The Piteous Fate of Prince Gaston

Around the second half of the 14th century, the time of the Hundred Years’ War and the Black Death, Gaston III ruled the county of Foix and the viscounty of Béarn which separated from France, both located in the Pyrenees bordering Spain. On the Spanish side, the Kingdom of Navarre and the Kingdom of Aragon…

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To Mrs. Pigalle

This entertaining letter was written by French writer Paul-Louis Courier while he was in Italy to his cousin in Lille, France. I transcribed it in Simplified Gregg for the blog. Attachment: to-mrs-pigalle.pdf

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