Outlines of Universal History From the Creation of the World to the Present Time
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Misfortune confused the mind of the Burgundian duke : blind with rage, and meditating nothing but vengeance, he rejected every proposal of accommodation, and marched for the third time against the enemy, who were prepared for the encounter. But in January, 1477, his army suffered a third frightful overthrow in the frozen fields before Nancy, partly by the swords of the brave Swiss, Alsacians, and Lor- rainers, and partly by the treachery of his Italian condottieri. Chai'les himself was killed i...n a frozen morass during the flight. § 294. After the death of Charles, Louis XL seized upon the proper dukedom of Burgundy (Bourgogne), as a vacant fief of the French crown, and attempted to get possession of the other lands. At this junc- ^ ture, Charles's daughter, Mary, was married to the chival- rous Maximilian of Austria, who overcame the French, 192 THE HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE AGE. and compelled them to relinquish their purpose. Mary died shortly after- • Avards by a fall from her horse, whilst hawking.
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