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Title: The Counts of Gruyere

Author: Mrs. Reginald de Koven

Release Date: August 6, 2007 [EBook #22255]

Language: English

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THE COUNTS OF GRUYERE

BY

MRS. REGINALD DE KOVEN

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK

DUFFIELD & COMPANY

1916

Copyright, 1916, by DUFFIELD & CO.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

PROLOGUE 3

I. ORIGIN OF THE PEOPLE 7

II. INFLUENCE OF THE CHURCH 14

III. SOVEREIGNTY OF THE HOUSE OF SAVOY 25

IV. FOREIGN WARS 46

V. THE BURGUNDIAN WARS (COUNT
FRANCOIS I) 57

VI. THE BURGUNDIAN WARS (COUNT
LOUIS) 67

VII. STRUGGLE FOR SUCCESSION 85

VIII. RELIGIOUS REFORM 94

IX. THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF GRUYERE 105

X. GRUYERE WITHOUT ITS COUNTS 128

APPENDIX 139

BIBLIOGRAPHY 141

ILLUSTRATIONS

LA PLACE DE GRUYERE _Frontispiece_
_From a watercolour by Colonel R. Goff_

THE CHATEAU _Facing p._ 10

GATEWAY " 22

LACE-MAKERS " 38

FORTIFIED HOUSES--NORTH WALL " 56

THE CITY ON THE HILL