History of France, Vol. 3

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Excerpt from History of France, Vol. 3: From the Death of Louis XI, Reign of Louis, 1498-1507The change of sovereigns has made but little difference, for the King has confirmed everybody in their offices. The frontiers of the kingdom are well guarded, so that none of his neighbours can injure or annoy him, and he is obeyed by all his captains, men -at -arms, and other subjects every whit as implicitly as though he had ruled over France for a hundred years.' Louis mounted the throne with certain fixed resolves. He would put away the wife whom Louis XI had forced upon him, marry his predecessor's widow, and save Brittany, he would assert his title as the Visconti heir of Milan, and he would revive the Angevin claim to Naples, which Charles had attempted unsuccessfully to enforce. Of these designs the two latter, which demanded diplomatic and military preparation, could not immediately be put in hand. The others were domestic matters, in which no foreigner but the Pope would be concerned, they could therefore be begun at once, and they were the most urgent and important of all.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.