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... Poitou - all to be his fiefs if he could conquer them . Philip , whose prime objective was Normandy , had begun by seizing a string of towns and fortresses between Eu and Lyons - la - Forêt ( between Rouen and Beauvais ) . Arthur joined ...
... Poitou - all to be his fiefs if he could conquer them . Philip , whose prime objective was Normandy , had begun by seizing a string of towns and fortresses between Eu and Lyons - la - Forêt ( between Rouen and Beauvais ) . Arthur joined ...
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... Poitou were her liege men . Notwithstanding , neither Arthur nor those of Poitou in- clined to leave off , and they laid siege to the castle , but took it not . And they lodged themselves in the town . " An Angevin knight , William des ...
... Poitou were her liege men . Notwithstanding , neither Arthur nor those of Poitou in- clined to leave off , and they laid siege to the castle , but took it not . And they lodged themselves in the town . " An Angevin knight , William des ...
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... Poitou . On that score Blanche nursed neither illusions nor personal affection . She distrusted the Count of La Marche , Hugh of Lusignan , and she particu- larly distrusted his wife Isabella , the former Queen of England , whose ...
... Poitou . On that score Blanche nursed neither illusions nor personal affection . She distrusted the Count of La Marche , Hugh of Lusignan , and she particu- larly distrusted his wife Isabella , the former Queen of England , whose ...
Contents
Prologue | 9 |
BLANCHES HERITAGE | 47 |
THE REALM OF THE FLEURDELIS | 90 |
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