;
excommunication against the Liegeois, ib.;
act of treachery, at the instigation of Louis XI., perpetrated by the, 118;
murders committed by the, 118;
in consequence of which the king is seized and imprisoned at Peronne, 120;
the king is compelled to renounce his league with them, 127 et seq.;
make vigorous sallies on the duke’s forces, by which the duke and the king are placed in great danger, 154, 155;
their miseries after the capture of the city, 159;
barbarously treated, 161;
their treatment justified by their frequent rebellions and cruelties, ib.
Liegeois (continued from Jean de Troyes’ Chronicle). They invade the Burgundian territories, ii. 336;
at war with the duke of Burgundy, 341, 346;
subdued, 349;
massacres committed by the, 354;
their city captured by the duke of Burgundy, 355;
sustain dreadful slaughter, ib.
Ligny, Louis, count of, ii. 147;
made governor of Siena, 188.
Lisle, meeting of ambassadors at, i. 1 et seq.
Livre, Henry de, ii. 318.
Lodesma, count of, i. 122;
afterwards duke of Albourg, 123.
Loheac, André, lord of, i. 18.
Loheac, M. de, marshal of France, ii. 337.
Lombardy entered by Charles VIII., ii. 203;
fineness of the country, ib.
Lombes, bishop of, the Spanish ambassador, ii. 391.
Longjumeau, village of, i. 17, 18.
Longuejoye, John, count de, ii. 337;
appointed royal commissioner, 318.
Lords of France, their conference with the Parisians, i. 50.
Lorenzo de Medici, i. xxvii.
Lornay, Louis, lord of, ii. 211 et n.
Lorraine, John de, ii. 339.
Lorraine, the duke of Burgundy’s hostilities in, i. 295;
entirely subdued by the duke of Burgundy, 301.
Lorraine, René II., duke of, i. xxxiii., 242, 299;
his loss of territory, 315;
joins the German confederacy, and defeats the Burgundians, ib.;
besieges Nancy, 322;
takes the field with a powerful army against the duke of Burgundy, 330 et seq.;
defeats and slays the duke of Burgundy in battle, 335, 336, ii. 383, 386;
demands the duchy of Bar and the county of Provence from Charles VIII., 94, 95;
sisters of, 95 n.;
appointed grand chamberlain of France, ib.;
his claims to Provence disputed, 96;
leaves the French court in disgust, 97;
the rebels of Naples propose to make him king, 98;
how he failed to take advantage of the offer, ib.;
returns with dishonour to his own country, 99.
Louis de Bourbon, bishop of Liege, i. 91;
rebellion against, 118;
punished by William de la Marck, 370 et n.
Louis de Luxembourg, constable of France, (see St. Paul).
Louis van den Rive, i. 96 n.
Louis XI., king of France (prefatory notices);
his position with regard to Charles the Bold of Burgundy, i. xiii.;
the difficulties to which he was exposed before extricating himself, xiv., xv.;
induces Commines to leave the service of Charles the Bold, xvi., xvii;
his contests with Vicomte Thouars and others respecting the property granted to Commines, xxi., xxii., xxviii et seq.;
his munificence to Commines, xxii.;
attacked by apoplexy, xxx.;
death of, xxxii.;
biographical notices of, xiv.;
Causes of the war between him and the duke of Burgundy, 1 et seq.;
Charles of Burgundy and several French noblemen raise an army against him, 9 et seq.;
he marches into Bourbonnois, 15;
the noblemen arrayed against him, 16;
he fights a battle with Charles at Montlhery, 21;
his army retreats, 29;
his brothers, the duke of Berry and the duke of Bretagne, take part against him, 34;
relieves Paris from the invasion of Charles, 51;
his battles near Charenton, 54;
a digression on his virtues and vices, 59-61;
the extravagant demands made upon him by the allied princes of France, 65;
pays a visit to Charles, and enters into conversation respecting their quarrel, 65;
visited by Charles, 71;
concludes the treaties of Conflans with Charles and others, 73, 80;
the great concessions of territory and towns made by him, 74, 76, 78;
remarks on the peace into which he had entered, 78;
his recovery of what had been given to his brother, 83, 84;
makes war in Bretagne on the duke of Burgundy’s allies, 110 et seq.;
he is seized and imprisoned by Charles in the castle of Peronne, 118;
