Title: Pictures of the old French court; Jeanne de Bourbon, Isabeau de Bavière, Anne de Bretagne
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Bearne, Catherine Mary Charlton, d. 1923
Subjects: Jeanne de Bourbon, Queen, consort of Charles V, King of France, 1335-1378 Isabella, Queen, consort of Charles VI, King of France, 1370-1435 Anne, of Brittany, Consort of Louis XII, King of France, 1476-1514
Publisher: New York, E.P. Dutton & company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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rm. Again the Queennursed him night and day, the people throngedthe churches,J masses were chanted, long linesof cowled figures carried holy relics, with banners,crosses, and swinging censers through the streets,peasants left their work and multitudes with barefeet, tears and lamentations flocked after the pro-cessions. The Queen vowed that if he recoveredshe would make a pilgrimage to Notre Dame duFoil-Coat in Bretagne before the year was out. 2 A romantic incident caused by this calamity wasthe death of Tommasina Spinola, a beautiful Genoesewho had fallen in love with Louis in Italy. It wasa platonic, chivalrous romance, to which neither herhusband nor the Queen objected, and after the shockof hearing that Louis was dead had been fatal toher, he, having by this time recovered, desired JeandAuton to write a record of her, which was presentedto him and the Queen at Tours.3 1 Jean de Saint Gelais. 2 Le Roux de Lincy. 3 Spinola was one of the four great Genoese families allowed to build
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LOCHES. 35o PICTURES OF THE OLD FRENCH COURT [1506 In the summer the Queen set off for Bretagneto fulfil her vow about the pilgrimage, leaving theKing at Blois with their child. When once Anne was in Bretagne it was no easy matter to get her away again, although Louis was now left with Louise de Savoie, and all those who were anxious for the French instead of the Austrian v/ marriage of the Princess Claude. She took her ladies and a large suite of Frenchnobles, and was joined by numbers of Bretons, herprogress through her own dominions being one con-tinual triumph. She visited many of the towns,which were richly decorated, and gave splendidjoustes and other fetes in her honour, and havingmade her neuvaine and offerings at Foil-Coat, shesummoned the States, transacted a great deal ofbusiness, and went to Brest to see her favouriteship, Marie-la-Cordeliere. The King, however, got very tired of being withouther, and sent her a message to come and join him atAngers. She was then at Morlai

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