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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Scott, Sir Walter

Scott, Sir Walter
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Quentin Durward: Summary

France in the year 1468 bore little resemblance to the great world power
it later became. The illustrious line of strong Bourbon kings that guided
France through the two centuries of her greatest glory had not yet appeared.
Feudalism and the political disunity it fostered continued to determine the
affairs of the land. Many petty dukes and princes governed their domains with
absolute authority, and gave only lip-service to the anointed king, Louis XI.
Each had his own army, enforced his own laws, and remained substantially
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