renounces his league with the Liegeois, to obtain his liberation, 127;
his interview with Henry IV., king of Castile, 121-123;
his interview with Edward IV. of England, 126;
with Charles at Peronne, 129;
enters into a treaty of peace, 129;
conditions of the peace, 130 et seq.;
makes great concessions to the duke of Burgundy, 132 et seq.;
accompanies the duke of Burgundy in his expedition against the Liegeois, 145, 148;
is placed in great danger, 155;
returns into France by permission of the duke, 161;
his subtlety in acting contrary to the duke’s intentions, 165;
he seizes the opportunity of waging a fresh war with Charles, 167 et seq.;
assembles the three estates at Tours, and issues a declaration of grievances against the duke of Burgundy, 169;
seizes St. Quentin and Amiens, 171, 172;
enters into a short truce, 178;
assists the earl of Warwick in driving King Edward IV. out of England, 187 et seq.;
renewal of the war between him and the duke of Burgundy, 203 et seq.;
the final peace negociating between the two princes is broken off by the duke of Guienne’s death, 210;
his attempts to outwit the duke, 213;
and the duke’s attempts to cheat him, 215;
treaty between him and the duke concluded at the castle of Crotoy, 216;
he concludes a peace with the duke of Bretagne, and a truce with the duke of Burgundy, 222-226;
a digression on the wisdom of, 229;
his policy with regard to the duke, 235;
takes the castle of Trouquoy and various towns from the duke, 244 et seq.;
suspects the constable of France, 247;
his territory invaded by the king of England, assisted by the duke of Burgundy, 251 et seq.;
his courteous reception of the English herald, 253;
sends one of his menial servants, in a herald’s coat, with overtures of peace to the king of England, 259;
a truce for nine years negotiated between him and the king of England, 263 et seq.;
he entertains the English at Amiens, 269, the interview between him and king Edward, 275;
enters into a treaty of commerce with the duke of Burgundy, 287;
arrests the constable, and executes him, 293, 297;
his joy at the defeat of the duke of Burgundy by the Swiss, 308 et seq.;
receives with joy the intelligence of the defeat and death of the duke of Burgundy, 343;
seizes Abbeville, 345;
his determination to effect the destruction of the house of Burgundy, and take possession of their territories, 350-353;
various cities and places delivered up to him after the death of the duke of Burgundy, 350-364; et seq.
his state qualities, 387;
cajoles the English after the death of the duke of Burgundy, under the apprehension of being interrupted in the conquest of his territories, ii. 1 et seq.;
his liberality, 3-5;
his policy, 7;
his offers to the king of England, 8, 9;
recovers numerous towns in Burgundy, 18 et seq.;
subjugates the whole province, 23;
his mortification at his defeat at Guinegaste, 34;
enters into a treaty with the duke of Austria, 35;
is seized with a dangerous malady, 36;
his supposed death, 39;
his state of mind during his illness, 42-45, 56, 57;
concludes the treaty of Arras with Maximilian, duke of Austria, 45;
sends for the holy man of Calabria, in hopes of being cured by him, 54;
strange conduct of the king, 57;
his strange fancies for different animals, 57, 58;
his great power and prosperity, 65;
his behaviour towards his neighbours and subjects during his prosperity, ib.;
presents and relics for the recovery of his health sent from all parts of the world, 66;
receives various relics from Pope Sixtus IV., 66;
his character and high qualities, 68;
sends for his son Charles a little before his death, ib.;
his precepts and commands, 69;
a comparison of his sorrows and troubles with those he had brought upon other people, 71 et seq.;
his suspicions, 73;
his cruelties, 75;
his rigid precautions, 77, 78;
gives directions for his own funeral, 79;
his death, 80;
his habits and character, 81;
anecdotes of his early life and times, 82 et seq.;
his life nothing but one continued scene of troubles and fatigues, 83;
his exact age at the time of his death, 84 n.;
paternal jealousy of, 255.
