Quentin Durward
19 hrs. 13 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Walter Scott
Author
Walter Scott
Narrator
Anton Platonov
Narrator
Anton Platonov
Description
In the second half of the 15th century, circumstances emerged that ultimately led France to impressive power—power that would later become the subject of envy on more than one occasion by other European states. Until then, she had literally had to defend her right to exist in a struggle against England, which at the time held her best provinces. And only thanks to the king’s persistence and the people’s selfless bravery was the country able to avoid final subjugation to foreign rule.
However, the threat did not come only from outside. Powerful vassals of France—above all the Dukes of Burgundy and Brittany—so flagrantly neglected their feudal obligations that, at the slightest pretext, they were ready to rise in rebellion against their sovereign and lord—the French king. In peacetime they ruled their lands almost independently, and the House of Burgundy, owning prosperous Burgundy and the best, richest part of Flanders, possessed such wealth and influence that, in terms of power and brilliance, it was scarcely inferior to the royal court of France…
However, the threat did not come only from outside. Powerful vassals of France—above all the Dukes of Burgundy and Brittany—so flagrantly neglected their feudal obligations that, at the slightest pretext, they were ready to rise in rebellion against their sovereign and lord—the French king. In peacetime they ruled their lands almost independently, and the House of Burgundy, owning prosperous Burgundy and the best, richest part of Flanders, possessed such wealth and influence that, in terms of power and brilliance, it was scarcely inferior to the royal court of France…
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