 ... south. During a war carried on about the same time against Thibaud, Count of Champagne, an accident occurred, which had a marked effect upon the future conduct and character of Louis the Young. He had taken by storm the castle of Vitry, and set fire...  The History of France ... - Seite 40von Eyre Evans Crowe - 1869Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Eyre Evans Crowe - 1886 - 410 Seiten
...taken by storm the castle of Vitry, and set fire to it. The flames chanced to catch the neighbouring church, into which the population had crowded, to...conflagration. Louis was horror-struck on beholding the mass of half consumed bodies, and the weight of the remorse hung ever after upon him, and weighed down his... | |
 | 1842 - 488 Seiten
...castle of Vitry by storm. By his orders the castle was set on fire, and the flames caught a neighbouring church, into which the population had crowded, to preserve themselves from the infuriated soldiery. Thirteen hundred men, women, and children perished in the conflagration. Bernard... | |
 | 1852 - 444 Seiten
...taken by storm the castle of Vitry, and set fire to it. The flames chanced to catch the neighbouring church, into which the population had crowded, to...themselves from the fury of the soldiery. It appears they had no means of escape. Thirteen hundred men, women, and children perished in the conflagration.... | |
 | Andrew Bell - 1863 - 386 Seiten
...than the houses of middle-class families now-a-days. + The flames chanced to catch the neighbouring church, into which the population had crowded, to...conflagration. Louis was horror-struck on beholding the mass «f half consumed bodies, and the weight of the remorse hung ever after upon him, and weighed down... | |
 | Andrew Bell (of Southampton) - 1863 - 386 Seiten
...than the houses of middle-class families now-a-days. + The flames chanced to catch the neighbouring church, into which the population had crowded, to...conflagration. Louis was horror-struck on beholding the mass «f half consumed bodies, and the weight of the remorse hung ever after upon him, and weighed down... | |
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