Louis XI. (from the Chronicles of Jean de Troyes, styled “The Scandalous Chronicle,” ii. 297 et seq.);
his accession to the throne, 304;
his first measures, 304, 308;
crowned at Rheims, 306;
his entry into Paris, ib.;
his progress to Normandy, 309;
his visit to Nogent, Tours, &c., ib.;
his march towards Angiers and Pont de Ce, 311;
his contests with the duke of Burgundy, 312 et seq.;
marches into Bourbonnois, 312;
defeats the Burgundians, 318;
his great bravery, 319;
his difficulties, 321;
favours granted to Paris, 322;
leaves Paris, and visits Normandy, 323;
review of his forces in Paris, 326;
his enthusiastic reception in Paris, ib.;
makes large concessions to the duke of Berry and Charles the Bold, 332;
concludes a peace with the Burgundians, 333;
visits the duke of Burgundy, 334, 335;
design against his life, 335;
makes several changes, 336, 337;
marches into Normandy to reduce it to obedience, 337;
captures Roan, 339;
sends an embassy to the king of England, 340;
issues a mandate for making preparations against England, ib.;
appoints royal commissioners to reform abuses, 341;
makes preparations against the duke of Burgundy, 342;
proceeds to Roan, and meets the earl of Warwick, 343;
history of his foreign and domestic relations, 347 et seq.;
his territorial and financial arrangements with his brother Charles, the duke of Calabria, and the duke of Bretagne, 353;
his conference with the duke of Burgundy at Peronne, 354;
accompanies the duke at the siege and capture of Liege, 355;
concludes a peace with the duke of Burgundy, 356;
persuaded to an ignominious peace by cardinal Balue, 356, 357;
punishes the cardinal of Angiers for treachery, 358;
establishes a firm union with his brother the duke of Guienne, 358;
takes possession of the duchy of Guienne, 359;
prepares for the threatened invasion of Edward IV., and declares the duke of Burgundy an enemy, 360;
hospitably receives the family of Henry VI. and the duke of Warwick at Paris, 364;
enters into a truce with the duke of Burgundy, 365;
again at war with the duke of Burgundy, 368 et seq.;
agrees to a truce, 374, 375;
his interview with Edward IV. at Picquigny, 378, 379;
concludes a truce with him, 380;
his festivities at Lyons, 383;
assembles a large army in Picardy to reduce the late territories of the duke of Burgundy, 389;
deceived by the duke of Austria, ib.;
agrees to a cessation of arms between him and duke Maximilian of Austria and the Flemings, 390;
his military operations in Burgundy, 391, 392;
prolongs the truce with Edward IV., 392;
his illness, 392, 393;
his injunctions, 393;
concludes a peace with the Flemings, 393, 394;
his death, 395;
buried in the church of Notre Dame de Clery, ib.;
his injustice during life, and repentance on his death-bed, 395, 396.
Louis XII. of France, ii. 97 n. (see Orleans, duke of);
his accession to the throne, 288;
his coronation, 289;
at Rheims, ib.;
the fourth king who came collaterally to the crown, ib.
Louppe, M., the physician of the duke of Burgundy, i. 345.
Louvain, town of, i. 93;
the duke of Burgundy’s army at, 94.
Luce and Grandmont families, contentions of the, ii. 146.
Lucca, city of, receives Charles VIII., ii. 134;
visited by him, 194.
Lude, Jean, lord du, i. xxiv., 281. ii. 38;
his covetousness and general character, i. 353, 354;
occupies the city of Arras, 304.
Ludlow, battle of, i. 49 n.
Ludovic, lord of Milan, ii. 101, 102 (see Galeas);
visits the king of France at Asti, 125;
his letter to Charles VIII., 130;
his influence, 131 et seq.;
seizes and usurps the duchy of Milan, 132.
Lullier, Arnold, ii. 337.
Lullier, John, ii. 333.
Lusignan, Jacopo de, king of Cyprus, ii. 121.
Luxembourg, invaded by the duke of Burgundy, i. 242.
Luxembourg, Louis de. (See St. Paul.)
Luy, Philibert, lord de, ii. 41.
Lyon, M. de, constable of France, ii. 352.
Lyons, Charles VIII.’s visit to, ii. 121.
M.
Maçon, salt of, i. 133;
bailiwick of, 136.
Madelaine, daughter of Charles VII., ii. 89.
Maderey, capt., i. 21, 32.
Madoulet, one of the Liegeois, put to death, i. 159.
Mahomet II., sultan of the Turks, a wise and valiant prince, ii. 87, 90;
defeated at Belgrade, 88 n.;
captures Constantinople, 90;
the number of his conquests, 90, 91;
his gluttony and death, 91;
his wars with the Venetians, 120.
Maine, inundation of the, ii. 302.
