Lannoy, Baudoin de, lord of Molembais, i. 225; ii. 60.
Lansquenets, in the French army, ii. 260.
La Rivière, town of, i. 316;
the solitary retreat of the duke of Burgundy, i. 321 _et seq._
Lau, Antoine, lord de, i. 62;
his gallantry, 149.
Lau, Monsieur du, i. 114.
Laurence de Medicis, ii. 25, 26, 29.
(See Medicis.)
La Vere, in Holland, i. 192.
Laws, reform of the, attempted by Charles VIII., ii. 282.
Lawyers, illiterate princes often misled by, i. 116, 117.
League, formation of the, between the Venetians and the Pope against
France, ii. 179;
declared on Palm Sunday, 181;
the French forces menaced by the, 202, 203;
their formidable force, 209;
defeated at Fornovo by the French, 211-214;
peace concluded between the, and Charles VIII., 245 _et seq._;
offensive and defensive, between France and Spain, 359.
Learning, utility of, to princes, i. 117;
general utility of, 381.
Leather-money of France, i. 390, 391.
Leghorn, surrendered to Charles VIII., ii. 136.
Lenoncourt, Claude, bailiff of Vitry, ii. 185.
Le Sauvage, i. 119.
Lescut, Odet, lord of, i. 165;
obtains the city of Caen, 84;
demands made on behalf of, 223, 224.