LOUIS XI., king of France (_prefatory notices_);
his position with regard to Charles the Bold of Burgundy, i. xiii.;
the difficulties to which he was exposed before extricating
himself, xiv., xv.;
induces Commines to leave the service of Charles the Bold, xvi.,
xvii;
his contests with Vicomte Thouars and others respecting the
property granted to Commines, xxi., xxii., xxviii _et seq._;
his munificence to Commines, xxii.;
attacked by apoplexy, xxx.;
death of, xxxii.;
biographical notices of, xiv.;
Causes of the war between him and the duke of Burgundy, 1 _et seq._;
Charles of Burgundy and several French noblemen raise an army
against him, 9 _et seq._;
he marches into Bourbonnois, 15;
the noblemen arrayed against him, 16;
he fights a battle with Charles at Montlhery, 21;
his army retreats, 29;
his brothers, the duke of Berry and the duke of Bretagne, take part
against him, 34;
relieves Paris from the invasion of Charles, 51;
his battles near Charenton, 54;
a digression on his virtues and vices, 59-61;
the extravagant demands made upon him by the allied princes of
France, 65;
pays a visit to Charles, and enters into conversation respecting
their quarrel, 65;
visited by Charles, 71;
concludes the treaties of Conflans with Charles and others, 73, 80;
the great concessions of territory and towns made by him, 74, 76,
78;
remarks on the peace into which he had entered, 78;
his recovery of what had been given to his brother, 83, 84;
makes war in Bretagne on the duke of Burgundy’s allies, 110 _et
seq._;
he is seized and imprisoned by Charles in the castle of Peronne,
118;
renounces his league with the Liegeois, to obtain his liberation,
127;
his interview with Henry IV., king of Castile, 121-123;
his interview with Edward IV. of England, 126;
with Charles at Peronne, 129;
enters into a treaty of peace, 129;
conditions of the peace, 130 _et seq._;
makes great concessions to the duke of Burgundy, 132 _et seq._;
accompanies the duke of Burgundy in his expedition against the
Liegeois, 145, 148;
is placed in great danger, 155;
returns into France by permission of the duke, 161;
his subtlety in acting contrary to the duke’s intentions, 165;
he seizes the opportunity of waging a fresh war with Charles, 167
_et seq._;
assembles the three estates at Tours, and issues a declaration of
grievances against the duke of Burgundy, 169;
seizes St. Quentin and Amiens, 171, 172;
enters into a short truce, 178;
assists the earl of Warwick in driving King Edward IV. out of
England, 187 _et seq._;
renewal of the war between him and the duke of Burgundy, 203 _et
seq._;
the final peace negociating between the two princes is broken off
by the duke of Guienne’s death, 210;
his attempts to outwit the duke, 213;
and the duke’s attempts to cheat him, 215;
treaty between him and the duke concluded at the castle of Crotoy,
216;
he concludes a peace with the duke of Bretagne, and a truce with
the duke of Burgundy, 222-226;
a digression on the wisdom of, 229;
his policy with regard to the duke, 235;
takes the castle of Trouquoy and various towns from the duke, 244
_et seq._;
suspects the constable of France, 247;
his territory invaded by the king of England, assisted by the duke
of Burgundy, 251 _et seq._;
his courteous reception of the English herald, 253;
sends one of his menial servants, in a herald’s coat, with
overtures of peace to the king of England, 259;
a truce for nine years negotiated between him and the king of
England, 263 _et seq._;
he entertains the English at Amiens, 269, the interview between
him and king Edward, 275;
enters into a treaty of commerce with the duke of Burgundy, 287;
arrests the constable, and executes him, 293, 297;
his joy at the defeat of the duke of Burgundy by the Swiss, 308 _et
seq._;
receives with joy the intelligence of the defeat and death of the
duke of Burgundy, 343;
seizes Abbeville, 345;
his determination to effect the destruction of the house of
Burgundy, and take possession of their territories, 350-353;
various cities and places delivered up to him after the death of
the duke of Burgundy, 350-364; _et seq._
his state qualities, 387;
cajoles the English after the death of the duke of Burgundy, under
the apprehension of being interrupted in the conquest of his
territories, ii. 1 _et seq._;
his liberality, 3-5;
his policy, 7;
his offers to the king of England, 8, 9;
recovers numerous towns in Burgundy, 18 _et seq._;
subjugates the whole province, 23;
his mortification at his defeat at Guinegaste, 34;
enters into a treaty with the duke of Austria, 35;
is seized with a dangerous malady, 36;
his supposed death, 39;
his state of mind during his illness, 42-45, 56, 57;
concludes the treaty of Arras with Maximilian, duke of Austria, 45;
sends for the holy man of Calabria, in hopes of being cured by him,
54;
strange conduct of the king, 57;
his strange fancies for different animals, 57, 58;
his great power and prosperity, 65;
his behaviour towards his neighbours and subjects during his
prosperity, _ib._;
presents and relics for the recovery of his health sent from all
parts of the world, 66;
receives various relics from Pope Sixtus IV., 66;
his character and high qualities, 68;
sends for his son Charles a little before his death, _ib._;
his precepts and commands, 69;
a comparison of his sorrows and troubles with those he had
brought upon other people, 71 _et seq._;
his suspicions, 73;
his cruelties, 75;
his rigid precautions, 77, 78;
gives directions for his own funeral, 79;
his death, 80;
his habits and character, 81;
anecdotes of his early life and times, 82 _et seq._;
his life nothing but one continued scene of troubles and fatigues,
83;
his exact age at the time of his death, 84 _n._;
paternal jealousy of, 255.
