Henri V, king of England (1388-1422), took Paris

Page 21« — I. Légende dorée, the Golden Legend, lives of the saints.

Page 22. — i. Claude de France, wife of Francis I.

2. Foix, province of Southern France, included in the modem department of the Ariège,

3. Louise de Sayoie, the masculine mother of king Francis I., important in the diplomatie history of the period.

4. connétable de Bourbon (i 490-1 527), famous gênerai who afterwards deserted from Francis I.

Page 24* — i. César Borgia, son of Alexander VI., is supposed to hâve died from the effects of a poison he had prepared for another.

2. Jean sans Peur, duke of Burgundy, who brought about the murder of the duke of Orléans and caused a dreadful feud, was himself treacherously murdered (141 9).

3; Duprat, preceptor of Francis I., chancellor and cardinal (1 463-1 535).

4. politique. Distinguish politique, fem., from politique, masc. Cf. supra, 1. 3.

Page 20« — I. Richard m, reigned from 1483 to 1485. 2. la sœur du roi, Marguerite de Navarre, an important character in French literature and in the intellectual life of the period.

Page 27* — i. Holbein, celebrated painter (1495-1554), especially famous for his portraits.