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France in 1500
At the beginning of the sixteenth century France was still only partially
developed as a nation. She still lacked well-defined borders, a common
language and a unified legal system. The eastern frontier, in so far as it
existed at all, followed roughly the rivers Scheldt, Meuse, Saoˆ ne and Rhoˆ ne
from the North Sea to the Mediterranean. People living west of this line
were vassals of the French king; those to the east owed allegiance to the
Holy Roman Emperor. French suzerainty over Artois and Flanders was
purely nominal, effective control of these areas having passed to the house
of Burgundy. Further east, the frontier cut across the duchy of Bar whose
ruler, the duke of Lorraine, did homage for half the territory to the king
of France and for the other half to the emperor. In the south, Dauphine´
and Provence, being east of the Rhoˆ ne, were still not regarded as integral
parts of the French kingdom: the king was obeyed as ‘Dauphin' in the......

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