The story history of France from the reign of Clovis, 481 , to the signing of the armistice, November, 1918 . erwise. The main business of France, asyou have perceived already, was war. Every year somewar raged, some poor fellows were killed in other peoplesquarrels, some honest peasants farms Avere pillaged by sol-diers, and some women and children were thrown out intothe wide world to starve. Neither life nor property wassafe, and the people of France had little or nothing to sayabout their government. In some towns people had clubbed together and paidtheir feudal lord a sum of money in
The story history of France from the reign of Clovis, 481 , to the signing of the armistice, November, 1918 . erwise. The main business of France, asyou have perceived already, was war. Every year somewar raged, some poor fellows were killed in other peoplesquarrels, some honest peasants farms Avere pillaged by sol-diers, and some women and children were thrown out intothe wide world to starve. Neither life nor property wassafe, and the people of France had little or nothing to sayabout their government. In some towns people had clubbed together and paidtheir feudal lord a sum of money in return for his promisenot to interfere with them ; and now and then these citiesfought fiercely for the liberties they had thus gained. Allthe people were pious, and they took a great deal of com-fort out of their religion, especially when the priests werewise and kind, which I think was generally the as now, I make no doubt but, when the enemy wasnot in sight, the French were often gay and cheerful, asthey are to-day, and I dare say they sometimes thoughttheir lives were not so wretched after MINIATURE PORTRAIT OP KING LOUIS IX Chapter XVI , 1226-12Y0 The last king of France—Louis the Lion—was Louis theEighth ; his successor, who was Louis the Ninth, is betterknown as Saint-Louis, because he was so good that he wascanonized as a saint. He was indeed wise, gentle, kind,generous, merciful, and great-hearted. During the firstyears of his reign his mother, Blanche of Castile, ruled thekingdom for him, and on the whole ruled it prudently. Almost her first act was to put an end to the war at theSouth by adding Languedoc and the county of Toulouseto her sons realm. Raymond, Count of Narbonne, whohad kept up the war and had been excommunicated in con-sequence, made his peace with France and the pope. Oo ^ 96 [1226-127.] day set he appeared in the cathedral of Notre Dame atParis, bare from shoulders to waist. As he walked up themain aisle of the church
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