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BLUE-BEARD
A CONTRIBUTION TO HISTORY AND
FOLK-LORE
BEING THE HISTORY OF GILLES DE RETZ OF BRITTANY,
FRANCE, WHO WAS EXECUTED AT NANTES IN 1440 A.D.
AND WHO WAS THE ORIGINAL OF BLUE-BEARD IN THE
TALES OF MOTHER GOOSE
BY
THOMAS WILSON, LL.D.
CURATOR, DIVISION OF PREHISTORIC ARCHÆOLOGY, U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM
COUNSELLOR OF THE BAR OF THE SUPREME COURTS, COURT OF
CLAIMS AND OF APPEALS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
FORMERLY U.S. CONSUL AT GHENT, BELGIUM; AT NANTES AND NICE, FRANCE
ILLUSTRATED
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
NEW YORK & LONDON
The Knickerbocker Press
1899
COPYRIGHT, 1899
BY
THOMAS WILSON
Entered at Stationers’ Hall, London
The Knickerbocker Press, New York
TO
MY DEAR WIFE
THE COMPANION OF MY TRAVELS
WHILE THE MATERIAL FOR THIS VOLUME WAS GATHERED
THE PARTNER OF MY MANY JOYS
THE SHARER OF MY FEW SORROWS
THIS VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED
T. W.
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CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| Introduction | ix |
| CHAPTER I | |
| Gilles de Retz. 1404–1420 | |
| His Name, Family, Marriage, and Education | 1 |
| CHAPTER II | |
| Gilles as a Soldier. 1420–1429 | |
| First for John V., Duke of Brittany, against the House of Blois. He Joins the Army of France and is Assigned to Duty with Joan of Arc. Crowning of the King, and Gilles made Marshal of France | 9 |
| CHAPTER III | |
| Gilles’s Life at Home in Brittany 1430–1439 | |
| The Personal Appearance of Gilles de Retz. An Epitome of his Life. His Extravagance and Ruinous Expenditures. His Inheritance. His Sales and Transfers of Proper ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! | |