. Art in France. r parts of the towers,he made apertures for themuzzles of cannon. Andyet these proud towers,and this donjon upon the rocky scarp, offer an insurmountableresistance only to escalade. Powder would very soon blow this dry masonry to these castles sufferedfrom their too intimate re-lation to a form of societywhich was not destinedto endure; they were sub-jected to long cannonadesfrom the royal artillery,and were methodicallydestroyed in the time ofRichelieu and Mazarin,after the definitive victoryof the monarchy. Feudalarchitecture had to trans-form itself in order t
. Art in France. r parts of the towers,he made apertures for themuzzles of cannon. Andyet these proud towers,and this donjon upon the rocky scarp, offer an insurmountableresistance only to escalade. Powder would very soon blow this dry masonry to these castles sufferedfrom their too intimate re-lation to a form of societywhich was not destinedto endure; they were sub-jected to long cannonadesfrom the royal artillery,and were methodicallydestroyed in the time ofRichelieu and Mazarin,after the definitive victoryof the monarchy. Feudalarchitecture had to trans-form itself in order to subsist; the castle abandoned its obsoleteorgans of defence; the smiling Renaissance palace emerged fromits shell when at last the will of the king was powerful enoughto decree that henceforthno one should live in afortress. The Communes, afterconquering their place infeudal organisation, had todefend it; the burgessesencircled their towns withramparts; but these ram-parts were to prove nomore enduring than the. -valentrh: bridge, at cahors.{Pholo. Xcurdein.)
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