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... livres less five sols . The following year in May Louis and Blanche received seven hundred livres for their expenses . The ledger provides details of the young prince's wardrobe . A week before the feast of St Mary Magdalene ( July 22 ) ...
... livres less five sols . The following year in May Louis and Blanche received seven hundred livres for their expenses . The ledger provides details of the young prince's wardrobe . A week before the feast of St Mary Magdalene ( July 22 ) ...
Page 98
... livres for white woollens and other cloths for the cloistered nuns of Pontoise ; ten livres for the lepers of Dourdan : 20 sous to two old women of Montargis and the same to two others in Nemours ; a hundred sous to the prioress of ...
... livres for white woollens and other cloths for the cloistered nuns of Pontoise ; ten livres for the lepers of Dourdan : 20 sous to two old women of Montargis and the same to two others in Nemours ; a hundred sous to the prioress of ...
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... livres , 15 sous and 7 deniers . It is tempting to try to convert this figure into modern currency , but such attempts are in- variably disappointing . However , in the 19th century the Parisian livre was evaluated at 22.474 francs ...
... livres , 15 sous and 7 deniers . It is tempting to try to convert this figure into modern currency , but such attempts are in- variably disappointing . However , in the 19th century the Parisian livre was evaluated at 22.474 francs ...
Contents
Prologue | 9 |
BLANCHES HERITAGE | 47 |
THE REALM OF THE FLEURDELIS | 90 |
Copyright | |
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