Produced by Janet Blenkinship and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net THE COUNTS OF GRUYERE BY MRS. REGINALD DE KOVEN ILLUSTRATED NEW YORK DUFFIELD & COMPANY 1916 Copyright, 1916, by DUFFIELD & CO. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE PROLOGUE 3 I. ORIGIN OF THE PEOPLE 7 II. INFLUENCE OF THE CHURCH 14 III. SOVEREIGNTY OF THE HOUSE OF SAVOY 25 IV. FOREIGN WARS 46 V. THE BURGUNDIAN WARS (COUNT FRANCOIS I) 57 VI. THE BURGUNDIAN WARS (COUNT LOUIS) 67 VII. STRUGGLE FOR SUCCESSION 85 VIII. RELIGIOUS REFORM 94 IX. THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF GRUYERE 105 X. GRUYERE WITHOUT ITS COUNTS 128 APPENDIX 139 BIBLIOGRAPHY 141 ILLUSTRATIONS LA PLACE DE GRUYERE _Frontispiece_ _From a watercolour by Colonel R. Goff_ THE CHATEAU _Facing p._ 10 GATEWAY " 22 LACE-MAKERS " 38 FORTIFIED HOUSES--NORTH WALL " 56 THE CITY ON THE HILL " 72 TERRACE OF THE CHATEAU " 90 CHURCH OF ST. THEODATE " 112 JOUSTING COURT " 132 * * * * * THE COUNTS OF GRUYERE * * * * * BIS SEPTEM SEACULA CURRENT MOENIA FUNDAVIT BELLO FORTISSIMUS HAEROS VANDALUS ATQUE SUO SIGNAVIT NOMINE MUROS GRUS VIXIT AGNOMEN COMITE DEDIT ADVENA PRIMO RUBEA GRUEM VEXILLA AC SCUTI PILOSI SUSTENTENT QUORUM EUTIS PARRIDA RUGIS AC ARMATA MANUS VULSIS RADICIBUS ARAE EST HUIC CELEBRIS SERVES ET LONGA PROPAGO NEPOTUM DIVES OPUM OLIVES PIETA VESTIS AURIS EXTITIT ET NOSTRIS PER PLURIMA SAECULA TERRAS PRAEFUIT GRUERIUS SEXTAE LEGIONIS VANDALORUM DUX ANNO 436