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M. F. Mansfield. Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country
Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country
Table of Contents
Castles and Châteaux
of Old Touraine
and the Loire Country
CHAPTER I
A GENERAL SURVEY
CHAPTER II
THE ORLÉANNAIS
CHAPTER III
THE BLAISOIS AND THE SOLOGNE
CHAPTER IV
CHAMBORD
CHAPTER V
CHEVERNY, BEAUREGARD, AND CHAUMONT
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
AMBOISE
CHAPTER VIII
CHENONCEAUX
CHAPTER IX
LOCHES
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
LUYNES AND LANGEAIS
CHAPTER XII
AZAY-LE-RIDEAU, USSÉ, AND CHINON
CHAPTER XIII
ANJOU AND BRETAGNE
CHAPTER XIV
SOUTH OF THE LOIRE
CHAPTER XV
BERRY AND GEORGE SAND'S COUNTRY
CHAPTER XVI
THE UPPER LOIRE
INDEX
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M. F. Mansfield
Published by Good Press, 2019
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Orleans itself contains many remarkable Gothic and Renaissance constructions, and not far away is the ancient church of the old abbey of Notre Dame de Cléry, one of the most historic and celebrated shrines in the time of the superstitious Louis XI.; while innumerable mediæval villes and ruined fortresses plentifully besprinkle the province.
One characteristic possessed by the Orléannais differentiates it from the other outlying provinces of the old monarchy. The people and the manners and customs of this great and important duchy were allied, in nearly all things, with the interests and events of the capital itself, and so there was always a lack of individuality, which even to-day is noticeably apparent in the Orleans capital. The shops, hotels, cafés, and the people themselves might well be one of the quartiers of Paris, so like are they in general aspect.
