CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PREFACE
CHRONOLOGY
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY
CHAPTER II YOLANDA D'ARRAGONA "A GOOD MOTHER AND A GREAT QUEEN." I.
CHAPTER III YOLANDA D'ARRAGONA "A GOOD MOTHER AND A GREAT QUEEN" continued I.
CHAPTER IV ISABELLE DE LORRAINE "THE PRIDE OF LORRAINE" I.
CHAPTER V JEANNE D'ARC "LA PUCELLE," "LA BLANCHE REINE DE FRANCE" I.
CHAPTER VI MARIE D'ANJOU "LA PETITE REINE DE BOURGES" I.
CHAPTER VII GIOVANNA II. DA NAPOLI "SI COMME A REGINA GIOVANNA!" I.
CHAPTER VIII MARGUERITE D'ANJOU "THE MOST INTREPID OF QUEENS" I.
CHAPTER IX JEHANNE DE LAVAL "THE LADY OF THE CREST" I.
BIBLIOGRAPHY AUTHORITIES CONSULTED
INDEX
Title: King RenÉ d'Anjou and his Seven Queens
Author: Edgcumbe Staley
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KING RENÉ D’ANJOU AND HIS
SEVEN QUEENS
The Ceremonious Entry of the “Lady of the Crest” Saumur Tournament 1446
From “Le Livre des Tournois” Painted by King RenÉ
KING RENÉ D’ANJOU
AND HIS SEVEN QUEENS
BY
EDGCUMBE STALEY
AUTHOR OF
“LORDS AND LADIES OF THE ITALIAN LAKES,” “GUILDS OF FLORENCE,” “FAIR WOMEN OF
FLORENCE,” “TRAGEDIES OF THE MEDICI,” “DOGARESSAS OF VENICE,”
“HEROINES OF GENOA AND THE RIVIERAS,” ETC.
WITH COLOURED FRONTISPIECE AND THIRTY-FIVE
OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS
“FIDES VITAT SERVATA”
King RenÉ’s Motto
(decorative: ars longa, vita brevis; device and motto of publisher John Long)
LONDON
JOHN LONG, LIMITED
NORRIS STREET, HAYMARKET
MCMXII
TO
MY BROTHER VERNON
AND
HIS WIFE ETHEL