Louis XI. (_from the Chronicles of Jean de Troyes_, styled “_The
Scandalous Chronicle_,” ii. 297 _et seq._);
his accession to the throne, 304;
his first measures, 304, 308;
crowned at Rheims, 306;
his entry into Paris, _ib._;
his progress to Normandy, 309;
his visit to Nogent, Tours, &c., _ib._;
his march towards Angiers and Pont de Ce, 311;
his contests with the duke of Burgundy, 312 _et seq._;
marches into Bourbonnois, 312;
defeats the Burgundians, 318;
his great bravery, 319;
his difficulties, 321;
favours granted to Paris, 322;
leaves Paris, and visits Normandy, 323;
review of his forces in Paris, 326;
his enthusiastic reception in Paris, _ib._;
makes large concessions to the duke of Berry and Charles the Bold,
332;
concludes a peace with the Burgundians, 333;
visits the duke of Burgundy, 334, 335;
design against his life, 335;
makes several changes, 336, 337;
marches into Normandy to reduce it to obedience, 337;
captures Roan, 339;
sends an embassy to the king of England, 340;
issues a mandate for making preparations against England, _ib._;
appoints royal commissioners to reform abuses, 341;
makes preparations against the duke of Burgundy, 342;
proceeds to Roan, and meets the earl of Warwick, 343;
history of his foreign and domestic relations, 347 _et seq._;
his territorial and financial arrangements with his brother
Charles, the duke of Calabria, and the duke of Bretagne, 353;
his conference with the duke of Burgundy at Peronne, 354;
accompanies the duke at the siege and capture of Liege, 355;
concludes a peace with the duke of Burgundy, 356;
persuaded to an ignominious peace by cardinal Balue, 356, 357;
punishes the cardinal of Angiers for treachery, 358;
establishes a firm union with his brother the duke of Guienne, 358;
takes possession of the duchy of Guienne, 359;
prepares for the threatened invasion of Edward IV., and declares
the duke of Burgundy an enemy, 360;
hospitably receives the family of Henry VI. and the duke of Warwick
at Paris, 364;
enters into a truce with the duke of Burgundy, 365;
again at war with the duke of Burgundy, 368 _et seq._;
agrees to a truce, 374, 375;
his interview with Edward IV. at Picquigny, 378, 379;
concludes a truce with him, 380;
his festivities at Lyons, 383;
assembles a large army in Picardy to reduce the late territories of
the duke of Burgundy, 389;
deceived by the duke of Austria, _ib._;
agrees to a cessation of arms between him and duke Maximilian of
Austria and the Flemings, 390;
his military operations in Burgundy, 391, 392;
prolongs the truce with Edward IV., 392;
his illness, 392, 393;
his injunctions, 393;
concludes a peace with the Flemings, 393, 394;
his death, 395;
buried in the church of Notre Dame de Clery, _ib._;
his injustice during life, and repentance on his death-bed, 395,
396.
Louis XII. of France, ii. 97 _n._ (see Orleans, duke of);
his accession to the throne, 288;
his coronation, 289;
at Rheims, _ib._;
the fourth king who came collaterally to the crown, _ib._
Louppe, M., the physician of the duke of Burgundy, i. 345.
Louvain, town of, i. 93;
the duke of Burgundy’s army at, 94.
Luce and Grandmont families, contentions of the, ii. 146.
Lucca, city of, receives Charles VIII., ii. 134;
visited by him, 194.
Lude, Jean, lord du, i. xxiv., 281. ii. 38;
his covetousness and general character, i. 353, 354;
occupies the city of Arras, 304.