. The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and a pronouncing vocabulary of each nation . and revolution of its own, to have time to think of other lands. In France a child succeeded to the throne of Charles the Wise, his twelve-year-old son, Charles VI. (i 380-1422), the Well-Beloved. During the minority of the King, the realm was in thehands of his uncles, who robbed him and quarrelled amongthemselves. The chief disputants were the Dukes of
. The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and a pronouncing vocabulary of each nation . and revolution of its own, to have time to think of other lands. In France a child succeeded to the throne of Charles the Wise, his twelve-year-old son, Charles VI. (i 380-1422), the Well-Beloved. During the minority of the King, the realm was in thehands of his uncles, who robbed him and quarrelled amongthemselves. The chief disputants were the Dukes of Bur-gundy and Orleans, and the whole country rang with the clash of theirarmored factions. Roughly speaking, the Burgundians were at first the partyof good government. They had the support of the cities and of northeasternFrance. The Orleanists drew their strength from the south. They were theparty of the nobility, and sought only their own selfish wealth and pleasure. Little Charles VI. was a gay, bright lad, eager to govern rightly, and thepeople, seeing his intentions, laid all the blame for their sufferings upon hisuncles and looked longingly toward the time when their young king, Well-Beloved, should be able to rule for
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