. A mediaeval princess : being a true record of the changing fortunes which brought divers titles to Jacqueline, Countess of Holland, together with an account of her conflict with Philip, Duke of Burgundy (1401-1436) . hard-pressed years of warfare. At thattime and for at least a century after, chainssimilar to these were used like purses ofcoin, spent out link by link, to settle a billat an inn or to satisfy the clamours oftroops. Less able to indulge in aesthetic tastes orto stimulate learning than her uncle ofBavaria, or the dukes of Brabant and ofGloucester, or her lavish cousin of Burgund
. A mediaeval princess : being a true record of the changing fortunes which brought divers titles to Jacqueline, Countess of Holland, together with an account of her conflict with Philip, Duke of Burgundy (1401-1436) . hard-pressed years of warfare. At thattime and for at least a century after, chainssimilar to these were used like purses ofcoin, spent out link by link, to settle a billat an inn or to satisfy the clamours oftroops. Less able to indulge in aesthetic tastes orto stimulate learning than her uncle ofBavaria, or the dukes of Brabant and ofGloucester, or her lavish cousin of Burgundy,it was only possible for Jacqueline to be apatron of art and letters in a small way. It was a period when artists looked fora Maecenas able to help them on their way,as well as sufficiently cultivated to appre-ciate their work. Jan van Eyck desertedHolland for Flanders even before the deathof his first patron because the Duke of Bur-gundy lured him to Ghent with advantage-ous offers. The best craftsmen laboured forthe highest bidder. Jacqueline had muchless to attract talent to her service than herfather or her uncle, and among the friendsand followers mentioned by name in herwill is neither poet nor 1r
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