Castles and chateaux of old Burgundy and the border provinces (1909)
Mansfield, Milburg Francisco, 1871- [from old catalog] · Boston, L. C. Page & company · leaf 365
from agreat distance; from a great distance even onemay imagine that he hears the echoes of the 280 Castles and Chateaux of Old Burgundy cries of the victims of the cruel Seigneurs deMontmelian who once lived within its walls.Their barbarous acts were many, and historicfacts, not merely legendary… … Montmelians chateau-fort played a very im-portant role in the history of Savoy. It wasone of the finest fortresses of the States of Sa-voy, and was the chief point of attack of Fran-cois Premier, who, in 1535, succeeded finally intaking it, but by treason from within. TheFrench from the moment of…
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