. Twenty centuries of Paris . oncini wasshot as he was crossing the bridge across the east-ern moat of the Louvre, and the king lookedon from a window. Leonora was beheaded andburned as a witch on the Greve. Richelieu, become a cardinal, ruled with wis-dom and vigor. He treated high and low withequal impartiality, even causing the executionof some of the greatest nobles in the land for thebreaking of the law which forbade dueling. ThePlace de Greve witnessed the punishment forthe sport of the Place Royale. Legalized strug-gles by the Parliament in the palace on the Cite,underhand plots by men
. Twenty centuries of Paris . oncini wasshot as he was crossing the bridge across the east-ern moat of the Louvre, and the king lookedon from a window. Leonora was beheaded andburned as a witch on the Greve. Richelieu, become a cardinal, ruled with wis-dom and vigor. He treated high and low withequal impartiality, even causing the executionof some of the greatest nobles in the land for thebreaking of the law which forbade dueling. ThePlace de Greve witnessed the punishment forthe sport of the Place Royale. Legalized strug-gles by the Parliament in the palace on the Cite,underhand plots by men very near the throne—all were met and overthrown by the sagaciouspremier, and his every act tended to confirm thestrength of the crown. He fought sturdilyagainst the Huguenots and conquered them withthe fall of La Rochelle, a conquest which thechurch of Notre Dame-des-Victoires was estab-lished to commemorate, the original buildingserving as the sacristy of the present edifice. Heconfirmed Henry of Navarres Edict of Nantes,. PALACE OF THE LUXEMBOURG.
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