The Counts of Gruyère

by Anna De Koven

CONTENTS

	CHAPTER	PAGE
	Prologue	[3]
I.	Origin of the People	[7]
II.	Influence of the Church	[14]
III.	Sovereignty of the House of Savoy	[25]
IV.	Foreign Wars	[46]
V.	The Burgundian Wars (Count François I)	[57]
VI.	The Burgundian Wars (Count Louis)	[67]
VII.	Struggle for Succession	[85]
VIII.	Religious Reform	[94]
IX.	The Fall of the House of Gruyère	[105]
X.	Gruyère without Its Counts	[128]
	Appendix	[139]
	Bibliography	[141]

ILLUSTRATIONS

La Place de Gruyère From a watercolour by Colonel R. Goff	[Frontispiece]
The Château	[10]
Gateway	[22]
Lace-makers	[38]
Fortified Houses—North Wall	[56]
The City on the Hill	[72]
Terrace of the Château	[90]
Church of St. Theodate	[112]
Jousting Court	[132]

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BIS SEPTEM SEACULA CURRENT
MOENIA FUNDAVIT BELLO FORTISSIMUS
HAEROS VANDALUS ATQUE SUO SIGNAVIT
NOMINE MUROS GRUS VIXIT AGNOMEN
COMITE DEDIT ADVENA PRIMO
RUBEA GRUEM VEXILLA AC SCUTI PILOSI SUSTENTENT
QUORUM EUTIS PARRIDA RUGIS AC ARMATA MANUS
VULSIS RADICIBUS ARAE EST
HUIC CELEBRIS SERVES ET LONGA PROPAGO NEPOTUM
DIVES OPUM OLIVES PIETA
VESTIS AURIS EXTITIT ET NOSTRIS
PER PLURIMA SAECULA TERRAS PRAEFUIT
GRUERIUS SEXTAE LEGIONIS VANDALORUM DUX
ANNO 436

Behold now twice seven centuries.—That a Vandal hero bravest among warriors.—Founded this fortress.—This fortified city has since preserved the name of the Grue.—The stranger became the first count.—His descendants carried the Grue on their scarlet banners.—And on their hairy shields.—To the Vandal hero succeeded a long line of illustrious descendants.—Rich in fortune, rich in their piety.—These Counts won the order of the golden vest.—And for many centuries the posterity of Gruerius.—Chief of the sixteenth Vandal legion who lived in the year 436 governed our country.

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