Vanished halls and cathedrals of France . in-deed one of the capitals of ancient France during thetimes of the Capets, and in the royal chateau which shel-tered the chiefs of the Merovingians, and royalties downto the days of Henry IV, were written many pages ofthe history of France. One recalls the days of Charlesle Chauve, of dHugues Capet and St. Louis, the quar-rel of the Armagnaces and the Bourguignons, recalled bythe strange picture by Melingue, Les Otages de Sen-lis, which was in the Hotel de Ville up to the time ofthe bombardment by the Germans. Also may be re-called the passage of Jea
Vanished halls and cathedrals of France . in-deed one of the capitals of ancient France during thetimes of the Capets, and in the royal chateau which shel-tered the chiefs of the Merovingians, and royalties downto the days of Henry IV, were written many pages ofthe history of France. One recalls the days of Charlesle Chauve, of dHugues Capet and St. Louis, the quar-rel of the Armagnaces and the Bourguignons, recalled bythe strange picture by Melingue, Les Otages de Sen-lis, which was in the Hotel de Ville up to the time ofthe bombardment by the Germans. Also may be re-called the passage of Jeanne dArc through the town, andthen the wars of the Ligue,—all proving the impor-tance of Senlis of the past. In the eighteenth century, Louis XV, in order to renderthe town more accessible, constructed a fine roadway fromParis to the royal residence, and Senlis emerged from itsquietude, amazed at the lines of gilded equipages and theprancing horses urged on the gallop by gorgeously dressedlackeys which daily thronged the way. 198 ! ^.. ^:ri f^. ?> * if
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