HISTORY OF FRANCE

BY M. GUIZOT

VOLUME II.


CONTENTS


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

ILLUSTRATIONS


[ Richard’s Farewell to the Holy Land——10 ]

[ Preaching the Second Crusade——13 ]

[ Defeat of the Turks——16 ]

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

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

[ St. Louis Administering Justice——46 ]

[ Sire de Joinville——55 ]

[ The Death of St. Louis——64 ]

[ Louis the Fat on an Expedition——69 ]

[ Battle of Bouvines——81 ]

[ Death of de Montfort——104 ]

[ De La Marche’s Parting Insult——126 ]

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

[ “It is Rather Hard Bread.”——146 ]

[ The Sicilian Vespers——156 ]

[ The Town and Fortress of Lille——164 ]

[ The Battle of Courtrai——167 ]

[ Colonna Striking the Pope——185 ]

[ The Hanging of Marigny——200 ]

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

[ Insurrection in Favor of the Commune at Cambrai——214 ]

[ Burghers of Laon——220 ]

[ The Cathedral of Laon——233 ]

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

[ Van Artevelde at his Door——264 ]

[ “See! See!” She Cried——283 ]

[ Statue of James Van Artevelde——296 ]

[ Queen Philippa at the Feet of The King——314 ]

[ John II., Called the Good——318 ]

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

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

[ The Louvre in the Fourteenth Century——336 ]

[ Stephen Marcel——342 ]

[ The Murder of the Marshals——345 ]

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

[ Charles V.——371 ]

[ Big Ferre——376 ]

[ Bertrand Du Guesclin——388 ]

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