Clutin, Master Pierre, i. xvii.
Coctier, James, physician of Louis XI., ii. 71, 74;
predicts the king’s death, 75.
Cœur, Jeffery, ii. 3.
Cohé, Mery de, i. 220.
Cold, fatal effects of, in the duke of Burgundy’s army, i. 163.
Cologne, two pretenders to the bishopric of, i. 235;
great expenses incurred to secure themselves against the duke of
Burgundy, 239.
Colonna, Prospero, cardinal, ii. 147, 158.
Colonne, family of the, in possession of Ostia, ii. 145;
opposed to the Ursini, 146;
enemies of the French, _ib._;
their hostilities against Don Ferrand, 147;
rewarded by Charles VIII., 185;
their cabals and revolt, 185, 186.
Colpin, a brave English soldier, i. 322;
is killed at Nancy, 323.
Commerce, treaty of, made at Vervins, i. 287.
Commines, town of, i. xi.;
importance of the family name, _ib._;
the castle of, the birthplace of Philip de Commines, xi.;
Jean de Clite, the lord of, xii.
COMMINES, PHILIP de, lord of ARGENTON, called the “Father of Modern
History,” i. v.;
his memoirs relate to one of the most interesting periods of
history, _ib._;
they terminate about twenty years before the Reformation, vi.;
his tendency to praise the princes who enjoyed his allegiance,
viii.;
the composition of his memoirs the occupation of the last years of
his life, ix.;
the various editions of his memoirs, _ib._;
the present translation made from the text of Madlle. Dupont, x.;
he was born in the castle of Commines in the year 1447, xi.;
the son of the sovereign-bailiff of Flanders, _ib._;
Philip the Good, his godfather, _ib._;
left an orphan with a small patrimony, xii.;
Philip the Good becomes his royal patron, _ib._;
appointed chamberlain and councillor of the duke of Burgundy, xiii.;
engaged in various important missions, xvi.;
receives tempting offers from Louis XI. to enter into his service,
xvii.;
abandons the duke of Burgundy, and enters the service of Louis,
_ib._, 222;
confiscation of his property, xviii.;
enriched by the munificence of Louis, xix.;
becomes the prince de Talmont on his marriage to the wealthy
heiress, Helene de Chambes, xxii.;
receives the full confidence of Louis, _ib._ _et seq._;
his mission to Florence, xxvi.;
details his personal history, xxvii _et seq._;
compelled to restore the estates of the La Tremoille family after
the death of Louis XI., xxxiii.;
his political difficulties, xxxiv.;
is thrown into prison, and condemned to banishment, _ib._;
recalled to the council of Charles VIII., _ib._;
accompanies the king in his campaign against Naples, xxxv.;
sent on political missions to Venice and Milan, xxxv., xxxvi.;
on the death of the king he retires into private life, xxxvi.;
his last years embittered by vexatious law-suits, _ib._;
his death, _ib._;
interred in the Convent des Grands Augustins at Paris, xxxvii.;
his personal and intellectual qualifications, _ib._;
his memoirs dedicated to Angelo Cato, the archbishop of Vienne,
xlv.
His first presentation to Charles, duke of Burgundy, and his own
account of his early life and subsequent career, 1 _et seq._
_passim_;
at the battle of Montlhery, 21-32;
his mission to lord Wenlock at Calais, 185, 188;
hospitably treated, at Calais, by lord Wenlock, 196, 197;
acquits himself like a loyal and faithful subject, 224;
the displeasure of the king with, 351;
his embassy, 353;
sent to Florence during the wars in Burgundy, ii. 25 _et seq._;
receives homage for the duchy of Genoa in the name of the king, 31;
nobly treated at Florence, _ib._;
his return to France, 32;
appointed one of the council of Charles VIII., 95;
ambassador at Venice, 155;
sent ambassador to Venice, 168;
his opinions of her government, and his general description of, 169
_et seq._;
the subjects of his embassy, ii. 173 _et seq._;
leaves Venice, 182;
handsomely treated, _ib._;
his interview with the king at Siena, 187;
his difficulties with Charles VIII., 206;
at the battle of Fornovo, 211 _et seq._;
sent to parley with the enemy, 220, 221;
appointed to conduct negotiations for peace, 238 _et seq._;
sent to Venice to invite the Venetians to accept the terms of
peace, 248.
Commines, Jeanne de, marriage of, i. xxxvi.;
death of, xxxvii.
Comminges, John, count de, i. 165, ii. 83.
Commissioners appointed by Louis XI. to reform abuses, ii. 341.
Condé, town of, surrendered, ii. 389.
Conflans, the duke of Burgundy’s army encamps at, i. 46;
treaty of, 52;
treaty of, between Louis XI. and Charles of Burgundy, 173 _et seq._;
great concessions made to the latter, 74, 76, 78;
treaty of, confirmed at the castle of Crotoy, 216.