. Wayfaring in France, from Auvergne to the Bay of Biscay. as written about thewomen of his time, is something more than thecritical observations of a chronicler who was alsoa caustic analyst of the female character. Suchwas his cynicism that he, the Abbot of Brantome,lauehed in his sleeve at the horrible strife ofCatholics and Huguenots in his own and neigh-bouring provinces. It is true that he fought atJarnac against Coligny, but the admiral had methim in the court of the Valois before these wars,and knew him to be an abbd joyeux, without pre-judices, if ever there was one. The astute chroni
. Wayfaring in France, from Auvergne to the Bay of Biscay. as written about thewomen of his time, is something more than thecritical observations of a chronicler who was alsoa caustic analyst of the female character. Suchwas his cynicism that he, the Abbot of Brantome,lauehed in his sleeve at the horrible strife ofCatholics and Huguenots in his own and neigh-bouring provinces. It is true that he fought atJarnac against Coligny, but the admiral had methim in the court of the Valois before these wars,and knew him to be an abbd joyeux, without pre-judices, if ever there was one. The astute chroniclerplayed his cards so well as to keep on safe termswith both sides, and it was by this diplomacy oftheir lord and abbot that the inhabitants of Bran-tome escaped the sword and the rope when Colignyand his terrible German mercenaries entered the 310 FROM PERIGUEUX TO RIBERAC weakly-defended place on two occasions in the first of these Coligny was accompanied bythe young Henry of Navarre and the Prince ofOrange. They were all made very welcome by. Tiif. Abbey of Bkantome. Brantome, and treated by him with good cheer inhis abbey. He was rewarded for his diplomatictalent, for he tells us that no harm was done to hishouse, nor was a single image or window broken inthe church. No doubt he had turned to good profit THE ABBEY OF BRANTOME 311 his distant relationship with Madame de the second occasion the admiral merely hurriedthrough Brantome with his retires in full flight afterthe bad defeat at Montcontour. The abbey church of Brantome is not withoutbeauty, but it is the tower that is the truly remark-able feature. It was raised in the eleventh century,and although the architect—probably a monastic one—observed the prevailing principle of Romanesquetaste, he showed so much originality in the designthat it served as a model, which was much imitatedin the Middle Ages. It is not only one of the oldestchurch towers in France, but its position is one ofthe most pe
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