Maine, Charles, count of, i. 18, 19, ii. 341;
his flight, i. 29;
surrenders certain lands and lordships to the count of Dunois and receives others, 82.
Man proposes, but God disposes, i. 215.
Mankind, reflections on the miseries of, ii. 80 et seq.
Manniel, Gauvain, beheaded, ii. 340.
Mans, female imposture in the city of, ii. 302.
Mantua, Rodolph, count of, ii. 148, 201, 214.
Marcel, Monsieur Lewis, ii. 187.
Marche, Edward de la, his usurpation, ii. 365, 366.
Marche d’Ardain, Robert de la, ii. 230.
Marck, Everard de la, brother of John de la Marck, i. 373.
Marck, John de la, i. 370.
Marck, William de la, surnamed the Wild Boar of Ardennes, i. 369 et n.;
slays the bishop of Liege, 370.
Margaret of Austria, married to the dauphin of France, i. 394;
and afterwards to the infanta of Castile, 394 n., ii. 112;
her sudden miscarriage, 277.
Margaret of York, married to Charles of Burgundy, i. 38;
notices of, ib. n.;
treaty in favour of, as the widow of Charles of Burgundy, ii. 117.
Margaret, princess of Burgundy, ii. 17;
biographical notices of, 16 n.
Margaret, countess of Flanders, i. 347;
her projected marriage with the dauphin of France, ii. 45, 58 et seq.;
her reception at Amboise, 61;
her marriage, 62 n.
Margaret, queen of England, mother to the prince of Wales, i. 202.
Margaret of Anjou, queen of England, ii. 86.
Margaret, princess, of England, ii. 64 n.
Margaret, daughter of James I. of Scotland, married to Louis XI., ii. 82.
Margaret, duchess of Savoy, i. 9 n.
Margaret de la Tremouille, i. 361.
Margaret, sister of René II., ii. 95 n.
Maria, infanta of Spain, ii. 276.
Marriage between the duke of Guienne and the duke of Burgundy’s daughter negociated, i. 206;
opposed by Edward IV. of England, 208.
Mary, duchess of Burgundy. (See Burgundy.)
Mary de Savoie, death of, i. 247.
Marzano, Giambattista de, ii. 150 n.
Marzocchi, figure of the, pulled down, ii. 139.
Mas, James du, slain, i. 23.
Matalon, count de, ii. 163.
Matthias I., king of Hungary, a wise and valiant prince, ii. 87;
biographical notices of, 89;
his heroic mother, ib.;
chosen king of Hungary, ib.;
his victories, ib.;
his early death, 90.
Mauger, Perrette, burnt alive, ii. 298, 299.
Mauleon, friar John des, ii. 272.
Maximilian, of Austria, son of the emperor of Germany, and king of the Romans, i. 206, 207; ii. 10;
his visit to Cologne and Ghent, 13, 14;
his character, 13 n.;
is married to the young duchess of Burgundy, 15;
his children, 16, 17;
his contests with the French in Picardy, 32, 33;
his bravery, ib. n.;
enters into a treaty with Louis XI., 35, 45 et seq.;
opposed by the Gantois, 60;
marries the daughter of Galeas, duke of Milan, 112;
concludes the treaty of Senlis with Charles VIII., 113;
his allies, 117;
his preparations against Charles VIII., 188;
a mortal enemy of the Venetians, 282;
enters into a truce with Louis XI., 390;
violates the truce, 390, 391.
Mazzara, town of, ii. 155.
Medici, Cosmo di, founder of the family of that name, i. 142.
Medici, family of the, ii. 25 et seq.;
their contests with the Pacis, 25, 26;
the rulers of Florence, 127, 128;
the greatest commercial family in the world, 128;
thought to be in a declining condition at the time of Peter, ib.
Medici, Laurence di, ii. 25;
murderous attack on, 26;
the chief man of Florence, 29.
Medici, Peter de, ruler of Florence, ii. 127, 128;
his government, 128;
Charles VIII.’s dislike to, 129;
gives up four of his garrisons to Charles VIII., 136;
his great courtesy, ib.;
returns to Florence, 139;
his flight and destruction, 140-142;
his palace plundered, 143.
Melfi, Trojanus Caracciolo, duke of, ii. 163.
Melun, Charles de, rewarded by Louis XI., ii. 323;
beheaded, 352.
Melun, Charles de, i. 14, 62.
