Medievalists.net » Louis XI http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Charlotte of Savoy, Queen of France http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/02/charlotte-savoy-queen-france/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/02/charlotte-savoy-queen-france/#comments Tue, 03 Feb 2015 01:51:11 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=55859 Charlotte of Savoy, Queen of France By Susan Abernethy Charlotte of Savoy came from a large family and was married at the tender age of nine under difficult circumstances. Her husband, the Dauphin Louis of France was twenty-eight at the time of the wedding and they would not consummate the marriage until Charlotte was sixteen. […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/02/charlotte-savoy-queen-france/feed/ 0 The Battle of Montlhéry http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/03/battle-montlhery/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/03/battle-montlhery/#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2014 05:05:57 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=50866 Between the two armies was an expansive field of wheat, oats and beans. The heat was unbearable and the fields were powdery dry because of the July drought.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/03/battle-montlhery/feed/ 0 Margaret Stewart of Scotland, Dauphine of France http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/22/margaret-stewart-scotland-dauphine-france/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/22/margaret-stewart-scotland-dauphine-france/#comments Thu, 22 May 2014 19:18:44 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=49801 The chroniclers say Margaret had a talent for writing rhymes and poetry like her father. She was fond of court life and was popular with the courtiers but for the most part bored and unhappy.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/22/margaret-stewart-scotland-dauphine-france/feed/ 0 The Universal Spider: King Louis XI http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/22/the-universal-spider-king-louis-xi/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/22/the-universal-spider-king-louis-xi/#comments Thu, 23 Jan 2014 03:34:13 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46917 He even earned the names'Cunning' and 'Universal Spider' due to the webs of intrigue he would spin around Europe. It seems he was never happier than when he was planning his next scheme.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/22/the-universal-spider-king-louis-xi/feed/ 0 The Siege of Beauvais in 1472 http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/26/the-siege-of-beauvais-in-1472/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/26/the-siege-of-beauvais-in-1472/#comments Thu, 26 Dec 2013 18:30:52 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46051 The Burgundians made a rush into the gap. The citizens fought madly from the walls with swords, their bodies, stones and lead. Archery and crossbow fire rained down on the enemy.

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