Women of Mediæval France - Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10)

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Women of Mediæval France, by Pierce Butler This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) Author: Pierce Butler Release Date: June 5, 2010 [EBook #32695] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK WOMEN OF MEDIÆVAL FRANCE *** Produced by Rénald Lévesque WOMAN VOLUME V WOMEN OF MEDIÆVAL FRANCE by PIERCE BUTLER, PH. D. OF TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA ODETTE DE CHAMPDIVERS AND CHARLES VI. After the painting by Albrecht de Vriendt The king, now often idiotic when he was not raving,... To amuse and distract him, and also to strengthen the Burgundian influence, the Duke of Burgundy provided him with a fair child as playmate and mistress. To the sway once held by Valentine over Charles there now succeeded Odette. She was little more than a child, but she became mistress as well as playfellow of the mad king.