Melun, Philip de, captain of the Bastille St. Antoine, i. 62.
Mely, Albert, ii. 126.
Mendoza, Lorenzo de, ii. 174.
Merchants, importance of, ii. 128.
Merichon, Jean, of Rochelle, i. 259.
Merillano, count de, ii. 163.
Meroveus, the first reigns of the kings of France deduced from, ii. 289.
Merville, lord de, executed by the Burgundians, ii. 352.
Meulan, town of, ii. 330.
Meulant, Oliver, count de, i. 357.
Milan, treaties of alliance between her and France, i. xxvii.;
civil contests in, ii. 101 et seq.;
the dukes of, 101 et n.;
the duchy of, one of the finest countries in the world, 106;
the ducal families of, 112;
one of the three powers of Italy, 130;
seized and usurped by the lord Ludovic, 132;
ambassadors sent to Venice from, 174.
Milan, Galeas, duke of, abandons his alliance with the duke of Burgundy, i. 308;
and enters into a treaty with the king of France, 309.
Milan, John Galeas, duke of, ii. 131, 137;
interred in the Chartreux at Pavia, 137.
Milan, Louis-Marie Sforza, duke of, protected by the Venetians, ii. 192;
his meditated attack on the French, 203;
conditions to which he binds himself, 246;
refuses a meeting with the king, 247;
his equivocal conduct, 248;
his tricks and juggles, 250 et seq.;
plots of Italian princes for the destruction of, 264;
their miscarriage, 266, 267, 269.
Milan, dukes of, (see Ludovic, Sforza, &c.).
Military operations carried on before Paris, i. 55-58, 62 et seq.
Miolans, Louis de, marshal of Savoy, ii. 41.
Miolans, M. de, governor of Dauphiny, ii. 195.
Misfortunes, examples of, that have happened to princes, i. 393-399;
history of, which attended the house of Castile, ii. 277-281.
Molins en Gibers, ii. 376.
Money, necessity of, for state purposes, i. 385.
Montagu, John de Neufchatel, lord of, i. 16, 45.
Montague, John Neville, Marquis of, i. 190, 191;
slain at the battle of Barnet, i. 201.
Montaigny, lord of, i. 310.
Montauban, John, lord of, i. 19; ii. 83.
Montballon, lord of, ii. 20 n.
Montdidier, town of, ceded to the duke of Burgundy, i. 76;
repaired and garrisoned by the duke, 218;
capture of, 244;
surrender of, ii. 377.
Montefiascone, delivered up to Charles VIII., ii. 144.
Monte-fortino taken by storm, ii. 160.
Montesecco, Giovanni Battista de, ii. 28.
Montfaucon, Gabriel de, ii. 184.
Montferrat, William VI., marquis of, ii. 124, 125.
Montferrat, marchioness of, ii. 125;
visited by Charles VIII., 131;
death of, 235;
contest for her government, ib.
Montgomery, sir Thomas, i. 267;
sails on a special message to Louis XI., 286.
Montigny, M. de, i. 141.
Montlhery, duke of Burgundy encamps at, i. 17, 18, 19;
battle of, xiii., 20, 29, ii. 318;
number slain at, i. 30;
the inhabitants of, indemnified from loss, 33, 34.
Montmartin, Jacques, lord of, captures the suburb of Beauvais, i. 218.
Montone, count Bernardino di, ii. 209.
Montpensier, Gilbert, count of, commands the French troops in Italy, ii. 184;
evacuates the castles of Naples, 230, 231;
enters into the treaty of Atella, 260;
his misfortunes after that event, 262 n.;
his death, 261.
Montreuil ceded to the duke of Burgundy, i. 74.
Moüy, Collard, lord of, i. 101; takes possession of Tournay, 357, 358.
Moüy, Jacques, lord of, i. 357.
Morat, battle of, i. xxiii.;
defeat of the Burgundians near the town of, 315.
Mordano, town of, taken by assault, ii. 133.
Moreul, surrender of, ii. 377.
Moret, in Gastinois, village of, i. 42.
Morialmé, Robert de, murdered and cut to pieces, i. 119.
Montagne ceded to the duke of Burgundy, i. 74;
signiories of, 133.
Mortara, town of, ii. 197.
Morton, Dr., archbishop of Canterbury, i. 262.
Morton, John, Master of the Rolls, and Lord Chancellor, memoirs of, ii. 3 n.
