Louis XI was king of France. He was born in 1423 and died in 1483. He was the eldest son of Charles VII and raised France from the degradation of the Hundred Years War. His chief enemies were the feudal nobles in alliance with Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. In this struggle he suffered some severe disasters, and in 1467 was a prisoner in the hands of Charles at Peronne. In his internal administration he made great use of the new ideas of Roman law which were quickly coming into vogue. Research Louis XI
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