Morvilliers, Pierre de, the lord of Clary, notices of, i. 1 et n.;
ambassador from the king of France, 2 et seq.;
his mischievous words, 66;
resigns his seals as chancellor, ii. 336.
Mots Viere (Mont Vieil), explained, ii. 187 n.
Moulin, Philip du, ii. 212 et n.
Mount St. John, near Naples, taken by storm, ii. 160.
Multitude of people, seldom formidable unless under proper command, i. 157;
their fury sometimes terrible, ib.
Munster, Henry of Schwartzburg, bishop of, i. 240.
Myolans, lord de, chamberlain to Charles VIII., ii. 136.
N.
Namur, to be bestowed by the king on his own subjects, i. 351.
Nancy, battle of, i. xxiii.;
siege of, 295;
surrender of to the duke of Burgundy, 296 n.;
besieged by the duke of Lorraine, 322;
surrender of, 324;
besieged by the Burgundians, 325 et seq.;
the duke of Burgundy defeated and slain near, 336, 337;
numbers slain at, 337 n.
Nancy, Jean de Troyes’ notices of, ii. 384;
surrendered to the duke of Lorraine, ib.;
to the duke of Burgundy, 385;
retaken, 386.
Nanni, Alexander, bishop of Forli, i. 241.
Nantes, treaty of, i. 6.
Nanteuil, Margaret de, i. 82.
Nantouillet, Charles de Melun, lord of, i. 14;
high steward of France, 46.
Naples, expedition of Charles VIII. against, ii. 93 et seq., 119, 122, 125 et seq.;
the kingdom of, rebels against Ferrand (Ferdinand), 97;
the rebels offer the throne to René II. duke of Lorraine, 98;
cruelties committed in, 99;
difficulties of her position, 100 et seq.;
state of, at the time of Charles VIII.’s expedition against, 123;
one of the three powers of Italy, 130;
royal tyranny in, 152;
five kings crowned in less than two years, 156;
Alphonso flies from, at the approach of Charles VII., 153;
three kings of, died in one year, 154;
entered by Charles VIII., 161;
its surrender, 162;
flight of king Ferrand from, 163;
Charles is crowned king of, ib.;
submission of the nobility to Charles, ib.;
the castle of, bombarded, and captured, 164, 165;
position of affairs at, 184;
departure of Charles VIII. from, 186;
castle of, evacuated by lord de Montpensier and the French, 230, 231;
great difficulties attending, ib.;
re-occupied by king Ferrand, 230, 231 et n.;
the whole kingdom of lost to the French, 232;
Charles VIII. receives intelligence of its capture, 257;
Ferrand the fifth monarch who sat on the disastrous throne of, 263;
plots of the Italian princes for the recovery of, 264 et seq.;
their miscarriage, 266, 267.
Naples, kings of. (See Frederic, Charles, Alphonso, Ferdinand, and Ferrand.)
Narbonne, Jean, viscount of, i. 284.
Nassau, Engelbert, count of, ii. 33.
Nations, on the balance of power in, i. 379.
Navarre, factions of, ii. 66 n.
Navy of the duke of Brunswick, i. 187, 189.
Nemours, Jacques d’Armagnac, duke of, i. 16;
swears fealty to Louis XI., 17.
Nepi, town of, ii. 148.
Nerli, Giacopo de, ii. 140.
Nesle, siege and capture of, i. 13;
in Vermandois, captured and sacked by the duke of Burgundy, 211;
slaughter of the inhabitants, ii. 368.
Neufchatel, captured and burnt by the Burgundians, i. 222.
Neufchatel, lord of, marshal of Burgundy, i. 45;
his alarm for duke Charles, 72.
Nevers, John, count of, i. 76, 160.
Neves, Stephen de, ii. 195.
Neville, Anne, daughter of the earl, i. 398.
Neville, George, Archbishop of York, i. 190.
Nice (Nizza della Paglia), Charles VIII.’s arrival at, ii. 225;
a fleet equipped at, for Naples, 229.
Nicourt, castle of, ii. 372.
Nivernois, taken by the Burgundians, ii. 373.
Nogent, visited by Louis XI., ii. 309.
Noli, Franquein, ii. 26.
Norfolk, John Howard, duke of, ii. 45. (See Howard.)
Normandy, cession of the duchy demanded by the duke of Berry, i. 65;